Today’s gospel, the Parable of the Prodigal Son, highlights God’s welcoming love for those who repent.
Today marks the first day the Church asks us to begin our preparation for Great Lent. She prepares us through the four Gospels read at the Divine Liturgy each Sunday preceding the first day of Great Lent.
Matthew 4:12-17 At that time, when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee; and leaving Nazareth he went and dwelt in…
I Timothy 1:15-17 The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. And I am…
The Gospel According to Luke 8:26-39 At that time, as Jesus arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, there met him a man from the…
The next part of the Baptismal service after the anointing is the tonsure, or the cutting of the hair. In the Old Testament hair is…