Sunday, Oct. 24 – 22nd Sunday after Pentecost
8:30 AM Matins
9:30 AM Divine Liturgy
Monday, Oct. 25 – Marcian and Martyrius, Martyrs
7:30 AM Morning Prayer
4:00 PM Evening Prayer
Tuesday, Oct. 26 – Demetrius, Great Martyr
7:30 AM Morning Prayer
4:00 PM Evening Prayer
Wednesday, Oct. 27 – Nestor, Martyr
7:30 AM Morning Prayer
6:30 PM Divine Liturgy +Fr. Conon Timony
7:30 PM Fire-pit Social
Thursday, Oct. 28 – Paraskevia, Martyr
7:30 AM Morning Prayer
4:00 PM Evening Prayer
Friday, Oct. 29 – Anastasia, Venerable Martyr
7:30 AM Morning Prayer
4:00 PM Compline
Saturday, Oct. 30 – Zenobius and Zenobia, Martyrs
5:00 PM Ventura County Divine Liturgy
6:30 PM Vespers
Sunday, Oct. 31 – 23rd Sunday after Pentecost
8:30 AM Matins
9:30 AM Divine Liturgy
Please remember the following people in your prayers: Estella Biedenbender, Ken Bosak, ,Fletes Family: Alicia, Frankie, Layla, Lupita & Veronica, Victoria Flores, Larry Goodwin, Holly Garlow, Michelle Grana, Virginia Harrington, Jeanne Hart, Michael Hefferon, Nicole Hefferon, Rob Hooper, Chris Johnson, Patricia Kurczak, Irene Lehman, Elizabeth & John Mallas, Dylan Mancia, Toni Martin, Marg Mauro, Juan Gabriel Martinez, Pedro Medina, Mina family: Mila, Diana, Rev. John & Mike, Shannon O’Neill, Tanya Petach, Casandra Porch, Nicholas, Rodriguez Diane Romano, Paul Saucedo, Kathleen Savko, Robert Stamer, Leanne Steuer, Mary Washko, Dina & Matthew Wiggins, Carmen Zambrano, Lana Zimmerman, Patrick Zimmerman, Fr. Chris Zugger and all those who serve in the Armed Forces
Collection: $916.00; Candles: $35.14; Online: $1,110.00; VC Outreach: $287.00; Church Improvements: $100.00
Total: $2,448.14 / Attendance- PSM: 60 VCO: 30
A special obligation binds us to make ourselves the neighbor of absolutely every person, and of actively helping him when he comes across our path, whether he be an old person abandoned by all, a foreign laborer unjustly looked upon, a refugee, a child born of an unlawful union and wrongly suffering from a sin he did not commit, or a hungry person who disturbs our conscience by recalling the voice of the Lord: “As long as you did it for one of these, the least of my brethren, you did it for me.”
Furthermore, whatever is opposed to life itself, such as any type of murder, genocide, abortion, euthanasia, or willful self-destruction, whatever violates the integrity of the human person, such as mutilation, torments inflicted on body or mind, attempts to coerce the will itself; whatever insults human dignity, such as subhuman living conditions, arbitrary imprisonment, deportation, slavery, prostitution, the selling of women and children, as well as disgraceful working conditions, where men are treated as mere tools for profit, rather than as free and responsible persons; all these things and others of their like are infamies indeed. They poison human society, but they do more harm to those who practice them than to those who suffer from the injury. Moreover, they are a supreme dishonor to the Creator…
Since all men possess a rational soul and are created in God’s likeness, since they have the same nature and origin, have been redeemed by Christ, and enjoy the same divine calling and destiny, the basic equality of all must receive increasingly greater recognition.
True, all men are not alike from the point of view of varying physical power and the diversity of intellectual and moral resources. Nevertheless, with respect to the fundamental rights of the person, every type of discrimination, whether social or cultural, whether based on sex, race, color, social condition, language, or religion, is to be overcome and eradicated as contrary to God’s intent.
-Documents of Vatican II, The Church Today [Guild]
“If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone rises from the dead.” Abraham spoke to the rich man to emphasize to him and to us that we have many words of truth that show us the right way to live our lives. In his mercy, Our Lord calls men and women to be those modern day prophets by living as priests, deacons, monks and nuns. Is this something the Lord may be doing in your life? If so, contact the Vocations Office at 206-329-9219 or email: vocations@ephx.org
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