“Fierce and Friendly Lord, we feel alone, but even here in school and in this class we discover friends we did not know we had. The discovery that we are not alone both gladdens and frightens us. Sharing life threatens loss of self. Give us the grace to learn that we have no life not shared. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, make us in your image that we might be worthy witnesses of the joy that comes from your claiming us as friends. Amen.”[1]
The Feast and Sunday of St John Climacus
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In the Byzantine liturgy, each of the Sundays of Lent has a special
commemoration attached to it. The first Sunday is known as the Sunday of
Orthodoxy, bec...
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