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A Pan-Orthodox ministry that displays Christian love, mercy and compassion to the individuals, families and facilities it serves.

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A Pan-Orthodox ministry that displays Christian love, mercy and compassion to the individuals, families and facilities it serves.

Readings for the Week of January 8, 2023

Gerald Largent

1/8: Ephesians 4:7-13; Matthew 4:12-17

1/9: Hebrews 11:17-23, 27-31; Mark 8:11-21

1/10: Hebrews 12:25-26; 13:22-25; Mark 8:22-26

1/11: James 1:1-18; Mark 8:30-34

1/12: James 1:19-27; Mark 9:10-16

1/13: James 2:1-13; Mark 9:33-41

1/14: Colossians 1:3-6; Luke 14:1-11

Words from the Saints -- January 5, 2023

Gerald Largent

"If you share secretly in the joy of someone you envy, you will be freed from your jealousy; and you will also be freed from your jealousy if you keep silent about the person you envy." --St. Thalassios the Libyan

"All material wealth is the same, but is acquired in many different ways; similarly, virtue is one, but is many-sided in its operations." --St. Mark the Ascetic

"If you see your neighbor in sin, don’t look only at this, but also think about what he has done or does that is good, and infrequently trying this in general, while not partially judging, you will find that he is better than you." --St. Basil the Great

Typica Service on January 2, 2023: St. Sylvester of Rome; St. Seraphim of Sarov

Gerald Largent

Christ is Born! Glorify Him!

Today is January 2, 2023. It is the First Pre-Festive Day of Theophany. On this day of the month the Orthodox Church commemorates Our Holy Father-Among-The-Saints, Sylvester, Pope of Rome; and Our Venerable Father Seraphim, Wonderworker of Sarov.

The prescribed readings are Hebrews 8:7-13 and Luke 20:27-44.

*** Our next live broadcast on Facebook will be tomorrow, January 3, at 7pm (Eastern). ***

Prayer List for the Week of January 1, 2023

Gerald Largent

For healing: Fr. Andrew, Fr. Daniel, Fr. Gregory, Matushka Katherine, Matushka Myra, Monk Meletios, Justin, Steven, Marian, Patricia, Mark, Nikolai, Anastasia, Alice, Kathleen, Denise, Denise, Pamela, Robert, Peter, Eric, Marianne, Ryan, Joanne, Marianne, Emily, Charles, Hank, Nicholas, Katrina, Mary Jane, Nicholas, Alicia, Mary Jo, Clara, Barbara, Margaret, Susan, Danielle, Nicholas, Tricia, Kathleen, Walter, Patty, Darlene, George, Paul, Michael, Darina, Robert, Diana, George, Natalie, Arthur, Dorina, Bea, Helen, Helena, Robert, Elizabeth, Rita, John, Joyce, Nicole, Patricia, Rene, Jennifer, Dorina, Elena, Randy, Michael, Loretta, Papoulas, Despina, Constantine, Eleftheria, Marihiam, Agape, Lachlan, Jason, Michael, Carter, Maria, Connie, Enrique. Elizabeth, Monu, Barbara, Evangeline, Stacy, Scott, Barbara, Anthony, Abraham, Louis, Jeff, Gabriel, Gloria, Donald, Marc, Ana, Alexandra, Eliza, Kathleen, Gary

For God’s protection: all captives; all persecuted Christians throughout the world

For God’s protection: all those in the military

For God’s protection: all emergency medical workers, firefighters and police officers

For God’s mercy and peace: those who are in hospice care

For God’s mercy, direction and protection: those who are unemployed, poor, hungry and/or homeless

*** We pray for: those who love us; those who hate us; those who have no one to pray for them; those who have asked us to pray for them, even though we are unworthy. ***

Departed: Mihai, Michael, Jeremy, George, Christian, Diana, Joan

Readings for the Week of January 1, 2023

Gerald Largent

1/1: Colossians 2:8-12; Luke 2:20-21, 40-52

1/2: Hebrews 8:7-13; Luke 20:27-44

1/3: Hebrews 9:8-10, 15-23; Luke 21:12-19

1/4: Hebrews 10:1-18; Luke 21:5-7, 10-11, 20-24

1/5: Isaiah 35:1-10; Acts 13:25-32; Matthew 3:1-11; Isaiah 1:16-20; Acts 19:1-18; Mark 1:1-8; Isaiah 12:3-6; Romans 6:3-11; Mark 1:9-15; Isaiah 49:8-15; Titus 2:11-14, 3:4-7; Luke 3:1-18

1/6: Titus 2:11-14; 3:4-7; Matthew 3:13-17

1/7: Acts 19:1-8; Ephesians 6:10-17; John 1:29-34; Matthew 4:1-11

Words from the Saints -- December 29, 2022

Gerald Largent

"How could the human race go to God if God had not come to us?" --St. Irenaeus of Lyons

"Pray in peace and serenity, sing intelligently and in a good state - and you will be like a young eagle soaring high in the sky." --St. Nilus of Sinai

"If a man tries to overcome temptations without prayer and patient endurance, he will become more entangled in them instead of driving them away." --St. Mark the Ascetic

"The Lord sees your need and your efforts, and will give you a helping hand. He will support and establish you as a soldier, fully armed and ready to go into battle. No support can be better than His. The greatest danger lies in the soul thinking that it can find this help within itself; then it will lose everything. Evil will dominate it again, eclipsing the light that as yet flickers but weakly in the soul, and it will extinguish the small flame which is still scarcely burning. The soul should realize how powerless it is alone; therefore, expecting nothing of itself, let it fall down in humility before God, and in its own heart recognize itself to be nothing. Then grace - which is all powerful - will, out of this nothing, create in it everything. He who in total humility puts himself in the hand of the merciful God, attracts the Lord to himself, and becomes strong in His strength." --St. Theophan the Recluse

"Every single one of the saints acquired humility from the fulfillment of the Commandments. No one can explain how this comes about, how humility is generated in the soul. Unless a man learns this by experience, he cannot learn it by verbal teaching." --St. Dorotheos of Gaza

Readings for the Week of December 25, 2022

Gerald Largent

12/25: Galatians 4:4-7; Matthew 2:1-12

12/26: Hebrews 2:11-18; Matthew 2:13-23

12/27: Acts 6:8-15;7:1-5,47-60; Matthew 21:33-42

12/28: Hebrews 5:11-6:8; Mark 11:22-26

12/29: Hebrews 7:1-6; Mark 11:27-33

12/30: Hebrews 7:18-25; Mark 12:1-12

12/31: 1 Timothy 6:11-16; Matthew 12:15-21

Words from the Saints -- December 22, 2022

Gerald Largent

"The proof of love is in the works. Where love exists, it works great things. But when it ceases to act, it ceases to exist." --St. Gregory the Great

"Because of Adam's transgression the Savior became man, so that by nullifying the sentence passed on us He might resurrect all of us." --St. Thalassios the Libyan

"He who seeks forgiveness of his sins loves humility, but if he condemns another he seals his own wickedness." --St. Mark the Ascetic

"We become a temple of God when our continuous meditation on Him is not constantly interrupted by ordinary worries, and the spirit is not disturbed by unexpected emotions. Thus, in flight from all things, the spirit who loves God can approach God who drives out everything that leads us to evil, and holds steadfastly to everything that leads to virtue." --St. Basil the Great

"To receive gifts from the Holy Spirit, you must, first of all, cleanse your heart of sin, self-love, and pride. The Holy Spirit always surrounds us and wishes to fill us, but the evil nesting within us, like a wall, impedes His path." --St. Innocent of Alaska

Prayer List for the Week of December 18, 2022

Gerald Largent

For healing: Fr. Andrew, Fr. Daniel, Fr. Gregory, Matushka Katherine, Matushka Myra, Monk Meletios, Justin, Steven, Marian, Patricia, Mark, Nikolai, Anastasia, Alice, Kathleen, Denise, Denise, Pamela, Robert, Peter, Eric, Marianne, Ryan, Joanne, Marianne, Emily, Charles, Hank, Nicholas, Katrina, Mary Jane, Nicholas, Alicia, Mary Jo, Clara, Barbara, Margaret, Susan, Danielle, Nicholas, Tricia, Kathleen, Walter, Patty, Darlene, George, Paul, Michael, Darina, Robert, Diana, George, Natalie, Arthur, Dorina, Bea, Helen, Helena, Robert, Elizabeth, Rita, John, Joyce, Nicole, Patricia, Rene, Jennifer, Dorina, Elena, Randy, Michael, Loretta, Papoulas, Despina, Constantine, Eleftheria, Marihiam, Agape, Lachlan, Jason, Michael, Carter, Maria, Connie, Enrique. Elizabeth, Monu, Barbara, Evangeline, Stacy, Scott, Barbara, Anthony, Abraham, Louis, Jeff, Gabriel, Gloria, Donald, Marc, Ana, Alexandra, Eliza, Kathleen

For God’s protection: all captives; all persecuted Christians throughout the world

For God’s protection: all those in the military

For God’s mercy and peace: those who are in hospice care

For God’s mercy, direction and protection: those who are unemployed, poor, hungry and/or homeless

*** We pray for: those who love us; those who hate us; those who have no one to pray for them; those who have asked us to pray for them, even though we are unworthy. ***

Departed: Mihai, Michael, Jeremy

Readings for the Week of December 18, 2022

Gerald Largent

12/18: Hebrews 11:9-10, 17-23, 32-40; Matthew 1:1-25

12/19: 2 Timothy 2:20-26; Mark 9:42-50

12/20: 2 Timothy 3:16-4:4; Mark 10:2-12

12/21: 2 Timothy 4:9-22; Mark 10:11-16

12/22: Titus 1:5-2:1; Mark 10:17-27

12/23: Micah 5:2-4; Hebrews 1:1-12; Matthew 1:18-25; Baruch 3:36-4:4; Galatians 3:23-29; Luke 2:1-20; Isaiah 7:10-16; 8:1-4, 8-10; Hebrews 1:10-2:3; Matthew 2:1-12; Isaiah 9:6-7; Hebrews 2:11-18; Matthew 2:13-23

12/24: Hebrews 1:1-12; Luke 2:1-20