Cheesefare Week: “kind of” like being in Great Lent

"Serving Suggestion " for Wednesday night dinner. Cheesefare week, the last full week before Great Lent begins, is an “in between” week liturgically in the Orthodox Church. Each day is “kind of like” Great Lent and “kind of like” outside of Great Lent. This is to provide a transition into Great Lent. Everything we do… Continue reading Cheesefare Week: “kind of” like being in Great Lent

Cheesefare Week, Monday, Luke19:30-34 – "The Lord hath need of him"

Luke 19:30 Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither. 31 And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord… Continue reading Cheesefare Week, Monday, Luke19:30-34 – "The Lord hath need of him"

Week of the Prodigal Son – Tuesday – 1 John 3:11-20 – "that we should love one another"

For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. (1 John 3:11) What is the beginning? From the beginningless beginning, before all things, before all beginnings, the Holy Trinity was… and loved. The very nature of God teaches us to love one-another. God loves Himself perfectly, and… Continue reading Week of the Prodigal Son – Tuesday – 1 John 3:11-20 – "that we should love one another"