Ecclesiae Suae Sancte

Let us remember that we are in the holy presence of God. St....

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 16:43:11 -0400

Let us remember that we are in the holy presence of God.

St. John Baptist De La Salle, pray for us!

Live Jesus in our Hearts, Forever!

St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 18:01:36 -0400

St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church

Icon at St. Josaphat’s Ukrainian Catholic Monastery

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:01:39 -0400

Icon at St. Josaphat’s Ukrainian Catholic Monastery

Let us ever glory in the cross of Christ who is risen from the...

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:01:53 -0400

Let us ever glory in the cross of Christ who is risen from the grave.

Sacred Heart Monastery Church

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:01:31 -0400

Sacred Heart Monastery Church

The Easter Proclamation

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:01:33 -0400

The Easter Proclamation

St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:01:45 -0400

St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church

Solemn Vespers at Christ the King Church to close the Paschal...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 20:28:21 -0400

Solemn Vespers at Christ the King Church to close the Paschal Triduum

EXULT! HE IS RISEN! Resurrexit Sicut Dixit He has risen as He...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 20:26:00 -0400

EXULT! HE IS RISEN!

Resurrexit Sicut Dixit

He has risen as He said!

Icon of the Theotokos and Child at St. Josaphat’s...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 18:01:31 -0400

Icon of the Theotokos and Child at St. Josaphat’s Ukrainian Catholic Monastery

Wall of St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 18:01:24 -0400

Wall of St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church

What is happening? Today there is a great silence over the...

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 14:59:20 -0400

What is happening? Today there is a great silence over the earth, a great silence, and stillness, a great silence because the King sleeps; the earth was in terror and was still, because God slept in the flesh and raised up those who were sleeping from the ages. God has died in the flesh, and the underworld has trembled.

Truly he goes to seek out our first parent like a lost sheep; he wishes to visit those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death. He goes to free the prisoner Adam and his fellow-prisoner Eve from their pains, he who is God, and Adam’s son.

The Lord goes in to them holding his victorious weapon, his cross. When Adam, the first created man, sees him, he strikes his breast in terror and calls out to all: ‘My Lord be with you all.’ And Christ in reply says to Adam: ‘And with your spirit.’ And grasping his hand he raises him up, saying: ‘Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light.

‘I am your God, who for your sake became your son, who for you and your descendants now speak and command with authority those in prison: Come forth, and those in darkness: Have light, and those who sleep: Rise.

‘I command you: Awake, sleeper, I have not made you to be held a prisoner in the underworld. Arise from the dead; I am the life of the dead. Arise, O man, work of my hands, arise, you who were fashioned in my image. Rise, let us go hence; for you in me and I in you, together we are one undivided person.

‘For you, I your God became your son; for you, I the Master took on your form; that of slave; for you, I who am above the heavens came on earth and under the earth; for you, man, I became as a man without help, free among the dead; for you, who left a garden, I was handed over to Jews from a garden and crucified in a garden.

‘Look at the spittle on my face, which I received because of you, in order to restore you to that first divine inbreathing at creation. See the blows on my cheeks, which I accepted in order to refashion your distorted form to my own image.

‘See the scourging of my back, which I accepted in order to disperse the load of your sins which was laid upon your back. See my hands nailed to the tree for a good purpose, for you, who stretched out your hand to the tree for an evil one.

`I slept on the cross and a sword pierced my side, for you, who slept in paradise and brought forth Eve from your side. My side healed the pain of your side; my sleep will release you from your sleep in Hades; my sword has checked the sword which was turned against you.

‘But arise, let us go hence. The enemy brought you out of the land of paradise; I will reinstate you, no longer in paradise, but on the throne of heaven. I denied you the tree of life, which was a figure, but now I myself am united to you, I who am life. I posted the cherubim to guard you as they would slaves; now I make the cherubim worship you as they would God.

“The cherubim throne has been prepared, the bearers are ready and waiting, the bridal chamber is in order, the food is provided, the everlasting houses and rooms are in readiness; the treasures of good things have been opened; the kingdom of heaven has been prepared before the ages.”

A reading from an ancient homily for Holy Saturday

Prayer

Almighty, ever-living God, whose Only-begotten Son descended to the realm of the dead, and rose from there to glory, grant that your faithful people, who were buried with him in baptism, may, by his resurrection, obtain eternal life.
(We make our prayer) through our Lord.
(Through Christ our Lord.)

Icon at St. Josaphat’s Ukrainian Catholic Monastery

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:01:28 -0400

Icon at St. Josaphat’s Ukrainian Catholic Monastery

at Sacred Heart Monastery Church, Yonkers

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:01:44 -0400

at Sacred Heart Monastery Church, Yonkers

St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:01:51 -0400

St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church

at St. Josephat’s Ukrainian Catholic Monastery

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:01:31 -0400

at St. Josephat’s Ukrainian Catholic Monastery

Sacred Heart Monastery Church

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:02:38 -0400

Sacred Heart Monastery Church

Side Altar at St. Vincent Ferrer, NYC

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:01:38 -0400

Side Altar at St. Vincent Ferrer, NYC

Palm Sunday 2nd Reading

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 22:03:00 -0400

Christ Jesus, though he was in the form of God,
did not regard equality with God
something to be grasped.
Rather, he emptied himself,
taking the form of a slave,
coming in human likeness;
and found human in appearance,
he humbled himself,
becoming obedient to the point of death,
even death on a cross.
Because of this, God greatly exalted him
and bestowed on him the name
which is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bend,
of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.

One of my favorite readings

They proclaimed: “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of...

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 22:01:15 -0400

They proclaimed: “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord. Peace in heaven and glory in the highest.”

Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.”

He said in reply, “I tell you, if they keep silent, the stones will cry out!”