Prodigal Love for Prodigal SonThird Sunday of the Lent

One of the Liturgical aimsMake us all worthy, O our Master, to partake of Your holies, unto the purification of our souls, our bodies, and our spirits;That we become one body and one spirit, and may have a share and an inheritance with all the saints who have pleased You since the beginning.Liturgy Of St Basil

The Word of my Mouth?For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips,Let them even be taken in their pride,And for the cursing and lying which they speak. Ps 59:12

My lips shall utter praise,For You teach me Your statutes.My tongue shall speak of Your word,For all Your commandments are righteousness. Ps 119:171,172

= G2705to kiss much, kiss again and again, kiss tenderlydenotes "to kiss fervently" (kata, intensive, and No. 1); the stronger force of this verb has been called in question, but the change from phileo to kataphileo in Mat 26:49; Mar 14:45 can scarcely be without significance, and the act of the traitor was almost certainly more demonstrative than the simple kiss of salutation. So with the kiss of genuine devotion, Luk 7:38, 45; 15:20; Act 20:37, in each of which this verb is used.Acpazecte allilyouc en vilymati `agiw.= Greet one another with a holy kiss.

John ChrysostomHappiness can only be achieved by looking inward & learning to enjoy whatever life has and this requires transforming greed into gratitude.

I. kissing means MUCH LOVE20And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him. Lk 15

II. This much kissing meant MUCH FORGIVENESS.21And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son.22But the father said to his servants, Bring.. Lk 15

III. Repeated kisses means, FULL RESTORATIONBring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet. . Lk 15:22

IV. Many kisses mean,EXCEEDING JOY.And bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and let us eat and be merry; 24for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found. And they began to be merry. Lk 15:23,24

What if he heard his brothers comment before the many kisses?But he was angry and would not go in. Therefore his father came out and pleaded with him. 29So he answered and said to his father, Lo, these many years I have been serving you; I never transgressed your commandment at any time; and yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might make merry with my friends. 30But as soon as this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with harlots, you killed the fatted calf for him. Lk 15:28-30

St. Hilary of PoitierThis, surely, is what he wished us to believe; this is how he wanted us to understand the perfect unity that is achieved through our Mediator, who lives in the Father while we live in him, and who, while living in the Father, lives also in us. This is how we attain to unity with the Father. Christ is in very truth in the Father by his eternal generation; we are in very truth in Christ, and he likewise is in us.