Saturday, Apr. 20 – Theodore the Hairshirt Wearer, Venerable
5:00 PM Santa Paula Outreach Divine Liturgy
5:30 PM Reader Vespers
Sunday, Apr. 21 – Sunday of the Paralytic Man
8:30 AM Matins
9:30 AM Divine Liturgy
Monday, Apr. 22 – Theodore Sykiot, Venerable
8:30 AM Morning Prayer
5:30 PM Vespers
6:30 PM Divine Liturgy
Tuesday, Apr. 23 – The Holy Great-Martyr George
5:30 PM Akathist* for those suffering Addictions & Mental Illness
Wednesday, Apr. 24 – Mid-Pentecost
8:30 AM Morning Prayer
6:30 PM Divine Liturgy
7:30 PM Firepit Social
Saturday, Apr. 27 – Simeon, Bishop-Martyr
5:00 PM Santa Paula Outreach Divine Liturgy
Sunday, Apr. 28 – Sunday of the Samaritan Woman
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, Shannon O’Neill, Fern Bonowicz, Carolina Chirdon, All the sick and suffering of St. Mary’s
Collection: $1,058.00; Santa Paula: $607.76; Online: $663.00; Candles: $73.00; Parish Socials: $107.60; Church Improvements: $125.00
Total: $2,634.36 / Attendance – PSM: 65 SPO: 50
April 28 is the special collection in support of Catholic Home Missions. “Home Missions” is the name for dioceses and parishes in the United States, including its territories and former territories, which cannot provide basic pastoral services to Catholics without outside help. Basic pastoral services include Mass and sacraments, religious education, and ministry training for priests, deacons, religious sisters and lay people.
For many decades, the Church in the United States has sent missionaries overseas to serve the people of Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Oceania. The home missions are dioceses and parishes here in the United States that need the same kind of support.
(Today’s Gospel: John 5)
That water [at the pool of Bethesda] was moved once a year; this water of the church’s baptism is always ready to be moved. That water was moved only in one place; this water is moved throughout the entire world. Then an angel descended; now it is the Holy Spirit. Then it was the grace of the angel; now it is the mystery of the Trinity. That water cured only once in a year; this water saves people every day. That water healed the body; this water heals both body and soul. That water healed a person’s health; this heals from sin. There, the body was only healed of its infirmities; here, body and soul are freed from sin. There, many who were weary lay sick at that water because it only cured one person a year. No one will be left lying sick here where the waters of baptism are if they resolve to come and be healed.
-Chromatius of Aquileia
“Take up your mat and walk.” Our Lord can make us well, and it is always His will that we are able to walk, spiritually speaking. When we unite ourselves to His will we can bring healing to this world. Is He calling you or someone you know to do so by a vocation to the monastic life, the diaconate in Christ or the priesthood? Contact the Vocations Office at 206-329-9219 or email: vocations@ephx.org
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