The Triodion is also a book used during the period of preparation and also during Great Lent and Holy Week. During the three weeks of this first portion of the Triodion Period: 1. Various themes are presented to prepare us for the renewal, to get us thinking. 2. We give special remembrance to those who have died. 3. We prepare our bodies and stomachs to fast by gradually beginning to fast more thoroughly from various foods during various weeks. 4. We hear our Lord’s teaching about the topic of forgiveness, fasting & treasures… (Matthew 6: 14-21)
“If you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will forgive you; but if you do not forgive their trespasses, neither will your heavenly Father forgive you, your trespasses.”
“When you fast, anoint your head and wash your fast that your fasting may not be seen by men…and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.”
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth & rust consume and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust consumes and thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”
Fr. James Thornton
