January 9, 2022 - Divine Liturgy

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to the ages of ages [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] r [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] ah [Music] [Music] again in peace let us pray to the lord [Music] help us save us have mercy on us and keep us o god in your grace remember remembering our most holy pure blessed and glorious lady the theotokos and ever virgin mary with all the saints let us commend ourselves and one another and our whole life to christ our god [Music] for you are a good and loving god and to you we give the glory father son and holy spirit now and always and to the ages of ages please rise now and join with us as we sing our entrance in this morning found on p at the top of page two in your hymnals in the in the fourth tone to fedrontis anastasios quirimanto [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] man [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Music] and now we sing the hymn for the feast of theophany found at the bottom of page seven in your hymnals [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] christopher [Music] on [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] oh [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] oh [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] me [Music] ah [Music] [Music] let us be attentive let your mercy o lord be upon us see re rejoice in the lord oh you righteous wisdom the reading is from saint paul's letter to the ephesians wisdom let us be attentive brethren grace was given to each of us according to the measure of christ's gifts therefore it is said when he ascended on high he led a host of captives and he gave gifts to men and saying he ascended what does it mean but the but that he had also descended into the lower parts of the earth he who descended in is he who also ascended far above all the heavens that he might fill all things and his gifts were that some some should be apostles some prophets some evangelists some pastors and teachers to equip the saints for the work of this ministry for building up the body of christ until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the son of god to mature manhood to the measure of the stature of the fullness of christ peace [Music] [Music] a [Music] [Music] [Music] the reading is from the holy gospel according to saint matthew let us be attentive at that time when jesus heard that john had been arrested he withdrew into galilee and leaving nazareth he went and dwell in capernaum by the sea in the territory of zebulon and naphtali that what was spoken by the prophet isaiah might be fulfilled the land of zebulon and the land of naphtali toward the sea across the jordan galilee of the gentiles the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death light has dawned from that time jesus began to preach saying repent for the kingdom of heaven is [Music] [Music] please be seated okay well happy new year everyone new year is the new year uh celebration is always a wonderful one for all of us because if nothing else it symbolizes it represents a new beginning the beginning of a new year and all of us look inward when we pass new years and say okay now this next year what am i going to do different what am i going to be doing better what new thing awaits me in the new year and you know um in today's gospel we also have a new beginning a new beginning jesus was baptized just a few days ago on january 6 and we celebrated his baptism with the feast of epiphany and the blessing of the waters and that the baptism of christ signaled a new beginning a beginning of his public ministry let's put it that way that's when jesus started going out and preaching and healing the people and teaching his disciples all the things about the kingdom of god and in our gospel today we heard how how the prophet isaiah was um was um quoted and and in other words isaiah foretold that jesus would come and what would it be like when jesus came he said the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light it's as if light in other words had come and enlightened the whole world a world that was sitting in darkness so jesus went out to to bring this light to all the corners of the of the the known world in those times and as he as he went he went preaching repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand that's the first thing that jesus said in his public ministry was repent now repentance kind of gets a bad rap in our in our thoughts today in our modern world let's say that way repentance has kind of a negative connotation it has a lot of guilt associated with it because when we think of repenting it means very simple simply in greek metania is the word the word for repentance and it just simply means changing your mind changing your mind and personally it means that we go in a different direction than the direction we were going before so this repentance unfortunately though has had a stigma attached to it of a lot of guilt oh gee i i did something bad oh no how can i ever get over that oh no i can't tell anybody i'm so ashamed shame and guilt have been associated with repentance for such a long time at least in this country that i know of but that's not what jesus meant when he said repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand let me give you an example of exactly what he meant and the example is to be found in a parable that he told his disciples about the prodigal son remember that story a man a wealthy farm a farm owner had two sons and the youngest son came to him said hey hey i don't want to wait for my inheritance give it to me now i want my inheritance now because it would have been split between the two sons so the father said okay here take half of what i own and and go on your way and he went and he squandered his money and before you know it he was so poor he had wasted all the money he was so poor he was happy to eat whatever the pigs were eating and then this kind of repentance struck him this change of mind struck him and it said in the parable gee what in the heck am i doing here eating with the pigs my brothers and my dad my father's house and he's got more than enough to eat in good food too i'll get up and i'll go back to my father and i'll ask ask him to forgive me now notice that so far in the parable of the of the prodigal son there's no guilt anywhere there's just regret the son comes to his senses in other words and he thinks wait a minute the way i'm going is wrong let me change my mind and go back the other way to my father's house and so he did now there were two ways that the father could have received him now the father in this parable of course refers it symbolizes god the father and there are two ways that the father could have received his son who took half of the money and squandered it on in loose living the first way as he came close to the farm the father could have seen him because the servants told him he was coming the father could have done like this sure sure now you come back sure you wasted all that money all my hard-earned money now you come back and you want to have sure sure he could have done that and inflicted guilt upon guilt upon guilt to his son but of course you know that's not how the story goes the story was the exact opposite as the boy came closer what did the father do he told everybody hurry up get ready have a let's have a party my son is back he was like dead and now he's alive again get a party going let's welcome him with open hearts and he did and they did no guilt happiness dancing music because his son came back and that's how god feels when each one of us recognizes we've done something wrong something that he would not be pleased with something that went against what he wants when we come back to god that's how god feels it feels filled with joy happiness that a child of his has returned to him and that's a wonderful kind of a new beginning to have in this new year who knows what 2022 will bring i have i have hopes and prayers for all kinds of things of course for everybody to be healthy and for us to be done with this coronavirus and for everybody the scientists to figure out uh easier ways and more effective ways to deal with it that's what i hope first but second of all i hope that all of us can get back to normal where we think automatically of coming close to god and changing our lives little by little i can't tell you what to change every one of us knows what we do inside and in our life that maybe just isn't exactly what god wants and if we can think to change that god will rejoice with music and dancing amen please rise now and join with us as we continue in the divine liturgy on page 12 in your liturgy books again we bow before you and pray to you o good and loving god hear our supplication cleanse our souls and bodies from every defilement the flesh and spirit and grant that we may stand before your holy altar without blame or condemnation grant also god progress in life faith and spiritual discernment to the faithful who pray with us so that they may always worship you with reverence and love partake of your holy mysteries without blame or condemnation and become worthy of your heavenly kingdom [Music] [Music] [Music] a big huge [Music] [Music] me is [Music] [Music] oh uh [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] is [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] uh [Music] [Music] [Laughter] a [Music] [Laughter] may the lord are gone remember you all in his kingdom [Music] now and always and [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] say [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Music] we continue now on page 15 in your liturgy books oh [Music] [Music] [Music] that this whole day may be perfect holy peaceful and without sin let us ask the lord [Music] for an angel of peace a faithful guide a guardian of our souls and bodies let us ask the lord [Music] for forgiveness of our sins and offenses let us ask the lord [Music] for all that is good and profitable for our souls and peace in the world let us ask the lord [Music] that we may live out our lives in peace and repentance let us ask the lord for a christian into our lives peaceful free of shame and suffering and for a good defense before the dread judgment seat of christ led us us [Music] remembering our most holy pure blessed and glorious lady the theotokos and ever virgin mary with all the saints let us commend ourselves and one another and our whole life to christ our god through the mercies of your only begotten son with whom you are blessed together with your all holy good and life-giving spirit now and always and to the ages of ages peace be with all [Music] let us love one another that we may with one mind confess [Music] [Music] the doors the doors in wisdom let us be attentive [Music] please refer now to the pamphlets found in your pews and join in reading the creed i believe in one god father almighty creator of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible and in one lord jesus christ the only begotten son of god begotten of the father before all ages light of light true god of true god begotten not created of one essence with the father through whom all things were made who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven and was incarnate of the holy spirit and the virgin mary and became man he was crucified for us under pontius pilate and suffered and was buried and he rose on the third day according to the scriptures he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the father and he will come again with glory to judge the living and the dead his kingdom shall have no end and in the holy spirit the lord the creator of life who proceeds from the father who together with the father and the son is worshiped and glorified who spoke through the prophets in one holy catholic and apostolic church i confess one baptism for the forgiveness of sins i look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the age to come amen [Music] this is [Music] the grace of our lord jesus christ the love of god the father and the communion of the holy spirit be with all right [Music] let us lift up our hearts let us give thanks to the lord [Music] it is fitting and right to sing of you to bless you to praise you to give thanks to you and to worship you in all places under your dominion for you are god beyond describing beyond comprehending neither to be seen nor conceived forever existing forever the same you and your only begotten son and your holy spirit you brought us into being out of nothingness and when we had fallen raised us up again leaving nothing undone until you could lead us to heaven and grant us your future kingdom for all these things we thank you and your only begotten son and your holy spirit for all these blessings both known and unknown manifest or hidden that have been bestowed on us we thank you also for this liturgy which you have deemed worthy to accept from our hands even though you are surrounded by thousands of archangels and tens of thousands of angels by the cherubim and the seraphim six wings six many eyes soaring on their wings [Music] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] is [Music] oh [Music] [Music] taking this is my body which is broken for you for the remission of sin [Music] drink of this all of you this is my blood of the new covenant which is shed for you and for many for the remission of sins [Music] please kneel [Music] on um once again we offer you this spiritual worship without the shedding of blood and we ask pray and entreat you send down your holy spirit upon us and upon these gifts here offered and make this bread the precious body of your christ and that which is in this cup the precious blood of your christ amen changing them by your holy spirit [Music] spiritual [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Applause] is [Music] oxy [Music] [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] [Music] oh [Music] among the first lord remember archbishop jerasimos grant that he may serve your holy churches in peace keep him safe honorable and in health for many years rightly teaching the word of your truth also remember lord those whom each of us has in mind and all your people the good works in your holy churches who are mindful of the poor and upon us all send down your mercy and grant that with one voice and one heart we may glorify and praise your most exalted and majestic name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit now and always and to the ages of ages may the mercies of our great god and savior jesus christ be with all right having remembered all the saints let us again in peace pray to the lord for the precious gifts here offered and consecrated let us pray to the lord that our loving god having accepted them at his holy and mystical altar in heaven as an offering of spiritual fragrance will in turn send down upon us divine grace and the gift of the holy spirit let us pray [Music] having prayed for the unity of the faith and the communion of the holy spirit let us commend ourselves and one another and our whole life to christ our god [Music] can inheritance of the kingdom of heaven confidence before you not for judgment or condemnation [Music] our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil for yours is the kingdom the power and the glory father son and holy spirit now and always and to the ages of ages peace be [Music] let us bow our hands to the lord we give thanks to you invisible king in your infinite power you fashioned all things and in the abundance of your mercy you brought all things from nothing into being look down o master from heaven on those who have bowed their heads to you for they have bowed not before flesh and blood but before you the awesome god will you then master order what lies ahead according to to each one's need sail with those at sea accompany the wayfarers heal the sick as position of our souls and bodies by the grace mercy and love for us of your only begotten son with whom you are blessed together with your all holy good and life-giving spirit now and always and to the ages of ages [Music] [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Music] me [Music] [Music] any [Applause] [Music] [Applause] is [Music] please turn now to page 29 in your liturgy books and join in reading the communion prayers i believe o lord and i confess that you are truly the christ the son of the living god who did come into the world to save sinners of whom i am the first i also believe that this is your sacred body and this your precious blood therefore i pray to you have mercy upon me and forgive my transgressions voluntary and involuntary in word and deed both known and unknown and make me worthy to partake of your sacred mysteries for the remission of sins and life eternal amen behold i approach for holy communion o creator burn me not as i partake for you are fire which burns the unworthy wherefore do you cleanse me from every stain those of you prepared to receive holy communion i ask that you come down now the center aisle to receive [Music] [Music] [Music] is [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Music] ah with the fear of god with faith and with love draw near [Music] the [Music] [Music] ah [Music] [Music] the [Music] [Music] [Music] see [Music] [Music] [Music] the [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] pero [Music] sins and life everlasting save your people and bless your inheritance [Music] [Music] be exalted oh god above the heavens and let your glory be over all the earth is [Applause] let us be attentive having received the divine holy pure immortal life-giving and awesome mysteries of christ let us give fitting thanks to the lord help us save us have mercy on us and keep us o god in your grace having us that this whole day may be perfect holy peaceful and free of sin let us commend ourselves and one another and our whole life to christ our god [Music] we thank you loving master benefactor of our souls that this day you have once again made us worthy of your heavenly and immortal mysteries make straight our path keep us firmly in all of you guard our lives keep us steady in our way through the prayers of the glorious they'll talk us in every virgin mary and of all your saints for you are our sanctification and to you we give the glory father son and holy spirit now and always and to the ages of ages let us depart in peace let us pray to the lord we realize on lord bless those who praise you and sanctify those who trust in you save your people and bless your inheritance protect the whole body of your church sanctify those who love the beauty of your house glorify them in return by your divine power and do not forsake us who put our hope in you grant peace to your world to your churches to the clergy to those in public service to the armed forces and to all your people for every good and perfect gift is from from above coming from you the father of lights and to you we give glory thanksgiving and worship father son and holy spirit now and always and to the ages of ages [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] we will now offer memorial prayers for the repose of the soul of god's handmaid anna pappajohn long-time parishioner of here of us here at saint catherine on this the 40th day since her passing please join your prayers together with the prayers of her family for the repose of her soul if you'd like to follow in the service it begins on page 38 in your liturgy books [Music] [Music] blessed are you o lord teach me your commandments give rest o god to your servant and place her in paradise where the choirs of the saints and the righteous will shine as the stars of heaven to your departed servant give rest o lord and forgive all of her offenses [Music] [Music] now and always and forever and ever amen rejoice gracious lady hooth for the salvation of all gave birth to god in the flesh and through whom the human race has found salvation through you pure and blessed may oh [Music] with the saints give rest o christ to the soul of your handmaid where there is no pain no sorrow nor suffering but life everlasting [Music] is [Music] [Music] oh [Music] r among the spirits of the righteous made perfect give restless savior to the soul of your servant keeping it in that life of blessedness which is with you lover of mankind [Music] glory to the father and the son and the holy spirit you are our god who descended into hades and ended the sufferings of all who were in prison [Music] oh savior also rest the soul of your servants [Music] [Music] have mercy on us oh god according to your great mercy we pray to you hear us and have mercy [Music] on us can we pray for the repose of the soul of the handmaid of god on who has fallen asleep and for the forgiveness of all her errors both voluntary and involuntary [Music] that the lord god will place her soul with the righteous rest and will grant to her the mercies of god the kingdom of heaven and the forgiveness of her sins let us ask of christ our immortal king and god [Music] [Applause] let us pray to the lord [Music] oh god of spirits and of all flesh who have trampled down death crushed the power of the devil and granted life to your world will you thus yourself o lord give rest to the soul of your handmaid ana who has fallen asleep in a place of light a place of green pasture a place of repose where there is no grief sorrow or mourning forgive every sin she may have committed in word or deed or thought for you are a good god who loves mankind and there is no one who lives and does not sin only you are without sin your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness and your law is truth to kirill [Music] [Music] [Music] may your memory be eternal dear sister for you are worthy of blessedness and eternal memory me [Music] me [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] is [Applause] [Applause] [Music] may god bless you and keep you please be seated okay where's the hundreds the hundreds you put them in there okay lester's our god now annoys to the ages of ages amen amen amen just a couple of brief announcements this morning today um the memorial flame on the holy altar table burned in memory of taso karkhezis um his daughter tina and helen helen maul too who's helen uh maria who's helen your sister okay so they were offered by by by maria carcas there it is i see i'm sorry uh her husband tossel carcases in memory of him and her daughter tina mall and her sister helen um 11 years five years and two years since their passing we pray that god rests their souls and that their memories be eternal just a couple of announcements um thursday i think it was thursday we celebrated the feast of theophany um it was wonderful to see so many people present to come and celebrate that wonderful and important big feast we um we bless the the great we had the great blessing of the waters that day and we had many bottles of water prepared a hundred as a matter of fact and they all went left except for one so what we did is we had extra holy water in in the corn beetroon the the container so we decided to get more bottles out and fill those with the leftover water from the holy water so we do have some more water for holy water in the bottles if you'd like to take a bottle home go in that door that's by the the oregon speakers there go in that door go up where father dino has his vestments and on the counter you'll see some bottles of holy water sitting on in the counter so you can feel free to take one home okay god bless you for that if you weren't able to come last thursday um uh today we're having our annual vasilo the philopticos is sponsoring our annual vasilopita luncheon um we're going to be cutting the vasilo pita bread also and and having a delicious chicken and potato a luncheon today so tickets are only ten dollars a person and children under 12 or only five um so please join us next door in arts acopolis hall after liturgy sunday the 16th of uh january that's next sunday our philoptica society is having a general meeting all ladies of the parish are invited to attend and to learn what the what good things the philotogos is doing for the poor um and to uh take the opportunity to join phillip by paying your dues and to and to maybe help in some of the committees it's a wonderful group that's doing a lot of very good work for the poor um and then on sunday january 30th our dancers will be dancing a preview um performance of the dances they'll be doing at fdf in phoenix this february so and i think they're going to have i think something to eat let's see i'm almost positive they usually do they'll be something to eat i'm sure um and then february 5th is our annual crab feed richard is here today you can get your crab feed tickets they're only dollars a person a lot of the other crab feeds around town are 70 but we're keeping our price at 55 per person we've already sold half of the tickets 100 100 tickets have already been sold and it's february 5th so don't delay if you want 50 55 per person or a table of 10 for 500 so you save a little bit that way okay talk to richard today if you'd like to get a ticket and don't forget to send in your stewardship pledge card for 2022 we'd love to count you as a member of saint catherine if you were curious the parish council took its oath of office last sunday and were sworn in and right afterward they held elections for the officers of the parish council and i want to read those off right now i have the list right here yeah they elected as president martha potiliavis-lewis vice president cindy newleys treasurer richard boucher and the secretary melanie hadzakos and the other members are maria alifaris-gierge kathleen almeida hall mark haleck costa scapinatis theodore pandazis demos papadopoulos and james scape so we congratulate all of them we're looking forward to a wonderful year in 2022 with the parish council and i think that's it uh if you want some envelopes to so you can send in your donations we have little ones like this in the narthex on that table off to the side uh take as many as you'd like as soon as they run out i have more in the office i'll i'll put more in there okay and uh and that should do it please join us for a beautiful lunch and today next door god bless you and keep you please come down the side aisles now to receive your undead you

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Published: Sun Jan 09 2022