Readings for Fri. 12th of Feb.: Thirty-Sixth Week After Pentecost: CHEESEFAIR WEEK

  Zechariah 8:7-14 Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition 7 Thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I will save my people from the east country and from the west country; 8 and I will bring them to dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and they shall be my people and I will be their God, in faithfulness and in righteousness.” […]

Readings for Thurs. 11th of Feb.: Thirty-Sixth Week After Pentecost: CHEESEFAIR WEEK

Jude 11-25 Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition 11 Woe to them! For they walk in the way of Cain, and abandon themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam’s error, and perish in Korah’s rebellion. 12 These are blemishes[a] on your love feasts, as they boldly carouse together, looking after themselves; waterless clouds, carried along by winds; fruitless trees […]

Readings for Wed. 10th of Feb.: Thirty-Sixth Week After Pentecost: CHEESEFAIR WEEK

Joel 2:12-26 Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition 12 “Yet even now,” says the Lord,     “return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; 13     and rend your hearts and not your garments.” Return to the Lord, your God,     for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love,     and repents […]

Readings for Tues. 9th of Feb.: Thirty-Sixth Week After Pentecost: CHEESEFAIR WEAK

Jude Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition Salutation 1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ: 2 May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. Occasion of the Letter 3 Beloved, being very eager to write to you of our […]

Readings for Mon. 8th of Feb.: Thirty-Sixth Weak After Pentecost: CHEESEFAIR WEEK BEGINS

3 John Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition Salutation 1 The elder to the beloved Ga′ius, whom I love in the truth. Gaius Commended for His Hospitality 2 Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in health; I know that it is well with your soul. 3 For I greatly rejoiced when […]

Readings for Sun. 7th of Feb.: Thirty-Sixth Sunday After Pentecost: MEATFAIR SUNDAY

1 Corinthians 8:8-9:2 Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition 8 Food will not commend us to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do. 9 Only take care lest this liberty of yours somehow become a stumbling block to the weak. 10 For if any one sees you, a man of […]

EASING IN

The three-fold apparatus that empowers the Christian to navigate the complexities of the Great Fast, and arrive eager and prepared at the Resurrection, consists of prayer, fasting, and alms-giving (Matthew 6).   Prayer reflects the Christian’s vision of the Beauty of God, true self-awareness of a failure to live according to the invitation of this Beauty, and […]

Sunday Bulletin 2/7/21

Sunday of Meatfare WEEKLY LITURGICAL SCHEDULE Sunday, Feb. 07 – Meatfare Sunday          8:30 AM          Matins 9:30 AM          Divine Liturgy Monday, Feb. 08 – Theodore, Great-Martyr          7:30 AM          Morning Prayer 8:30 AM          Divine Liturgy            +Lori McGeever from Mary Horey Tuesday, Feb. 09 – Nicephor, Martyr        […]

Readings for Sat. 6t of Feb.: Thirty-Fifth Week After Pentecost: MEATFAIR WEEK: 1ST ALL SOULS SATURDAY

1 Corinthians 10:23-28 Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition Do All to the Glory of God 23 “All things are lawful,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful,” but not all things build up. 24 Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor. 25 Eat whatever is sold in the meat market without […]

Readings for Wed. 3rd of Feb.: Thirty-Fifth Week After Pentecost: MEATFAIR WEEK

1 John 3:21-4:6 Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition 21 Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God; 22 and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him. 23 And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and […]