St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, McKinney, Texas
Electronic Newsletter
May 15 / May 29
Sunday of the Blind Man
Announcements
Prayer Requests
Schedule of Divine Services in the Coming week
Fasting in the Coming week
Links related to the coming week
"Blinded in the eyes of my soul, I cry out to Thee, O Christ, like the man blind from his birth, and in repentance I cry to Thee: Thou art the exceeding radiant light of those in darkness!"
Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen!
And He brings enlightenment and peace to all who desire it — to all who turn away in disgust from the darkness that so often besets us, who flee to Him with tears, who repent of the many poor choices we have made and seek redemption by His grace from the pit we have dug for ourselves!
On this last Sunday of Pascha let us renew our prayer for this enlightenment, knowing that He will not delay to grant us our desire. And so let us meet the holy feast of His Ascension with joy, knowing that He raises us with Himself!
Glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee!
Announcements
We will be taking up a special collection this Sunday to support Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY, which is faced with some very expensive mandatory repair work on their facilities. Please help!
Our new facility brings with it many new maintenance and upkeep tasks. Matushka Marina and Reader David Hawthorne need volunteers to help get all the work done.If you can give a few hours of our time to help care for God's house, please contact Matushka Marina, Reader David or Deacon Nicholas and we'll tell you how you can help.
We have a list of things our parish needs. If you or somebody you know wish to supply one of these items, please contact us.
Prayer Requests
For the Health and Salvation.
- Kateryna (Kayla) Bayda. (employment)
- Natalia and Nicholas (traveling in Ukraine until mid August)
- David
- Elizabeth
- Priests Jean and Grégoire & all the faithful and suffering of Haiti.
- The suffering people of East Japan.
For a more complete listing, please see our parish prayer list. Anyone can make requests.
Schedule of Divine Services in the Coming week
Saturday 5/28.
- 4PM Confession
- 5PM Vigil
Sunday 5/29 Sunday of the Blind Man.
- 8AM Baptism
- 10AM Divine Liturgy
- 12:45PM Church School for Adults and Children
Monday 5/30
- 7:30PM Moleben
Wednesday 6/1
- 7:00PM Vigil for Ascension
Thursday 6/2 Ascension of the Lord.
- 9AM Divine Liturgy
Saturday 6/4.
- 4PM Confession
- 5PM Vigil
Sunday 6/5 Sunday of the Holy Fathers.
- 10AM Divine Liturgy
- 12:45PM Church School for Adults and Children
Fasting in the Coming week
- We fast from animal products on Wednesday and Friday, but wine and oil are allowed.
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