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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
Christos voskrese! Voistinnu voskrese!
Divine Liturgy begins at 4 p.m. every Sunday
Sunday of the Samaritan Woman On this happy occasion, Mother’s Day, we all have a great deal to celebrate and be thankful for becasue we all have a mother. Today we also pay special honor to our Blessed Virgin Mother, the mother of our beloved Savior. God bless all our mothers, and may He keep them all in His loving care. For those whose mothers have fallen asleep, may each fond memory of her brighten this day more and more.
Divine Liturgy Intentions
Our Offerings
Special Guest to Lead Weekend of Marian Devotion
After the 5:30 p.m. Mass on Saturday, May 15, Holy Family will join us in treating Father Jack Custer, dean of
Sts. Cyril and Methodius Byzantine Seminary in Pittsburgh, to a picnic on the church grounds. At 8 p.m., we will go
back to the church, where Father Custer will lead us in celebrating a Moleben — devotional prayer service — to the
Theotokos.
Father Custer will also lead us in celebrating Divine Liturgy at our usual time, 4 p.m., on Sunday, May 16.
Don’t miss out!
Mother’s Day
Every year, our nation sets aside the second Sunday of May to honor our mothers. Here is an inspirational story intended to
contribute to this honor:
An expectant mother had a dream about her approaching blessed event. She saw herself knocking at the gates of heaven. An angel
opened the gates and asked why she had come.
“I have come for my baby,” she said.
“Just a moment,” the angel replied. “Your child is here, a beautiful boy. But you must pay for him.”
“Pay for him?” she asked in surprise. “My husband and I have very little money, and what we have we will
need for the baby.”
“It is not real money that I want,” the angel explained. “In order to pay for him I must have some of your
health. I must have a great deal of your time, practically most of it in the first several years. You must part with a good
deal of your energy, your comfort, much of your peace of mind, and a good portion of your love.”
Without hesitation, the waiting mother handed over all these things. The angel disappeared behind a door and reappeared with a
wiggling bundle in his arms. The mother embraced the baby in her arms. She thanked the angel and began to walk back down to
earth. But, as she turned to leave, the angel placed on her head a jeweled crown.
“This is my gift to you,” the angel explained. “This is the crown of motherhood you have won for the many
things you so willingly gave up. But the crown has value only because you have paid the price of motherhood.”
On Mother’s Day we place a precious, beautiful, spiritual crown of thanksgiving on the head of these unique women who
have sacrificed so much to give us life. Mother’s Day is a splendid opportunity to remember our mothers, heavenly and
earthly, with gifts of love, gratitude, and prayers.
A Prayer for Our Mothers
O merciful Lord God, I humbly beseech You to hear my prayer and have mercy on my mother. Protect her from every evil, danger,
and sickness. Grant her health and, in your mercy, pour out upon her your abundant blessings. Have mercy on her, according to
your great mercy, that she may faithfully serve you, and that through her, I also may be worth to praise and serve you. Amen.
—Byzantine Book of Prayer
Every Third Sunday is Food Sunday
Pastoral Ponderings: To Love Is to Give
In the book of stories titled Chicken Soup for the Soul, there’s a story about a man who came out of his office
one Christmas morning and found a little boy from the nearby projects looking with great admiration at his new car. The little
boy asked, “Does this car belong to you?” And the man said, “Yes, in fact my brother gave it to me for
Christmas.” The little boy’s eyes widened. He said, “You mean to say that somebody gave it to you? And you
didn’t have to pay anything for it?” The man said, “That’s right. My brother gave it to me as a
gift.” With that the little boy let out a long sigh and said, “Boy, I would really like...” The man fully
expected the boy to say, “I would like to have a brother like that, who would give me such a beautiful car,” but
instead, the man was amazed when the little boy said, “I would really like to be that kind of brother. I wish I could
give that kind of car to my older brother.”
Somehow that child understood the secret of Jesus’ love. He understood the new commandment of love, which Jesus gave to
His apostles during his last discourse: “Love one another as I have loved you.” True love consists not in getting
something from the lover, but in giving something to the loved one. The most familiar example of this type of love is a
mother’s love for her child. Since this is the secular celebration of Mother’s Day, I thought the story would be
appropriate.
—Father O’Connell
Last updated: 11-May-2004 |
