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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 →

St. James Newsletter St. James Parish News January 18, 2024 Feast of Saint Athanasius the Great, Archbishop of Alexandria Even on the Cross He did not hide Himself from sight; rather, He made all creation witness to the presence of … Continue reading →

St. James Newsletter St. James Parish News January 12, 2024 Feast of the martyr St. Tatianna of Rome We shall be blessed with clear vision if we keep our eyes fixed on Christ, for he, as Paul teaches, is our … Continue reading →