Yes, as trivial as it may sound, I write about this, for each day that comes is another day when we can give thanks and worship the Lord. And today being Sunday, we Christians will go to church to meet Him once again. Each day is something worth thanking about. No matter how bad it is, or how good it is, each day is a day God has given to us to live our lives and to praise Him.
Being a Sunday, later in the day (since it is 1am as I write this) we will celebrate Divine Liturgy. It is the 9th Sunday of Luke, and the Gospel is about the parable of the rich man who stored his crop in the barn (Luke 12:16-21). Let us not store up wealth which will spoil, but rather store those which will be our heavenly reward, for the wealth of this world cannot be carried to where we are going. But the Lord, as St. Paul attested, has prepared the good works we shall do (cf. Ephesians 2:10)--these are the wealth we are to present before the Lord. For He said, "When I was thirsty, you gave Me drink..." (cf. Matthew 25:35) And so for whatever we do to our brethren, then we do it to Him.
Today as well is the Forefeast of the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple; where according to Tradition, the Theotokos at three years of age was brought into the Temple of the Lord where she was consecrated and where she lived until she was fourteen.
Being a Sunday, later in the day (since it is 1am as I write this) we will celebrate Divine Liturgy. It is the 9th Sunday of Luke, and the Gospel is about the parable of the rich man who stored his crop in the barn (Luke 12:16-21). Let us not store up wealth which will spoil, but rather store those which will be our heavenly reward, for the wealth of this world cannot be carried to where we are going. But the Lord, as St. Paul attested, has prepared the good works we shall do (cf. Ephesians 2:10)--these are the wealth we are to present before the Lord. For He said, "When I was thirsty, you gave Me drink..." (cf. Matthew 25:35) And so for whatever we do to our brethren, then we do it to Him.
Today as well is the Forefeast of the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple; where according to Tradition, the Theotokos at three years of age was brought into the Temple of the Lord where she was consecrated and where she lived until she was fourteen.
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