Saturday, June 7 – 5th All Souls Saturday
9:00 AM All Souls Divine Liturgy
5:00 PM Santa Paula Outreach Divine Liturgy
Sunday, June 8 – Pentecost Sunday
8:00 AM Matins
9:30 AM Divine Liturgy
Tuesday, June 10 – Timothy, Bishop-Martyr
6:30 PM Akathist* and Discussion for Addictions & Mental Illness, in person and on Zoom (link on website)
Wednesday, June 11 – Bartholomew and Barnabas, Apostles
6:30 PM Reader Vespers
7:30 PM Firepit Social
Thursday, June 12 – Onuphry and Peter, Venerables
6:30 PM Neighborhood Bible Study
Saturday, June 14 – Elisha, Prophet
5:00 PM Santa Paula Outreach Divine Liturgy
Sunday, June 15 – Sunday of All Saints
8:00 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, Shannon O’Neill, Fern Bonowicz, Stephen Petach, Jenny Roman, All the sick and suffering of St. Mary’s
Collection: $2,049.00; Online: $501.00; Santa Paula: $ 745.31; Ascention: $ 200.00; Church Improvments: $300.00; Bishop’s Appeal: $200.00; Candles: $29.65; Parish Social: $87.00; Gift Shop: $50.00;
Total: $4,161.96 / Attendance – PSM: 101 HAR: 77
“We celebrate the feast of Pentecost and of the descent of the Spirit, the fulfillment of promise and the achievement of hope. O how great and how exalted is the mystery!” (Pentecost Vespers, STICHERA, Tone 1) With these words we begin our liturgical celebration of Pentecost, solemnly concluding the yearly remembrance of our salvation. These words are taken from the famous homily of St. Gregory the Theologian, “On the Holy Spirit” which he delivered in Constantinople on the day of Pentecost, 381 A.D. (Oration 41,5)
According to St. Gregory, the descent of the Holy Spirit is the fulfillment of God’s promise, since Jesus Christ assured His Apostles that He would send them the “promise of the Father” (Lk 24 :49). By the descent of the Holy Spirit, the Apostles received even more than they hoped for. The descent of the Holy Spirit brought to its completion the divine revelation of the Holy Trinity which St. Gregory called the ” great and exalted mystery.” In the Byzantine Rite, we celebrate this mystery at Pentecost, as is so beautifully indicated by another stichera:
“We have seen the true light, we have received the Heavenly Spirit, we have found the true faith, and we worship the indivisible Trinity; for the Trinity has saved us.” (Pentecost Vespers, STICHERA, Tone 2) This “true faith” inspired St. Gregory of Nazianz to deliver his sermon about the divinity of the Holy Spirit, Who “completed the work of Christ.” Gregory’s sermon was addressed against the followers of his predecessor in the See of Constantinople, Archbishop Macedonius, (d. 362) who denied the divinity of the Third Person of the Most Holy Trinity.
(read the whole article at archpitt.org or the first link in the parish email)
“Whoever follows me will not walk in the darkness but will have the light of life.” The Holy Spirit is our light and life. The Church is strengthened by those servants filled with the Spirit, whose life of prayer and service brings light and life to the world. Is the Holy Spirit guiding you to this life as a priest, deacon, monk or nun? Call the Vocations Office at 602-861-9778 or email: vocations@ephx.org
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