Saturday, May 25 – 3rd Finding of the head of John the Baptist
5:00 PM Santa Paula Outreach Divine Liturgy
Sunday, May 26 – Sunday of All Saints
8:30 AM Matins
9:30 AM Divine Liturgy
Monday, May 27 – Therapont, Bishop-Martyr
8:30 AM Morning Prayer
5:00 PM Akathist* for those suffering Addictions & Mental Illness
Wednesday, May 29 – Theodosia, Venerable Martyr
6:30 PM Divine Liturgy +Tommy Thorpe from Matt Tynan
7:30 PM Firepit Social
Saturday, June 1 – Justin and Others, Martyrs
5:00 PM Santa Paula Outreach Divine Liturgy
Sunday, June 2 – 2nd Sunday after Pentecost
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, All the sick and suffering of St. Mary’s
Collection: $1,197.00; Santa Paula: $1,187.76; Online: $240.00; Candles: $45.00; Holydays: $120.00; Parish Socials: $40.00
Total: $2,829.76 / Attendance – PSM: 70 SPO: 73
Saturday evening reader vespers are on hold for the summer. They will resume in September.
Hebrews 11:36 ff (From today’s Epistle):
Others (faithful of the Old Testament) suffered mocking and scourging, and even chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword…And all these, though well attested by their faith, did not receive what was promised, since God had foreseen something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
Commentary from St. John Chrysostom:
Do you also consider what a thing it is, and how great, that Abraham should be sitting and the apostle Paul waiting till you have been perfected, so that they may then be able to receive their reward? For the Savior has told them before that, unless we also are present, he will not give it to them, just as an affectionate father might say to sons who were well approved and had accomplished their work that he would not give them to eat unless their siblings came… For “God,” he says, “has provided some better thing for us.” In order that they might not seem to have the advantage over us of being crowned before us, God appointed one time of crowning for all; and he that gained the victory so many years before will receive his crown with you. Do you see God’s tender mercy? They were before us as regards the conflicts but are not before us as regards the crowns. God did not wrong them; God honored us. For they also wait for the siblings, for, if we are “all one body,” the pleasure becomes greater to this body when it is crowned altogether and not part by part. For the righteous are also worthy of admiration in this, that they rejoice in the welfare of their siblings, as in their own, and, for themselves also, it is according to their wish to be crowned along with their own members. To be glorified all together is a great delight.
For Prayerful Reflection:
“The one who saves his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will obtain it.” The saints show us the meaning of Christ’s words, when they obtained life by giving their lives for the sake of Christ. Serving as a monk, nun, priest, deacon or in minor orders is one way to lose one’s life. This may be your calling to grow in Christ. Contact the Vocations Office at 206-329-9219 or email: vocations@ephx.org
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