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Orphans in Ukraine / Cиріт в Україні
As our parish family goes through the “Great Fast” it is important in this “Jubilee Year of Mercy” that we remember those less fortunate than us.
For the last few years our Parish has held an annual coat and gift drive for the children of the “Vyshenka” orphanage in the village of Yosypovychi for St. Nicholas Day, as well as collecting school supplies for the children each Fall.
This year we can show our love and support for these children at Easter. Spring and summer clothing, bar soap, laundry detergent, dishes for the children, as well Easter Baskets with candy and small gifts will be collected until April 3rd, the Sunday after Easter. Contributions to cover shipping of the collected items to Ukraine are also necessary and will be greatly appreciated.
Please contact to Gene Brenycz with any questions about this charitable project that our Parish Family is undertaking. A box will be placed in the quiet room at the back of the Church to collect these donations. Please bring in your donations to our Church by Sunday, April 3rd so that we may ship the items to Ukraine in time for the Easter celebration in Ukraine.
For the last few years our Parish has held an annual coat and gift drive for the children of the “Vyshenka” orphanage in the village of Yosypovychi for St. Nicholas Day, as well as collecting school supplies for the children each Fall.
This year we can show our love and support for these children at Easter. Spring and summer clothing, bar soap, laundry detergent, dishes for the children, as well Easter Baskets with candy and small gifts will be collected until April 3rd, the Sunday after Easter. Contributions to cover shipping of the collected items to Ukraine are also necessary and will be greatly appreciated.
Please contact to Gene Brenycz with any questions about this charitable project that our Parish Family is undertaking. A box will be placed in the quiet room at the back of the Church to collect these donations. Please bring in your donations to our Church by Sunday, April 3rd so that we may ship the items to Ukraine in time for the Easter celebration in Ukraine.
YEAR of MERCY
The Mercy of the Cross
The beginning of Lent is the time when we focus on taking up our daily cross in imitation of Christ. The cross we bear is about more than suffering a serious disease or the death of a loved one or living without enough income to cover expenses. It means sacrificing our own will to that of the Father’s—doing what He wants, not what we want.
It’s a paradox, though, that in sacrificing our own will, we find true freedom. This is what Jesus meant when he said, “My yoke is easy, my burden light.” It was yet another manifestation of his divine mercy.
If life’s purpose lies in getting what we want, as our culture insists, then freedom becomes a very big deal. Freedom, we think, is what allows us to exercise our “inalienable right” to the pursuit of happiness. With this view of freedom, it’s easy to feel threatened by constraint of any kind. Our instinct is to resist it with all our might, for it impedes our ability to live the life we think we want.
For the more we rely on others or others rely on us, the less free we are to go wherever we wish to go, pursue whatever we wish to pursue and do whatever we wish to do. Love constrains us. And in a society devoted to personal self-fulfillment, the cost of love often seems too high.
For followers of Jesus, the “free” person is the one no longer plagued by the burdensome quest for money, pleasure, possessions, social status or political power—the very things that our culture says will satisfy our deepest wants and make us happy.
Our prayer today: We thank you today, Lord, that in your merciful cross we find true freedom.
It’s a paradox, though, that in sacrificing our own will, we find true freedom. This is what Jesus meant when he said, “My yoke is easy, my burden light.” It was yet another manifestation of his divine mercy.
If life’s purpose lies in getting what we want, as our culture insists, then freedom becomes a very big deal. Freedom, we think, is what allows us to exercise our “inalienable right” to the pursuit of happiness. With this view of freedom, it’s easy to feel threatened by constraint of any kind. Our instinct is to resist it with all our might, for it impedes our ability to live the life we think we want.
For the more we rely on others or others rely on us, the less free we are to go wherever we wish to go, pursue whatever we wish to pursue and do whatever we wish to do. Love constrains us. And in a society devoted to personal self-fulfillment, the cost of love often seems too high.
For followers of Jesus, the “free” person is the one no longer plagued by the burdensome quest for money, pleasure, possessions, social status or political power—the very things that our culture says will satisfy our deepest wants and make us happy.
Our prayer today: We thank you today, Lord, that in your merciful cross we find true freedom.
Prayer Appeal for Ukraine
His Beatitude Sviatoslav during his recent visit to the United States gave an interview to Catholic News Service. The link to the article is found below. In the interview, he renewed his appeal for people all over the world to offer prayers to resolve the crisis in Ukraine. Specifically he stated, "Each night at 9 p.m. – 2 p.m. EST -- Ukrainians pray one Our Father and one Hail Mary for the intention for a peaceful and nonviolent resolution to the crisis in Ukraine."
Kindly share this appeal with the faithful, by informing them of this prayer request of the spiritual leader of our Ukrainian Catholic Church. Ask them to say one Our Father and one Hail Mary each day at 2 p.m. EST to join in solidarity with the faithful in Ukraine who are praying at that hour, which is 9 p.m. in Ukraine. Even people at work may silently say these prayers at 2 p.m.
Thank you for encouraging the faithful to pray for peace in Ukraine.
http://ncronline.org/news/global/ukrainian-church-leader-asks-prayers-resolve-national-crisis
Kindly share this appeal with the faithful, by informing them of this prayer request of the spiritual leader of our Ukrainian Catholic Church. Ask them to say one Our Father and one Hail Mary each day at 2 p.m. EST to join in solidarity with the faithful in Ukraine who are praying at that hour, which is 9 p.m. in Ukraine. Even people at work may silently say these prayers at 2 p.m.
Thank you for encouraging the faithful to pray for peace in Ukraine.
http://ncronline.org/news/global/ukrainian-church-leader-asks-prayers-resolve-national-crisis
The memorial of (Небесна Сотня) in St MIchael UCC
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Молитва Андрея Шептицького за український народ
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Зігрій і просвіти наші уми й серця, показуй нам правильну дорогу в нашій праці для добра свого народу, благослови наш труд, і подай нам братню єдність у всіх наших зусиллях для щастя нашої Вітчизни й народу та для нового розквіту Христової Церкви в Україні
Благослови, всемогутній Боже, український народ. Даруй йому ласку вірно Тобі служити і доступити колись вічної нагороди в небі, бо Тобі, Боже, у Святій Тройці єдиній, Отче, Сину і Духу Святий, належить вся слава, честь і поклін на віки віків. Амінь. |
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