Saturday, Aug. 31 – Deposition of the Sash of the Theotokos
5:00 PM Santa Paula Outreach Divine Liturgy
Sunday, Sept. 1 – 15th Sunday after Pentecost
8:30 AM Matins
9:30 AM Divine Liturgy
12:00 PM Chant Class
Monday, Sept. 2 – Mammas, Martyr
8:30 AM Morning Prayer
Tuesday, Sept. 3 – Anthimus, Bishop-Martyr
6:00 PM Akathist* for those suffering Addictions & Mental Illness in Person and on Zoom
Wednesday, Sept. 4 – Babylas, Bishop-Martyr; Moses, Prophet
8:30 AM Morning Prayer
6:30 PM Divine Liturgy
7:30 PM Firepit Social
Saturday, Sept. 7 – Saturday before the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
5:00 PM Santa Paula Outreach Divine Liturgy
Sunday, Sept. 8 – Sunday before the Exaltation of the Holy Cross – Birth of the Theotokos
8:30 AM Matins
9:30 AM Divine Liturgy
*Add first names to this prayer service by emailing niemirick@gmail.com
St. Mary’s: Sundays 8:45 AM or by appointment
Santa Paula: Saturdays 4:15 PM or by appointment
(Please resubmit or submit names to admin@ByzantineLA.com)
The Carlin Family, Michael Hefferon, Shirley Kunze, Michael Mina, Peter Mina, Fr. John Mina, Mila Mina, Lana Zimmerman, Patrick Zimmerman, Patrick O’Neill, Shannon O’Neill, Fern Bonowicz, Stephen Petach, All the sick and suffering of St. Mary’s
Collection: $1,235.00; Santa Paula: $456.57; Online: $685.00; Candles: $56.00; Parish Socials: $57.00; Holydays: $160.00; Eparchial Appeal: $3,200.00
Total: $5,849.57 / Attendance – PSM: 63 SPO: 102
We did it! Thanks to your generous gifts, we reached and even exceeded our goal! We will have the final total next week.
Thank you to those who contributed:
Anonymous; Alig; Bagdazian; Bates; Becher; Bordelon; Brady; Clemens; Golya; Grumbine; Healy; Herrera; Horey, F.; Horey, M.; Koman-Keogh; Marschner-Coyne; Martini; Matthews; Michnya; Mina; Niemi; Parrot; Petach, S.; Reichert; Roche, Ch.; Seabright; Sumandra, M.; Sumandra, S.; Summe; Towle; Wiggins; Wrzesomio; Wrzesinki, A.; Zimmerman, P.; Zimmerman, W.
Luke 4:16 ff.
Reflections by Eusebius
Our Savior, after reading this prophecy through in the synagogue one day to a multitude of Jews, shut the book and said, “This day is this Scripture fulfilled in your ears.” He began his own teaching from that point. He began to preach the gospel to the poor, putting in the forefront of his blessings: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Yes, he proclaimed forgiveness to those who were hampered by evil spirits and bound for a long time like slaves by demons. He invited all to be free and to escape from the bonds of sin, when he said, “Come to me, all you that labor, and are heavy laden, and I will refresh you.”
To the blind he gave sight, giving the power of seeing to those whose bodily vision was destroyed. He showered those in ancient times who were blind in their minds to the truth with the vision of the light of true religion. The prophecy before us shows it to be essential that Christ himself should be the originator and leader of the gospel activity. The same prophet foretells that after him his own disciples should be ministers of the same system: “How beautiful are the feet of them that bring good tidings of good things, and of those that bring good tidings of peace.”
Here he says very particularly that it is the feet of those who publish the good news of Christ that are beautiful. For how could they not be beautiful, which in so small, so short a time have run over the whole earth and filled every place with the holy teaching about the Savior of the world?
“The entire law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.” To love our God and our neighbor, this is the calling from God that is for each one of us. It manifests differently because each of us have a special vocation to make our lives the greatest gift of ourselves possible. May God be asking you to follow these commandments through a vocation to the priesthood, diaconate, religious or monastic life? Contact the Vocations Office at 206-329-9219 or email: vocations@ephx.org
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