Fourth Sunday of the Great Lent

The next step after repentance is worship of the Father Who accepted and loved me and cleansed me from my sins and put me in His bosom. Contrition of the spirit and submission to the Father and the love of frequent prostrations in worship are the expressions of our love for Him Who opened His arms for us sinners and kissed us. This is the end of the road of repentance in the Father’s bosom, and this is the sweetest fruit of the chamber and which the Father gives us in secret.

The Church, inspired by the Spirit, stresses in the period of Lent the use of prostrations during private prayers and in the Divine Liturgy. during the Offering of Incense, after the readings of the prophets.

The practice of this week is to worship the Father in spirit and truth “for such the Father seeks to worship Him” (Jn. 4:23).

Quote: Unless therefore you come daily to the wells, unless you daily draw water, not only will you not be able to give a drink to others, but also you yourself also will suffer “a thirst for the Word of God.”

Quote Author: The Scholar Origen, Homilies on Genesis 10.3

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