Quinquagesima Sunday

It is Jesus Who, by the merits of His Passion, is to open the eyes of man as He did those of the blind man of Jericho, and deliver him alike from the bondage of sin and error.

Today we had lunch with a family here, the Labanics - Fr. Tomas is a Byzantine priest who is working on his doctorate: Theology of the Chapel, his wife Viera, and their two daughters, Paulina (3) and Clara (1 1/2). Maria plays very well with Paulina and Clara, and Viera and I try to get the girls together to play once a week (in addition to playing at Liturgy). They are from Slovakia, and Fr. Tomas painted the icons in the Byzantine Chapel.