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Sunday of the Pharisee and Publican

The Triodion begins.

Venerable Timothy of Symbola; Eustathios, Archbishop of Antioch;

Zachariah, Patriarch of Jerusalem; George, Bishop of Amastris

Nourishment of the Soul: “If God is love, charity should know no limit, for God cannot be confined. Anytime is the right time for works of charity…A generous spirit is itself great wealth. There can be no shortage of material for generosity where it is Christ Who feeds and Christ Who is fed.” – St. Leo of Rome

Attendance at All Saints Services: Everyone is now welcome to attend ALL Divine Services without signing up.  

Church calendars

Pick up your complimentary copy of the All Saints 2021 church calendar. There are plenty.

House Blessings:  Please email  Father Peter Jon to schedule a house blessing.  

The Parish Council meets next Sunday (February 28) after Divine Liturgy.

THIS WEEK

Wednesday, February 24: Live-Streamed Daily Vespers at 6:00

Saturday, February 27: Live-Streamed  Great Vespers at 5:00: SOYO at 6:00 – 8:00

Winter Bonfire sponsored by OCF! Everyone is invited. Marshmallows will be roasted outside, but hot dogs will be served inside unless temperatures improve!

Sunday, February 28: Live-Streamed  Matins at 9:00; Divine Liturgy at 10:00

EPISTLE and GOSPEL READINGS

The Reading is from St. Paul’s Second Epistle to St. Timothy.  (3:10-15)

 (For Sunday of the Pharisee and Publican)

Make your vows and pay them to the Lord our God.

God is known in Judea; His Name is great in Israel.

                My son Timothy, you have followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, patience, persecutions, sufferings, what things befell me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra. What persecutions I endured! And out of them all the Lord delivered me. Indeed all who would live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. But people who are wicked and deceivers will proceed from worse to worse, deceiving and being deceived. But as for you, continue in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them, and how from infancy you have known the sacred temple writings which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

The Reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (18:10-14)

 (For Sunday of the Pharisee and Publican)

The Lord spoke this parable: “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, ‘God, I thank Thee that I am not like other men, extortionists, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.’ But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Divine Liturgy Variables for Choir and Parish

Resurrectional Apolytikion – Tone 4

Having learned the joyful message of the Resurrection from the angel, the women disciples of the Lord cast from them their parental condemnation. And proudly broke the news to the Disciples, saying: Death hath been spoiled; Christ God is risen, granting the world Great Mercy.

Kontakion for the Pharisee and Publican – Tone 4

Let us flee the Pharisee’s * conceited vaunting; * let us learn the Publican’s * humility, and cry with groans * unto the Savior: Thou Who alone * art swiftly reconciled, be gracious unto us.

Receiving the Eucharist: We invite you to receive the Holy Eucharist if you are an Orthodox Christian who has prepared yourself through fasting, prayer, and recent confession.  If you are not Orthodox, or are Orthodox but  have not prepared, we invite you to receive a piece of the blessed bread.

FAMILY NEWS

Donations to the church are being made online at www.allsaintsbloomington.org and by U.S. mail.  Thank  you for continuing to support the church.

Happy Birthday: Marcia B (21st); Christian G (21st); Averi V (22nd); Christopher S (27th)

Memory Eternal:  Fr. Joseph Gibson; Archdeacon Elia; Jim; George;  Fr. John Morris; Dn. Matthew;  Bruce;  Tom; Faye (Mary Ann’s sister-in-law ); Frank – Daniel R’s father in California

Prayer List: Ben J (following surgery);Jake Immimk (awaiting lung transplant after Covid-19); Ingrid  Temple (Covid-19 and husband’s death); Heidi; Fr. Jerome; our nation and our nation’s leaders at all levels of government; world-wide pandemic; nursing home residents and caregivers; schools, school children, youth and personnel across the nation. Bonnie Thelen (awaiting kidney transplant); Wadia; Jayci;  Dee, Patricia, Marvin A, Benedict, Judith Ann, Cleo, Michael;  Olga, Eileen; Kitsa W; Aphrodite and son Angelos in Greece; Violet; Kim; Dusty; Betsy; Allison; Robin & Janet; Mary Ann; Vicki;  Mat. Raisa; Isaac – in Air Force; Andrew (National Guard);  Fr. Marc; Fr. George; George; Catherine (not in this parish); Leanne; Heather; Nancy; Sharon Catherine; Alice & Marvin; Kh. Kristina; Bonnie; Emma; Patricia; Mary & Robert; Shirley; Rose; Lexi, Ross & Vivian; Theo; Doug Barrett; Jeremy; Charles; Grayson; Marcia & Deacon; Nick; Bruce; Joanna & Demetrios; Ashlee W; Paul; Cathy; Sitto; Elias; Waded; Neva; Bill; Lonnie; Nancy & Shalana; Seraphima; Lilly’s family; Jennifer & Regina; those suffering in the drug crisis, with fire devastation, flood damage, and earthquake damage; those suffering in the Middle East.

Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

Venerable Auxentios the Priest of Bithynia; Venerable Abraham and Maron of Syria;

New-martyrs Nicholas of Corinth and George theTailor of Mitylene;

Venerable Cyril, Equal-to-the-Apostles and Enlightener of the Slavs

Nourishment of the Soul: “Reading the Scriptures is a great safeguard against sin. Ignorance of the Scriptures is a precipice and a deep abyss.” – St. Epiphanios of Cyprus

 St. Gennadius of Constantinople

Attendance at All Saints Services: Everyone is now welcome to attend ALL Divine Services without signing up.  As our attendance numbers rise again in the near future, the need for a sign-up sheet may return.

Church calendars are here! 

We hope you will pick up your complimentary copy of the All Saints 2021 church calendar this weekend. Special thanks to Greg Webb, Son of Howard and Rhonda, who provided the colorful photos of our parish this year.

House Blessings:  Please email  Father Peter Jon to schedule a house blessing.  

THIS WEEK

Wednesday, February 17: Live-Streamed Daily Vespers at 6:00

Saturday, February 20: Live-Streamed  Great Vespers at 5:00: SOYO at 6:00 – 8:00

Sunday, February 21: Live-Streamed  Matins at 9:00; Divine Liturgy at 10:00

EPISTLE and GOSPEL READINGS

The Reading is from St. Paul’s Second Epistle to the Corinthians. (6:16-7:1)

Make your vows to the Lord our God and perform them.

God is known in Judah; His Name is great in Israel.

Brethren, you are the temple of the living God; as God said, “I will live in them and move among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. Therefore, come out from them, and be separate from them,” says the Lord, “and touch nothing unclean; then I will welcome you, and I will be a father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters,” says the Lord Almighty. Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, and make holiness perfect in the fear of God.

The Reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew. (15:21-28)

(For the Seventeenth Sunday of Matthew)

At that time, Jesus went to the district of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and cried, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely possessed by a demon.” But He did not answer her one word. And His disciples came and begged Him, saying, “Send her away, for she is crying after us.” He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” But she came and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, help me.” And He answered, “It is not fair to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.” She said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.” Then Jesus answered her, “O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed instantly.

Divine Liturgy Variables for Choir and Parish

Resurrectional Apolytikion – Tone 3

Let the heavens rejoice and the earth be glad, for the Lord hath done a mighty act with His own arm.  He hath trampled down death by death, and become the first-born from the dead. He hath delivered us from the depths of Hades, granting the world the Great Mercy.

Kontakion for Ordinary Sundays – Tone 2

O Undisputed intercessor of Christians, O Mediatrix who is unrejected by the Creator; turn not away from the voice of our petitions, though we be sinners.  Come to us with aid in time, who cry unto thee in faith, for thou art good. Hasten to us with intercessions, O Theotokos, who didst ever intercede for those who honor thee.

Receiving the Eucharist: We invite you to receive the Holy Eucharist if you are an Orthodox Christian who has prepared yourself through fasting, prayer, and recent confession.  If you are not Orthodox, or are Orthodox but  have not prepared, we invite you to receive a piece of the blessed bread.

FAMILY NEWS

Happy Valentine’s Day

Donations to the church are being made online at www.allsaintsbloomington.org and by U.S. mail.  Thank  you for continuing to support the church.

Happy Birthday: Alicia B (16th); Ben S (16th); Ayris F (18th)

Memory Eternal:  Fr. Joseph Gibson (St. John the Forerunner in Indy); Archdeacon Elia (Livonia, MI); Jim (Rhonda’s cousin); Rhonda’s Uncle George;  Fr. John Morris; Dn. Matthew (Murfreesboro, TN); Bruce;  Tom; Faye (Mary Ann’s sister-in-law )

Prayer List: Jake Immimk (awaiting lung transplant after Covid-19); Ingrid  Temple (Covid-19 and husband’s death); Ruth Ann & Jill (Covid-19);  Heidi; Fr. Jerome; our nation and our nation’s leaders at all levels of government; world-wide pandemic; nursing home residents and caregivers; schools, school children, youth and personnel across the nation. Bonnie Thelen (awaiting kidney transplant); Wadia; Jayci;  Dee, Patricia, Marvin A, Benedict, Judith Ann, Cleo, Michael;  Olga, Eileen; Kitsa W; Aphrodite and son Angelos in Greece; Violet; Kim; Dusty; Betsy; Allison; Robin & Janet; Mary Ann; Vicki;  Mat. Raisa; Isaac – in Air Force; Andrew (National Guard);  Fr. Marc; Fr. George; George; Catherine (not in this parish); Leanne; Heather; Nancy; Sharon Catherine; Alice & Marvin; Kh. Kristina; Bonnie; Emma; Patricia; Mary & Robert; Shirley; Rose; Lexi, Ross & Vivian; Theo; Doug Barrett; Jeremy; Charles; Grayson; Marcia & Deacon; Nick; Bruce; Joanna & Demetrios; Ashlee W; Paul; Cathy; Sitto; Elias; Waded; Neva; Bill; Lonnie; Nancy & Shalana; Seraphima; Lilly’s family; Jennifer & Regina; those suffering in the drug crisis, with fire devastation, flood damage, and earthquake damage; those suffering in the Middle East.