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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!
July 20, 2003 - Sixth Sunday after Pentecost - Feast of Saint Elias the Prophet We welcome all visitors among us always! We hope you find our worship true and reverent and our people here friendly and cordial. If you are seeking a spriitual home, we would be honored by your presence in our family. We are glad you chose to worship with us.
Next Divine Liturgy
August 2, 5:30 PM (Saturday evening) Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
If you would like the Divine Liturgy offered for a loved one who is deceased or living, please give your offering to Father O'Connell and obtain a Liturgy intention card from Willian Gogar. Please write down the intention so it can be put in the bulletin. On Saturday evenings at 6:30 PM, Byzantine Vespers are prayed here at Holy Family, when there is no Divine Liturgy that weekend. Everyone is welcome to attend. Food Sunday - Every third Sunday - bring non-perishable food or items for the needy
What infinite nothingness our food and drink represent on one side, adn what infinite grandeur the man himself who is fed by
them represents on the other side! Is it not the greatest insanity for man, for this image of God, for this partaker of the
divine nature, for whom... "God may be all in all" (1 Cor 15:28) ...to grudge food, drink, clothing, dwelling, and
anything else earthly, corruptible, and transitory! Therefore, do not be sparing of anything for our neighbor! O, what a great
honor it is to feed, to clothe, to give rest to the image of God! Most gracious and most bountiful God fill our hearts with
mercy and bountifulness!
St. John of Kronstadt
Offering for June 29th - $528.00
From the Church Fathers
"If you have given alms, no one is able to take away this good work. Though an army, or kings, or myriads of calumniators and
conspirators, were to beset you on all sides, they could not take away the possession, once deposited in heaven; but the joy
thereof abides continually." - Saint John Chrysostom
Commemoration of the Holy Prophet Elias
Elias was a hero of faithfulness to God in Israel and courageous prophet. Achab, seventh King of Israel, (875-854 BC),
influenced by his pagan wife, Isabella, had forgotten the true God and returned to paganism. Elias reproached him for his
idolatry and killed the priests of Baal. He feld to the mountains because of Isabella's anger. God appeared to him there, and
a crow brought him bread for food. At the time of Josaphat, King of Israel (874-850 BC), Elias was taken up in a chariot of
fire in the presence of his disciple Eliseus. The Prophet Malachias had said: "Behold I will send you Elias the Prophet,
before the coming and dreadful day of the Lord. And he shall turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts
of the children to their fathers." (Mal. 4:5) The prophet refers to the second coming of the Lord, at the end of the
world.
O prophet Elijah, O lampstand of the Church which has no evening! Having been inflamed with divine zeal, you closed up the rain from heaven: you were fed by a raven: you reproved the king and put the priests to death; you commanded fire from and slew two captains; you provided abundantly for the widow by means of a little oil and a small handful of meal; you resurrected her son by your prayer; you ignited the fire in water; you crossed over the currents of the Jordan on foot. Indeed, you were raised up to heaven by a fiery chariot. You gave a two-fold grace to Elisha. Pray unceasingly to God for the salvation of our souls.
FEAST OF THE DORMITION OF THE HOLY ANNE,
the Mother of the Mother of God (July 25th)
Anne, the wife of Joachim and the Mother of Mary, is the grandmother according to the flesh of our Lord, God, and Saviour
Jesus Christ. Her name means "grace" or "the gracious one," "the loving one."
(Kondak: "Let us celebrate the memory of the Grand-parents of Christ and fervently ask for their help, so that salvation may
be assured for all those who cry out: O God who glorified them according to Your will, remain always with us!"
ST. PANTELEIMON, the Physician (July 27th)
Saint Panteleimon lived in the late third century in Nicodemia. His father was a pagan, but his mother, Eubola, was a
Christian. In addition to his mother, a priest named Hermolaus was instrumental in teaching Panteleimon about Christianity.
As a devout Christian, Panteleimon decided that he was best equipped to serve God as a physician. He learned the medical
profession and practiced it with great charity, thus earning him the title "unmercenary." He cured many illnesses not only by
his own hand as a physician, but also by the hand of God. One such instance was the cure of the pagan blind man. Other
physicians were not able to cure his blindness, but Panteleimon, by the invocation of God's name, opened the eyes of the blind
man and converted him to Christianity and baptized him.
Filled with envy, the other physicians accused Panteleimon of being a Christian and had him arrested. He was taken to the
Emperor Maximian to stand trial. Before the emperor, he freely declared that he was a Christian and, before the eyes of the
emperor, he healed a paralytic of a long-standing illness. This miracle caused many pagans of the imperial court to convert to
Christianity. Nevertheless, the emperor handed Panteleimon over to be tortured and executed.
On the day of his execution, Saint Panteleimon knelt in prayer. As the executioner struck a blow on Panteleimon's neck, the
sword broke as though it were made of wax. The executioner was unable to execute him until the saint completed his prayer.
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