Great Lent and our Children.
(Copied from https://st-takla.org/Gallery/Jesus-Christ/34-Temptation-of-Christ/Damiana-Monast-ry-icon-Trial-2.html) Great Lent and our Children. Many are asking: what we as parents should do in order to train our children to fast? To answer this question, I would question firstly: What is Fasting? Fasting is the re-adjustment process where we can return back to being closer to God. How? First, our children should know the aim behind fasting, not the how? the "how" will come later. But why do we fast comes first? Few answers are here, 1- We return to paradise when God was with Adam and Eve in the Garden filled with fasting food "fruits of the trees". So we return back to paradise. 2- I am re-organizing my mind to echo the word "NO" Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ said, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." Matthew 4:4. So I am training my brain to say "No" to the wrongdoi...