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Be a Living Icon! Layers Upon Layers
We hope that our series has helped your Great Fast and inspired you to be a living icon! Be a Living Icon! Quick to Listen
Only two more weeks in the Great Fast! How's your Be a Living Icon challenge going?
Be a Living Icon! Wisdom
Do you think you have a big forehead? Well, if you look at icons, they often have big foreheads too!
Be a Living Icon! Slow to Speak
Mouths in icons are traditionally smaller than one would expect for the size of the face. It's not an accident!
Be a Living Icon! Our Eyes
The eyes of an icon are large, and depending on the tradition can be overly large compared to the rest of the face. In an icon of Christ, the eyes show us that Christ sees everything.
Be a Living Icon! Darkness to Light
The process of writing an icon is one of constantly adding lighter and lighter colors. There are no shadows in an icon, the light in an icon comes from the person or from the entire scene. The background of an icon is traditionally gold, or gold paint, symbolizing uncreated light.
Be a Living Icon! Our Chaos Layer
Today is Clean Monday! Our theme for this year's Great Fast is Be a Living Icon! We invite you to explore the characteristics that make up an icon, what they represent, and how you can think about incorporating the representations into your daily life.
Weekly Gospel Reflection
It's here! The Great Fast has arrived.
Yesterday's Gospel from Matthew has three main themes.
The Great Fast Cycle of Readings
Can you believe we're one week away from the start of the Great Fast? It simultaneously feels like it's snuck up on me and also that it took a long time to arrive this year!
Wisdom from a Desert Father
During the Great Fast, we'll feature quotes from the Desert Fathers, written in the book The Sayings of the Desert Fathers - The Alphabetical Collection, translated by Benedicta Ward, SLG. This week's quote features Abba Anthony.