{"id":4713,"date":"2025-03-25T07:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T11:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=4713"},"modified":"2026-03-17T07:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T11:48:10","slug":"450-mary-and-lent-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=4713","title":{"rendered":"450- Mary &amp; Ur Lenten Journey- pt 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/35852045\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/stats-code\/schedule2512\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>This is the second installment of an Easter mini-series to help you on your Lenten journey.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What is different for our going without in preparation for Easter, compared to those first years following the Resurrection for the Virgin Mary, the Apostles and the new Christians is that&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>For us today<\/em>&#8211;  The traditional churches provide ways to help us get through this season of contemplation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:87px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"588\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Easter-833.jpg\" alt=\"Contemporary color illustration of the Risen Christ embracing Mother Mary\" class=\"wp-image-409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Easter-833.jpg 588w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Easter-833-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 588px) 85vw, 588px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>The Resurrected Christ with Mother Mary<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" 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<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Easter837.jpg\" alt=\"Modern color drawing of Jesus on the cross indicating to his Mother that the Apostle John, also the portrait is to care for her.\" class=\"wp-image-413\" style=\"width:298px;height:426px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Easter837.jpg 700w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Easter837-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Jesus on the Cross telling his Mother that the Apostle John will care for her.<br>\u00a9 McCrimmons.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:97px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:34px\"><strong>Questions?<\/strong> <strong><em> <a href=\"mailto:NikosSteves@gmail.com\">Nikos<\/a><a href=\"mailto:NikosSteves@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steves@gmail.co<\/a><a href=\"mailto:NikosSteves@gmail.com\">m<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em> Pray for a final resolution to this war in the Middle East.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>And Pray for the People of Ukraine. There are links for ways to support their defense efforts for sovereignty found below<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:77px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-57a9a0a218c9de1838b3a0984a899ceb wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:23px\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0BM3NVRJ4?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_P7N5FP3Z9RM3S9AXHB2W\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0BM3NVRJ4?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_P7N5FP3Z9RM3S9AXHB2W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">My 2nd Book &#8220;The Very Fine Light&#8221; is available in Print, ebook and audiobook versions!<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/a.co\/d\/2jnPd0Z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Countdown-NOW-1400x788.jpg\" alt=\"An infographic that says: The Very Fine Light eBook is now on sale at Amazon.com. 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What is different for our going without in preparation for Easter, compared to those first years following the Resurrection for the Virgin Mary, the Apostles and the new Christians is that&#8230; For us today&#8211; The traditional churches provide ways &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=4713\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;450- Mary &amp; Ur Lenten Journey- pt 2&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4713","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=4713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4713\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}