Sunday, July 12, 2026
5th Sunday After Pentecost
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Today’s Readings
Epistle: Romans 12:6-14
Gospel: Matthew 9:1-8
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Schedule of Services:
-Saturday Great Vespers at 4pm.
-Sunday Divine Liturgy at 10am. Hours begin at 9:40am.
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Upcoming Feasts:
-Transfiguration of Our Lord: Divine Liturgy, Thursday, August 6th at 10am.
-Dormition of the Theotokos: Divine Liturgy, Saturday, August 15th at 10am.
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Announcements:
-Thanks to Stephanie V., Andrea, and the Lopes for hosting coffee hour today.
-Please keep Valli Murphy’s daughter, Haley, and her unborn child in your prayers. Haley is expected to deliver her baby tomorrow, Monday, July 13th.
-Fr. Tristan will be away from July 13th to August 5th. There will still be services at the church on Saturdays and Sundays. Vespers services will be Deacon led. Fr. Dn. Corrado will serve a Typica service and will distribute Holy Communion prepared prior by Fr. Tristan on Sunday, July 19th. Hieromonk Dennis Rhodes will preside as priest on the Sundays of July 26th and August 2nd. Fr. Tristan will return for the Feast of the Transfiguration on August 6th.
-If there are any pastoral needs or emergencies that require a priest, please contact our Dean, Fr. Gary Breton. His contact information: Phone: 848-333-7055 Email: gjbreton@gmail.com
-The Dormition Fast begins on August 1st and concludes on the Feast of the Dormition: August 15th.
-Caroline Lopes will be hosting women’s fellowship at her home on Saturday, July 18th.
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Prayers for:
Departed: Raymonde
Living: Tracy, Byron, Robert and Marie, Sandy, Antonia, Carol, Archpriest Vladimir, Cristi, Nissa, Natalie, John, Jeannine, Bernard, Nicholas, Galina, Alexey, Sergei, Liona, Amelia, Vera, Eleonora, John, and Ted.
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Words for the Day:
Do not say, "this happened by chance, while this came to be of itself." In all that exists there is nothing disorderly, nothing indefinite, nothing without purpose, nothing by chance ... How many hairs are on your head? God will not forget one of them. Do you see how nothing, even the smallest thing, escapes the gaze of God?
St. Basil the Great
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The purpose of God's Providence is to unite, by means of right faith and spiritual love, people who have been separated by evil. To this end the Savior also suffered for us, "in order to gather together the children of God who were scattered." (John 11:52)
St. Maximus Confessor, Chapters of Love, 4.17
Next Week’s Readings:
Epistle: Romans 15:1-7: Brethren, We then who are strong ought to bear with the scruples of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2 Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, leading to edification. 3 For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached You fell on Me.” 4 For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. 5 Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus, 6 that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 7 Therefore receive one another, just as Christ also received us, to the glory of God.
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Gospel: Matthew 9:27-35: At that time, When Jesus departed from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out and saying, “Son of David, have mercy on us!” 28 And when He had come into the house, the blind men came to Him. And Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to Him, “Yes, Lord.” 29 Then He touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith let it be to you.” 30 And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them, saying, “See that no one knows it.” 31 But when they had departed, they spread the news about Him in all that country. 32 As they went out, behold, they brought to Him a man, mute and demon-possessed. 33 And when the demon was cast out, the mute spoke. And the multitudes marveled, saying, “It was never seen like this in Israel!” 34 But the Pharisees said, “He casts out demons by the ruler of the demons.” 35 Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
