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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
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Divine Liturgy Intention:
Our Offerings
Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul: June 29
The Divine Liturgy will begin at 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 28, here at the church. Note that this is a vigil
celebration. Also note that this feast is a holy day of obligation, an obligation the vigil liturgy fulfills.
“Let us extol Peter and Paul, the two great lights of the Church: two beacons illuminating the Church with all of God’s doctrine. By their preaching, they have led the Gentiles from ignorance to the knowledge of God. Wherefore the one was nailed to the cross and made his way to heaven, where he received the keys to the kingdom from Christ Himself, while the other, beheaded by the sword, went up in glory to the Savior. Through their prayers, overcome our invisible enemies, O Christ God, and make firm our faith, for You are the lover of mankind.” No Divine Liturgy on Sunday, July 11
The Commemoration of the Holy, Glorious, and Illustrious Princes of the Apostles, Sts. Peter and Paul
Sts. Peter and Paul were martyred in Rome under Emperor Nero in the year 67. At his own request, Peter was crucified
upside-down, while Paul, a Roman citizen, was beheaded. The Church unites them in a common celebration and gives them
identical honor.
Peter, a brother of St. Andrew the First-Called, was from Bethsaida. They were sons of Jonas, who belonged to the tribe
of Simeon. They lived by the work of their own hands. When St. John the Baptist was imprisoned, Jesus went to the Lake of
Genesareth, and finding Peter and Andrew mending their nets, He called them and they followed Him without hesitation. Peter
preached the Gospel in Judea, founded the Church of Antioch, and finally ended up in Rome.
Paul, a Pharisee, belonged to the tribe of Benjamin. He was born in Tarsus in Asia Minor. At first he persecuted the Church
with great zeal and violence; he imprisoned and killed Christians. But Christ appeared to him on the way to Damascus by
Ananias. Paul became one of the greatest exponents of Christ’s teachings, which he explained in his epistles.
A Modern Centurion
In the Gospel reading today, we hear of our Lord healing the servant of a centurion. The centurion — a soldier in the
Roman army — was commended for his faith, and our Lord said to him, “Amen, I say to you, in no one in Israel have
I found such faith!” (Matthew 8:11). These same words of our Lord could doubtless be applied to another soldier who
lived almost 2,000 years later. Ironically, this modern centurion was a soldier in the Nazi army during World War II:
The story of Private Shultz unfolds just after the German invasion of Yugoslavia. Private Shultz, along with eight other
soldiers, was ordered to pick up his rifle and go on patrol with his sergeant. Shortly they came to a small clearing where
eight Yugoslavian citizens, five men and three women, were assembled. As the sergeant gave the command to take aim, it became
clear to Private Shultz what his mission was. Before the sergeant could shout “Fire!” Private Shultz dropped his
rifle and walked toward the eight civilians. The sergeant ordered him to return, but Private Shultz ignored the command. Then,
to the stunned disbelief of the soldiers, the sergeant shouted “Fire!” On that day nine people, eight civilians
and one soldier, were executed.
In one of the pockets of Private Shultz’s uniform, a Bible passage from St. Paul was found: “Love does not delight
in evil but rejoices in the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.”
Pastoral Ponderings: A Joke for You While I Party with Celebs
During the coming week I have been asked to participate in the 175th anniversary celebration of the Oblate Sisters of
Providence in Baltimore. In 1829 the Oblate Sisters became the first black community of sisters in the United States. The
early decades of the community’s history were difficult, especially when you consider how long before the Civil War the
foundation began. While it is true that today the number of sisters has decreased, as in many of the religious communities,
the Oblate Sisters still staff an outstanding high school in the inner city of Baltimore. Camille and Bill Cosby, graduates of
the Oblate Sisters, will speak at the dinner to be held on Friday evening.
There once was a new priest from up north who was assigned to the south Georgia peanut-growing country. One day he was in the
confessional, and three boys came to confess. He asked the first two how they had sinned, and they answered in turn,
“We’ve been throwing peanuts in the river.”.
He didn’t understand how that was a sin, but he didn’t want to ask, so he absolved them, and they left. After he
had absolved the third boy of some minor infraction, he asked, “Why is it bad to throw peanuts in the river?”
“I’m Peanuts,” said the boy.
— Father O’Connell
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