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The Holy
Prophet said, "Let the four fasts of the year be joy and gladness to
Israel." Truly, it is a time for re- pentance. But repentance is a
joyous experience, a lifting of burd- ens, an illumination of the
heart,. and exper- ience of Paradise. If Great Lent is truly a period
of repentance, then how could be other than joy and gladness in the
midst of extra temp- tations, a foretaste of Pascha, a sense of the
indwelling of the Holy Spirit, because true repentance brings all these
into the heart of the believer.
Archbishop Lazar Puhalo
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