{"id":5574,"date":"2016-11-09T12:16:08","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T17:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/?p=5574"},"modified":"2016-11-09T12:16:08","modified_gmt":"2016-11-09T17:16:08","slug":"a-personal-call-to-holiness-christmas-lent-retreat-this-saturday-9am-3pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpeterorthodoxchurch.com\/a-personal-call-to-holiness-christmas-lent-retreat-this-saturday-9am-3pm\/","title":{"rendered":"“A Personal Call to Holiness” — Christmas Lent Retreat This Saturday 9am-3pm"},"content":{"rendered":"

St. Peter’s First Annual Christmas Lent Retreat
\nSaturday, November 12, 9am-3pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

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From Fr. Hans:<\/strong> I encourage everyone to attend this retreat. It is structured not take your entire day, and I you will personally profit from it. I also believe it will strengthen our parish long term. It’s a six hour commitment (9-3) but you will reap great benefits from it. <\/em><\/p>\n

All of us are called to a life of holiness through a life of prayer, fasting, almsgiving and manual labor. And, for all of us, monastic life remains for us the touchstone for what it means to live life in Christ.<\/p>\n

Asceticism and monasticism can help us live as disciples of Christ. The good will and the hunger for a deeper, more personal spiritual life is there. The challenge, for all of us, is making the connection between our heart's desire and the tradition so that we can draw close to Christ.<\/p>\n

Fr. Gregory Jensen will teach us about (with plenty of time for questions):<\/p>\n

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The Monastic Life as a Model for Us<\/h4>\n