This glorious and victorious saint was born in Cappadocia, the son of wealthy and virtuous parents. His father suffered for Christ, and his mother then moved to Palestine. When George grew up he entered the military, where he attained, in his twentieth year, the rank of tribune, and as such he was in the service of the Emperor Diocletian. When Diocletian began his terrible persecution of Christians, George came before him and courageously confessed that he was a Christian. The emperor had him thrown into prison and ordered that his feet be placed in stocks and that a heavy stone be placed on his chest. After that, the emperor commanded that George be tied to a wheel, under which was a board with large nails, and he was to be rotated until his whole body became as one bloody wound. After that, they buried him in a pit with only his head showing above the ground, and there they left him for three days and three nights. Then George was given a deadly poison to drink by a magician. But through all of these sufferings, George continuously prayed to God, and God healed him instantly and saved him from death, to the great astonishment of the people. When he also resurrected a dead man through his prayers, many accepted the Christian Faith. Among these were Alexandra, the wife of the Emperor Diocletian; the chief pagan priest; the farmer Glycerius; and Valerius, Donatus and Therinus. Finally the emperor commanded that George and his own wife Alexandra be beheaded. Blessed Alexandra died on the scaffold before being beheaded, and St. George was beheaded in the year 303 A.D. The miracles which have occurred over the grave of St. George are countless. Numerous are his appearances, both in dreams and openly, to those who, from that time to today, have invoked him and implored his help. Inflamed with love for Christ the Lord, it was not difficult for this saintly George, for the sake of this love, to leave all: rank, wealth, imperial honor, his friends and the entire world. For this love, the Lord rewarded him with a wealth of unfading glory in heaven and on earth, and with eternal life in His kingdom. In addition, the Lord bestowed upon him the power and authority to assist all those in afflictions and difficulties who honor him and call upon his name.

REFLECTION

In the course of an uprising in Constantinople during the reign of Emperor Constantine, some embittered men broke off the nose and ears of the statue of the emperor in the city. Many flatterers quickly came to the emperor and with great disgust told the emperor how rebels had broken the nose and ears from his statue, and they asked the emperor to punish the transgressors with the most severe punishment. The great emperor felt his nose and ears with his hands and said to the flatterers: "I feel that my nose and ears are whole and undamaged!" The flatterers were ashamed and withdrew. With such royal magnanimity we all need to endure insults from others. Yet let us listen with particular caution to the accusations against others that our flatterers bring to us. We should always confess before God and before ourselves that we, because of our sins, deserve even greater insults than those that are perpetrated against us.

CONTEMPLATION

Contemplate the resurrected Lord Jesus:

1. How His Resurrection is the beginning of a new and bright day in the history of mankind;

2. How His Resurrection is my peace and my strength, and the resurrection of my soul while I am still in the body.

HOMILY

on stirring up pure minds

"This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance" (2 Peter 3:1).

Do you see, brethren, the aim with which the Apostle Peter writes his epistle? To stir up in people their pure minds! The apostle considers this to be the main thing. And truly, it is the main thing. For if in every man the dormant pure mind were awakened, there would not be a single human soul left on earth who would not believe in Christ the Lord, who would not confess Him as the crucified and resurrected Savior of the world, and who would not contritely turn to repentance for sins committed under the influence of an impure mind.

Nothing distances us more from the Gospel than an impure mind. What makes the mind of man impure? Sin. As milk, when poison is poured in, becomes completely poisonous, so the human mind, when impure sin enters into it, becomes completely impure. Every sin is impure; every sin makes the mind of man impure, muddy and poisonous. All knowledge which an impure mind possesses is impure, like a muddied and soiled image of an object in a muddied and soiled mirror. Unto the pure all things are pure (Titus 1:15), said Paul, the other chief apostle. While Adam had a pure mind in Paradise, all of his knowledge about the Creator and created things was clear and true. Sin darkened his mind and the minds of his descendants. That paradisal, pure mind of the sinless man is not dead; rather it is dormant in men who are under sin. It is necessary only to awaken it, and then it will unerringly lead man back to Christ. That is why the apostle takes the responsibility to awaken in men that original, pure, clear, discerning, God-given mind.

O my brethren, let us assist the holy apostle--who was crucified upside down for his preaching--in awakening men. Let us help him, at least in whatever way it concerns us, and let each of us awaken our own pure mind. If every one of us does this, we will see that all of us have one mind. For a pure mind is one, while impure minds are legion!

O resurrected Lord, awaken in us a pure mind, through the prayers of Thy Holy Apostle Peter.

To Thee be glory and praise forever. Amen.

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TO ALL MOTHERS IN OUR PARISH!

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СВИМ МАЈКАМА У НАШОЈ ПАРОХИЈИ!

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Sunday of the Myrrhbearers

Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent council member, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, coming and taking courage, went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Pilate marveled that He was already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him if He had been dead for some time. So when he found out from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph. Then he bought fine linen, took Him down, and wrapped Him in the linen. And he laid Him in a tomb which had been hewn out of the rock, and rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses observed where He was laid.

Now when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, that they might come and anoint Him. Very early in the morning, on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen. And they said among themselves, “Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?” But when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away – for it was very large. And entering the tomb, they saw a young man clothed in a long white robe sitting on the right side; and they were alarmed. But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid Him. But go, tell His disciples – and Peter – that He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him, as He said to you.” So they went out quickly and fled from the tomb, for they trembled and were amazed. And they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.

And He called the twelve to Himself, and began to send them out two by two, and gave them power over unclean spirits. He commanded them to take nothing for the journey except a staff – no bag, no bread, no copper in their money belts – but to wear sandals, and not to put on two tunics. Also He said to them, “In whatever place you enter a house, stay there till you depart from that place. And whoever will not receive you nor hear you, when you depart from there, shake off the dust under your feet as a testimony against them. Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!” So they went out and preached that people should repent. And they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many who were sick, and healed them.

Недеља Мироносица

Дође Јосиф из Ариматеје, поштен саветник, који и сам царство Божје чекаше, и усуди се те уђе к Пилату и заиска тело Исусово. А Пилат се зачуди да је већ умро; и дозвавши капетана запита га: Је ли давно умро? И дознавши од капетана, даде тело Јосифу. И купивши платно, и скинувши Га, обави платном, и метну Га у гроб који беше исечен у камену, и навали камен на врата од гроба. А Марија Магдалина и Марија Јосијина гледаху где Га метаху.

И пошто прође субота, Марија Магдалина и Марија Јаковљева и Соломија купише мириса да дођу и да помажу Исуса. И врло рано у први дан недеље дођоше на гроб око сунчаног рођаја. И говораху међу собом: Ко ће нам одвалити камен од врата гробних? И погледавши видеше да камен беше одваљен: јер беше врло велики. И ушавши у гроб видеше младића обученог у белу хаљину где седи с десне стране; и уплашише се. А он им рече: Не плашите се, Исуса тражите Назарећанина распетог; уста, није овде, ево место где Га метнуше. Него идите кажите ученицима Његовим и Петру да пред вама оде у Галилеју: тамо ћете Га видети, као што вам рече. И изашавши побегоше од гроба; јер их ухвати дрхат и страх; и ником ништа не казаше, јер се бојаху.

И дозва дванаесторицу, и поче их слати два и два, и даваше им власт над духовима нечистим. И заповеди им да ништа не узимају на пут осим једног штапа: ни торбе ни хлеба ни новаца у појасу; Него обувени у опанке, и не облачећи две хаљине. И рече им: Где уђете у дом онде останите док не изађете оданде. И ако вас ко не прими и не послуша вас, излазећи оданде отресите прах с ногу својих за сведочанство њима. Заиста вам кажем: лакше ће бити Содому и Гомору у дан страшног суда него граду оном. И отишавши проповедаху да се треба кајати; И ђаволе многе изгоњаху; и мазаху уљем многе болеснике; и исцељиваху.

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