OCT 26: CONFESSION – 8:30-8:55 AM; DIVINE LITURGY – 9:00 AM; ADULT EDUCATION SERIES – 10:15 AM; DIVINE LITURGY – 11:00 AM.
NOTE: On this day we commemorate Demetrius – Great Martyr. Please see next post about his feast day.
PROPERS: 10-26-25_Sunday_DL
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NOTE: Today, Nathaniel McCallum, will continue the education series on the Old Testament after the 9 AM Divine Liturgy! Title: What is the Gospel? A Theological Journey Through the Old Testament. Everyone has an opinion about the scriptures. For some, they are a collection of Iron Age myths or an outdated legal system. For others, they form the basis of monotheism, sometimes with Jesus “bolted on” at the end. When correcting the gnostics, St Irenaeus accused them of having the wrong “hypothesis” of the scriptures. But what is that hypothesis? What is the apostolic deposit? This course, open to teens and adults, will seek to answer this question by probing the structure of the Old Testament. We will use faithful modern scholarship and new archeological discoveries to shine a light on precisely what the apostles taught and why the Catholic reading of scripture is faithful to their vision. Bring a copy of the scriptures and your curiosity!
GOD WITH US ONLINE CATECHETICAL RESOURCES FOR 22ND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (from Oct. 23, 2022): https://godwithusonline.org/reflections/the-twentieth-sunday-after-pentecost-ruthenian/
The Gospel Reading today is Luke 16: 19-31, which tells us the Parable of the rich man and poor Lazarus. The Gospel starts: ““There was a rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, full of sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table; moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.” They both die and we learn that Lazerous goes to Heaven and is comforted, but the rich man stays in Hades and in torment and thirst. Though the rich man appealed to Abraham that Lazarus “cool his tongue” and return to earth to warn his brothers, Abraham denied these appeals because if they don’t believe the current prophets then they wouldn’t believe Lazerus. Thus, note how you use your wealth in life and how you treat those less fortunate. Your earthly possessions are no benefit after death, but what you do with them on Earth is!
