23/08/2026
August 24, 2026 | Feast Day of St. Bartholomew, the Apostle and Martyr
Today, our Parish honors the Feast Day of our Patron Saint, St. Bartholomew, the Apostle and Martyr. Jesus called him "a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit." Upon meeting Jesus, Bartholomew's doubt turned to bold declaration: "Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!" From a skeptic to a devoted apostle, tradition holds that he carried the Gospel far beyond Israel.
St. Bartholomew reminds us that God welcomes honest doubt, and that a sincere heart open to truth can become a vessel of tremendous faith. His feast invites us to examine our own hearts. Are we, too, willing to "come and see," even when we are unsure?
๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ฅ (๐๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐:๐๐-๐๐)
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ,
"๐๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ธ,
๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด, ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด, ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฉ, ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ป๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ."
๐๐ถ๐ต ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ,
"๐๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ป๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ?"
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ, "๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ."
๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐ด๐ข๐ธ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ,
"๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ด๐ณ๐ข๐ฆ๐ญ.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ."
๐๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ, "๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ฆ?"
๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ,
"๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ ๐ด๐ข๐ธ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐จ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ."
๐๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ฎ,
"๐๐ข๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ช, ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ; ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ด๐ณ๐ข๐ฆ๐ญ."
๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ,
"๐๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ
๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ด๐ข๐ธ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐จ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ?
๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด."
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ, "๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ ๐ด๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ,
๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ
๐ข๐ด๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฏ."
We invite everyone to honor our Patron Saint in the Solemn Liturgical Commemoration at 6:00 AM, 12:00 NN, and 6:00 PM.
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
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