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Christ is Risen! Christos Voskrese! Today! On our Chapel grounds... ....for the good children! - following the 11:00 o'clock Liturgy. - Celebrating Our Lords Resurrection! - Easter Egg Hunt - We are, by nature, rational creatures. God has given us the ability to think, to evaluate, to consider the evidence, and to come to a logical conclusion. In this sense, Thomas' doubt in today's Gospel were the normal consequences of the way God had made him in the first place. When the other Apostles told Thomas they had seen the Risen Lord, he questioned their reliability. He considered the source of the evidence and found it wanting. After all, one of the Apostles had betrayed Jesus. Peter, their fearless leader, had denied Jesus.The rest had scattered when Jesus was sentenced to death. Only John was at the foot of the Cross when Jesus died. They were telling him Jesus was alive. How could he trust anything they told him? Moreover, from a purely logical standpoint, death had pronounced the final word on the great adventure with jesus: Failure. Logically, it was all over. It no longer seemed reasonable to trust anything Jesus had said or done. But the point of today's Gospel event and lesson is not to condemn the healthy skepticism that is built into our very nature, but to teach us that in order to discover the truth about our life's meaning and purpose, we must venture beyond the limits of finite intellect. If we rely exclusively on our power of reasoning, the search for answers to our life-and-death questions will inevitably fail/ Faith demands more than an intellectual commitment. Faith demands a commitment to a person! New Life Some years ago there was a German countess who prided herself on being an infidel, a nonbeliever. To prove her point, she decreed that when she died, concrete should be put over her grave so that nothing might open it. Then it was to be inscribed on top of the concrete that no one was to open the grave, thus proving that death was final. But to the amazement of all, an unknown small acorn found its way under the concrete. Today the concrete lies in shambles, broken apart by a huge oak tree, as if to say that no lie that anyone can ever concoct will be able to have the final say that there is no life after death. Very, Very Special Thanks! Our Parish is Blessed with Good People Good Souls who decorated the Cathedral Church and Chapel for the glorious Feast of Our Lord's Resurrection. May God bless each of you for the time, the energy and love you have shown to beautify the House of Our Lord! "Lord, Crown The With Glory and Honor!" The Servants of God, Charles John Belmonte and Jessica Marie Zahorian were joined and crowned in Marriage yesterday in our Cathedral Church. May Our Lord, who blesses their new life together, grant Jessica and Charles the joy and His presences for many, happy and spiritually fruitful years! Baptised in Christ! The Mysteries of Christian Initiation were administered yesterday to the Servant of God, Chester Alexander, new born son of Jason and Kimberly Braun. May Chester, along with his Parents and sister, Tessa, grow in the grace, knowledge and love of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! |
Sunday, March 30, 2008 Today's Divine Liturgy Intentions 5:00 pm (Chapel) + Frank Giagola by The Dekeukelaere Family The Divine Liturgy Schedule for this week Monday, March 31, 2008 Tuesday, April 1, 2008 Wednesday, April 1, 2008 Thursday, April 1, 2008 Friday, April 1, 2008 +++Next Sunday, April 1, 2008 +++ 5:00 pm (Vigil Liturgy of Sunday on Saturday Evening at Chapel)
7:00 am We pray for God's Blessing on our Parish Family! 9:00 am + Anna, + Fred SR and + Fred JR by The Galiger Family 11:00 am (Chapel) Professor + John & + Mary Kahanick by John and Ann Paulich
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