2 Corinthians 3:4-11 • Matthew 5:17-19
Ephrem the Deacon ministered to the Christian community in Nisibis, a city repeatedly besieged by the Persian army. In 363, he fled Nisibis with the rest of the Christians, to Edessa (present-day Urfa, in Turkey). Heresies were rife in the town. He lived austerely in the hillside outside the city, but frequently came into Edessa to refute the heretics. A deeply sensitive man, Ephrem was said to weep almost constantly. His ardent liturgical hymns are used even today in the liturgies of the Syrian rite. In 373, Ephrem, alone of the Edessans, was trusted to dispense grain to the famine-ravaged city. He died shortly thereafter of illness.
May 23, 2019 - Thursday of the Fifth Week in Easter (Fr. Peter)
May 21, 2019 - Memorial of Saints Christopher Magallanes and Companions (Fr. Peter)
May 19, 2019 - Fifth Sunday of Easter (Fr. Reale)
May 19, 2019 - Fifth Sunday of Easter (Fr. Peter)
May 16, 2019 - Thursday in the Fourth Week of Easter (Fr. Peter)
May 15, 2019 - Wednesday in the Fourth Week of Easter (Fr. Peter)
May 14, 2019 - Feast of St. Matthias (Fr. Peter)
May 13, 2019 - Monday of the Fourth Week of Easter (Fr. Kelly)
May 12, 2019 - Fourth Sunday of Easter (Fr. Peter)
May 10, 2019 - Friday in the 3rd Week of Easter (Deacon Doug Busch)
May 9, 2019 - Thursday in the 3rd Week of Easter (Fr. Peter)
May 8, 2019 - Wednesday in the 3rd Week of Easter (Fr. Peter)
May 7, 2019 - Tuesday in the 3rd Week of Easter (Fr. Jim)
May 5, 2019 - Third Sunday of Easter (Fr. Peter)
May 2, 2019 - Memorial of St. Athanasius (Fr. Peter)
May 1, 2019 - Memorial of St. Joseph the Worker (Fr. Peter)
April 30, 2019 - Memorial of St. Pius V (Fr. Peter)
April 29, 2019 - Memorial of St. Catherine of Siena (Fr. Krafft)
April 28, 2019 - Second Sunday of Easter (Fr. Peter)
April 25, 2019 - Thursday in the Octave of Easter (Fr. Peter)
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