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St Mary's Martha Maria Samajam
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KYAMTHO (EASTER SUNDAY): APRIL 16, 2017
The Lord is risen! Indeed He is risen! Resurrection gives hope for the humanity. Despite Christ is risen, our struggle to follow Christ will continue with all our fears and doubts. But the good news is, He is risen! He is risen to give us a new beginning… He is risen to remind us that goodness is more powerful than evil… He is risen to remind us that love is more powerful than hatred… He is risen to remind us that faith is more powerful than doubt and despair…
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PAS’AHO/ MAUNDY THURSDAY: APRIL 13, 2017
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HOSANNA SUNDAY: APRIL 9, 2017
Praying for people we know can be difficult-praying for people we don’t know is even more challenging. Jesus said the temple was a place of prayer for all nations; where all people could come to God. This year when we cry Hossanna, it should be a cry for the nations, a prayer for the people we don’t know, a plead to save not only us, but also those who are suffering and weeping across the nations…
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Great Lent Bible Reading Planner 2017
Please click the following Link: My Great Lent Reading Planner 2017 Adult Version My Great Lent Reading Planner 2017 Sunday School- Youth Version
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ANEEDE SUNDAY (REMEMBERING ALL THE DEPARTED BELIEVERS): FEB 19, 2017
Aneede Sunday is to remembering all the departed believers. The Church wants the faithful to remember those forefathers and mothers who nurtured and maintained the true faith. Last Sunday the church remembered all the departed clergies. This Sunday is to remember all the departed faithful; our forefathers and mothers, brothers and sisters. How blessed are we! How unique our faith is! This is the only Christian faith where you are a part of the continuum; a continuum that begins with the birth to the second coming of the savior Lord Jesus Christ. Physical death is not a separation from the continuum and the departed believers are continuing their journey of…
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KOHNE (SUNDAY REMEMBERING ALL THE DEPARTED CLERGY): FEB 12, 2017
Today is Kohene Sunday- A special day to remember all the departed priests. It’s good to remember at least once in a year our forefathers who helped us to sustain in true faith. Let’s take a couple of minutes to remember them. We have already attended countless holy Qurbanas. We have participated in Holy Communion numerous times. Just take a moment and try to remember the names of the priests, imagine their faces, and recollect the images of the holy altars where they offered the holy Eucharist for us. Especially, remember the priests who are deceased. You know they are with their master; participating in the worship and holy Qurbana…
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THREE DAY LENT (Feb. 6, 7 & 8, 2017)
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THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY (FEB 5, 2017)
“Follow me…” And immediately they left their nets and followed him. The disciples’ fishing nets represent their income, their sense of accomplishment and their identity as enterprising fish catching businessmen. They’ve probably handled these nets most of their lives. No wonder they find it difficult to let go of them. How about imagining ourselves clutching the tightly woven cords of fishing nets- how familiar they feel, how secure? But remember, Jesus is standing near to us, gazing at us with a look of invitation that’s somehow irresistible. He’s asking us to let go of the nets and find our security in him. Jesus walks daily through our life, calling us…
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MA’ ALTHO: THE PRESENTATION OF INFANT JESUS (FEB 2, 2017)
Ma’ Altho is an important feast-day celebrating the presentation of infant Jesus to the Jerusalem temple. The presentation of infant Jesus is an analogy of “giving away” of children to God. They no longer simply belong to their parents, but they belong to God. In Orthodox tradition the sacrament of Baptism is a kind of a “giving away” of children to God. This “giving away” of children in baptism implies that the parents/ god-persons are not just raising their own child, but a child of God. This is also an assurance that God will help in the complex process of child-rearing. So we have to trust that God’s hand is…
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THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY: NICODEMUS VISITS JESUS JANUARY 22, 2017
Nicodemus was seeking Jesus under the cover of darkness because he has much to lose- his security, position and power. But Jesus asks him to be “born from above”; which was far beyond his comprehension. We also find it difficult to understand many divine things as we are just another God’s creation. The plans and purposes of the creator are far beyond our comprehension. Orthodoxy is a way to make sense and connect with the creator God, who is beyond the human intellect and comprehension, through worship. Gospel Reading: John 3: 1-12 Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. 2 He came to Jesus by…