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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
Sunday Before the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Divine Liturgy Intention:
Our Offerings
Solemn Holy Day — Exaltation of the Holy Cross — Sept. 14
We will celebrate Divine Liturgy for the Exaltation of the Holy and Life-Giving Cross at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Sept. 14, at the church. Note: By Tradition, strict abstinence from meat or dairy products is recommended.
World Youth Day 2005
The Young Adult Directors of the four Ruthenian Byzantine Catholic eparchies have invited all young adults, ages 18-35, to
join them on a pilgrimage to World Youth Day 2005, which will be held Aug. 14-22 in Cologne, Germany. Costs, ranging
from $2095-2295, include airfare, lodging, meals, and registration. A $350 deposit is due Sept. 15. See Father
O’Connell or Tim J. Scripa for details.
Veneration of the Holy Cross
We bow to your cross, O Lord, and we praise Your Holy Resurrection.
We celebrate the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross on Sept. 14. Veneration of the Holy Cross became public with
the discovery of the Cross sometime around 326. It was discovered during excavation operations under Archbishop Macarius of
Jerusalem (314-335). Tradition credits St. Helena with the discovery.
St. Helena sent a large portion of the Holy Wood to her son, Emperor Constantine the Great, residing in Constantinople.
Another portion was sent to Rome, where it was placed in the Basilica of the Holy Cross.
The first public veneration of the Holy Cross took place in Jerusalem on Sept. 14, 335. A pious pilgrim named Eteria
visited the Holy Places in 380 and wrote in her Diary of a Pilgrimage, “The dedication of the churches —
Martyrion on Calvary and Anastasis over the Holy Sepulcher — is observed with great solemnity since the Cross of the
Lord was found on that day.”
The annual observance of the Dedication of the Basilicas, together with the exposition and veneration of the Holy Cross,
attracted a great multitude of pilgrims. To enable the many pilgrims to view and venerate the Holy Cross, the bishop elevated
the Relics of the Cross. This action was the beginning of the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.
The feast was introduced to Constantinople from Jerusalem, then to Rome by St. Gregory the Great. By the end of the sixth
century the feast had become universal, celebrated in both East and West.
— God with Us Publications
Selected Hymns from the Feast of the Exaltation
“The exalted Cross calls all of creation to praise the pure passion, the passion of Christ, who was exalted on it. On
the Cross He killed the one who had killed us. Christ has brought us back to life. He has adorned us, making us worthy to live
in the heavens. We rejoice and exalt His name and magnify His condescension.”
“Rejoice, O Life-Bearing Cross, the Invincible Weapon of Godliness, the Gate of Paradise, the Protection of the
Faithful! The Cross is the might of the Church! The Cross raises us from earth to heaven! The Cross is the enemy of Satan! The
Cross is the haven of salvation!”
— From Vespers
“O Mother of God, you became a Mystical Paradise when without tilling you brought forth Christ our God by whom the
Life-Giving Tree of the Cross was planted on earth. Therefore, seeing Him on the Cross, we adore Him and we magnify
you.”
— From the Canon at Matins, Ode 9
Pastoral Ponderings: It’s Real Love
If we say something stupid or do something inappropriate in the presence of people we love, we hope they will forgive us. When
we are with those we love, we relax. We speak more easily the thoughts of our hearts, and we do more readily the impulsive
deeds that bring relationships to life. Sometimes we act with the spontaneity that love enjoys but with the inappropriateness
that love does not tolerate. We say something insulting; we do something crude.
The best relationships tolerate mistakes. Our misdeeds are a part of us; to love someone is to love the person who commits
errors of judgment. For instance, as recorded in the Book of Exodus, the Israelites had grown weary of waiting for Moses as he
waited for God on Mount Sinai, so they worshiped the golden calf. Moses reminded God of the covenant promised to all the
descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Israel. God relented and did not destroy the people for their sin.
No matter how stupid our mistakes, God will forgive us.
— Father O’Connell
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