Variable Portions of the Divine Liturgy
31 January 2010
34th Sunday After Pentecost
Sunday of the Prodigal Son
New Martyrs & Confessors of Russia
After the Little Entrance
Troparion When the stone of Thy tomb had been sealed;
Resurrection while the soldiers were guarding Thy most pure Body;
(Tone 1) Thou didst rise on the third day, O Savior,
granting life to the world,
the powers of heaven therefore cried to Thee, O Giver of Life:
Glory to Thy Resurrection, O Christ!
Glory to Thy Kingdom!
Glory to Thy dispensation, O Thou who lovest mankind!
Troparion Thy holy martyrs, O Lord,
Saints through their suffering received an incorruptible crown from
(Tone 5) Thee, our God.
For having Thy strength, they laid low their adversaries,
and shattered the powerless boldness of demons.
Through their intercessions, save our souls!
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Kontakion As God, Thou didst rise from the tomb in glory,
Resurrection raising the world with Thyself.
(Tone 1) Human nature praises Thee as God, for death has vanished!
Adam exults, O Master!
Eve rejoices, for she is freed from bondage, and cries to Thee:
Thou art the Giver of Resurrection to all, O Christ!
Now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Kontakion I have recklessly forgotten Thy glory, O Father;
Triodion and among sinners I have scattered the riches
(Tone 3) which Thou gavest me.
I have sinned before Thee, O merciful Father;
receive me a penitent
and make me as one of Thy hired servants!
Prokeimenon
(Tone 1) Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us
as we have set our hope on Thee!
Holy Scriptures
1 Corinthians 6:12-20 Luke 15:11-32
Great Lent begins of 15 February
Normal Wednesday & Friday fast this week Epistle - Sunday of the Prodigal Son
Priest: Let us attend! Peace be unto all!
Reader: And to your spirit.
Priest: Wisdom!
Reader: The Prokeimenon in the 1st Tone: Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us as we have set our hope on Thee!
People: Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us as we have set our hope on Thee!
Reader: Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous! Praise befits the just!
People: Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us as we have set our hope on Thee!
Reader: Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us!
People: As we have set our hope on Thee!
Priest: Wisdom!
Reader: The Reading is from the 1st Epistle of the holy Apostle Paul to the Corinthians.
Priest: Let us attend!
(1 Corinthians 6:12-20)
Reader: Brethren, all things are lawful for me, but all things are not profitable. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. Food is for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. And God both raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by His power. Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Certainly not! Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For "the two," He says, "shall become one flesh." But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him. Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.
Priest: Peace be unto you, Reader!
Reader: And to your spirit. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
People: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Reader: God gives vengeance unto me, and subdues people under me!
People: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Reader: He magnifies the salvation of the King, and deals mercifully with His Christ, with David and his seed forever.
People: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Gospel - Sunday of the Prodigal Son
Priest: The Reading is from the holy Gospel according to St. Luke.
People: Glory to Thee, O Lord, glory to Thee!
(Luke 15:11-32)
Priest: Let us attend! The Lord said this parable: "A certain man had two sons. And the younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me.' So he divided to them his livelihood. And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, journeyed to a far country, and there wasted his possessions with prodigal living. But when he had spent all, there arose a severe famine in that land, and he began to be in want. Then he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the swine ate, and no one gave him anything. But when he came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me as one of your hired servants." ' And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him. And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son.' But the father said to his servants, 'Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet. And bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and let us eat and be merry; for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' And they began to be merry. Now his older son was in the field. And as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing. So he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant. And he said to him, 'Your brother has come, and because he has received him safe and sound, your father has killed the fatted calf.' But he was angry and would not go in. Therefore his father came out and pleaded with him. So he answered and said to his father, 'Lo, these many years I have been serving you; I never transgressed your commandment at any time; and yet you never gave me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends. But as soon as this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with harlots, you killed the fatted calf for him.' And he said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours. It was right that we should make merry and be glad, for your brother was dead and is alive again, and was lost and is found.' "
People: Glory to Thee, O Lord, glory to Thee!
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