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O ye incorporeal angels who stand before the throne of God, luminous with the brilliance thereof and everlastingly shining with radiance. As secondary luminaries, entreat Christ, that He grant unto our souls peace and great mercy. O immortal messengers of the truly incorruptible Life, ye most blessed ones who received life from the first Life, ye have become holy beholders of the eternal Wisdom, full of light, and reflecting lamps shown forth as is meet. O ye archangels and angels, principalities, thrones, dominions, six-winged seraphim, and divine, many-eyed cherubim, instruments of wisdom, virtues and powers most divine. Pray ye to Christ, that He grant our souls peace and great mercy. Archives:
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HOLY RESURRECTION BYZANTINE CATHOLIC MISSION
GLORY TO JESUS CHRIST! GLORY FOREVER! MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER FOR ALL PEOPLES... We welcome all visitors among us always! We hope that you find our worship true and reverent, and our people here friendly and cordial. If you are seeking a spiritual home, we would be honored by your presence in our family. We are glad you chose to worship with us. March 2, 2003 - Sunday of Cheesefare. The Holy Martyr Theodotus, Bishop of Cyrene Liturgy Intentions Deceased - George Lemak - Uncle of Mary Ann Grant If you would like the Divine Liturgy offered for a loved one who is deceased or living, please give your offering to Father and obtain a Liturgy intention card from William Gogar. Please write down the intention so it can be put in the bulletin. Next Divine Liturgy March 16, 2003 - 3:00 PM; 2:30 Akathist SPECIAL NOTICE AT THIS DIVINE LITURGY
Benjamin Klages - will receive the mystery of Chrismation May God grant them many years in peace, health, and happiness! SPECIAL NOTICE - LENTEN RETREAT WEEKEND Father Robert Oravitz, pastor of St. Peter and Paul Byzantine Catholic Church in Tarentum, PA will celebrate Great Vespers Saturday evening on March 15 at 7 PM. After Vespers, Father will give a lenten talk followed by individual confession. On Sunday, March 16, a 3:00 PM Divine Liturgy will be celebrated. Afterwards, Father Oravitz will have Annointing of the Sick and another lenten talk(time permitting). Please try to attend one or both days. Everyone is welcome. Holy Family has invited us to a Knights of Columbus Dinner at 12 noon on March 16.
Tithes for February 23 - $606.00 SUNDAY OF CHEESE-FARE(Mt.6:14-21) Great Fast/Lent begins with Forgiveness Vespers celebrated Sunday evening, March 2 at 6 PM. Full prostrations are made following every service during Lent except those celebrated Friday evening to Sunday vespers, and on the eve and the morning of a holy day. (Full prostrations are made by bending down, touching your forehead to the floor and while rising and making the sign of the cross.) FASTING Tomorrow is Lent. And many of us may have thought about or started fasting. Some of us find reasons of our own for fasting: it is good for health, it feels good, it takes off some unwanted pounds. But why does God want us to fast? God has a very different idea about fasting than most of us, a much broader one. He tells us through His prophet Isaiah: "This is the fasting I wish: releasing those bound unjustly, untying the thongs of the yoke; setting free the oppressed, breaking every yoke; sharing your bread with the hungry, sheltering the oppressed and homeless; clothing the naked...." (Isaiah 58:6-7) Yes the Lord favors our fasting from food, as He did those forty days in the desert, when it will make us more free from our demanding appetites, when it will help us to grow in self-control. But even more, He favors fasting that will help us to share with others in need. Still more, He wants us to fast from anything that oppreses - ourselves or others. God, our Friend, wants us to be free. And He wants us to care for one another's well being, for we are all His friends. FORGIVENESS VESPERS SUNDAY EVENING On March 2, at 6 PM, we will celebrate "Forgiveness Vespers." As we begin Lent tomorrow, we should grow closer to Christ's ideal of inexhaustible forgiveness toward our neighbor. This Vespers Service celebrates that ideal. Christ demands almost superhuman effort at loving and forgiving our neighbor. Peter probably thought that he was being exceptionally holy and generous in offering to forgive his brother seven times. Can you imagine his reaction when Christ replied: "No, not seven times: I say seventy times seven?" What Christ meant should be perfectly clear. His followers must be wiling ot forgive without any limitation whatsoever. Come this evening and receive forgiveness, as well as give forgiveness. It is a wonderful and holy way to begin our Lenten journey. This will be a reader's service. Please try to attend. Today is called CHEESE-FARE SUNDAY, because according to traditional rules of fasting, this is the last day when dairy products may be eaten. Great Lent begins with Vespers on the evening of Forgiveness Sunday. The priest sings: "Let us abstain from passions as we abstain from food, and persevere, to be worthy to see the Holy Passion of Christ our God, and the joy of His Holy Resurrection. Last updated: 20-Mar-2003 |
