. . . may I recommend one of my priest’s Pastoral Ponderings:
The Twelve Apostles
(mp3 file)
As well as an Akathist one might pray in the next couple of weeks:
Akathist to Saints Peter and Paul
(I might add that Bp Basil of Wichita has asked that the Akathist to the Holy Apostles be prayed not only during the entire fast but especially the first couple of days of the Fast during the meeting of the Holy Synod of Antioch.)
You’re lucky to have Fr. Patrick as your priest. I love the guy. I see in your Archives that you’ve been blogging for some time. I went to you earlier posts. Did you start blogging as a Protestant and convert later?
Yes, Father. I started the blog about Thanksgiving 2002, several months after I’d resolutely set myself toward the Orthodox Church. I was chrismated on Pentecost 2007.