The defeat of suffering, sickness and death is found in the death and resurrection of Christ.
 The Healing of the Blind Man, |
 the Healing of the Paralytic, |
and other healing miracles in which Christ defeated suffering, sickness, and death took place prior to the events of Holy Week, but are commemorated later in the Paschal season. The power of healing remains in the Church because Christ remains in the Church through the Holy Spirit. The Sacrament of Holy Unction, the Church's specific prayer for healing, is offered on Holy Wednesday to all the faithful for the healing of body, mind, and spirit. To learn more about the icons of the Healing of the Blind Man and the Paralytic, and their relation to Holy Week and Pascha, |
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May 1, 2013
Troparion:
You, Who alone
are quick to help, O Christ,
show Your speedy visitation from on High
to your ailing servants;
deliver them from their infirmities, and bitter pain;
raise them up again, that they may praise and glorify You without ceasing,
through the prayers of the Theotokos,
O only Loving God.
4th Tone:
Blinded spiritually,
I come to You, O Christ,
as did the man born blind,
crying out to You in repentance:
"You are the super-bright Light of those in darkness."
3rd Tone:
As You raised up the paralytic, O Lord,
by Your divine supervision raise up my soul,
cruelly paralyzed by unseemly deeds and all manner of sin;
that, being saved, I may cry out to You:
"O Benevolent Christ, glory to Your Power!"
Liturgy
of the Presanctified Gifts
NOTE: THE
LITURGY OF THE PRESANCTIFIED GIFTS WILL NOT BE SERVED TODAY
DUE TO THE FUNERAL OF ONE OF OUR PARISHIONERS.
The Sacrament of Holy Unction, 3:00 PM
The readings:
James 5:10-16, Luke 10:25-37;
Romans 15:1-7, Luke 19:1-10;
I Corinthians 12:27-31 and 13:1-8, Matthew 10:1 and 5-8;
II Corinthians 6:16-18 and 7:1, Matthew 8:14-23;
II Corinthians 1:8-11, Matthew 25:1-13;
Galatians 5:22-6:2, Matthew 15:21-28;
I Thessalonians 5:14-23, Matthew 9:9-13
Orthros of Holy Thursday and anointing with Holy Unction, 7:00 PM
However, Holy Unction, like Holy Communion, is a sacrament of the Orthodox Church and is not given to non-Orthodox visitors to the service. |
Observance of the strict fast continues.
