All Saints Weekly Bulletin

^{Sunday, September 15th}

^{Sunday After the Holy Cross}

9:00am Orthros 10:00am Divine Liturgy

Fellowship Hour hosted by the Cicciarelli Family

Today's Greeter is Simon Sarraf

Epistle Reading

St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 2:16-20

Brethren, knowing that a man is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ, and not by works of the law, because by works of the law shall no one be justified. But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we ourselves were found to be sinners, is Christ then an agent of sin? Certainly not! But if I build up again those things which I tore down, then I prove myself a transgressor. For I through the law died to the law, that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Gospel Reading

Mark 8:34-38; 9:1

The Lord said: "If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it. For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? For what can a man give in return for his life? For whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of man also be ashamed, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels." And he said to them, "Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God come with power."

Weekly Calendar

Sun, Sep. 15: Sunday After the Holy Cross (Fast Free)

9:00am Orthros 10:00am Divine Liturgy

Mon, Sep. 16: St. Euphemia the Great Martyr (Fast Free)

6:30pm Parish Council Meeting

Tues, Sep. 17: Ss. Sophia, Faith, Hope, & Love (Fast Free)

9:00am Orthros 10:00am Divine Liturgy

Wed, Sep. 18: St. Eumenios the Wonderworker (Strict Fast)

Thurs, Sep. 19: St. Plato the Heiromartyr (Fast Free)

Fri, Sep. 20: St. Eustathios the Great Martyr (Strict Fast)

Sat, Sep. 21: St. Jonah the Prophet (Fast Free)

10:00am Philoptochos Meeting

2:00pm Baptism & Chrismation of Catechumens

5:00pm Great Vespers

Sun, Sep. 22: 1^st Sunday of Luke (Fast Free)

9:00am Orthros 10:00am Divine Liturgy

Parish Announcements

Monastery Visit – Sat. Oct. 12^th @ 7:00am

For those who want to caravan, we will be leaving All Saints on the morning of Oct. 12^th at 7:00am. The nuns will welcome us at 10:30am, and we will be given a tour of their property and churches, venerate the relics of several Saints, hear from Gerontissa or one of the sisters, and shop at the bookstore. We will be on the road back to Peoria around 1:00pm.

For those interested in coming, please RSVP to Pres. Lydia (951-445-0939) by Oct. 6^th, and tell her the number of adults & children in your group, and how many open seats you may have in your car to bring other parishioners.

Dick Simms Memorial Golf Outing

Thank you to all who made this year’s Dick Simms Memorial Golf Outing a great success. The golf outing raised $19,300 for the Church, and the remaining food from that evening was donated to the Peoria Rescue Mission.

Baptism & Chrismation of Catechumens – Sat. Sept. 21 @ 2pm

Our most recent group of catechumens will be entering the Church on Saturday September 21^st at 2pm. Please join us to pray for and welcome them as they enter into the Orthodox Church.

Sunday School– Sundays following Holy Communion

 Sunday School is under way! Any children (Pre-school through High School) are welcome to attend class! Sunday School children and teachers come to receive Holy Communion first, and then go downstairs for class. Our younger class will meet downstairs, our older class (middle school and high school) will meet in the meeting room outside of the Narthex. For any questions, please reach out to Trisha Holton (trisha.meier@gmail.com).

Philoptochos Meeting – Sat. 9/21 @ 10:00am

Our Ladies Philoptochos will have their next meeting at the church on Saturday, September 21 at 10:00am.

Wisdom of the Fathers

“As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up” (John 3:14). And just exactly as all who were bitten by the serpents looked upon the bronze serpent which was suspended and were healed, thus also every Christian who believes in our Christ and has recourse to His life-bearing wounds… is cured of the bites of the spiritual serpent of sin and by this most holy nourishment is made to live unto the renewal of a new creation, that is, new life in harmony with His life-giving commandments.

Elder Ephraim of Arizona

The Cross, is wood which lifts us up and makes us great … The Cross uprooted us from the depths of evil and elevated us to the summit of virtue.

St. John Chrysostom

But we are able to see Christ’s inexpressible love for man not only from the cross itself but also from the words which He spoke while upon the cross. At the very time when He was nailed and they were mocking Him, deriding Him and spitting upon Him, He said: “Father, forgive them for they do not know what they do” (Luke 23:34)… At the same time that they were saying, “If You are the Son of God save Yourself,” He was accomplishing everything necessary to save these same ones who were reproaching Him. …He did forgive them, if they wished to repent, because if He had not forgiven them this sin, Paul would not have become an apostle;’ if He had not forgiven them this sin, the three thousand and the five thousand, and the many other thousands, would not have immediately believed.

St. John Chrysostom