LENTEN MEDITATIONS - DAY XIX — Maxims for Christian Living

 

Dear Parish Faithful,

1. Be always with Christ.
2. Pray as you can, not as you want.
3. Have a keepable rule of prayer that you do by discipline.
4. Say the Lord’s Prayer several times a day.
5. Have a short prayer that you constantly repeat when your mind is not occupied with other things.…

From 55 Maxims for Christian Living

by Fr. Thomas Hopko (of blessed memory)

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To fulfill one of these "simple" maxims from Fr. Thomas Hopko during Great Lent (or for that matter, at any point in the year), would indeed convert our lenten effort into a truly fruitful endeavor!