Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
17 November 2024
Saturday, Nov. 16 – Matthew, Apostle- Evangelist
5:00 PM Santa Paula Outreach Divine Liturgy
Sunday, Nov. 17 – 26th Sunday after Pentecost
8:00 AM Matins
9:30 AM Divine Liturgy
Tuesday, Nov. 19 – Obadiah, Prophet
6:30 PM Akathist* for those suffering Addictions & Mental Illness in Person and on Zoom (link on website)
Wednesday, Nov. 20 – Vigil of the Feast of the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple
5:30 PM Vespers
6:30 PM Divine Liturgy +Mike Mina
7:30 PM Firepit Social
Thursday, Nov. 21 – Feast of the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple
6:00 PM Santa Paula Outreach Divine Liturgy
Saturday, Nov. 23 – Amphilochius and Gregory, Bishops
5:00 PM Santa Paula Outreach Divine Liturgy
Sunday, Nov. 24 – 27th Sunday after Pentecost
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, Patrick O’Neill, Shannon O’Neill, Fern Bonowicz, Stephen Petach, All the sick and suffering of St. Mary’s
Collection: $1,324.00; Santa Paula: $1,090.00; Online: $860.00; Candles: $42.48; Parish Socials: $61.00
Total: $3,377.48 / Attendance – PSM: 76 SPO: 65
-The main source of this feast is from the Protoevangelium of St. James, a second century document. The portion of the text that references this feast is included here:
…And the child was three years old, and Joachim said: Invite the daughters of the Hebrews that are undefiled, and let them take each a lamp, and let them stand with the lamps burning, that the child may not turn back, and her heart be captivated from the temple of the Lord. And they did so until they went up into the temple of the Lord. And the priest received her, and kissed her, and blessed her, saying: The Lord has magnified your name in all generations. In you, on the last of the days, the Lord will manifest His redemption to the sons of Israel. And he set her down upon the third step of the altar, and the Lord God sent grace upon her; and she danced with her feet, and all the house of Israel loved her. And her parents went down marveling, and praising the Lord God, because the child had not turned back. And Mary was in the temple of the Lord as if she were a dove that dwelt there, and she received food from the hand of an angel.
The entire text can be found at https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0847.htm
“…Tonight your soul is demanded of you.” We are not our own, and this is equally true of the blessings in our lives. Jesus speaks sternly of the need to understand this so that we can be “rich toward God”. If you are blessed with the richness of a calling from God to be a priest, deacon, subdeacon, monk or nun, will you answer it with the same yes that we see in the saints? To learn more, contact the Vocations Office at 206-329-9219 or email: vocations@ephx.org
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