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St. James Newsletter St. James Parish News April 26, 2024 Feast of St. Basil of Amasea Some people tell me that they are scandalized because they see many things wrong in the Church. I tell them that if you ask … Continue reading →

St. James Newsletter St. James Parish News April 20, 2024 Feast of St. Theofore Trichinas It is a great art to succeed in having your soul sanctified. A person can become a saint anywhere. He can become a saint in … Continue reading →

St. James Newsletter St. James Parish News April 11, 2024 Feast of Hieromartyr Antipas, Bishop of Pergamum Baptism is the washing away of evils that were in us before, but sins committed after baptism are washed away by tears. St. … Continue reading →

St. James Newsletter St. James Parish News April 4, 2024 Feast of Saint Joseph the Hymnographer Prayer changes from entreaty to thanksgiving, and meditation on the divine truths of faith fills the heart with a sense of jubilation and unimpeachable … Continue reading →

St. James Newsletter St. James Parish News March 28, 2024 Feast of Venerable Hilarion the New, Abbot of Pelekete What is the aim of the incarnate dispensation of God’s Word, preached in all the Holy Scriptures but which we, who … Continue reading →

St. James Newsletter St. James Parish News March 16, 2024 Feast of Apostle Aristobulus of the Seventy, Bishop of Britain Remember Adam before the fall. He was clothed in the true robe of glory and was not naked, nor was … Continue reading →

St. James Newsletter St. James Parish News March 8, 2024 Feast of St.Theophylact the Confessor, Bishop of Nicomedia O Lord and Master of my life, Take from me the spirit of sloth, faint-heartedness, lust of power and idle talk. But … Continue reading →

St. James Newsletter St. James Parish News February 22, 2024 Feast of St. Maurice and his companions I also maintain that those who are punished in Gehenna are scourged by the scourge of love. Nay, what is so bitter and … Continue reading →

St. James Newsletter St. James Parish News February 10, 2024 Feast of St. Haralampos Yesterday I was crucified with Him; today I am glorified with Him. Yesterday I died with Him; today I am made alive with Him. Yesterday I … Continue reading →

St. James Newsletter St. James Parish News January 31, 2024 Feast of Sts. Cyrus & John the unmercenary healers Sts. Anthony and Theodosius had been gone from this world some ten years when a group of Greek iconographers came to … Continue reading →