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

Typica Service on December 4, 2023

Gerald Largent

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory Forever!

Today is December 4, 2023. On this day of the month the Orthodox Church commemorates the Holy Great-Martyr Barbara and Our Venerable Father John of Damascus.

The prescribed readings are Galatians 3:23-4:5; 5:22-6:2 and Mark 5:24-34.

*** Our next live broadcast on Facebook will be on Wednesday, December 6, at 7pm (Eastern). ***

Prayer List for the Week of December 3, 2023

Gerald Largent

For healing: Fr. Andrew, Fr. Daniel, Fr. Emilian, Fr. Gregory, Fr Jerome, Fr. Kyril, Fr. Mefody, Fr. Paul, Fr. Deacon Jorge, Matushka Katherine, Matushka Myra, Monk Meletios, Subdeacon Nicholas, Justin, Steven, Marian, Patricia, Mark, Nikolai, Anastasia, Alice, Kathleen, Denise, Denise, Pamela, Marianne, Ryan, Joanne, Emily, Charles, Hank, Mary Jane, Nicholas, Alicia, Mary Jo, Clara, Barbara, Margaret, Susan, Randall, Danielle, Nicholas, Tricia, Patty, Darlene, George, Paul, Kathleen, Walter, Andrew, Natalie, Arthur, Diana, Nicole, Patricia, Rene, Jennifer, Jason, Michael, Marc, Alexandra, Eliza, Paul, Michael, Daniel, Gerald, Madeline, Marcella, Kent, Matthew, Patricia, John, Rita, Rodica, Mila, Richard, James, Elaine, Dejan, Papoulas, Nicholas, Constantine, Agape, Eleftheria, Mirsina, Candice, Darina, David, Jay, William, Richard, William, Gloria, Daria, Benjamin, Jude, Maria, Carol, Maria, George

For God’s protection: Michael and all who are missing

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: Kevin, Ross, Anna, Walter, Diane, Judith, Anne

Readings for the Week of December 3, 2023

Gerald Largent

12/3: Ephesians 5:9-19; Luke 18:18-27

12/4: Galatians 3:23-4:5; 5:22-6:2; Mark 5:24-34

12/5: 1 Timothy 5:11-21; Luke 21:12-19

12/6: Hebrews 13:17-21; Luke 6:17-23

12/7: 1 Timothy 6:17-20; Luke 21:28-33

12/8: 2 Timothy 1:1-2, 8-18; Luke 21:37-22:8

12/9: Galatians 4:22-31; Luke 8:16-24

Typica Service on December 1, 2023

Gerald Largent

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory Forever!

Today is December 1, 2023. On this day of the month the Orthodox Church commemorates the Holy Prophet Nahum.

The prescribed readings are 1 Timothy 4:4-8, 16 and Luke 20:19-26.

*** Our next live broadcast on Facebook will be on Monday, December 4, at 8am (Eastern). ***

Words from the Saints -- November 30, 2023

Gerald Largent

"The body, being only the temporal garment of the soul, is perishable, and does not constitute the true life of the man. The true life is the spiritual life. If you rend, if you destroy the man's garment, still he himself remains alive; so also after the slaying, after the death, the corruption of the body, the soul remains alive. Let us then chiefly care for the soul, for its salvation!" --St. John of Kronstadt

"When one man helps another by word or deed, let them both recognize in this the grace of God. He who does not understand this will come under the power of him who does." --St. Mark the Ascetic

"We cannot live in such a way that no one grieves or offends us, for the Apostle Luke writes: we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God (Acts 14:22), and bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ (Gal. 6:2). Let us therefore ask that we may bear sorrows with self-reproach and humility and not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good, and with the Prophet say: With them that hate peace I was peaceable (Psalm 119:6)." --St. Hilarion of Optina

Typica Service on November 27, 2023

Gerald Largent

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory Forever!

Today is November 27, 2023. On this day of the month the Orthodox Church commemorates the Holy Great Martyr James of Persia.

The prescribed readings are 1 Timothy 1:1-7 and Luke 19:37-44.

*** Our next live broadcast on Facebook will be on Wednesday, November 29, at 8am (Eastern). ***

Prayer List for the Week of November 26, 2023

Gerald Largent

For healing: Fr. Andrew, Fr. Daniel, Fr. Emilian, Fr. Gregory, Fr Jerome, Fr. Kyril, Fr. Mefody, Fr. Paul, Matushka Katherine, Matushka Myra, Monk Meletios, Justin, Steven, Marian, Patricia, Mark, Nikolai, Anastasia, Alice, Kathleen, Denise, Denise, Pamela, Marianne, Ryan, Joanne, Emily, Charles, Hank, Mary Jane, Nicholas, Alicia, Mary Jo, Clara, Barbara, Margaret, Susan, Randall, Danielle, Nicholas, Tricia, Patty, Darlene, George, Paul, Kathleen, Walter, Diana, George, Natalie, Arthur, Nicole, Patricia, Rene, Jennifer, Jason, Michael, Marc, Alexandra, Eliza, Paul, Michael, Daniel, Gerald, Madeline, Marcella, Kent, Matthew, Patricia, John, Rita, Rodica, Mila, Richard, James, Elaine, Dejan, Papoulas, Nicholas, Constantine, Agape, Eleftheria, Mirsina, Candice, Darina, David, Jay, William, Richard, William, Gloria, Daria, Benjamin, Jude, Maria, Carol, Maria

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: Timothy, Kevin, Ross

Readings for the Week of November 26, 2023

Gerald Largent

11/26: Ephesians 4:1-6; Luke 13:10-17

11/27: 1 Timothy 1:1-7; Luke 19:37-44

11/28: 1 Timothy 1:8-14; Luke 19:45-48

11/29: 1 Timothy 1:18-20; 2:8-15; Luke 20:1-8

11/30: 1 Corinthians 4:9-16; John 1:35-51

12/1: 1 Timothy 4:4-8, 16; Luke 20:19-26

12/2: Galatians 3:8-12; Luke 12:32-40

Typica Service on November 24, 2023

Gerald Largent

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory Forever!

Today is November 24, 2023. On this day of the month the Orthodox Church commemorates the Holy Hieromartyrs Clement, Bishop of Rome and Peter, Bishop of Alexandria.

The prescribed readings are 2 Thessalonians 3:6-18 and Luke 19:12-28.

*** Our next live broadcast on Facebook will be on Monday, November 27, at 8am (Eastern). ***

Words from the Saints -- November 23, 2023

Gerald Largent

"God does not forsake you. It is because he wishes to increase your glory that oftentimes he permits you to fall sick. Keep up your courage so that you may also hear him say: 'Do you think I have dealt with you otherwise than that you may be shown to be just?'" --St. John Chrysostom

"Yet you are not the sole author of the evil, but there is also another most wicked prompter, the devil. He indeed suggests, but does not get the mastery by force over those who do not consent." --St. Cyril of Jerusalem

"If you say something evil about your brother or sister, even if it is true, your soul suffers an unhealable wound. You can reveal the sins of another only when the sole intention in your heart is the benefit of the soul of the sinner." --St. Nikon of Optina

"The remembrance of God is suffering of heart endured in a spirit of devotion. But he who forgets God becomes self-indulgent and insensitive." --St. Mark the Ascetic

"The reason that we have both good and wicked thoughts together is not, as some suppose, because the Holy Spirit and the devil dwell together in our intellect, but because we have not yet consciously experienced the goodness of the Lord. As I have said before, grace at first conceals its presence in those who have been baptized, waiting to see which way the soul inclines; but when the whole man has turned toward the Lord, it then reveals to the heart its presence there with a feeling words cannot express." --St. Diadochos of Photiki

"Every day we should stand in awe of Him, as He is with us, and do what is pleasing before Him. If we are unable now to perceive Him with our physical eyes, we can, if we are watchful, see Him continuously with the eyes of our understanding, and not just see Him, but reap great benefits from Him. This vision destroys all sin, demolishes all evil, and drives away everything bad. It gives birth to purity and dispassion, and bestows eternal life." --St. Gregory Palamas

Typica Service on November 20, 2023

Gerald Largent

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory Forever!

Today is November 20, 2023. It is the Forefeast of the Entry of the Mother of God into the Temple. On this day of the month the Orthodox Church commemorates Our Venerable Gregory of Decapolis and Our Father among the Saints Proclus, Archbishop of Constantinople.

The prescribed readings are 2 Thessalonians 1:1-10 and Luke 17:20-25.

*** Our next live broadcast on Facebook will be on Thursday, November 23, at 9am (Eastern). ***

Prayer List for the Week of November 19, 2023

Gerald Largent

For healing: Fr. Andrew, Fr. Daniel, Fr. Emilian, Fr. Gregory, Fr Jerome, Fr. Kyril, Fr. Mefody, Fr. Paul, Matushka Katherine, Matushka Myra, Monk Meletios, Justin, Steven, Marian, Patricia, Mark, Nikolai, Anastasia, Alice, Kathleen, Denise, Denise, Pamela, Marianne, Ryan, Joanne, Emily, Charles, Hank, Mary Jane, Nicholas, Alicia, Mary Jo, Clara, Barbara, Margaret, Susan, Randall, Danielle, Nicholas, Tricia, Patty, Darlene, George, Paul, Kathleen, Walter, Diana, George, Natalie, Arthur, Nicole, Patricia, Rene, Jennifer, Jason, Michael, Marc, Alexandra, Eliza, Paul, Michael, Daniel, Gerald, Madeline, Marcella, Kent, Matthew, Patricia, John, Rita, Rodica, Mila, Richard, James, Elaine, Dejan, Papoulas, Nicholas, Constantine, Agape, Eleftheria, Mirsina, Candice, Darina, David, Jay, William, Richard, William, Gloria, Daria, Benjamin, Jude, Maria, Carol, Maria

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: Timothy, Kevin, Ross

Readings for the Week of November 19, 2023

Gerald Largent

11/19: Ephesians 2:14-22; Luke 12:16-21

11/20: 2 Thessalonians 1:1-10; Luke 17:20-25

11/21: Hebrews 9:1-7; Luke 10:38-42; 11:27-28

11/22: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12; Luke 18:15-17, 26-30

11/23: 2 Thessalonians 2:13-3:5; Luke 18:31-34

11/24: 2 Thessalonians 3:6-18; Luke 19:12-28

11/25: Galatians 3:23-4:5; Mark 5:24-34

Words from the Saints -- November 16, 2023

Gerald Largent

"To him who hungers after Christ grace is food; to him who is thirsty, a reviving drink; to him who is cold, a garment; to him who is weary, rest; to him who prays, assurance; to him who mourns, consolation." --St. Mark the Ascetic

"As wax melts before fire, so does an impure thought before the fear of God." --St. Thalassios the Libyan

"Remembrance of wrongs is the consummation of anger, the keeper of sins, hatred of righteousness, ruin of virtues, poison of the soul, worm of the mind, shame of prayer, cessation of supplication, estrangement of love, a nail stuck in the soul, pleasureless feeling cherished in the sweetness of bitterness, continuous sin, unsleeping transgression, hourly malice." --St John Climacus

"And so, my brothers, let us rejoice and be glad as we repudiate every pleasure. All flesh is grass, and all human glory like the flower of the grass. The grass withered and the flower faded, but the work of virtue endures for ever." --St. Theodore the Studite

Typica Service on November 13, 2023

Gerald Largent

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory Forever!

Today is November 13, 2023. On this day of the month the Orthodox Church commemorates Our Father among the Saints, John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople.

The prescribed readings are Hebrews 7:26-8:2 and John 10:9-16.

*** Our next live broadcast on Facebook will be on Wednesday, November 15, at 8am (Eastern). ***

Prayer List for the Week of November 12, 2023

Gerald Largent

For healing: Fr. Andrew, Fr. Daniel, Fr. Emilian, Fr. Gregory, Fr Jerome, Fr. Kyril, Fr. Mefody, Fr. Paul, Matushka Katherine, Matushka Myra, Monk Meletios, Justin, Steven, Marian, Patricia, Mark, Nikolai, Anastasia, Alice, Kathleen, Denise, Denise, Pamela, Marianne, Ryan, Joanne, Emily, Charles, Hank, Mary Jane, Nicholas, Alicia, Mary Jo, Clara, Barbara, Margaret, Susan, Randall, Danielle, Nicholas, Tricia, Patty, Darlene, George, Paul, Kathleen, Walter, Diana, George, Natalie, Arthur, Nicole, Patricia, Rene, Jennifer, Jason, Michael, Marc, Alexandra, Eliza, Paul, Michael, Daniel, Gerald, Madeline, Marcella, Kent, Matthew, Patricia, John, Rita, Rodica, Mila, Richard, James, Elaine, Dejan, Papoulas, Nicholas, Constantine, Agape, Eleftheria, Mirsina, Candice, Darina, David, Jay, William, Richard, William, Gloria, Daria, Benjamin, Jude

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: Timothy, Kevin, Vasyl, Anna, Ross

Readings for the Week of November 12, 2023

Gerald Largent

11/12: Ephesians 2:4-10; Luke 10:25-37

11/13: Hebrews 7:26-8:2; John 10:9-16

11/14: 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13; Luke 14:25-35

11/15: 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12; Luke 15:1-10

11/16: 1 Corinthians 4:9-16; Matthew 9:9-13

11/17: 1 Thessalonians 5:9-13, 24-28; Luke 16:15-18; 17:1-4

11/18: 2 Corinthians 11:1-6; Luke 9:57-62