Please Pray for Father Antonio

This week is Holy Week that leads up to Pascha (Easter) for those of us in the Orthodox Church.  It is packed full with beautiful services each day to help us draw near to God, recounting so much about His death and resurrection.  However, this Tuesday our priest, Fr. Antonio, was diagnosed with pneumonia!  The doctor wanted him to go the hospital, but Fr. and Matushka Elizabeth told him about all the services he has to do this week for Holy Week, so they just gave him shots of antibiotics to allow him to go home.  Out of the whole year, this is the most inopportune time to get sick for Fr. Antonio.  He must feel so burdened wanting to perform the services for the sake of his flock, not being able to rest fully because of it.  The church is trying to do as many parts of the services as we can without him having to be there to allow him to rest.  Please pray for him, that he would recover and would not be too overwhelmed by it all.  It seems that SOMEONE did not want us to participate in Holy Week this year, but God is still using the efforts of his faithful that are picking up the slack to work in the lives of those in our church.  God will always prevail and can use all things to draw us closer to Him.  May He be glorified this Paschal season!!!