4/7/2011 -- Fourth Thursday in Lent

Saints and Feasts:
Kalliopios the Martyr, Roufinos the Deacon & Akylina the Martyr in Sinope
Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and Enlightener of North America
Righteous Father Savvas the New of Kalymnos
George, Bishop of Lesvos

OLD TESTAMENT READING 1: Isaiah 42:5-16
OLD TESTAMENT READING 2: Genesis 18:20-33
OLD TESTAMENT READING 3: Proverbs 16:17-17:17

To ponder and mediate on: Almsgiving has been introduced not for the sake of the receivers, but of the givers, for the latter are they which make the greatest gain (Saint John Chrysostom).

Challenge: Do something good for a family member today.