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Monday, June 29, 2020
Sunday, June 28, 2020
Fr. Potapy Emelianov Martyr and Venerable - RUSSIAN GREEK CATHOLIC CHURCH
Fr. Potapy Emelianov
Peter Andreevich Emelianov was born in 1884 in Ufa Province, to a family of Old Believer peasants who later became Orthodox. As a young man he was tonsured as a monk, taking the name Potapy. He was ordained a priest in 1914. From March of 1917 he was parish priest in the village of Nizhnaya Bogdanovka in the Lugansk area of Ukraine. In 1918, together with the members of his parish he entered the Catholic Church. He underwent persecution many times from various governments following one upon the other: he was beaten several times, he was confined to prison, and he hardly escaped death. He was arrested by the Bolsheviks and condemned on a false charge to ten years in the camps. He served the sentence at the Solovki camp. On the fourth of August 1936 he was liberated from the camp. He died on August 14 of the same year at the station Nadvojtsy in Karelia. The site of his grave is unknown.
Fr. Potapy was a confessor of the Catholic Faith, firmly and manfully under all circumstances. In 1932 at one of his interrogations he said: "The time which I have spent in captivity has not shaken my religious convictions, I have rather become an even more convinced Catholic. In the time to come no one will be able to sway me from this." During the time of his imprisonment in the camp he always showed charity to others, and helped them in difficulties. The memory of this has been kept by them.
The martyrdom of Fr. Potapy has been kept among a several communities of the faithful in Russia. In Russia and in other countries as well there have been a few articles published about him. The opinion exists among several communities of Russian Catholics of the Eastern Rite that he is a saint. Prayers are offered for his intercession, and the faithful make efforts to disseminate information about him and about private devotions to him.
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Thursday, June 18, 2020
Sirach 48: Fathers of Carmel
Sirach 48: Fathers of Carmel
Thursday 18 June 2020
Thursday of week 11 in Ordinary Time ◼︎
Liturgical Colour: Green.
Readings at Mass
First reading
Ecclesiasticus 48:1-15
The spirit of Elijah fills Elisha
The prophet Elijah arose like a fire,
his word flaring like a torch.
It was he who brought famine on the people,
and who decimated them in his zeal.
By the word of the Lord, he shut up the heavens,
he also, three times, brought down fire.
How glorious you were in your miracles, Elijah!
Has anyone reason to boast as you have? –
rousing a corpse from death,
from Sheol by the word of the Most High;
dragging kings down to destruction,
and high dignitaries from their beds;
hearing reproof on Sinai,
and decrees of punishment on Horeb;
anointing kings as avengers,
and prophets to succeed you;
taken up in the whirlwind of fire,
in a chariot with fiery horses;
designated in the prophecies of doom
to allay God's wrath before the fury breaks,
to turn the hearts of fathers towards their children,
and to restore the tribes of Jacob,
Happy shall they be who see you,
and those who have fallen asleep in love;
for we too will have life.
Elijah was shrouded in the whirlwind,
and Elisha was filled with his spirit;
throughout his life no ruler could shake him,
and no one could subdue him.
No task was too hard for him,
and even in death his body prophesied.
In his lifetime he performed wonders,
and in death his works were marvellous.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 96(97):1-7
Rejoice, you just, in the Lord.
The Lord is king, let earth rejoice,
let all the coastlands be glad.
Cloud and darkness are his raiment;
his throne, justice and right.
Rejoice, you just, in the Lord.
A fire prepares his path;
it burns up his foes on every side.
His lightnings light up the world,
the earth trembles at the sight.
Rejoice, you just, in the Lord.
The mountains melt like wax
before the Lord of all the earth.
The skies proclaim his justice;
all peoples see his glory.
Rejoice, you just, in the Lord.
Let those who serve idols be ashamed,
those who boast of their worthless gods.
All you spirits, worship him.
Rejoice, you just, in the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation
1S3:9,Jn6:68
Alleluia, alleluia!
Speak, Lord, your servant is listening:
you have the message of eternal life.
Alleluia!
Or:
Rm8:15
Alleluia, alleluia!
The spirit you received is the spirit of sons,
and it makes us cry out, 'Abba, Father!'
Alleluia!
Gospel
Matthew 6:7-15
How to pray
Jesus said to his disciples: 'In your prayers do not babble as the pagans do, for they think that by using many words they will make themselves heard. Do not be like them; your Father knows what you need before you ask him. So you should pray like this:
'Our Father in heaven,
may your name be held holy,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we have forgiven those who are in debt to us.
And do not put us to the test,
but save us from the evil one.
'Yes, if you forgive others their failings, your heavenly Father will forgive you yours; but if you do not forgive others, your Father will not forgive your failings either.'
There are no passages in the Office of Readings which correspond to today's Mass readings.