All the nations will be gathered and He will separate them as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats.
Monthly Archives: February 2022
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The Sunday of the Prodigal Son is the next signpost on the journey to Great Lent. As on the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee last week, and the Sunday of Zacchæus before that, the theme of this Sunday is repentance; the focus on the parable of the Prodigal Son […]
Forty days after Christ was born he was presented to God in the Jerusalem Temple according to the Mosaic law. At this time as well his mother Mary underwent the ritual purification and offered the sacrifices as prescribed in the law. Thus, forty days after Christmas, the Church celebrates the […]
The Church provides us with a series of Sundays to prepare us for the journey of Great Lent. The Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee is the next signpost on our journey. A homily by Archbishop Andrei (Rymarenko) “The publican, standing afar off, would not lift so much as his […]
The Church provides us with a series of Sundays to prepare us for the journey of Great Lent. The Sunday of Zacchæus is the first of these signposts that teach us how to approach the Fast. This Sunday we learn that we are like Zacchæus himself: we strain on tip-toes to […]