Ukrainian Catholic Parish of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary625 5th Avenue SW Moose Jaw SK S6H 5W2 (306) 692-9456

Fr. Yurij Lazurko, administrator(306) 693-6636 (home) (306) 690-9709 (cell)

CHRIST IS AMONG US!HE IS AND WILL BE! Sunday February 14, 2016

First Sunday of Lent pg 40 tone 5Epistle: Romans 13:11-14:4 Gospel: Matthew 6:14-21

ХРИСТОС ПОСЕРЕД НАС!І Є, І БУДЕ!

Sun Feb 14 12 noon Moose Jaw - for parishioners Mon Feb 15 NO LITURGYTues Feb 16 NO LITURGY Wed Feb 17 NO LITURGY Thurs Feb 18 NO LITURGY Fri Feb 19 7 p.m. Stations of the CrossSat Feb 20 NO LITURGYSun Feb 21 12:00 noon Moose Jaw

Opening Hymn: Holy this moment p. 43 (2 verses) Closing Hymn: Mother of Jesus pg 53

PRAY THE ROSARY DAILYPlease notify Fr. Yurij when someone is sick or hospi-talized in order that these people be visited in a timely manner.

EVENTS & THINGS

Please be mindful in your prayers of John Smuk, Anne Sahaidak, Steve Okraincee, Pete Okraincee, Marlene Lu-ciak, Crystal Zakaluzny, Sha-ron Horejda, Fr. Yurij and of all who are in the need of the gift of health.

ThoughT du Jour

Are we really that stupid?On Sears hair dryer: Do not use while sleeping.On a bag of Fritos: You could be a winner! No purchase necessary. Details inside.

Stations of the Cross on Friday at 7 p.m. Let’s have a better turnout than last week.Sorokousty TBA

PANCAKE BREAKFAST Sunday February 28

congratulations to helen kushner on the presenta-

tion of the 70 year pin in the ucwlc.

mnohaya lita!

Despite the teaching about icons defined at the Seventh Ecumeni-cal Council in 787, the Iconoclasts began to trouble the Church again. After the death of the last Iconoclast emperor, Theophilos, his young son Michael III, with his mother the regent Theodora, and Patriarch Methodios, summoned the Synod of Constantinople in 843 to bring peace to the Church. At the end of the first session, all made a triumphal procession from the Church of Blachernae to Hagia Sophia, restoring the icons to the church. This occurred on 11 March, 843 (which that year was the first Sunday of Lent). The Synod decreed that a perpetual feast on the anniversary of that day should be observed each year on the First Sunday of Great Lent, and named the day, “the Sunday of Orthodoxy”The name “Orthodoxy” has gradually affected the character of the feast. Originally commemorating only the defeat of Iconoclasm, the commemoration has gradually come to be understood in a more general sense as opposition to all heterodoxy. In this way, though its first occasion is not forgotten, the feast has become one in honour of the true Faith in general. This is shown by its special service.

Liturgy next Sunday, February 21 at 12 noon

Easter Bake SaleThis year there will not be a Bake Sale day. There will only be advance sales. Deadline for advance orders (for parishio-ners and public) is February 29Contacts Gloria Leniuk 692-1550Betty Lys 692-1427

54 Ways to Be Merciful During the Jubilee Year of Mercy

Practicing mercy in our lives actually does take practice

36) Respond to provocation with the respect you wish a person would show you.37) Learn the Jesus Prayer and use it.38) Take a few minutes during the week to stop at a church and sit before the Tabernacle, simply to be with Christ, the Merciful. If you cannot do that, meditate upon the crucifix.39) Pray a novena for the good of someone you dislike.40) Dig out your most attractive stationary and hand-write an ac-tual letter to someone, as a means of demonstrating their impor-tance to you.41) Offer to read to someone who is feeling ill or is just feeling blue.42) Ask the Holy Spirit to groan for you when you cannot bring yourself to pray for someone who has done you an injury.43) Lead with a kind comment with friends as well as strangers.44) When conversations devolve into “the dark joy” of gossip, help change the subject.45) Can you play the piano, or any instrument? Can you recite poetry? Give free “concerts” to the forgotten people in nursing homes and assisted living centers.46) Visit the graves of your ancestors, or visit a local cemetery and walk around praying a rosary for all the souls buried there47) Go On Retreat. It’s a way to be merciful to yourself and also to the people around you, who know you need to go on retreat. If you cannot do that, at least try to make a day, or evening, of recol-lection.48) Admit your jealousy, both to yourself and your confessor.49) Offer to pray with someone, even someone you encounter on the street or public transport who looks like they could use it.50) Keep holy cards, short prayers, or blessed medals handy and give them out to people you meet as you are inspired as a blessing to others.51) Offer hospitality in your home to someone or a group of people you would normally never invite over.52) With a few other people at your church, plan a party and invite all those from “the highways and byways” to come.51) If someone you know seems to lack faith, share some of yours — tell him or her how Christ has changed your life.52) Pay the parking or toll fee for the person behind you.53) Give the much-maligned Pope Benedict XVI a fair reading sometime. You’ll be surprised.54) Pray every day for the souls in Purgatory. Pray for your dead.

Prayer of St. EphremO Lord and Master of my life! Keep from me the spirit of indifference and discouragement, lust of power, and idle chatter. Instead grant to me, your servant, the spirit of wholeness of being, humble mindedness, patience, and love.

O Lord and King! Grant me the grace to be aware of my sins and not to judge my brother, for you are blessed now and for ever and ever. Amen

Today it was announced that Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill will meet in Cuba, on the Pope’s way to Mexico.Here is a joint statement regarding the meeting:The Holy See and the Patriarchate of Moscow are pleased to an-nounce that, by the grace of God, His Holiness Pope Francis and His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia will meet on February 12 next. Their meeting will take place in Cuba, where the Pope will make a stop on his way to Mexico, and where the Patriarch will be on an official visit. It will include a personal con-versation at Havana’s José Martí International Airport, and will conclude with the signing of a joint declaration.This meeting of the Primates of the Catholic Church and the Rus-

sian Orthodox Church, after a long preparation, will be the first in history and will mark an important stage in relations between the two Churches. The Holy See and the Moscow Patriarchate hope that it will also be a sign of hope for all people of good will. They invite all Christians to pray fervently for God to bless this meeting, that it may bear good fruits.

Padre Pio’s incorrupt body is in Rome – here’s whyVatican City, Feb 4, 2016 / 10:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The partially incorrupt body of Padre Pio has arrived to Rome for the first time ever alongside that of another friar, St. Leopold Mandic, as a special initiative for the Jubilee of Mercy.They will remain for a week of vigils, Masses and stops at several Roman churches, including St. Peter’s Basilica, before returning to their usual place of repose.Both members of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin founded by St. Francis of Assisi, more commonly known as “Franciscans,” the saints lived during the same time period, and were both canonized by St. John Paul II.The relics of the two saints were welcomed to St. Lawrence with a large celebration and procession into the basilica.

Padre Pio’s body will be placed at the basilica’s Altar of the Con-fession until Feb. 11, where pilgrims can come to venerate the saint.Perhaps one of the biggest highlights of having the relics in St. Peter’s is that they will be present for the Feb. 10 commissioning of the Jubilee missionaries of mercy, who will concelebrate Ash Wednesday Mass with the Pope inside the basilica.

It is said that while alive Padre Pio, who never left San Giovanni Rotonto after being assigned there, was asked if he would ever return to his childhood hometown of Pietrelcina. In response, the saint said that he would return one day, but not until after his death.St. Pio of Pietrelcina, colloquially known as “Padre Pio,” was a priest of the Order of the Friars Minor Capuchin, a stigmatist, and a mystic, who lived from 1887-1968. He was beatified in 1999, and canonized in 2002 by St. John Paul II. His brother friar St. Leopold Mandic, also a Capuchin, was born in 1866 in Croatia, but spent the majority of his life in the northern Italian city of Padua, where his relics remain to this day. For nearly 30 years he would spend 10-15 hours a day in the confessional, and was known for being generous with forgiveness and mercy. He died in 1942, and was canonized by St. John Paul II Dec. 16, 1983.