Praise and glory be to God for an evening of soul-stirring ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐, ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ง ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐ซ. ๐๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ. Fr. Cyprian kickstarted the session with a song, โ40 Years in the Wildernessโ, inviting the participants to ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ during the 40-day Lenten season.
In subsequent songs, Fr. Cyprian reminded the participants to ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐โ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐๐ฒ, ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐. Lent is a preparation for Easter, calling us to renew our own baptism and rise to new life from the tomb, which has become a font of life-giving living water.
Fr. Cyprian then shared about the connection between the Eucharist, the Cross, and service. Explaining the song 'Are You Ready to Drink the Cup That I Drink,' he emphasized that we can ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ โ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌโ ๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐, being broken and poured out for the sake of the world.
The session concluded with a ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, inviting participants to be present to the presence of God within us, as we are the temple of the Holy Spirit. Maranatha, Come Lord Jesus! Help us to come home to ourselves, to the temple that we are, and encounter the Holy Spirit.
If you missed the enriching evening of ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐, ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ง ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐ซ. ๐๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ on March 16, 2024, you can now catch it on SFA YouTube Channel.
