Great Lent Begins on Sunday Eve (Feb 26, 2017)
Watch out for our Issue 400 (Quad Centum Souvenir Edition).
Nourishment for your Mind, Body and Soul throughout the Great Lent and the rest of the year!
I. Kothne Sunday in Church
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Bible Readings for Kothne Sunday (February 26)
http://www.MalankaraWorld.com/Library/Lectionary/Lec_1st_sunday_of_great-Lent.htm
2.
Sermons for Kothne Sunday (February 26)
http://www.MalankaraWorld.com/Library/Sermons/Sermon-of-the-week_1st-sunday-of-lent.htm
3. From Malankara World Journal Archives
Malankara World Journals with the Theme: Great Lent Week 1
Volume 6 No 330 February 5 2016
Volume 5 No 264: February 13 2015
Volume 4 No 199: February 27, 2014
Volume 3 No 124: Feb 7 2013
Volume 2 No 56: February 18 2012
II. Lectionary Reflections (Miracle at Cana)
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Believing in the Glory - Water into Wine
The point of this first sign, the transformation of water into wine, is the
abundance, the super-abundance, even the excess of the provision which God
offers to his people. ...
5.
The One Who Gives Abundantly
The point (of the miracle) is not that Jesus is encouraging excessive drinking. That is
repeatedly condemned in Scripture. But the point is to show how Jesus is the
giver of all good things. ...
6.
On Wine and Weddings
It strikes me on this reading, though, that those servants on the edge of
the celebration were the only ones to actually witness the miracle here.
...It was the servants who saw this wondrous miracle of abundance play out
right before their eyes... Indeed they are those who go mostly unseen,
un-noticed by the rest of us. ...
III. Featured Articles (Great Lent Week 1)
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Malankara World Great Lent Supplement
Malankara World Great Lent Supplement
http://www.Malankaraworld.com/Library/Lent/Default.htm
8.
Meditations and Reflections For Week 1 of Great Lent
Week 1 of Great Lent
http://www.Malankaraworld.com/Library/Lent/Lent_week1.htm
IV. General Weekly Features
9.
Health: No Drugs for Back Pain, New Guidelines Say
The American College of Physicians says to use natural and alternative therapies first.
...
10.
Recipe: Garlic Mashed Potatoes & Cauliflower
11.
Family Special: The Secret of Modesty
Modesty is a great feminine secret, once known by most women. Now, though,
many have foolishly cast it aside. ...
12.
Family Special: Spending Time With Family
We do have choices in how we spend our days. When the alternative is taking
time for your son or daughter, what is the better choice? ...
13.
Plant The Right Seeds
I think that as part of our daily routine we should all take a few minutes
in meditation every morning and review the good things that have happened in
our life. ...
14.
The First Ten Lessons I Learned about Prayer
When we say God hasn't answered our prayers, I
wonder have we shut up long enough to hear Him if He does? Listening is a
major part of prayer. ...
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