THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS CHRIST

(6th Sunday of St. Matthew)

His friends brought the paralyzed man to Jesus,

Begging Jesus to heal him from his great suffering.

Jesus healed first the cause of his paralysis, sin.

Then Jesus proceeded and healed his paralytic sickness.

The Pharisees harbored evil thoughts against Christ,

That He blasphemed; He did not have God within him.

Christ, as all-knowing God, read the Pharisee’s thoughts.

And He uncovered their crafty, sinister hypocrisy.

“Why to you think craftily inside of you?” Jesus told them;

“But you’ll see my power, and then you’ll be convinced.”

Jesus proceeded and healed the paralyzed man instantly,

And told him to get up and carry his empty bed.

Christ revealed his authority with the miracle;

He restored the health to the paralytic. What a Miracle!

The common people glorified God for Christ’s miracle;

But not the Pharisees. They hated Jesus’ Godly miracles.

When man’s deeds are crafty and evil,

He does not want God’s light to reveal them.

The Pharisees appeared in life to be virtuous,

But their sinful life in action spoke otherwise.

They exploited the widow, the orphan and the poor;

They violated God’s Law that protected them.

They prayed pompously in the public places,

Showing off to the eyes of the common people.

But the righteous God hates the despicable hypocrisy;

Hypocrisy belongs to the theatre, not in God’s worship.

God demands from man a clean and pure heart,

Every Christian should adorn himself with this.

 Christ forgave first the paralytic’s sins,

In order for his soul to be cleansed from them.

Afterwards, He healed his body from paralysis,

That both body and soul would enjoy His healing.

We should also be cleansed from our personal sins.

Through repentance and confession we receive God’s forgiveness.

Many times our body and soul suffer ailments because of our sins.

With our repentance and confession, we recover our spiritual sanity.

With love,

Fr. John P. Angelis  

ST. NECTARIOS GREEK ORTHODOX MISSION CHURCH
Diocese of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco.
This Tri-Cities Christian Orthodox Community has a church located at 627 West Bonneville St., Pasco, WA 99301. All are invited to attend. A light lunch fellowship time normally follows the In-Church Liturgy and Typica Services.
Prayers:  Please send us (or call us) with names of those you would like to be included in our prayers for healing.  Frist names may be entered in the St Nectarios - Pasco Group. 
INFORMATION SOURCES
For information on services and activities, you may:
1) access our "Saint Nectarios - Pasco" Facebook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/334558973222227/
2) access the church website:
 (copy/paste this url) https://www.stnectariostricities.org/ for Welcome to Our Parish Website | St. Nectarios Greek Orthodox Mission (stnectariostricities.org) 
3)  The online  (copy/paste this url) ../../../../../stnectariospasco/ for Saint Nectarios Bulletin  is the best source of up to date) information on church Services and activities. ( http://bulletinbuilder.org/stnectariospasco/  )
NOTIFICATIONS 
To receive the weekly Services Reminder  by email, please send an email request.
For those not connected to the internet,  please call Jim (on 5O9 366 8745) to request either
    a) by a phone call on the 'week of the in-church Service'
       or
    b) by a weekly smart-phone Service reminder text message.
CHURCH SERVICES
Greek Orthodox Divine Liturgy.  Each month, we try to have at least one Divine Liturgy  (with a visiting Priest).  That Service is normally on a Saturday (or a Special Service/Feast weekday) and is scheduled when a Priest is available.  In addition to communion during the Service, private meetings with the Priest are available by appointment (for personal matters, planning future events, and Confession).
Special Invitation - Saint Nectarios Church welcomes all: During Divine Liturgy, which is mostly in English, the Lord's Prayer is said by parishioners in their native languages.  Currently the prayer is normally said in English, Arabic, Russian, Spanish, and Greek.  If you wish to participate (and perhaps add a language), just let us know.
On most weeks, we remotely celebrate Saturday Vespers  and Sunday Online Divine Liturgy  with Father John in the Seattle area.  During the remote Divine Liturgy, Communion is served to Father's attending family and friends - but is unavailable to those participating online.
Online Greek Orthodox Vespers and Other Special Services are normally celebrated online with Father John in Seattle.  The link for joining Zoom to actively participate in on-line Services is
https://goarch.zoom.us/j/98009355049?pwd=UmttUUN2aG4raUc4WS9Zelo1REYxdz09
On the last Sunday of each month, there normally is a Typica Reader Service  with a Parish Fellowship Time.  This in-Church Service is held as an opportunity to bring the local community together - and hopefully eventually returning St. Nectarios to having a full time Priest.
All are welcome to join in the celebration these Christian Orthodox Services.

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Coptic Church Services

Tri-Cities Coptic Church Services
Saint Mary and Saint Abanoub Coptic Orthodox Church.    This Coptic Church is currently holding services at the St. Nectarios Church.  A Saturday or Sunday Holy Liturgy with a visiting Priest is normally held once per month either in the Tricities or in Spokane.  All are invited to attend. A fellowship time and Christian Study Class for older students normally follows the Services.  For more information, please contact Nader Samaan ([email protected]) or access the website: 
 (copy/paste this url) https://www.stmary-stabanoub-tricities.org/ for https://www.stmary-stabanoub-tricities.org/

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