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And after he had spent all, there came a mighty famine in that coun¬ 
try, and he began to be in want. 
And he went, and cleaved to one of the citizens of that country, and 
he sent him into his farm to feed swine. 
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks the swine did 
eat; and no man gave unto him. 
And returning to himself, he said: How many hired servants in my 
father’s house abound with bread, and I here perish with hunger ? 
I will arise, and will go to my father, and say to him: Father, I have 
sinned against Heaven, and before thee: I am not worthy to be called thy 
son: make me as one of thy hired servants. 
And rising up he came to his father. And when he was yet a great 
way off, his Father saw him , and was moved with compassion, and running 
to him fell upon his neck and kissed him. 
And his son said to him: Father, I have sinned against Heaven and 
before thee, I am not now worthy to be called thy son. 
And the Father said to his servants: Bring forth quickly the first 
robe, and put it on him , and put a ring on his hand , and shoes on his feet: 
And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat, and make merry. 
Because this my son urns dead , and is come to life again; was lost, 
and is found. And they began to be merry.” 
•— St. Luke , xv , 11-21. 
“Art thou weary, art thou laden. 
Art thou sore distressed ? 
‘Come to Me/ saith One, ‘and, coming, 
Be at rest V ” 
— St. Ephrem, the Syrian. 
