"From
beginning to end the lenten services of the Church call us to return to God our
Father. The theme of the parable of the prodigal son runs through the entire
season. We have wasted what our good God has given us. We have ruined our lives
and our world. We have polluted the air, the water and the earth. The birds and
the fish, the plants and the animals, grieve because of our wickedness. We have
corrupted our bodies and minds. We have abandoned communion with God and the
joy of His dwelling. We have gone off on our own, following our own ideas,
enacting our own plans. And the result is that we are away from our true home,
lost in a far country, living among swine. Through our reckless wasting of the
gifts given by God we have stripped ourselves of our original glory, wisdom,
beauty and strength: we have lost our divine legacy as children of God. And the
whole cosmos suffers with us in our affliction."
- The Lenten Spring by Fr. Thomas Hopko
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