Tag Archives: Reminiscere-Saturday

I wasted in iniquities the riches that Thou gavest me.

When I disobeyed in ignorance Thy fatherly glory,I wasted in iniquities the riches that Thou gavest me.Wherefore, I cry to Thee with the voice of the prodigal son, saying,I have sinned before Thee, O compassionate Father,Receive me repentant, and make me as one of Thy hired servants. Kontakion for Sunday of the Prodigal Son

Why am I now all alone?

I have drunk and I have diced, gold pieces I gave with delightto harlots with eyes the darkness of the night.I have done what I wanted, acted out my desires,I am now at the end of what I began.Where are my friends that I drank with?Why am I now all alone? from The Prodigal Son, BenjaminContinue reading “Why am I now all alone?”