{"id":1175,"date":"2013-02-27T22:20:58","date_gmt":"2013-02-27T12:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slovakcommunitysydney.com\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=1175"},"modified":"2013-02-27T22:32:16","modified_gmt":"2013-02-27T12:32:16","slug":"tretia-postna-nedela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slovakcommunitysydney.com\/en\/tretia-postna-nedela\/","title":{"rendered":"Third Sunday of Lent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Readings: Exodus 3:1-8a, 13-15; 1 Corinthians 10:1-6, 10-12; Luke 13:1-9 (30)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cI tell you, if you do not repent, you will all perish.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The process of repentance is described in Christian scripture with the Greek word metanoia, which can be understood to mean \u201ca change of heart or mind\u201d or a rethinking of priorities. While sackcloth and ashes might help drive the point home, the real action of repentance happens in the deepest recesses of heart and mind, as you ponder your actions, recognize your shortcomings, and resolve to act in a new way in the future. That is the kind of careful self-scrutiny the church encourages this Sunday in those preparing to be baptized at Easter, but the same scrutiny is expected of those already baptized. So put on your rethinking cap today and settle in for some heartfelt repentance!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Readings: Exodus 3:1-8a, 13-15; 1 Corinthians 10:1-6, 10-12; Luke 13:1-9 (30) \u201cI tell you, if you do not repent, you will all perish.\u201d The process of repentance is described in Christian scripture with the Greek word metanoia, which can be understood to mean \u201ca change of heart or mind\u201d or a rethinking of priorities. While [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slovakcommunitysydney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slovakcommunitysydney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slovakcommunitysydney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slovakcommunitysydney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slovakcommunitysydney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/slovakcommunitysydney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1175\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slovakcommunitysydney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slovakcommunitysydney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slovakcommunitysydney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}