St. John of San Francisco
Joyous feast!
Today is the feast day of one of North America's more recent Saints, Archbishop John Maximovich of San Francisco. St. John was born in the eastern Ukraine and was a relative of St. John of Tobolsk in Siberia. Due to the Bolshevik Revolution St. John joined the Russian Diaspora in Serbia, where he became a monk and was eventually ordained to the priesthood and then elected Bishop of Shanghai. Following the Communist Revolution there he guided much of his flock from Shanghai to the Philippines and from there to California. This move having been completed St. John was elected Bishop of Western Europe by the Synod Abroad, but was later elected Archbishop of San Francisco, where he reposed and where his relics remained enshrined in the Cathedral of the Mother of God the Joy of All Who Sorrow. He has a really beautiful life that's worth reading - it can be found at www.saintjohnwonderworker.org/lifeidx.htm. He still intervenes in people's lives and prays for them.
I went to bed late, but fortunately was also able to sleep late. I'll shortly go in to work at Meijer for another shift (conveniently timed so that I can't go to the farewell picnic for the Cuneos) and then come home exhausted and achy and go to bed. Tomorrow I'm doing the same with the addition of some time in the bookstore - same thing Thursday too. (Wednesday the bookstore will be closed, but Meijer will not. They must be more Dutch than American in their holidays if not in their sort of business...)
I'm still fighting the urge to just drive off somewhere for a few days. I won't do it (I'm not adventurous enough), but it's a thought I like to play with nonetheless. Maybe after the Free Methodists' General Conference is over I'll be able to clear some time in my schedule to go somewhere for a few days - I certainly hope it'll be possible. As it is I can't even visit other churches on Sundays 'cause of mid-afternoon shifts and the marriages happening in the early part of this month.
Your prayers as always...
Today is the feast day of one of North America's more recent Saints, Archbishop John Maximovich of San Francisco. St. John was born in the eastern Ukraine and was a relative of St. John of Tobolsk in Siberia. Due to the Bolshevik Revolution St. John joined the Russian Diaspora in Serbia, where he became a monk and was eventually ordained to the priesthood and then elected Bishop of Shanghai. Following the Communist Revolution there he guided much of his flock from Shanghai to the Philippines and from there to California. This move having been completed St. John was elected Bishop of Western Europe by the Synod Abroad, but was later elected Archbishop of San Francisco, where he reposed and where his relics remained enshrined in the Cathedral of the Mother of God the Joy of All Who Sorrow. He has a really beautiful life that's worth reading - it can be found at www.saintjohnwonderworker.org/lifeidx.htm. He still intervenes in people's lives and prays for them.
I went to bed late, but fortunately was also able to sleep late. I'll shortly go in to work at Meijer for another shift (conveniently timed so that I can't go to the farewell picnic for the Cuneos) and then come home exhausted and achy and go to bed. Tomorrow I'm doing the same with the addition of some time in the bookstore - same thing Thursday too. (Wednesday the bookstore will be closed, but Meijer will not. They must be more Dutch than American in their holidays if not in their sort of business...)
I'm still fighting the urge to just drive off somewhere for a few days. I won't do it (I'm not adventurous enough), but it's a thought I like to play with nonetheless. Maybe after the Free Methodists' General Conference is over I'll be able to clear some time in my schedule to go somewhere for a few days - I certainly hope it'll be possible. As it is I can't even visit other churches on Sundays 'cause of mid-afternoon shifts and the marriages happening in the early part of this month.
Your prayers as always...