ARCHIVED BULLETINS

March 19-20, 2005

Palm Sunday

Entrance of the Lord

into Jerusalem

BYZANTINE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY

Mary, Mother of Light Maronite Catholic Church

Reverend Frank Eles, Retired

Reverend Glen J. Pothier, JCL, DTh (Cand.)

Website: http://www.exsultet.com/holyapostles.htm

ADVISORS: JAMES OLEKSA and WILLIAM MAGELLA

CANTORS: CPT. STEVE ANTOLIK

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PALM SUNDAY

Pages 85-88

Festal Tones for Palm Sunday

 

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DIVINE LITURGY FOR THIS WEEK:
Saturday, Mar 19, 2005 — 6:00 P.M.
Palm Sunday
Monday, mar 21, 2005 (Away)
Intention of B. Daniel
Tuesday, Mar 22, 2005 (Away)
+ James J.
Wednesday Mar 23, 2005 (AWAY)
Thursday, Mar 24, 2005 (AWAY)
Friday, Mar 25, 2005 - 4:00 p.m. Good Friday
Vespers with Procession
Saturday, Mar 26, 2005 — 6:00 p.M. Resurrection of our Lord
Matins of Resurrection with Divine Liturgy. Anointing with Holy Oil after the Liturgy   Easter Baskets filled with food will  be blessed. After Blessing of food, we will partake in all the goodies

 

 

 

 

alms and Willows will be blessed before the Liturgy and distributed. You may ask for one unit for any Parishioner that you know and is not in church. Also take one unit for members of your family. Just ask the Ushers.

Pray for Vocations. We need priests, nuns, religious brothers!!!! Churches are closing!!!!

Anointing with Holy Oil today after the Liturgy.

 A Great Big Congratulations to Our Father Eles. He is celebrating his 40th Anniversary of Ordination. God Bless Him and Grant Him many Happy and Blessed Years. Mnohaja Lita.

 Thanks to all of our parishioners who are staying together and worshipping God so beautifully every week. Please tell anyone that you know was a parishioner to come and join us every week. The Liturgy and the Responses are still as inspiring as ever.

WHY DO WE MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS?

PART 1

We make the Sign of the Cross before meals, after meals, before going to sleep at night and upon rising in the morning.  During the Divine Liturgy we make the sign of the cross about thirty times.  People who are not Catholic or Orthodox in faith often question why we make the sign of the cross.  Since they don’t understand the meaning of the cross, they look upon it as a superstition. Why do we do this?

The sign of the cross is one of the most ancient and universal traditions of the Church, even though it is not specifically mentioned in the Bible.  The sign of the cross was made from very early times, but there was no standard way to make it.  By the 700’s, the custom  of making the sign of the cross as we still do today became the standard for all Christians in the East and West. The Latin Church or Western Church changed in the 11th Century.

TO BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK

Mary, Mother of Light, Pray for Us

Holy Apostles, Pray for Us