9/26/2021 - Divine Liturgy
Special Hymns for Today
Troparion - Tone 5 (Resurrection)
Let us, the faithful, praise and worship the Word, / co-eternal with the Father and the Spirit, / born for our salvation from the Virgin; / for He willed to be lifted up on the Cross in the flesh, / to endure death, / and to raise the dead//by His glorious Resurrection.
Troparion - Tone 2 (Saint John)
Beloved Apostle of Christ our God, / hasten to deliver a defenseless people! / He Who allowed you to recline on His breast, / receives you as you bow before Him. / Implore Him, O John the Theologian, / to disperse the persistent threat from the heathens,//entreating for us peace and great mercy!
Kontakion – Tone 5 (Resurrection)
You descended into hell, O my Savior, / shattering its gates as Almighty, / resurrecting the dead as Creator, / and destroying the sting of death. / You have delivered Adam from the curse, O Lover of man,//and we cry to You: “O Lord, save us!”
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit . . .
Kontakion - Tone 8 (Saint John)
Who shall declare your greatness, / O virgin disciple, / for you pour forth wonders and are a source of healings,//and pray for our souls as theologian and friend of Christ.
. . . both now and ever and unto ages of ages, Amen.
Steadfast Protectress of Christians . . .
The Prokeimenon in the 5th Tone (Resurrection):
You, O Lord, shall protect us and preserve us from this generation forever. (Ps. 11:7)
Congregation: You, O Lord, shall protect us and preserve us from this generation forever.
Reader: v: Save me, O Lord, for there is no longer any that is godly! (Ps. 11:1a)
Congregation: You, O Lord, shall protect us and preserve us from this generation forever.
Reader: You, O Lord, shall protect us . . .
Congregation: . . . and preserve us from this generation forever.
The Reading is from the Second Holy Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians (1:21-2:4) (Resurrection)
Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God, who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee. Moreover I call God as witness against my soul, that to spare you I came no more to Corinth. Not that we have dominion over your faith, but are fellow workers for your joy; for by faith you stand. But I determined this within myself, that I would not come again to you in sorrow. For if I make you sorrowful, then who is he who makes me glad but the one who is made sorrowful by me? And I wrote this very thing to you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow over those from whom I ought to have joy, having confidence in you all that my joy is the joy of you all. For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you, with many tears, not that you should be grieved, but that you might know the love which I have so abundantly for you.
The Prokeimenon in the 8th Tone (Saint John)
Their proclamation has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the universe. (Ps. 18:4)
Congregation: Their proclamation has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the universe.
The Reading is from the The Reading is from the First Holy Epistle of St. John (4:12-19) (St. John)
No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. We love Him because He first loved us.
Reader: And to thy spirit. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Congregation: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: I will sing of Your mercies, O Lord, forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your truth from generation to generation. (Ps. 88:1-2)
Congregation: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: For You have said: Mercy will be established forever; Your truth will be prepared in the heavens. (Ps. 88:3)
Congregation: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: The heavens will praise Your wonders, O Lord; and Your truth in the congregation of the saints. (Ps. 88:5)
Congregation: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
The Reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke (5:1-11) (Resurrection)
So it was, as the multitude pressed about Him to hear the word of God, that He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret, and saw two boats standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gone from them and were washing their nets. Then He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little from the land. And He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat. When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, “Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” But Simon answered and said to Him, “Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net.” And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking. So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink. When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!” For he and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish which they had taken; and so also were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid. From now on you will catch men.” So when they had brought their boats to land, they forsook all and followed Him.
The Reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. John (19:25-27; 21:24-24) (St. John)
Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother, and His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold your son!” Then He said to the disciple, “Behold your mother!” And from that hour that disciple took her to his own home. This is the disciple who testifies of these things, and wrote these things; and we know that his testimony is true. And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if they were written one by one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. Amen.
Sunday Communion Hymn
Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the highest! (Ps. 148:1)
Their proclamation has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the universe. (Ps. 18:4)
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!