March 6, 2022 - Divine Liturgy

in the grave with your body but in hell with your soulless god in paradise with a thief on the throne with the father and the spirit o christ you are uncircumscribed and fill all things oh yeah do so so let's go ahead have mercy oh god cleanse me a sinner and have mercy upon heavenly king the comfort of the spirit of truth or whatever present and fill us to all things treasury of blessings and giver of life come and abide in us cleanse us from every impurity and save our souls so good one glory to god in the highest and on earth peace good will toward man and glory to god in the highest and on earth peace good will toward man oh lord open thou my lips and my mouth will sow forth my praise blessed is the kingdom of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit now and ever and unto ages of ages in peace let us pray to the lord [Music] for heavenly peace and the salvation of our souls let us pray to the lord [Music] for peace in the whole world the stability of god's holy churches and for the oneness of all let us pray to the lord [Music] for this holy house and for all who enter it with faith reverence and godly fear let us pray to the lord [Music] for our metropolitan gerosimos the honorable priesthood the deacons in christ and for all the clergy and the people let us pray to the lord [Music] for our country the president and all in public service let us pray to the lord for this city in paris for every city and land and for the faithful who live in them let us pray to the lord [Music] for temperate weather abundance of the goods of the earth and for peaceful times let us pray to the lord [Music] [Laughter] for those who travel by land sea and air for those who are sick or suffering or in captivity and for their safe keeping let us pray to the lord [Music] that we may be spared all affliction wrath danger and want let us pray to the lord [Music] help us save us have mercy on us and keep us oh god by your grace commemorating our most holy pure blessed and glorious lady the failed tokos and ever virgin mary with all the saints let us commend ourselves and each other and our whole life unto christ our god [Music] for all glory honor and worship are your due father son and holy spirit now and always and forever and forever [Music] [Music] us again in peace let us pray to the lord [Music] help us save us have mercy on us and keep us oh god in your grace commemorating our most holy most pure most blessed and glorious lady the theotokos and ever virgin mary with all the saints let us commend ourselves and each other and our whole life unto christ our god for yours is the dominion and yours are the kingdom and the power and the glory of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit now and always and forever and ever [Music] [Music] on [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] again in peace let us pray to the lord [Music] help us save us have mercy on us and keep us oh god by your grace commemorating our most holy most pure most blessed and glorious lady failed tokos and ever virgin mary with all the saints let us commend ourselves and each other and our whole life unto christ our god [Music] for you are a good and loving god and to you we give the glory to the father and to the son and to the holy spirit now and always and unto ages of ages [Music] oh blessed is the entrance of your saints always now and ever and unto ages of ages amen [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] sanctifying his souls [Music] [Music] [Music] m [Music] [Music] um [Music] ah [Music] let us pray to the lord for you our god are holy and unto you we offer up glory to the father and to the son and to the holy spirit now and always and unto ages of ages oh [Music] is [Music] [Music] blessed are you in the third [Music] ah [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] wisdom let us attend peace be unto all wisdom [Music] pray and return to the lord your god in judah god is known his name is great in israel wisdom the reading is from paul's letter to the romans let us attend brethren salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believe the night is foregone the day is at hand let us then cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light let us conduct ourselves becomingly as in the day not in revealing in drunkenness not in debauchery in the sentence not in quarreling and jealousy but put on the lord jesus christ and make no provision for the flesh to grant to gratify its desires as for the man who is weak in faith welcome him but not for disputes over opinions one believes he may eat anything while the weak man eats only vegetables let not him who eats despise him who abstains and let not him who abstains past judgment on him who eats for god has welcomed him who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another it is before his own master that he stands or falls and he will be upheld for god is able to make him stand [Music] [Music] [Music] wisdom let us attend let us hear the holy gospel peace be unto [Music] the allah is from the holy gospel according to saint matthew [Music] let us attend [Music] [Music] and the lord said if you forgive men their trespasses your heavenly father also will forgive you but if you do not forgive men their trespasses neither will your father forgive your trespasses and when you fast do not look dismal like the hypocrites for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by men truly i say to you they have their reward but when you fast anoint your head and wash your face that your fasting may not be seen by men but by your father who is in secret and your father who sees in secret will reward you do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal for where your treasure is there will your heart be also [Music] please be seated in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit well brothers and sisters it's good to be back with you again uh serving here i think it's been a little over two years since i was here last uh has anything significant happened in the world the last couple of years yeah just a few things right uh we live in uh in times that sometimes are anxiety producing there's a lot going on and we as orthodox christians need to respond in prayer especially pray now for the peace in uh in the ukraine you know uh situation uh pray for our brothers and sisters there and just for uh uh for a peaceful resolution to that to that conflict so there is a lot going on that makes people anxious or angry or bitter or resentful and i think that's why today's gospel reading about forgiveness is so relevant to these times today as you know in the orthodox church on the calendars this sunday right before the beginning of lent uh this is sometimes called forgiveness sunday or cheese fair sunday uh because as we're preparing for the fast um i want to focus this morning on on the theme of forgiveness though because i think this is so important uh for us if we want to rise above the polarization and the rage and the and the personal grievances that tend to dominate our social and political discourse today it's really important that we take to heart jesus message of forgiveness we know we say in the lord's prayer forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us there's a rabbi's story about two brothers who came to him who came to the rabbi to settle a long-standing dispute between these brothers and after they settled their differences the rabbi asked each one to make a wish for the other so the one brother said to his brother i wish for you what you wish for me and the other brother said see rabbi he's starting up again so they did not learn the lesson of forgiveness because they were still harboring anger or bitterness c.s lewis said everyone thinks that forgiveness is a wonderful idea until you actually have something to forgive and then it's where that's where it really becomes real is when we when we do have something that we need to forgive for others um you know the prayer that jesus taught us says that we forgive as we ask god to forgive us as we forgive others who have sinned against us in other words when we hold a grudge against someone when we harbor bitterness toward another person we are basically saying to god don't forgive me now i know that sounds harsh but jesus is even more blunt he says for if you forgive men their trespasses your heavenly father will also forgive you but if you do not forgive them mend their trespasses neither will your father forgive your trespasses i don't know how you could be get more clearer than that in other words if we don't forgive others we can't even pray the lord's prayer without condemning ourselves the church fathers tell us that a christian is one who is to forgive everyone for everything now why is this so important because god wants to release us from the prison of a bitter spirit the world's worst prison is the prison of an unforgiving heart but you may ask father how can i forgive someone who has hurt me very deeply some people think that forgiveness means pretending that the that the hurtful deed didn't happen or that it was excusable or that it wasn't really that bad or wrong on the contrary the very premise of forgiveness is that real harm was done that's the basis on what on which god forgives us he doesn't excuse our sin he just says and we acknowledge that when we sin that there's real that we've done wrong and it is on that basis then that god forgives us because we acknowledge that we have done the wrong forgiveness is not denial or overlooking a wrong it simply means making a decision to move on a decision to stop cultivating anger and revenge basically it means a decision to love instead of seeking revenge somebody said recently i read i thought this was a good statement they said when we stay angry at someone else it's like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die and that's really true because we are just poisoning ourselves by having a bitter or revengeful spirit as christians we not only forgive those who have wronged us but we also ask forgiveness of each other for the sins and offenses that we may have committed we certainly do this in confession we come to the priest but it's important that we also acknowledge to each other when we have done something wrong that has that has hurt somebody else but you may ask isn't sin really an offense against god so shouldn't we be asking his forgiveness instead of each other certainly we should ask the lord to forgive us for all of our sins because our sins do affect our relationship with him but there's no sin that we commit that does not somehow also affect our relationship with with our brothers and sisters with each other often in ways that we don't even know so to so when we come to each other and we ask forgiveness what we are we are really saying that this is not just an act of humility but it's also a recognition of a very profound truth that whenever we sin against christ we also sin against the body of christ that is against each other and thus we need to be reconciled so as we as we come before uh each other today uh just as before we begin lent it's important that we be reconciled to one another if there is anything that is coming between us or between you know ourselves and other people uh we should seek to to ask forgiveness for any any wrongs that we may have done and to be reconciled as dostoyevsky said in the in the book the brothers karamazov each of us is guilty of everything before everyone i think there's a beautiful story in the old testament i'll close with this and you may be familiar with the story of joseph you know joseph this young man who was sold into slavery by his brothers i mean how he was so badly treated that his brothers actually sold him into slavery and he was taken as a slave to egypt and i'm sure you know the story that over the time he he rose in prominence by god's you know gift he he rose from being a jail and a slave to being coming like the ruler of egypt like second only to the pharaoh and there was a famine in the land of of israel and his brothers not knowing what had happened to him they came to egypt because he joseph had wisely stored food uh you know for in times of for times of famine and they came to him seeking uh seeking food seeking help and when they recognized him they were stricken with remorse and they bowed down before and and said how wrong they were what they had done to him and they asked his forgiveness and joseph's statement here i think is really telling what he how he responds he not only forgives them but he says you meant it for evil but god meant it for good in other words even out of that tragic wrong that they had done him god worked it out ultimately for their for their good and i think god rewards forgiveness in that way the of course the greatest uh act of of forgiveness was jesus himself on the cross when he says about those who put him on the cross father forgive them for they they don't know what they're doing they know not what they do and out of that forgiveness out of that great act of sacrifice that jesus made of course it comes comes the glorious resurrection and but but ultimately he forgave everyone who wronged him to forgive and be forgiven what a wonderful way to begin great lent the church knows that in order for us to rise to arrive at the saving feast of the lord's resurrection we must be at peace with him and with each other therefore as saint paul says in colossians therefore as the elect of god holy and beloved put on tender mercies kindness humility meekness long-suffering bearing with one another and forgiving one another even as christ forgave you so you also must do in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen that ever guarded by your power we may give to you the glory father son and holy spirit now and always and unto ages of ages no one called upon the desires and pleasures [Music] yet in your inexpressible and immeasurable love for us you became man without all your change you became our high priest and as lord of all you entrusted to us the celebration of this liturgical sacrifice without the shedding of blood for you alone lord our god have dominion over all things in heaven and lord of the sanctuary [Music] to stand before [Laughter] your sinful and unworthy servant for in truth you are the one who offers and in turn is offered who receives and in turn is shared out on christ [Music] and unto age [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] attended by the angelic host hallelujah [Music] [Music] forgive me my brothers and sisters [Music] have mercy upon god [Music] [Applause] is [Music] out all my iniquities [Music] [Music] [Laughter] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] ah [Music] all the way around the church [Music] and bless the lord [Applause] [Music] [Music] for his eminence our metropolitan gorosimos may the lord our god remember him in his kingdom always now and ever and unto ages of ages for all those in priestly and monastic orders may the lord our god remember them in his heavenly kingdom always now and ever and unto ages of ages for the president of the united states and all civil authorities and for our armed forces in defense of peace and freedom everywhere may the lord our god remember them in his heavenly kingdom always now and ever and unto ages of ages for all of our fathers mothers brothers sisters friends and relatives departed this life in true faith and hope of the resurrection may the lord our god remember them in his heavenly kingdom always now and ever and unto ages of ages for all those of our community who are ill or suffering or traveling or in need of our prayers for all christians throughout the world who are suffering persecution for the faith especially those who are in this war in ukraine that you will grant peace and mercy to them may the lord our god remember them in his heavenly kingdom always now and ever and unto ages of ages for the founders and benefactors of this holy church those who labor in those who sing those who love us and those who hate us those whom we have in our hearts may the lord our god remember them in his heavenly kingdom always now and ever and unto ages of ages [Music] you and all of you may the lord our god remember you in his heavenly kingdom always now and ever and unto ages of ages joseph taking rose pure body [Music] all things bearing life more fruitful than paradise [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] let us complete our prayer unto the lord for the precious gifts here presented let us pray to the lord [Music] for this holy house and for those who enter it with faith reverence and godly fear let us pray to the lord that we may be spared all affliction wrath danger and want let us pray to the lord help us save us have mercy on us and keep us o god in your grace [Music] that the whole day may be perfect holy peaceful and sinless let us ask of the lord [Music] for an angel of peace a faithful god a guardian of our souls and bodies let us ask of the lord [Music] for forgiveness of our sins and offenses let us ask of the lord for all that is good and profitable for our souls and peace for the world let us ask of the lord that we may live out our lives in peace and repentance let us ask of the lord [Music] a christian ending to our lives peaceful free of shame and suffering and for a good defense before the dread judgment seat of christ let us ask of the lord commemorating our most holy most pure most blessed and glorious lady failed tokos and ever virgin mary with all the saints let us command ourselves and each other and all our life unto 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 ever and unto ages of ages [Music] peace be unto all [Music] let us love one another that with one mind we may confess i will love you lord my strength the lord is [Music] glory storm the doors the doors in wisdom let us attend together the creed i believe in one god the father almighty maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible in one lord jesus christ the only begotten son of god begotten of the father before all ages came down from heaven according to the scriptures he ascended into heaven and he 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 enemy and in the holy spirit the lord the creator of life who proceeds from the father together with the father and the son is worshipped and glorified who spoke by the prophets in one holy catholic and apostolic church i confess one baptism of the forgiveness of sins i look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the edges to come amen let us stand well let us stand in awe let us take care to offer the holy oblation in peace [Music] [Music] the grace of our lord jesus christ the love of god the father and the communion of the holy spirit be with all of you [Music] [Music] let us give thanks unto the lord to praise you to give thanks to you and to worship you in all places and be your dominion for you are god beyond describing beyond understanding 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 you 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 for your only begotten son and your holy spirit for all these blessings both known and unknown manifest or hidden that have been bestowed upon 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 angels and tens of thousands of angels by the cherubim and the seraphim six winged many eyed soaring on their pinions singing proclaiming shouting the victory hymn and singing so love the world [Music] [Music] r [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] see you have so loved your world as to give your only begotten son that whoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life having come and had fulfilled the divine plan for us in the night when he was delivered up or rather gave himself up for the life of the world he took bread in his holy pure and blameless hands gave thanks blessed and sanctified it and breaking it gave it to his holy disciples and apostles saying take eat this is my body which is broken for you for the remission of sins likewise after supper he took the cup saying drink of this all of you this is my blood of the new testament which is shed for you and for many for the remission of sins [Music] unto thee on behalf of all and for all once again we offer you the spiritual worship without the shedding of blood and we thank you and ask and 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 [Music] changing them by your holy spirit [Music] fulfillment of the kingdom of heaven confidence before you not judgment or condemnation again we offer you the spiritual [Music] and for every righteous spirit [Music] so [Music] especially for our most holy most pure most blessed and glorious lady that failed tocos and ever virgin mary john the prophet holy [Music] all who will fall glorious [Music] is [Music] [Music] great is the foreign [Music] man [Music] among the first lord remember our metropolitan gerosimos 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 and remember also lord those whom each of us has in mind and all your people remember [Music] those who travel the sick the afflicted those in captivity and their safe keeping remember lord those who toil and do good works in your holy churches who are mindful of the poor and upon us all send down your mercies and grant that with one voice and one heart we may glorify and praise your most all exalted and majestic name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit now and always and unto ages of ages and may the mercies of our great god and savior jesus christ be with all of you [Music] having remembered all the saints again in peace let us pray to the lord [Music] 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 spirits with fragrance will send down upon us and return his divine grace and the gift of the holy spirit let us pray to the lord having prayed for the unity of the faith and the communion of the holy spirit let us command ourselves and each other and our whole life unto christ our god [Music] and make us worthy o master with confidence and without fear of reproach to make bold to call you the heavenly god as father and to say our father who are thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven give us today our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive for thine art and the glory of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit now and ever and unto ages of ages [Music] peace be unto all [Music] let us bow our heads unto the lord [Music] 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 unto ages of ages lord jesus though enthroned with the christ on high yet invisibly present here in our midst by your mighty hand to give us a share of your pure body and precious blood and through us to all your people let us attend the holy things are for the holy spirit broken and distributed as a lamb of god broken but not divided forever eaten and never consumed but sanctifying those who partake the fullness of the cup of the faith of the holy spirit of your saints always [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] behold i approach for holy communion create return [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] iniquities foreign [Music] he [Music] together i believe o lord and i confess that thou art truly the christ the son of the living god who camesth into the world to save sinners of whom i am first and i believe also that this is truly thin almost pure body and this is truly thine own precious blood therefore i pray thee have mercy on me and forgive me my transgressions both voluntary and involuntary of word and of deed committed in knowledge or in ignorance and make me worthy to partake without condemnation of thy most pure mysteries for the remission of my sins and unto life everlasting amen of thy mystical supper o son of god accept me today as a communicant for i will not speak of thy mysteries to thy enemies neither like judas will i give thee a kiss but like the thief will i confess thee remember me o lord when thou comest in thy kingdom in the fear of god with faith and love draw near those baptized orthodox christians who have prepared to receive holy communion please come line up in the in the center aisle and come forward [Music] servant of god george receives the precious and holy body amen and savior jesus christ for the remission of sin [Music] servant of god deborah receives the precious and holy body and blood of our lord jesus christ servant of god mark receives the precious and holy body and blood of our lord [Music] receives the precious [Music] child of god of our lord and savior jesus christ a child of god servant of [Music] of our god god and savior jesus christ amen servant of god receives the precious and holy body and blood of our lord and savior jesus christ amen servant of god [Music] [Music] servant [Music] receives the precious and holy servant of god of our lord [Music] the precious and holy body and blood of our lord god and savior jesus christ amen receives the precious and holy body and blood of our lord and savior jesus christ amen [Music] receives the precious and holy body and blood of our lord god and savior jesus christ servant of god costs us sorry receives the precious and holy body and blood of our lord god and savior jesus christ [Music] amen servant of god receives the precious and holy body and blood of our lord god and savior jesus christ amen child of god receives the precious and holy body and blood of our lord god and savior jesus christ servant of god receives the precious and holy body and [Music] receives the precious and holy body and blood of our lord god and savior jesus christ receives the precious and holy body and blood of our lord and savior jesus christ servant of god [Music] oh this has touched your lips purge iniquity's taken away your sins huh wash away all over the sins of all those who remembered by your precious blood through the prayers of your saints oh god save thy people and bless thine inheritances [Music] [Music] [Music] after [Music] always now and ever and unto ages of ages [Music] let us be attentive having received the divine holy pure immortal life-giving and awesome mysteries of christ let us fitting give thanks unto the lord help us save us have mercy on us and keep us o god in your grace having asked that the whole day may be perfect holy peaceful and sinless let us commend ourselves and one another and our whole life unto christ our god [Music] for you are our sanctification and to you we give glory to the father and to the son and to the holy spirit now and always and unto ages of ages [Music] let us depart in peace let us pray to the lord [Music] o 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 above coming down from you the father of lights and to you we give the glory thanksgiving and worship father son and holy spirit now and always and unto ages of ages [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] let us pray to the lord may the blessings and mercy of the lord come upon you through his grace and love toward mankind always now and ever and unto ages of ages [Music] [Laughter] glory to you o christ our god and our hope glory to you may he who was risen from the dead christ our true god through the intercessions of his most pure and holy mother through the power of the precious and life-giving cross through the supplications of the holy glorious and all laudable apostles of saint john chrysostom archbishop of constantinople of saint catherine the great the patron and protector of this church of the 42 holy martyrs of amoria whom we commemorate today of the holy and righteous ancestors of god joachim and anna and of all the saints have mercy on us and save us for he is good and loves mankind [Music] through the prayers of our holy fathers o lord jesus christ our god have mercy on us and save us [Music] christ is in our midst it's good to be with you brothers and sisters and to celebrate this liturgy on this wonderful day um and uh did were there any announcements ted or anything we need to to know about oh okay please forgive me for not being familiar with all of your uh practices here but okay um is you gonna take the offering no okay god bless so um for today's coffee hour fallopticos is sponsoring today's coffee hour in the hall we hope you can all uh join us if you can stay the annual saint catherine fallopticos mother's day luncheon will be held on saturday may the 7th so uh all of you mothers and and you know who you are please like please keep that in mind uh does anybody have any other announcements that uh should be made this morning in today and helping us with the service we appreciate it oh it's it's always wonderful to be here wish i could come more often uh father dino and i have been friends for a long long time probably longer than either of us want to admit uh you know we're all getting up there but um you know i just uh we've i just have enjoyed his friendship and and uh working with him and um by the way i will say one thing um sunday of orthodoxy which is next sunday uh will be we're going to do after missing last year you know because of everything going on we are going to resume sunday of orthodoxy vespers it will be next sunday evening a week from the tonight i think it starts at six father dino can let you know but it's going to be at my home parish at elevation of the holy cross church on on jackson road uh so hopefully uh you know many viewers can come please please come out and join your other orthodox churches brothers and sisters in uh in the sunday of orthodoxy service okay am i holding the cross or the or the prosphra it's up here already gotta have my glasses checked or something [Laughter] all right well go in peace may the blessings of the lord go with you all please come and receive a prosperous glory to thee our god glory to thee our god glory to thee our god good morning god bless you you

Channel: Saint Katherine Greek Orthodox Church - Elk Grove

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Keywords: Greek Orthodox, Orthodox Christian, Divine Liturgy

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Length: 75min 15sec (4515 seconds)

Published: Sun Mar 06 2022