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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
Slava Isusu Chrisu! Slava Na Viky!
Divine Liturgy begins at 4 p.m. Every Sunday
Every Third Sunday of the Month is Food Sunday
Third Sunday after Pentecost
Divine Liturgy Intention:
Our Offerings
Two Reasons to Celebrate, Two Celebrations
We will celebrate the Divine Liturgy at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 24, the Feast of the Nativity of St. John the
Baptist. We will also celebrate a vigil Liturgy at 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 28, before the Feast of Sts. Peter
and Paul on June 29.
Be sure to mark these celebrations on your calendar!
Father’s Day
On this third Sunday of June, we celebrate Father’s Day. We thank our living fathers for the gift of life and for their
love and sacrifice. We also pray that God bless them and grant them many years in health and happiness. For our deceased
fathers, we pray that God grant them blessed repose and eternal memory.
Today is also a day of thanksgiving to our heavenly Father. To be able to address the God of heaven as Father is an awesome
privilege. It is only because we have been adopted by God that we are able to address Him in this way. St. John says:
“To all who accept Him, He gave power to become children of God, to all who believe in His name.” We pray today
for fathers the world over who have been ordained by God as head of the family. May they exercise their role as fathers and
husbands with kindness, justice, and love.
The Birth of the Baptist
On the 24th day of June, we shall celebrate the Feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist. The icon on
today’s bulletin illustrates the scene of his birth.
Zacharias, the father of St. John the Baptist, was a priest who belonged to the section of Abijah. His wife, Elizabeth,
was a direct descendent of Aaron, the brother of Moses. Both “walked blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances
of the Lord.” Both were advanced in years and were childless. They dearly longed for a child.
While serving in the temple according to his lot, an angel of the Lord appeared to Zacharias and informed him that his and
Elizabeth’s prayers would be answered — that Elizabeth would conceive a son who should be called John. Zacharias
was unable to speak until the birth of the child because he did not believe the angel’s words.
According to St. Luke, “When Elizabeth’s time to bear the child was completed she brought forth a
son” (1:57). On the eighth day the boy was to be circumcised and given a name — usually the name of the
father. Asked for the name he desired his son to bear, Zacharias wrote on a writing tablet, “John is his name.” At
that moment his tongue was loosed, and he began to speak and praise God. The icon depicts Zacharias writing the words
“John is his name” on a writing tablet.
Zacharias had a great vision for his son. He saw in his son the one who would prepare the way for the coming of the Messiah.
The beautiful words of Zacharias’ joy are recorded in St. Luke’s Gospel (1:67-80).
Our congratulations to all fathers on this special day.
—God With Us Publications
Pastoral Ponderings: Let’s Talk Politics and Religion
In an address given on May 25 to the St. Thomas More Society in Pittsburgh, Bishop Donald Wuerl said: “Given
the long-standing practice of not making a public judgment about the state of the souls of those who present themselves for
Holy Communion, it does not seem that it is sufficiently clear that in the matter of voting for legislation that supports
abortion such a judgment necessarily follows. The pastoral tradition of the church places the responsibility of such a
judgment first on those presenting themselves for Holy Communion.”
Here is another thought to ponder: The only people who can change the legislation on abortion to abolish it are the justices
on the Supreme Court. This is a situation peculiar to the American legal system. People who are elected officials are expected
to observe the law, but if the law is unjust, as in the case of abortion, they are expected to work to try to limit those laws
in the context in which we live. The strategies on how to limit those laws involve prudential judgment around which there can
be many discussions. The church has not taken a position on which of the strategies is to be preferred.
— Father O’Connell
Happy Father’s Day from the bulletin staff! Last updated: 28-Jun-2004 |
