{"id":424,"date":"2018-03-27T07:40:51","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T11:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=424"},"modified":"2023-03-28T06:12:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T10:12:49","slug":"85th-installment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=424","title":{"rendered":"85- Lent, Easter &#038; Mary Pt 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iframe%20style=border:%20none%20src=\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/6410411\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/autoplay\/no\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/yes\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/%20height=90%20width=100%%20scrolling=no%20%20allowfullscreen%20webkitallowfullscreen%20mozallowfullscreen%20oallowfullscreen%20msallowfullscreen\/iframe\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/6410411\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/autoplay\/no\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/yes\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\"><\/iframe><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Conflicting sentiments are now firmly rooted in one\u2019s Lenten Journey as the darkest hour and the brightest day are at hand. ALSO &#8211; Selfless acts still Grace the world we live in.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_431\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-431\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-431\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Lt.-Col.-Arnaud-Beltrame-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Lt. Col. Arnaud Beltrame\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Lt.-Col.-Arnaud-Beltrame-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Lt.-Col.-Arnaud-Beltrame.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-431\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arnaud Beltrame who was killed after offering himself in exchange for saving a hostage in a terror attack in France, on March 23, 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_430\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-430\" style=\"width: 234px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-430\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/annunciation-to-the-blessed-virgin-mary-svitozar-nenyuk-234x300.jpg\" alt=\"Contemporary color illustration of the Annunciation\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/annunciation-to-the-blessed-virgin-mary-svitozar-nenyuk-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/annunciation-to-the-blessed-virgin-mary-svitozar-nenyuk.jpg 702w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 85vw, 234px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-430\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">As a young woman, the Virgin Mary gave her life over to God&#8217;s will, offering a virgin birth and her life to raising Jesus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_427\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-427\" style=\"width: 206px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-427\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Jesus-with-cross.jpg\" alt=\"Contemporary color image of Jesus as he carries his cross\" width=\"206\" height=\"245\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-427\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christ Jesus the son of God offered his life to save others.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Informational sources for some parts of this podcast<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/udayton.edu\/imri\/mary\/e\/easter-and-mary.php\">Collections of Masses of the Blessed Virgin Mary<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goarch.org\/akathisthymn\">&#8220;Akathist Hymn&#8221; from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.<\/p>\n<p>The origin of these podcasts began with my book; Constant Procession.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve read the entire book from cover to cover (Installments 1-49.) Each installment runs about 7 minutes in length.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=4\">To listen from the beginning<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Installments since Podcast 50 are an extended series of additional stories about the history of the Virgin Mary that are not found in the book.<\/p>\n<p>Constant Procession; the podcast; is published every Tuesday morning and has links and more information for each episode at <a href=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\">ConstantProcession.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>An e-book copy of the book can be found on the website https:\/\/ConstantProcession.com<\/p>\n<p>I value feedback through the comments section on my website or better via email at <a href=\"mailto:NikosSteves@gmail.com\">NikosSteves@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conflicting sentiments are now firmly rooted in one\u2019s Lenten Journey as the darkest hour and the brightest day are at hand. ALSO &#8211; Selfless acts still Grace the world we live in. Informational sources for some parts of this podcast Collections of Masses of the Blessed Virgin Mary &#8220;Akathist Hymn&#8221; from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=424\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;85- Lent, Easter &#038; Mary Pt 4&#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-424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424","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=424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}