"A good name is better than precious ointment;"  (Ecc 7:1)   -   It is better to die with a good name than to live with a bad one.  A thought for the New Year!  Join us every Sunday and help heal your name.   

John answered them all, "I baptize you with water; but He who is mightier than I is coming, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. (Luke 3:16-17)

Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the LORD, that  He may come and rain salvation upon you. (Hos 10:12)

For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom for all, the testimony to which was borne at the proper time. (1 Tim 2:5-6)

I love the Lord because He has heard the voice of my supplication.   O Son of God baptized in the Jordan, save us who sing to Thee:   Alleluia!        (Second Antiphon)

When Thou, O Lord, wast baptized in the Jordan, the worship of the Trinity was made manifest!   For the voice of the Father bare witness to Thee, and called Thee His beloved Son!   And the Spirit, in the form of a dove, confirmed the truthfulness of His word.  O Christ our God, who hast revealed Thyself and hast enlightened the world, glory to Thee! 

But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,  that your fasting may not be seen by men but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.     (Matt 6:17-18)

So every one who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven;  but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.    (Matt 10:32-33)

“Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” (Psalm 45:10)

But the LORD is in His holy temple;   let all the earth keep silence before Him.    (Hab 2:20)

O come, let us worship God, our King. O come, let us worship and fall down before Christ, our King and our God. O come, let us worship and fall down before Christ Himself, our King and our God. (Three Salutations to Christ the Savior)

“Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving;  and pray for us also, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ…….” ( Col 4:2-3)

We magnify you, O hierarchs of Christ, Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom, and we honor your holy memory, for you pray for us to Christ our God!