Church Bulletin for April 27, 2008

On the Sixth Sunday of Pascha, the Sunday before the Feast of the Ascension, we remember the Blind Man. Let us offer that for the gift of spiritual sight given to us so we might see and know the meaning of life through the victory of Christ the Messiah.

Every Sunday from Pascha to Pentecost is an experience of the mystery of the victory of Christ. Each week has its sacramental, pascal theme. There is water involved in every one of the Gospels: the pool in the paralytic, the well of the Samaritan woman, the anointing and washing of the eyes of the blind man. All this is for us. It tells us of our experience of the risen Christ and witness to our own washing and anointing, our own drying and rising with Him.

[One day Jesus healed a blind person. When some Pharisees closed their eyes to the healing and its meaning, Jesus said to them,] "I came...so that the blind should see and those who see should become blind."

The investor

Two old friends met one day after many years apart.

One man asked, "How has been everything been going with you?"

"Well, I used to be as rich as Bill Gates," replied the second man.

"Wow! How did you manage that?" asked his stunned friend.

"One day I opened the Bible at random, closed my eyes and dropped my finger on a word. The word was 'oil." So I invested in oil, and boy, did the oil wells gush! Then another day I dropped my finger on a different word in the Bible and it was 'gold.' So I invested in gold, and those mines really produced!"

"Amazing! But you said you 'used to be as rich as Bill Gates."

"Yeah, I lost it all. One day I closed my eyes and pointed at a page. When I opened my eyes, my finger rested on the words 'Chapter Eleven.'

Astronaut Ed Aldrin was involved in the first moon landing. He said he hoped its technical success would not blind us to its deeper spiritual meaning. His point was this: Seen from the moon, our Earth appears as a tiny spaceship. That perspective of Earth, says Aldrin, highlights - for those with eyes to see - that we are one family under God and should start living that way.

Our Prayerful Condolences

Prayerful respect and sympathy are shared with the Family of + Helen Bacha whose Rite of Christian burial was celebrated this past week. May our Lord, Jesus Christ grant to His Servant, Helen, Eternal Rest in the place where the light of His face watches over her! Vichnaja je Pamjat.

"Flowers are the smile of God!"

- an old but true saying! So, lets prepare for the annual ECF Flower sale at our Cathedral garage on May 8 th, 9 th & 10 th! Our flowers come direct from the Jersey grower --- fresh, fresh ...fresh and beautiful!!!