During Lenten Season

3/20/23 - Offered by Sonya Dumanian

During this Lent Season, We thank you Jesus for bearing our grievances and our sins. It is our privilege to bring our sorrows to you in prayer. We pray to you God to help us attain peace and help us forfeit needless pain.

Dear Lord, we bring our trials and temptations to you to help us overcome them. You know our every weakness and troubles. We pray for your help to accept them and help us overcome them. God, You are our refuge and our comfort, we find our comfort and refuge in your words, the ASDVADZASHOUNCH. (The Bible.)

We thank you for our families, for our children, please protect them. Our Lord You are like a wing that shelters and protects our children. We also thank you for Der Vazken, the spiritual leader of our Bible Study group. He makes the Bible more approachable to us and make our church more relevant and applicable to/in our lives. And we also thank you Lord for our Bible Study Family, we pray for the health and the wellbeing of all. Amen

St. Christopher's Life Prayer

 3/13/23 - offered by Sousanna Pogosyan

‘Life’ Prayer

by St. Christopher

Father, grant that I may be a bearer of Christ Jesus, Your Son.
Allow me to warm the often cold,
impersonal scene of modern life with Your burning love.
Strengthen me by Your Holy Spirit
to carry out my mission of changing the world
or some definite part of it for the better.
Despite my lamentable failures,
bring home to me that my advantages
are Your blessings to be shared with others.
Make me more energetic in setting right
what I find wrong with the world instead of complaining about it.
Nourish in me a practical desire to build up
rather than tear down,
to reconcile instead of polarize,
to go out on a limb rather than crave security.
Never let me forget that it is far better to light one candle
than to curse the darkness,
and to join my light, one day, with Yours. Amen.

Prayer for the Week

3/6/23 - offered by Lida Ananian

Dear Father as I enter another week of my Lenten journey, guide me to the path that leads to you. Fill my heart with gratitude, patience, strength, and peace as I strive to become the-best-version-of myself, honestly admitting my shortcomings and sins.

As I renew my resolve each day to become a better person, let me hear your voice in the deepest reaches of my heart. Give me rest in you. Help me to accept others, showing them your great love instead of casting judgment. Stay with me through the busy days this week and remind me that when I need comfort, solitude, wisdom, or guidance, I can always turn to you. Help me develop discipline and generosity through fasting and almsgiving, and come closer to you through prayer this lent. In your name I pray.

Amen.