7/18/2021 - Divine Liturgy

Special Hymns for Today

Troparion - Tone 3 (Resurrection) 

Let the heavens rejoice! / Let the earth be glad! / For the Lord has shown strength with His arm. / He has trampled  down death by death. / He has become the first born of the dead. / He has delivered us from the depths of hell, / and  has granted to the world//great mercy. 

Troparion - Tone 8 (Fathers) 

You are most glorious, O Christ our God! / You have established the Holy Fathers as lights on the earth. / Through  them You have guided us to the true Faith.//O greatly compassionate One, glory to You! 

Kontakion – Tone 3 (Resurrection) 

On this day You rose from the tomb, O Merciful One, / leading us from the gates of death. / On this day Adam  exults as Eve rejoices; / with the Prophets and Patriarchs//they unceasingly praise the divine majesty of Your power.  

Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit . . .  

Kontakion - Tone 4 (Fathers) 

The Apostles’ preaching and the Fathers’ doctrines have established one Faith for the Church. / Adorned with the robe of truth, woven from heavenly theology,//It defines and glorifies the great mystery of piety.   

. . . both now and ever and unto ages of ages, Amen.  

 Steadfast Protectress of Christians . . .  

Reader: The Prokeimenon in the 3rd Tone: Sing praises to our God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises! Congregation: Sing praises to our God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises! 

Reader: v: Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy! (Ps. 46:1) 

Congregation: Sing praises to our God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises! 

Reader: Sing praises to our God, sing praises! . . .  

Congregation: . . . Sing praises to our King, sing praises! 

The Reading is from the Holy Epistle of Paul to the Romans (6:18-28) 

And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. I speak in human  terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves of uncleanness, and of  lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves of righteousness for holiness. For when  you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. What fruit did you have then in the things of which you  are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves  of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is  eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. 

Reader: The Prokeimenon in the 4th Tone: (Song of the Three Holy Children) Blessed are You, O Lord God of our  fathers, / and praised and glorified is Your Name forever! 

Congregation: Blessed are You, O Lord God of our fathers, / and praised and glorified is Your Name forever! 

The Reading is from the Holy Epistle of Paul to the Hebrews (13:7-16) (Fathers)

Remember those who rule over you, who have spoken the word of God to you, whose  faith follow, considering the outcome of their conduct. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Do not be  carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established by grace, not with foods  which have not profited those who have been occupied with them. We have an altar from which those who serve the  tabernacle have no right to eat. For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high  priest for sin, are burned outside the camp. Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood,  suffered outside the gate. Therefore let us go forth to Him, outside the camp, bearing His reproach. For here we have  no continuing city, but we seek the one to come. Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God,  that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name. But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices  God is well pleased. 

Priest: Peace be to thee [that reads]  

Reader: And to thy spirit. The Alleluia in the 3rd Tone: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!  

Congregation: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!  

Reader: In You, O Lord, have I hoped; let me never be put to shame! (Ps. 30:1a)) 

Congregation: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!  

Reader: Be a God of protection for me, a house of refuge in order to save me! (Ps. 30:2b) 

Congregation: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!  

Reader: The Lord, the God of gods, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. (Ps. 49:1)

Congregation: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia! 

The Reading is from the Holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew (8:5-13)  

Now when Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him, saying, “Lord, my servant is  lying at home paralyzed, dreadfully tormented.” And Jesus said to him, “I will come and heal him.” The centurion  answered and said, “Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only speak a word, and my servant  will be healed. For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me. And I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes;  and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” When Jesus heard it, He marveled,  and said to those who followed, “Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel! And I say  to you that many will come from east and west, and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go your way; and as you have believed, so let it be done for you.” And his servant was  healed that same hour. 

The Reading is from the Holy Gospel according to Saint John (17:1-13) (Fathers) 

Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your  Son also may glorify You, as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as  You have given Him. And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You  have sent. I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do. And now, O  Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was. I have manifested  Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours, You gave them to Me, and they  have kept Your word. Now they have known that all things which You have given Me are from You. For I have given to  them the words which You have given Me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came forth from  You; and they have believed that You sent Me. I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those whom You  have given Me, for they are Yours. And all Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine, and I am glorified in them. Now I am  no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your name those  whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are. While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your  name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept; and none of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture  might be fulfilled. But now I come to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in  themselves. 

Sunday Communion Hymn  

Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the highest! (Ps. 148:1) 

Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous; praise befits the just! (Ps. 32:1) 

Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!