July 6, 2025 A. D.
Saturday, July 5 FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
4:00 PM Donald Magill- wife, Anna Magill
Sunday, July 6 FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
8:30 AM God’s Blessings & Good Health for All Parishioners
Saturday, July 12 FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
4:00 PM Elizabeth Suscavage- Paul & Dolores Suscavage
Sunday, July 13 FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
8:30 AM God’s Blessings & Good Health for All Parishioners
Saturday Liturgy is 6:00 PM
Sunday Liturgy is 10:30 AM
BOOK(S) OF THE MONTH FOR JULY/AUGUST:
HUMILITY RULES: St. Benedict’s Guide to Genuine Self-Esteem
Ignatius Press, by J. Augustine Wetta, O.S.B., Monk of St. Louis Abbey
ISBN: 978-1-62164-149-0
HISTORY OF THE CHURCH BY EUSEBIUS
Penguin, Available on Amazon
The only surviving historical record of the Church during its crucial first 300 years.
There are no Altar Candles requested for July.
There is no request for the Sanctuary Light this week.
RESCHEDULED ADULT DISCUSSION: There will be an Adult Discussion on the book of the month for May – Aquinas, On Human Nature on Saturday, July 12th after 6:00PM Liturgy at Transfiguration of Our Lord Church.. If you have any questions, related to the book or not – bring them to the class.
WHY COOK WEDNESDAY: Saints Peter & Paul Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church will hold a Chicken Dinner as their Why Cook Wednesday Dinner for July. The dinner will be on Wednesday, July 16, 2025 in their school hall on the corner of North River and West Chestnut Streets, near the General Hospital Parkade in Wilkes-Barre. This dinner will be Take-Out Only and Pre-Orders are strongly encouraged. Dinners will be $15 and will include; a brined and roasted half-chicken, baked potato, corn, macaroni salad, roll and dessert. Place your order by calling the School Hall Kitchen (570) 829-3051. Pick-Ups will be from 4:00 to 7:00pm. Tickets will also be sold for a Basket Raffle. Remember…When Baba Cooks, Everybody’s Happy!”
PRAYER BEFORE COMMENCING WORK
O Lord, Jesus Christ, only begotten Son of Thine eternal Father, Thou hast said with Thy holy lips: “Without Me you can do nothing.” My Lord, I embrace Thy words with my heart and soul, and bow before Thy goodness and say: Help me, Thy unworthy servant, to complete this my present undertaking in the name of the Father, and the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
ASK FATHER A QUESTION? What are the origins of the Saint Michael Prayer?
One day following the Mass, Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903), had a vision of Lucifer bargaining with God that he could destroy the church if God would permitted him more authority in the church for 25 years. As the discussion progressed, between Lucifer and God, Pope Leo saw that God permitted Lucifer more authority in the church for 100 years. God told Lucifer that even with this power he would not be able to destroy God’s Church. In response to this vision, with the concern for the salvation of souls and the preservation of God’s church, Pope Leo XIII naturally sought the aid of Saint Michael and hence, wrote the Saint Michael Prayer, and later Pope Leo edited a shorter version of the prayer for people to remember as the first and longer prayer is an Exorcism prayer to be prayed by priests in the Church.
ASK FATHER A QUESTION? Father, what is a Pericope? Pronounced
“Pəˈrikəpē” NOT Pear-i-cope. What is an Ambo Prayer? Pronounced “technically” Amvon.
A Pericope is an extract from a text, especially a passage from the Bible.
The church fathers have assigned certain periscopes for certain feast days.
An Ambo Prayer is part of the dismissal prayers of the church that was commonly from the Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great for major holy days and was said by the Bishop in the middle of the church.
An “Amvon” is an architectural object that was used in very large churches to allow the Deacon to stand above the congregation so that when he prays on behalf of the congregation the people can hear him. In centuries past, before sound systems, it was difficult to hear the Deacon in a large crowded church, if the Deacon was elevated above the people, he would be heard by the congregation. All this matters, because the prayers are said by the Deacon from the middle of the church, not from in front of the Altar.
PRAYER TO THE MOTHER OF GOD
Mother of Perpetual Help, you have been blessed and favored by God. You became not only the Mother of the Redeemer, but Mother of the redeemed as well. We come to you today as your loving children. Watch over us and take care of us. As you held the child Jesus in your loving arms, so take us in your arms. Be a mother ready at every moment to help us. For God who is mighty has done great things for you, and God’s mercy is from age to age on those who love God. Intercede for us, dear Mother, in obtaining pardon for our sins, love for Jesus, final perseverance, and the grace always to call upon you, O Mother of Perpetual Help.
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