Holy Cross Melkite Catholic Church | Eparchy of Newton

Bulletin of Sunday, March 17, 2024

Fifth Sunday of Lent

 The greatest in the Kingdom

Sunday of our Venerable Mother Mary of Egypt 

March 17. Commemoration of our Holy Father Alexis, the man of God.

  Alexis was a Roman belonging to a noble and wealthy family.

He left his house and relative and went to Emesa where he lived in poverty, mortification and prayer.

He died in the middle of the fifteenth century.

Scripture Memory

“For if the blood of goats and bulls and the sprinkling of a heifer’s ashes can sanctify those who are defiled so that their flesh is cleansed, how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works to worship the living God” (Hebrews 9:13-14).

“Whoever wishes to be first among you will be the slave of all. For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Mark 10:44-45).

We celebrate today’s Divine Liturgy for the repose of the souls of:

Deacon David Herr (March 10, 2024)

Enam Fashho (March 10, 2024)

Elie Abu Fayyad (March 4, 2024)

Fr. Thomas Flynn (February 29, 2024)

Willie Frank Bradley (February 28, 2024)

Adam Gloe (February 28, 2024)

Charles Ornelas (February 25, 2024)

Sami Naber (February 6, 2024)

Najwa Ibrahim Hattar (January 29, 2024)

Fayek Nasser (January 28, 2024)

Manuel Ortega (December 31, 2023)

Ibrahim Doura (August 08, 2012)

Emile Soudah (March 31, 2003)

Munir Haddadin (April 17, 1999)

Hani Fareed Salman

The health, safety, and blessings for:

Janet Elkassouf

Muna Haddadin

Charbel Saikali

Eliana Tarabay

Ahlam Wakim

For peace in Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Iraq, and all the troubled regions around the world

For vocations to the priesthood, monastic life, and lay parish ministries