DECEMBER 3, 2023
Saturday, Dec. 2
4:00 PM ✞Ann Phillips – son Peter Phillips
Sunday, Dec. 3 TWENTY SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
8:30 AM God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioner
Wednesday, Dec. 6 ST. NICHOLAS OF MYRA ARCHBISHOP
0:30 AM Myrovonia – (Anointing with Holy Oil)
✞Charles Drazba – Mary Oshirak
Saturday, Dec.9 MATERNITY OF HOLY ANNA
8:30 AM Myrovonia – (Anointing with Holy Oil)
✞Olympia Pasicznyk – Ss. Peter & Paul Women’s Society
Saturday, Dec. 9
4:00 PM God’s Blessings and Good Health for all Parishioners
Sunday, Dec.10 SUNDAY OF THE FOREFATHERS
8:30 AM ✞John Phillips – brother Peter Phillips
☸☸☸☸☸☸☸
TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD
Saturday 6:00 PM – Sunday 10:30 AM
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.
The Train of Life
Life is like a journey on a train…with its stations… with changes of routes…and with accidents!
At birth we boarded the train and met our parents; and we believed that they would always travel at our side. However, at some station our parents and loved ones will step down from the train, leaving us on this journey with ourselves and the fellow passengers. As time goes by, other people will board the train; and they will be significant, i.e. our siblings, relatives, friends, children, and even the loves of our life. Many will step down and leave a permanent vacuum. Others will go so unnoticed that we don’t realize that they vacated their seats!
This train ride will be full of joy, sorrow, dreams, expectations, hellos, goodbyes, and farewells. Success consists of having a good relationship with the other passengers…requiring that we give the best of ourselves.
The mystery to everyone is: We do not know at which station we ourselves will be called to step down. So, we must live in the best way possible – love, forgive, and offer the best of who we are. It is important to do this because when the time comes for us to step down and leave our seat empty — we should leave behind beautiful memories for those who will continue to travel on the train of life.
I wish yours to be a joyful journey on the train of life and salvation. Reap success and
give lots of love.
More importantly, thank God for the journey!
Lastly, I thank you for being one of the special passengers on my train!
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 news of this 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, minus one day, on the 8th of September she appears among us in her glorious Nativity.
SANCTUARY LIGHT: No request.
ALTAR CANDLES: The Altar Candles are requested to burn for the Month of December by Rose Marie Kachinko in memory of Ron Kachinko,.
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