This is getting nowhere. And considering that the Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt is approaching..perhaps, both you men should reflect on what is truely require of us.
She left a life of prostitution and complete ravishness of the flesh. And you two can't even discuss this issue with friendliness?
Do either of you have the ability to measure yourselves?
If Great Lent can't even make an impression on you boys, about restraint and spiritual contemplation, then you are, in my opinion, wild boars.
Great Lent is a time to MAKE an effort to change our ways. To the secular world, that would be New Years Day. Right? New Year's Resolution? What's that about? It's the world's version of Great Lent, since they lost the connection to God.
The holy fathers teach that we strain ourselves to bear fruit during Great Lent so that we can carry it on through the rest of the year.
Great Lend isn't just a means of controlling ourselves during the 6 weeks(which, by the way, you two are doing a lousy job), but it is a platform to establish a growing concern to continue into the rest of the year. Great Lent is our strength and rejuvenates us. It's suppose to be carried on, not just experienced for the moment.