Remember, Lord, the people here present and those who are absent with good cause. Have mercy on them and on us according to the multitude of Your mercy. Fill their treasuries with every good thing; preserve their marriages in peace and harmony; nurture the infants; instruct the youth; strengthen the aged; give courage to the faint-hearted; reunite those separated; bring back those in error and unite them to Your holy, catholic, and apostolic Church.
(Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great, p. 33)
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Thy Name, O Lord, endures forever, Thy renown, O Lord, throughout all ages. For the Lord will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants.
Psalm 135:13-14
Christ is Risen!
Many people can look at the same thing and have a different thought about it. That’s called perspective. As I look out my office window, if you ask me what I see, I would say the green grass in front of the hall. If 20 people looked out my office window, each would see something different—someone…
