March 5, 2012 -- Second Monday in Lent

Saints and Feasts:
Konon the Gardener
Mark the Ascetic
Righteous Father Mark of Athens
John the Bulgarian
Mark the Faster

OLD TESTAMENT READING 1: Isaiah 4:2-5:7
OLD TESTAMENT READING 2: Genesis 3:21-4:7
OLD TESTAMENT READING 3: Proverbs 3:34-4:22

To ponder and meditate on:
“True fasting lies is rejecting evil, holding one's tongue, suppressing one's hatred, and banishing one's lust, evil words, lying, and betrayal of vows.” - St. Basil the Great

Challenge:
Reach out and have a conversation with someone you see all the time but don't know well (a lab partner, someone you go to school with/work with, store clerk, etc).

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