SS Peter & Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church

COMMEMORATION OF THE HOLY AND RIGHTEOUS JOSEPH,

KING DAVID, AND JAMES, COUSIN OF OUR LORD

STEPHEN – PROTOMARTYR

DECEMBER 27, 2020

Saturday, Dec. 26 Feast of St. Stephen, Sunday After Christmas

4:00 PM God’s    Blessings  for Gary, Jacinta, Allison, Brent, Cameron,

                                     Matthew & Allison – The Poullard Family    

Sunday, Dec. 27 Feast of St. Stephen, Sunday After Christmas

8:30 AM          God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners 

Friday, January 1        THE CIRCUMCISION OF OUR LORD 

9:00 AM            St. Basil the Great – Archbishop

God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

                                    Anointing with Holy Oil and Myrovania 

Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great

Saturday, January 2         

           4:00 PM          ✞Anna Giza – Kathleen Miick

Sunday, Jan. 3            SUNDAY  BEFORE THEOPHANY OF OUR LORD 

8:30 AM        God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

Love is the only thing that can be divided, without being diminished.    

SMILES ARE FREE – SHARE THEM

A New Year Prayer

Holy Father, God of our yesterdays, our today, and our tomorrows.

We praise You for Your unequaled greatness.

Thank You for the year behind us and for the year ahead.

Help us in Your new year, to fret less and laugh more.

To teach our children to laugh by laughing with them.

To teach others to love by loving them.

Knowing, when Love came to the stable in Bethlehem, He came for us.

So that Love could be with us, and we could know You.

That we could share Love with others.

Help us, Father, to hear Your love song in every sunrise,

in the chirping of sparrows in our backyards,

in the stories of our old folks, and the fantasies of our children.

Help us to pause and listen to Your love song,

so that we may know You better and better.

We rejoice in the world You loved into being.

Thank You for another new year and for new chances every day.

We pray for peace, for light, and for hope, that we might spread them to others.

Forgive us for falling short this past year.

We leave the irreparable past in your hands, and step out into the unknown New Year knowing You will go with us.

We accept Your gift of a new year and we rejoice in what’s ahead, depending on You to help us do exactly what You want..

I say it again, we rejoice!

In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Amen.

May we live in a world at peace and with the awareness of God’s love in every sunset, every flower’s unfolding petals, every baby’s smile, and every wonderful, astonishing, miraculous beat of our hearts

Khrystos Razhdayetsia – Christ is Born

Slavyte Yeho – Glorify Him

BLESSING FOR A VERY HAPPY, 

HEALTHY NEW YEAR

SUNDAY OF THE ANCESTORS

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Saturday, Dec. 19  

4:00PM ✞ Eugene Slabinski – Dolores Slabinski

Sunday, Dec. 20 SUNDAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS

            8:30 AM          God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

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Thursday, Dec. 24      VIGIL OF CHRISTMAS – Christmas Eve

            4:00 PM          Great Compline – Z Namy Boh – Litia Service

                                    Divine Liturgy 

                                    God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

                                    Myrovonia – Anointing with Holy Oil

Friday, Dec. 25           NATIVITY OF OUR LORD – Christmas DaY

         8:30 AM    Divine Liturgy

                                    God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

                                        Myrovonia – (Anointing with Holy Oil) 

Saturday, Dec. 26       SYNAXIS OF THE MOTHER OF GOD

9:00 AM      At Transfiguration of Our Lord, Nanticoke, PA

Saturday, Dec. 26        St. Stephen the Fist Martyr

4:00 PM           God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

God’s    Blessings  for Gary & Jacinta, Allison, Brent, Cameron, &                                     Matthew – The Poullard Family    

Sunday, Dec. 27 SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS

ST. STEPHEN THE FIRST MARTYR

8:30 AM God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

THIS IS CHRISTMAS: 

Not the tinsel, not the receiving, not even the carols, 

but the humble heart that receives anew the wondrous gift

The Christ.  A Savior. 

To watch and guide and love us through all eternity.

                           As you give praise and glory to God,

                                  May His peace and favor rest upon you and

                                   your loved ones, today and always

The Twelve Days of Christmas Meanings

There is one Christmas Carol that has always baffled me.

What in the world do leaping lords, French hens, swimming swans, and especially the partridge that won’t come out of the pear tree have to do with Christmas? 

This week, I found out.

From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England were not permitted to practice their faith openly. Someone during that era wrote this carol as a catechism song for young Catholics. It has two levels of meaning: the surface meaning plus a hidden meaning known only to members of their church. Each element in the carol has a code word for a religious reality, which the children could remember. 

-The partridge in a pear tree was Jesus Christ. 

-Two turtledoves were the Old and New Testaments.

-Three French hens stood for faith, hope and love.

-The four calling birds were the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke & John. 

-The five golden rings recalled the Torah or Law, the first five books of the Old Testament. 

-The six geese a-laying stood for the six days of creation. 

-Seven swans a-swimming represented the sevenfold gifts of the Holy Spirit–Prophesy, Serving, Teaching, Exhortation, Contribution, Leadership, and Mercy. 

-The eight maids’ a-milking was the eight beatitudes. 

-Nine ladies dancing were the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit–Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self Control. 

-The ten lords a-leaping were the Ten Commandments. 

-The eleven pipers piping stood for the eleven faithful disciples.

-The twelve drummers drumming symbolized the twelve points of belief in the Apostles’ Creed.

So there is your history for today. This knowledge was shared with me and I found it interesting and enlightening and now I know how that strange song became a Christmas Carol.

A Christmas Prayer of Good Wishes

May you be filled with the wonder of Mary, 

the obedience of Joseph, the joy of the angels, the eagerness of the shepherds, 

the determination of the magi, and the peace of the Christ child. 

Almighty God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit bless you now and forever.

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Saturday, Dec. 12          

4:00 PM   ✞John Phillips – Brother Peter Phillips

Sunday, Dec, 13                 SUNDAY OF THE HOLY FATHERS                                               

8:30 AM               God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

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CORRECTION FOR LAST WEEK BULLETIN:  The Divine Liturgy that was celebrated on Wednesday, December 9 for Eugene Slabinski should have been listed as the request by Dolores and Michael Moleski instead of Daughter Dolores. Please except our apologies.  

Saturday, Dec. 19

           4:00 PM     ✞Eugene Slabinski – Dolores Slabinski

Sunday, Dec. 20                SUNDAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS – OF THE HOLY ANCESTORS

8:30 AM               God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

CHRISTMAS DIVINE LITURGIES: Thursday, Dec. 24^th Christmas Eve – VIGIL OF CHRISTMAS – 4:00 PM Divine Liturgy –Anointing with Holy Oil and Myrovania

God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners 

Friday, December 25 ~ Christmas Day – NATIVITY OF OUR LORD – 8:30 AM Divine Liturgy – Anointing with Holy Oil and Myrovania 

God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners 

Saturday, Synaxis of the Theotokas, December 26^th 9:00 AM at Transfiguration of Our Lord.

Saturday, December 26^th , 4:00 PM Feast of St. Steven

God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners 

Sunday, December 27^th 8:30 Feast of St. Steven

COLLECTION: Week of Dec. 5/6; TOTAL: $450.

Your new 2021 boxes of church envelopes are in the vestibule. Please, if you can deliver to someone in your neighborhood or your relatives, it would be greatly appreciated.

A Christmas Prayer

Loving Father, help us remember the birth of Jesus

 that we may share in the song of the angels,

The gladness of the shepherds and the wisdom of the wise men. 

Close the door to hate and open the door of love all over the world.

Let kindness come with every gift and good desires with every greeting.

Deliver us from evil by the blessing which Christ brings, 

and teach us to be merry with clean hearts.

May the Christmas morning make us 

happy to be Thy children, and the Christmas evening

bring us to our beds with grateful thoughts,

forgiving and forgiven for Jesus’ sake. Amen.

DECEMBER 6, 2020

Saturday, Dec. 5 ST. NICHOLAS OF MYRA ARCHBISHOP

       4:00 PM     Myrovonia – (Anointing with Holy Oil)

      ✞ Peter Phillips – Son Peter Phillips

Sunday, Dec. 6          TWENTY SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

8:30 AM                ST.NICHOLAS OF MYRA ARCHBISHOP

Myrovonia – (Anointing with Holy Oil)

       God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioner

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Wednesday, Dec. 9       CONCEPTION OF ST. ANN

9:00 AM     Myrovonia – (Anointing with Holy Oil)

          ✞Eugene Slabinski – Daughter Dolores        

Saturday, Dec. 12              

           4:00 PM     ✞John Phillips – Brother Peter Phillips

Sunday, Dec.13                 SUNDAY OF THE FOREFATHERS

8:30 AM               God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

  Nothing is ever quite as bad as it seems.  Call on God and then practice expectancy and optimism and things will turn out better than you expect.  Lord, thank You for tomorrow.

SANCTUARY LIGHT: No Request.

ANGELS

May Angels Rest Beside Your Door, May You Hear Their Voices Sing, May You Feel Their Loving Care For You, May You Hear Their Peace Bells Ring, May Angels Always Care For You, And Not Let You Trip Or Fall.

May They Bear You Up On Angel’s Wings, May They Keep You Standing Tall, May They Whisper Wisdom In Your Ear, May They Touch You When You Need, May They Remove You From Each Trace Of Fear, May They Keep You From Feeling Greed, May They Fill You With Their Presence, May They Show You Love Untold, May They Always Stand Beside You, And Make You Ever Bold.

May They Teach You What You Need To Know About Life Here And Hereafter, May They Fill You Always With Their Love And Give You The Gift Of Laughter.

THE FEAST OF THE CONCEPTION OF ST. ANN

December 9 

The feast of the Conception of St. Ann in ancient times was known by several different names. One of the oldest is “The Annunciation of the Conception of the Holy Mother of God”. In the constitution of feasts, Emperor Manuel Comnen calls this feast the “Conception of the Most Holy Mother of God.” The Slavonic Typicons generally refer to it as the “Conception of Blessed Ann” or “The Conception of Holy Ann, when she conceived the Most Holy Mother of God.” 

In our Ukrainian Catholic Church, the Synod of Lviv gave this feast the official title “The Immaculate Conception of the Most Pure Virgin Mary”. However, the Roman revision of our liturgical books restored the pristine title of the feast – “The Conception of Holy Anna, when She conceived the Most Holy Mother of God.”

The main theme of the liturgy of this feast was the miraculous event when Anna conceived the Most Holy Mother of God. This liturgy describes the grief and distress Joachim and Anna experienced because of their childlessness, and presents the fervent pray of Anna: “O Lord God of the heavenly Powers,” prays St. Ann, “You know the shame of childlessness, therefore, heal the pain of my heart and make this barren one fruitful…”  In response to her fervent supplication, an angel appears and announces the conception of the Most Pure Virgin Mary. “Your supplication,” says the angel, “has reached the Lord. Do not be sad, and cease weeping, for you shall become a fruitful olive tree, bringing forth a young shoot – a wonderful maiden, who will bring forth a flower – the Christ in the flesh, who will grant great mercy to the world.” 

Her parents rejoice over the wonderful conception of the Most Holy Mother of God; the prophets rejoice; heaven and earth rejoice. The Church calls upon the Old and New Testaments to join in the rejoicing: “Come, people of all classes and ages, let us celebrate with the Angels the all-glorious conception of the Mother of God; patriarchs sing praises to the Mother of the King of all; you prophets, praise her whom you preached; you forefathers, praise your descendant – the Mother of God; you aged, praise the ancestor of God; you faithful, praise the root of your faith; you priests, praise the all-holy temple of God; you choirs of saints, praise the cause of your assembly; you armies of angels, praise the Mother of the Lord of all creation, and Savior of our souls.

Today we celebrate her immaculate conception whereas nine months later on the 8^th of September she appears among us in her glorious Nativity. 

SAINT NICHOLAS, THE WONDERMAKER

FEAST OF ST. NICHOLAS

December 6

Saint Nicholas, bishop of Myra in Asia Minor, is one of the most popular Saints, especially among Eastern Christians. He won great esteem through his numerous works of mercy during his life and through great zeal in defending the divinity of Christ against the heretic Arius of the Council of Nicaea in 325. He is regarded as the Patron Saint of children. He was popularized in America by the Dutch puritans who disguised the “popish” Saint as a Nordic, called “Santa Claus.”

In 1087 Italian merchants brought St. Nicholas’ body to Bari in Italy from Asia. A perfumed oil is still flowing out of his holy relics.

Our prince Vsevolod Yaroslavych introduced his feast into Ukraine under Pope Urban II (1088-99). Saint Nicholas is very popular among Ukrainians, both Catholic and Orthodox.

GOD GRANT ME

The serenity to accept the things I cannot change,

Courage to change the things I can;

And wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time;

Enjoying one moment at a time;

Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;

Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is,

Not as I would have it,

Trusting that He will make all things right

I surrender to His Will;

That I may be reasonably happy in this life and

Supremely happy with Him Forever in the next.  Amen

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NOVEMBER 29, 2020

St. Andrew

Feast Day November 30

St. Andrew was the “first-called Apostle, brother of St. Peter the Prince of the Apostles. Andrew, like his brother Simon Peter, was a fisherman. He became a disciple of the great St. John the Baptist, but when John pointed to Jesus and said, “Behold the Lamb of God!” Andrew understood that Jesus was greater. At once he left John to follow the Divine Master. Jesus knew that Andrew was walking behind him, and turning back, he asked, “What do you seek?” When Andrew answered that he would like to know where Jesus lived, Our Lord replied, “Come and see.” Andrew had been only a little time with Jesus when he realized that this was truly the Messiah. 

SANCTUARY LIGHT: No Request

ALTAR CANDLES: The Altar Candles will burn for all services in the month of December, requested by Albert Piston in memory of his parents– Michael & Jennie Piston.

On this day people in Ukraine and all over the world are lighting candles in memory of those killed during the genocide of 1932-33.

“In 1932-33, Moscow’s Stalinist regime deliberately starved millions of Ukrainians to death in a man-made famine. Known as the Holodomor, the Ukrainian term for killing by starvation, the famine stands as one of the most horrendous genocides of the 20th century.

Targeting principally Ukrainian farmers, in a land that for centuries was known as the “breadbasket of Europe,” Stalin aimed to annihilate those parts of the Ukrainian population that were especially resisting Soviet repressive policies in Ukraine, and to terrorize the surviving Ukrainian population into submission to the Soviet totalitarian regime. 

While the exact number of victims is not known, many scholars and historians place the number at 3 to as many as 10 million. One third of the victims were children; at the height of the Holodomor, tens of thousands died daily of starvation.

Years after this unprecedented crime, the Holodomor remains one of the least known genocides.”

The Ukrainian Institute of America.

PRAY – not because you need something

But

Because you have a lot to thank God for.

Saints Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church

20 Nottingham Street – PO Box 60 – Plymouth, PA 18651

Church & Hall: 779-3323 Father Walter cell phone 570-406-5882

Father Walter Pasicznyk, Pastor 

Web-Site   www.sspeterandpaulucc.org

DIVINE LITURGY SCHEDULE: Saturdays 4:00 PM; Sundays 8:30 AM

TWENTY SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Saturday, Nov. 28  

4:00 PM   God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners 

Sunday, Nov. 29   TWENTY FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 

 8:30 AM   Ulana Campbell, for God’s blessings, given by the Campbell Family  

Saturday, Dec. 5 

             4:00 PM    ✞Peter Phillips – son Peter Phillips

Sunday, Dec. 6           TWENTY SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

            8:30 AM              God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners                                                                                            

Be At Peace

Do not look forward in fear to the changes of life;

Rather, look forward with the knowledge, That God will lead you through all things. Do not worry about what may happen tomorrow.

The same everlasting Father, Who cares for you today, will care for you now and every day. He will either shield you from suffering, Or give you the strength to bear it. And, when you think you cannot stand it anymore He will carry you in His arms.

Therefore, Be At Peace, Put aside all anxious thoughts.

Trust the Lord and He will see you through. 

Author Unknown

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

Saturday, Nov. 22

Nov. 21 9:00 AM ✞ Eugene Slabinski – The Slabinski Family

4:00 PM ✞Ann Phillips – Son, Peter Phillips

Sunday, Nov. 23   TWENTY FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 

            8:30 AM           God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

Saturday, Nov. 28 

             4:00 PM     God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

Sunday, Nov. 29           TWENTY SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

8:30 AM     Ulana Campbell, for God’s blessings, given by the Campbell Family

Thank God for what you have,
TRUST GOD for what you need.

“When asked if my cup is half-full or half-empty

my only response is that I am thankful I have a cup.”

“Thanksgiving creates abundance.”

Now and forever and ever. Amen

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

Saturday, Nov. 14        

4:00 PM         ✞Bernard Kachinko – Wife, Mary Ann Kachinko & Family 

Sunday, Nov. 15                  TWENTY FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

8:30 AM                      God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioner

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Saturday, Nov. 21             Entrance of the Mother of God & Myrovania

9:00 AM ✞ Eugene Slabinski – The Slabinski Family

4:00 PM ✞ Ann Phillips – Son, Peter Phillips

Sunday, Nov. 22                 TWENTY FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

8:30 AM                God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

ARCHANGEL MICHAEL AND ALL SAINTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

Saturday, Nov. 7            

4:00 PM   ✞Priscila Kowalick – Michael Kowalick 

Sunday, Nov. 8                 TWENTY THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

                                                ARCHANGEL MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS 

8:30 AM               God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

Saturday, Nov. 14

           4:00 PM     ✞Bernard Kachinko – wife Mary Ann Kachinko & Family

Sunday, Nov. 15                 TWENTY FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

8:30 AM               God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners

SANCTUARY LIGHT: The Sanctuary light is requested to burn this week Nov. 7 – 14 by Michaelene Ostrum in memory of Olga Uhas.

HOAGIE, SOUP & BAKE SALE: St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church, 153 E. Main St., Glen Lyon, PA is sponsoring a Turkey & Italian Hoagie, Vegetable Soup and Bake Sale on Thursday, November 12, 2020 from 11 AM to 5 PM in the church hall. Hoagies and a quart of soup will be $7.00. Orders can be placed by calling Debbie at 570-736-6908 by Sunday, November 6, 2020. 

Every charitable act is a stepping-stone toward heaven!