JUNE 4: CONFESSION – 8:30 AM, DIVINE LITURGY – 09:00 AM (LIVE-STREAMED AND OUTDOORS WEATHER PERMITTING).
Propers can be found here: https://mci.archpitt.org/sheetmusic/general/All_Saints_Sunday_DL.pdf
Parishes live-streaming in the Diocese can be found here: https://www.eparchyofpassaic.com/directory
GOD WITH US ON-LINE CATECHETICAL RESOURSES: SUNDAY OF ALL SAINTS (from June 12, 2022): https://godwithusonline.org/reflections/the-sunday-of-all-saints-ruthenian/
The first Sunday after the Feast of Holy Pentecost is observed as the Sunday of All Saints. This day has been designated as a commemoration of all of the Saints, all the Righteous, the Prophets, Apostles, Martyrs, Confessors, Shepherds, Teachers, and Holy Monastics, both men and women alike, known and unknown, who have been added to the choirs of the Saints and shall be added, from the time of Adam until the end of the world, who have been perfected in piety and have glorified God by their holy lives. The icon of the Sunday of All Saints depicts our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ seated above the throne of heaven surrounded by the Saints.
The Gospel reading for today is from Matthew 10:32-33, 37-38, 19:27-30, focuses on how we can become holy. We are all called to be Saints. This is the purpose of Christianity and the church – to guide people towards sanctity and holiness – to become Saints. The scriptures today are instructions about how to become a Saint. We must have true, living faith – not merely belief in something. We must demonstrate this not just by what we say, but by what we do and who we are. We, therefore, must “take up our cross” and “run with patience the race that is set before us”.
