{"id":1057,"date":"2019-03-26T07:40:55","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T11:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=1057"},"modified":"2023-03-20T11:35:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T15:35:00","slug":"137-mary-and-lent-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=1057","title":{"rendered":"137- Part 4; Mary and Lent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/9140240\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/stats-code\/season11was85\/\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/annunciation-to-the-blessed-virgin-mary-svitozar-nenyuk.jpg\" alt=\"Contemporary color illustration of the Annunciation\" class=\"wp-image-430\" width=\"413\" height=\"529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/annunciation-to-the-blessed-virgin-mary-svitozar-nenyuk.jpg 702w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/annunciation-to-the-blessed-virgin-mary-svitozar-nenyuk-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 413px) 85vw, 413px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">As a young woman, the Virgin Mary accepted the request from God to give birth and raise Jesus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Lt.-Col.-Arnaud-Beltrame.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Lt. Col. Arnaud Beltrame\" class=\"wp-image-431\" width=\"478\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Lt.-Col.-Arnaud-Beltrame.jpg 620w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Lt.-Col.-Arnaud-Beltrame-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 478px) 85vw, 478px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">March 24, 2018 shows French Lieutenant Colonel Arnaud Beltrame who was killed after swapping himself for a hostage in a rampage and siege in the town of Trebes, southwestern France, on March 23. \nBeltrame, 45, was among a group of officers who rushed to the scene in Trebes, near Carcassone, on March 23 after a gunman who claimed allegiance to the Islamic State group, stormed a supermarket and fired at shoppers. Beltrame offered to take the place of a woman the gunman had taken hostage and was shot. He died on March 24 of his wounds, becoming the gunman&#8217;s fourth victim. \/ AFP PHOTO \/ LA GAZETTE DE LA MANCHE \/ &#8211;\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2016-3_LT-MaryCross.jpg\" alt=\"A young teen girl at base of an outdoor cross with lifesize Jesus\" class=\"wp-image-439\" width=\"491\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2016-3_LT-MaryCross.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2016-3_LT-MaryCross-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2016-3_LT-MaryCross-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2016-3_LT-MaryCross-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 85vw, 491px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The caption for this photo reads\n&#8220;Now I know how Mary felt&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\nPart 4- Lent continues by getting into the groove of going without as I reflect on the Virgin Mary and her example of selfless giving, when during the Annunciation, she gave her life over to God\u2019s will. And also, what about the selfless gifts given by people in today\u2019s world?\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(This is a replay of Season 5)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I value feedback through the comments section here<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OR- Better via email at <a href=\"mailto:NikosSteves@gmail.com\">NikosSteves@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she\npassed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The origin of these podcasts began with my book <em>Constant Procession.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Constant Procession; the podcast; is published here every Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve read the entire book from cover to cover (Installments 93-110)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=516\">To listen from Installment\n93<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part 4- Lent continues by getting into the groove of going without as I reflect on the Virgin Mary and her example of selfless giving, when during the Annunciation, she gave her life over to God\u2019s will. And also, what about the selfless gifts given by people in today\u2019s world? (This is a replay of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=1057\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;137- Part 4; Mary and Lent&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}