SA SAINT ANTHONY ORT RTHODOX X CH CHURCH RCH Antioc Ant ochian n Orthod odox ox Ch Christian n Ar Archdioc ocese www. www.orthodoxbutler.org ADDRESS: 400 S. Sixth Avenue, Butler, PA 16001 RECTOR: Rev. Bogdan Gabriel Bucur CONTACT: 724.287.6983 (church); 412.390.8208 (priest); frbogdan@orthodoxbutler.org SUN SUNDAY OF TH DAY OF THE E PRODIGAL SON PRODIGAL SON 1 Feb Februa uary 201 2015 TO TONE NE 2 —Af Afterfeast of of the Pr Present ntation on of of the Lor Lord. Greatmartyr Theodore Stratelates (“the General”—319); Prophet Zachariah (ca. 520 B.C.); St. Sava II, Archbishop of Serbia (1269). FI FIRST ST ANTI ANTIPHO HON My My heart overflows ws wi with a good wo word: I speak my my poem m to the king: my my tongue is th the p pen o of a f a re ready w wri rite ter. r. R.: Through the intercessions of the Theotokos, O Savior, save us! Gr Grace is pou poured int nto o thy lips ps: therefor ore God God hath bl blessed thee for orever. (R.:) Gl Glor ory… Now Now and nd ever… (R.:) SEC SECOND ANTI ANTIPHO HON Gi Gird Th Thy swor word upon pon Th Thy thigh, O mos ost mighty, wi with Th Thy glor ory and Th Thy majesty. Bend Bend Thy hy bo bow, and and prosper er, and and rei eign. gn. (R.:) O Son of God, Who art risen from the dead: save us who sing to Thee, “Alleluia”! Th Thine ne arrows ows are sharp p in n the heart of of the king ng’s en enem emies es; the he scep cepter er of Thy hy ki kingdo ngdom is a a right ghteo eous us scep cepter er. (R.:) Glor Gl ory… Now Now and ever… (Only begotten …) AT AT THE THE LITTL TTLE ENTR NTRANCE ANCE The he Lo Lord d has has made ade kn known His sal alvat vation; He e has has re reve veale led His s justi stice ce in th the si sigh ght t of of al all na nations ons. O Son of God, Who art risen from the dead, save us who sing to Thee: Alleluia! TROPARION OF THE RESURRECTION (Tone 1): While the stone was sealed by the Jews, and the soldiers were guarding Thy most pure body, Thou didst arise on the third day, O Savior, granting life to the world. For this cause the heavenly powers cried aloud unto Thee, O Giver of life: “Glory to Thy Resurrection O Christ! Glory to Thy kingdom! Glory to Thy providence, O Thou Who alone art the lover of mankind!” TROPARION OF THE MEETING OF THE LORD (Tone 4): Rejoice thou who art full of grace, O Virgin Theotokos! For from thee hath risen the Sun of Righteousness, Christ our God, enlightening those in darkness. Rejoice thou also, O righteous Elder, as thou receivest in thine arms the Redeemer of our souls, Who also granteth to us the Resurrection!
KONTAKION FOR THE SUNDAY OF THE PRODIGAL SON (Tone 3): Foolishly I sprang away from Thy great fatherly glory and dispersed in wicked deeds the riches that Thou didst give me. With the prodigal I therefore cry unto Thee now: “I have sinned against Thee, O compassionate Father. But receive me in repentance; make me as one of Thy hired servants, O Lord!” KONTAKION FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE LORD (Tone 1): Thou, O Christ God, Who by Thy birth didst sanctify the Virgin’s womb and, as is meet, didst bless Simeon’s arms, and didst also come to save us: preserve Thy fold in wars, and confirm them whom Thou didst love, for Thou alone art the Lover of mankind! TO TODAY’ AY’S EPISTL TLE RE READ ADING NG Let your mercy, O Lord, be upon us. Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous! Fr From om the he Fi First Ep Epistle e of of Sai Saint nt Paul Paul to o the he Cor Corint nthi hians ans (I Cor 6:12-20) Br Bret ethr hren: en: "al all thi hings ngs ar are e la lawfu ful fo l for m r me," b ," but n t not a t all th ll things a s are re hel helpful ul. "All thi hings ngs ar are e law awful ul for me, e," but but I will no not be be ens enslaved aved by by anyt anythi hing. ng. "F "Food i is m s mean eant fo t for th r the sto e stomach ach an and th the sto e stomach ach fo for fo r food"—an and d God d will des destroy y bot both h one one and nd the he ot othe her. The The body body is not not meant nt for or immor orality ty, b , but fo t for th the L Lord rd, , an and d the he Lord d for the he body body. And nd God od raised d the he Lor Lord d and nd will also o raise us us up up by by hi his power er. Do yo you u no not kno know that hat yo your ur bo bodi dies es ar are e mem ember bers of Chr hrist? Shal Shall I th there refo fore re ta take th the m members o rs of C f Chri rist a st and m make th them m members o rs of a f a p pro rosti stitu tute te? ? Ne Never er! Do yo you u no not kno know that hat he he who ho joins ns hi himsel elf to a a prostitut ute e beco ecomes es one ne body body with h he her? For For, as it is written, n, "The The two o sha hall be becom ome one one flesh. h." But But he he who ho is is unit ited to the Lord becomes one spir irit it wit ith him im. . Shun im immoralit ity. . Every other si sin w which ch a a m man co commi mits is outside the body; but the immo mmoral ma man sins against hi his own n bo body. dy. Do yo you u no not kno know that hat yo your ur bo body dy is the he tem emple e of the he Holy y Sp Spirit within you, wh wi which you have from m Go God? Yo You are not your own wn; you we were bought wi with a pr price. So glorify Go God in your body and d in n your your spirit whi hich h bel belong ong to o God. od. Saint Paul is here writing to the community in Corinth, to correct some serious errors in their understanding of Christianity. All believers in Christ, so they claimed, are saved and have already transitioned to the life of the risen Jesus. For them, this resurrection was first and foremost a reality of the soul; the body was left out. And since the body was not included in their life in Christ, the Corinthians didn’t mind various types of immorality related to the body. Their slogan was "All things are lawful for me!" The Apostle steps in with very important corrections. First, a human being is not, essentially, a soul that happens to be attached to a body! It is rather a complex soul- body unity. This is why it is impossible to have a strict division between the things of the body and things of the soul. To be a Christian means to subject the entire person, body and soul, to Christ, and to function increasingly according to the direction of the Holy Spirit. The body is not only some sort of instrument for food and sex that we haul around during our earthly journey and then discard at death. The body is, rather, part of what we are and who we are; and if we are Christians, the body, too, is something we entrust to the Lord (as we say in the Liturgy, we commend all of our life—soul and body—to Christ our God). As Christians, then, our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. In short, the body is not only a machine that explores and
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