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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
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
Divine Liturgy Intention:
Our Offerings
The Archbishop Is Coming!
Metropolitan Basil with us on Sunday, August 22.The Archbishop Is Coming! Metropolitan Basil will celebrate the Divine Liturgy with us at 4 p.m. and join us for a feast afterward. Be sure to attend!
How Much Are You Willing to Sacrifice?
About 150 years before the birth of Christ, an evil king, Antiochus IV, attempted to reduce the Jewish people to slavery
and force them to renounce all their sacred traditions. He defiled the Temple with idols and forbade the worship of God. He
arrested an aged scribe named Eleazar and commanded him to renounce his faith by eating pork. To set an example for the seven
Maccabee brothers who were imprisoned with him, Eleazar spat out the pork. He chose martyrdom and inspired the Maccabees and
their mother, Solomonia, to follow him with joy.
This story of Eleazar and the Maccabees is not only about martyrdom. It goes much deeper than that. It provides us with
striking examples of faith in the face of ungodly, immoral behavior, and the willingness to sacrifice life itself for the sake
of religious convictions and beliefs.
We should be prompted to ask ourselves what sacrifices — even small ones — we are willing to make for the
religious convictions we claim to hold.
The Transfiguration of Our Lord
“Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and his brother John and led them up a high mountain by themselves. In their presence
He was transfigured. His face shone like the sun and His clothes became white as light. Suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared to
them. . . . And from the cloud there came a voice that said, ‘This is my beloved son, with whom I am well pleased;
Listen to Him’” (Matthew 17:1-8).
Here St. Matthew describes a glorious incident during our Lord’s earthly life. Christ’s
“transfiguration” was a visible change in His appearance through the manifestation of His divinity. Christ let the
divine light pass from His Godhead and His soul to His body, and an extraordinary brightness enveloped Him. His inner
brilliance affected even His garments and they too were bathed in white light. The luminous cloud surrounding the scene
symbolized God’s presence. God spoke to Peter, James, and John, and said: “Hear Him” or “Listen to
Him” because He is My Beloved Son, My Messenger, My Ambassador, and the Revealer of the Final Truth, which will never
change as long as the world exists.
The miracle of the Transfiguration prepares the Lord and His Apostles for the trial of Good Friday. Together the Apostles had
overcome many trials during the years of Christ’s preaching. But the trial of Calvary would be more severe, and
therefore they needed a special strength, and they received this strength on Mt. Tabor, where Christ transfigured Himself
before them and provoked such enthusiasm that St. Peter exclaimed, “Lord, it is wonderful for us to be here.”
Divine Liturgy for the Solemnity of the Transfiguration will begin at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 6, here at the church.
Pastoral Ponderings: How Will You Be Remembered?
One morning in 1888, Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, awoke to read his own obituary. The obituary had been printed due
to a journalistic error. Alfred’s brother had died, and a reporter recorded the death as Alfred’s. Anyone would
have been a bit disturbed, but Alfred was overwhelmed — he saw himself as the world saw him: “The Dynamite King,
the industrialist who had made an immense fortune from explosives, passes away.” This, as far as anyone knew, was the
purpose of his life. None of his intentions to break down the barriers that separated men from peace were recognized. He was a
merchant of death, and for that alone would he be remembered.
Alfred resolved to clarify the meaning of his life and to prepare himself for his Heavenly Master. He did this through the
final distribution of his fortune. His last will and testament — an endowment of five annual prizes for outstanding
contributions in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace (a sixth category, economics, was added later) —
would express his life’s ideals and memorialize him as a rich scientist who shared his riches with others. The end
result was the most valuable of prizes given to those who had done the most for the cause of world peace. Today it is called
the Nobel Peace Prize.
— Father O’Connell
Last updated: 6-Aug-2004 |
