May 25, 2025
Saturday, May 24 SUNDAY OF THE MAN BORN BLIND
4:00 PM Mary Ann Kachinko- Richard & Nancy Guerro
Sunday, May 25 SUNDAY OF THE MAN BORN BLIND
8:30 AM God’s Blessings & Good Health for All Parishioners
Thursday, May 29 ASCENSION DAY
8:30 AM Jason Yankosky- Diane Petry
Saturday, May 31 SUNDAY OF THE FATHERS OF THE 1st ECUMENICAL COUNCIL 4:00 PM God’s Blessings & Good Health for Riley Lane- Becker FamilySunday, June 1 SUNDAY OF THE FATHERS OF THE 1st ECUMENICAL COUNCIL
8:30 AM God’s Blessings & Good Health for All Parishioners
Please remember in your prayers all of our brave service men and women who bravely served our country.
FREEDOM IS NOT FREE!
Memorial Day Liturgy, Monday, May 26 at 9:00AM
At Transfiguration of Our Lord Church
Transfiguration of Our Lord Church
Saturday Liturgy is 6:00 PM
Sunday Liturgy is 10:30 AM
ASK FATHER A QUESTION? ASK FATHER A QUESTION? Father, we pray to the saints. Can we also pray to the angels e.g., to Michael the Archangel or Gabriel? Prayer is a conversation with God, Martyrs, Saints or Angels. Generally when people pray they will ask for help in time of need and we can pray not only to the Angels, whose names we know, but also to the angels whose names we don’t know, like our guardian angels. This is a tradition that dates back from before the time of Christ and it is not new with the Apostles. For example, the Saint Michael Prayer which we know today dates back to 1886. Pope Leo XIII after saying mass at St. Peter’s Chapel had a vision of the devil petitioning God for a greater authority in the world, claiming that if he were granted this authority, he could destroy the Church. This vision included demonic spirits gathering and surrounding Rome with the goal of destroying the Vatican State and the Church. Pope Leo XIII penned a prayer to Saint Michael to assist the Church in this onslaught and he asked the worldwide Church to recite the prayer following the Mass. Because Pope Leo XIII recognized that our battle in this world is always against Lucifer and the demons in the hell, who are all fallen angels, so who better to ask for help in our battle with the demons than the Prince of Angels, Saint Michael the Archangel, who defeated Lucifer and the fallen angels with the other faithful angels and cast them into hell from the beginning. (See Revelation 12:7-9).
Why is Memorial Day different from Veterans Day?
Many people confuse Memorial Day and Veterans Day. Memorial Day is a day for remembering and honoring military personnel who died in the service of their country, particularly those who died in battle or as a result of wounds sustained in battle.
On, Defeating Evil
We must use every endeavor that the “Word of God may dwell in us abundantly” and not merely for one kind of fight must we be prepared – for the contest is many-sided and the enemy is of every sort; and they do not all use the same weapons nor make their onset in the same way. Wherefore it is needful that the man who has to contend against all should be acquainted with the engines and the arts of all – that he should be at once archer and slinger, commandant and officer, general and private soldier, foot-soldier and horseman, skilled in sea-fight and in siege; for unless he knows every trick and turn of war, the devil is well able, if only a single door be left open, to get in his fierce bands and carry off the sheep.- St. John Chrysostom, Patriarch of Constantinople (347-407)
Quoted by Bishop of Rome Leo XIII in the encyclical Providentissimus Deus, 18 November 1893, #47.
PRAYER FOR DECEASED VETERANS
O God, by whose mercy the faithful departed find rest, look kindly on your departed veterans who gave their lives in the service of their country. Grant that through the passion, death, and Resurrection of your Son they may share in the joy of your Heavenly Kingdom and rejoice in you with your saints forever. We ask this in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
The Sanctuary Light this week was requested by Helene Sirak IMO her husband Michael Sirak.
The Altar Candles for the month of May were requested by June Meyers IMO her mother Olga Morgenfruh.
THERE SHOULD BE NO KNEELING DURING THE PASCHAL SEASON UNTIL PENTECOST SUNDAY. This regulation is mentioned by the Council of Nicaea, which met in the year 325, and also set the date for Pascha. Our Father, Saint Basil the Great, explains that this symbolizes our personal resurrection as well as our calling to higher, heavenly things.
HOMEBOUND PARISHIONERS: Please contact Father Walter at the Nanticoke Rectory at 570-735-2262 if anyone is homebound and would like to receive Holy Communion.
PLEASE CHECK THE BACK PAGE FOR JOINT EVENTS BETWEEN Ss. Peter & Paul Church and Transfiguration of Our Lord Church.
JUST A NOTE: When submitting a mass intention, please make sure that you write out the intention legibly and if you are writing a check make it out to the Parish priest.
ANNUAL TEA: The annual tea, hosted by our catechism children is scheduled for Sunday, June 22nd following the mass that will be held at SS Peter and Paul Church.
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