SERVICE SCHEDULE

WEEKDAYS: MONDAY–FRIDAY 8:00AM or 7:00PM TBA

SATURDAY: 9:00AM; 4:00PM (Vigil Sunday-Eng)

SUNDAY: 8:30 AM; 10:30 AM (Ukrainian)

CONFESSIONS are heard before each Divine Liturgy by req. Baptism – Arrangement for baptism to be made Personally at the Parish Office. Please call rectory for an appointment.

Marriage – Arrangements for marriage are to be made at least 6 months prior to the Wedding date. Please call rectory for an appointment.

Sick Calls – To arrange for Sacraments for the elderly and sick at home, please call Parish Office. Please advise the rectory of any hospitalization.

Bulletin Notices – Notices for the bulletin must be e-mailed or in writing by Wednesday @8PM to be included in that week’s bulletin.

Stewardship – Remember St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church in your will.

Office hours – by Appointment Only! Please Call 860-525-7823

Special Share in the Eucharist *– bread & wine offered for a day, week, month, or year. Donations: one week - $20. Donors/intentions will be listed.

Eternal Light *– offering to light for a week $10.00. Altar Candles *- offering to light for a week $10.00.

Bulletin Sponsorship* - $5 per week

Ukra=ns;ka Katolyc;ka Cerkva Sv. Arxystratyha Myxa=la

St. Michael The Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church

125-135 Wethersfield Ave., Hartford, CT 06114 Rectory (860)-525-7823; School (860)-547-0858;

E-mail: st_michael@comcast.net (private intentions) contact@smucc.org (general inquiries)

Online Bulletins, Announcements & More: www.smucc.org

Very Rev. Pawlo Martyniuk o. Pavlo Martynqk Trustees : Julie Nesteruk and Adrian Mishtal

Art and Music Directors: Julia Nesteruk and Lesya Rudyk Children's First Holy Communion Program Director: Irene Bobriwnyk

SLAVA ISUSU XRYSTU! PRAISED BE JESUS CHRIST!

March 4, 2018

3-t\ NEDIL| VELYKOHO POSTU 3rd SUNDAY of the GREAT FAST

Tone 6 Ap./Ep. Wv./Heb. 4:14-5:6. Wv./Gospel Mk./Mk. – 8: 34-19:1

3-t\ NEDIL| VELYKOHO POSTU 3rd SUNDAY of the GREAT FAST

Xrestopoklonna Nedil\ � Veneration of the HOLY CROSS.

Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great Bo]estvenna Liturhi\ Sv. Vasyli\ Velykoho Tone 6 Ap./Ep. Wv./Heb. 4:14-5:6. Wv./Gospel Mk./Mk. – 8: 34-19:1

Sat. 03/03 4:00AM For Parishioners * Pro Populo

Sun. 03/04 8:30AM Божественнa Літургія за Парафіян і за мир та єднiсть в українському народі * Pro Populo 10:30AM Божественнa Літургія за парафіян та в наміренні миру i єднoсті в українському народі * Pro Populo

4-yj ty]den; velykoho postu � 4th Week of the Great Fast 03/05 Monday 9:00AM God’s Blessing & Health for Helen KUCMAN – req. by Teresa Gluch

03/06 Tuesday 8:00AM George TOMASZEWSKY – req. by Stefania Peterson

03/07 Wednesday 8:00AM LITURHI| PEREDOSV|?ENYX DARIV 03/08 Thursday 8:00AM Alice MOKRYCKI – req. by Patricia Mokrycki 03/09 Friday 7:00PM STATIONS OF THE CROSS / XRESNA DOROHA

03/10 Saturday 9:00AM 4-TA ПОМИНАЛЬНА СУБОТА * SOROKOUSTY

SOROKOUSTY Divine Liturgy for all deceased followed by Panakhyda.

12:00PM Baptism

4-ta NEDIL| VELYKOHO POSTU 4th SUNDAY of the GREAT FAST

PREP. IVANA LISTVY?NYKA � THE VENERABLE JOHN CLIMACUS

Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great Bo]estvenna Liturhi\ Sv. Vasyli\ Velykoho Tone 7 Ap./Ep. Wv./Heb. 6:13-20. Wv./Gospel Mk./Mk. – 9: 17-31

Sat. 03/10 4:00PM For Parishioners * Pro Populo Sun. 03/11 8:30AM Божественнa Літургія за Парафіян та український народ. 10:30AM God’s Blessing & Health for Zenon KOWAL – req. by mother Rosalya Kowal

5-yj ty]den; velykoho postu � 5th Week of the Great Fast 03/12 Monday Aliturgical day

03/13 Tuesday 8:00AM Sofron & Rozalia WINIARSKYJ – req. by Stefania Peterson

03/14 Wednesday 8:00AM LITURHI| PEREDOSV|?ENYX DARIV 03/15 Thursday 9:00AM Ivan & Maria ZHOVKIVSKY – req. by Helen Kucman 03/16 Friday 7:00PM STATIONS OF THE CROSS / XRESNA DOROHA

03/17 Saturday АКАФІСТНА СУБОТА AKATHISTOS SATURDAY

9:00AM Akafist do Materi Bo]o[

10:00AM Caroline CHUBAN, long time parishioner – req. by Lubomyr Rokycky

5-ta NEDIL| VELYKOHO POSTU 5th SUNDAY of the GREAT FAST

PREPODOBNO+ MARI+ WHYPETS:KO+ � MARY OF THE EGYPT VENERABLE

Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great Bo]estvenna Liturhi\ Sv. Vasyli\ Velykoho Tone 8 Ap./Ep. Wv./Heb. 9:11-14. Wv./Gospel Mk./Mk. – 10: 32-45

VELYKOPOSNA MISI| LENTEN MISSION

Sat. 03/17 4:00PM For Parishioners * Pro Populo

Sun. 03/18 8:00AM-12:00PM SPOVID: Ukr/Eng CONFESSION 8:30AM Божественнa Літургія за мир та єднiсть в українському народі 10:30AM Божественнa Літургія за Парафіян і мир та єднiсть в українському народі

РАДУЙСЯ, ЖИТТЄДАЙНИЙ ХРЕСТЕ, БЛАГОЧЕСТЯ НЕЗДОЛАНА ПЕРЕМОГО, РАЙСЬКІ ДВЕРІ, ВІРНИХ ПІДКРІПЛЕННЯ , ЦЕРКОВНА ОБОРОНО! ТОБОЮ ТЛІННІСТЬ ПОДОЛАНО І СТОПТАНО ВЛАДУ

СМЕРТИ, А МИ ПІДНЕСЛИСЬ ІЗ ЗЕМЛІ НА НЕБО. ✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠

WELCOME to Our Visitors and Guests

We, welcome you to our community. We are honored and pleased for your participation at the Divine Liturgies. We invite you to raise your hearts, mind and bodies in praise to God. All Catholics may receive Holy Communion. Infants and children of the Eastern Churches(Canon 710) who have received Communion at the time of their Baptism and Chrismation may receive Communion through the faith of their parent(s). Orthodox Faithful may also receive Holy Communion (Canon 671). If you have any question or would like to be part of our community, please kindly see Fr. Pawlo Martyniuk.

� SERDE?NO VITAWMO vsix naшyx parafi\n, `o sv\tkuvatymut; u berezni mis\ci svo[ imenyny, urodyny ta qvile[. ~yro ba]awmo usim Vam ̀ edryx Bo]yx lask, ̀ astt\, zdorov#\ ta blahopolu//\ na Mnohi[ ta Blahi[ Lita! OUR SINCERE PRAYERS AND WISHES To our parishioners who celebrate their Birthday, Name Day and Anniversary in the month of March. May Our Lord Jesus Christ bestow his blessings of Good Health, Happiness, Peace and Grant You Many Blessed Years to Come!

� VI?NA LAMPA ETERNAL LIGHT An offering has been made for the Eternal Light to be lit for one (1) week, beginning Sunday, March 4th 2018, through March 10th 2017, in Memory of Alice Mokrycki, by daughter Patricia Mokrycki.

� VI?NA LAMPA ETERNAL LIGHT An offering has been made for the Eternal Light to be lit for one (1) week, beginning Sunday, March 11th 2017, through March 17th 2017, in Memory of Philemon Saweczka, by Anonymous. � НАПРЕСТОЛЬНА СВІЧКА ALTAR CANDLE An offering has been made for the Altar Candle Light to be lit for one (1) week, beginning Sunday, March 4th 2018, through March 10th 2018, in Memory of Anna Ochrim, by Irene, Jeannine and Stephan.

� НАПРЕСТОЛЬНА СВІЧКА ALTAR CANDLE An offering has been made for the Altar Candle Light to be lit for one (1) week, beginning Sunday, March 11th 2018, through March 17th 2018, in Memory of Julian Ochrim, by Irene, Jeannine and Stephan.

� BULLETIN ADVERTISING: A reminder to those who provide advertisements who would like to renew or update their announcements to please do so by calling the parish office at 860-525-7823 or see Fr. Pawlo after each Divine Liturgy.

� VIDVIDUVANN| NEDU}YX Dl\ udilenn\ Sv\tyx Tajn nedu]ym ta nemi/nym parafi\nam, pro'u povidomyty paroxa. Obov’\zok velykodno[ spovidi mo]na vykonaty do praznyka Voznesenn\ H.N.I.X. VISITING OF SICK. To arrange for Sacraments for elderly and sick at home, Please call the Parish Office at (860)-525-7823.

Please realize how truly blessed we are, and help others less

fortunate than us. God will reward us, for He is Good and loves mankind. “…For I was an hungry, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. …..Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.” (St Math. 25:35-40)

Remember that each of us has his own cross. . . The Golgotha of this cross is our heart: it is being lifted or implanted through a zealous determination to live according to the Spirit of God. . . Just as salvation of the world is by the Cross of God, so our salvation is by our crucifixion on our own cross. Bishop Theophan the Recluse

VELYKOPOSNA MISI| C;ohori/nu Velykoposnu misiq v ukra[ns;kij ta anhlijs;kij movax provede Preosv\`enyj Vladyka

Pavlo Xomnyc;kyj u nedilq 18-ho berezn\ (5 Nedil\ Postu). Prystupyty do Sv. Tajny Spovidi mo]na bude u nedilq rankom z 8>00 do 12>00 hod.

OPPORTUNITY TO FULFILL YOUR EASTER DUTY! On Sunday, March 18th 2018, Most Rev. Paul Chomnycky will conduct Lenten Mission (Ukr/Eng) & will hear confessions. An additional priest will be available to hear confessions during the Divine Liturgies fom 8:00am to 12:00pm. PLEASE NOTE: there will be NO confessions heard from Good Friday until Bright Tuesday except in the case of an emergency! Easter Duty may be fulfilled until

Ascension of our Lord

We bow to your Cross, o Lord, and we glorify your holy resurrection!

Teach me Your way, O LORD; I will walk in

Your truth; unite my heart to fear Your name.

I will give thanks to You, O Lord my God,

with all my heart, And will glorify Your

name forever. For Your loving-kindness

toward me is great, And You have

delivered my soul from the depths

of Sheol. Psalm 86:11-13

ШКОЛА УКРАЇНОЗНАВСТВА ЗАПРОШУЄ ВСІХ НА СВЯТО ТАРАСА ШЕВЧЕНКА

Учні та вчителі Школи Українознавства при церкві Св.

Михаїла в Гартфорді запрошують українську громаду та

гостей на Літературне Свято Творчості Тараса Шевченка.

Концерт відбудеться

4 березня о 1-й годині в

Українському Народному Домі.

Students and teachers of St. Michael's Ukrainian School of Hartford invite the

Ukrainian community and guests for the annual Celebration of Taras

Shevchenko's life and works.

The event will take place

March 4th at 1pm at

The Ukrainian National Home

961 Wethersfield Ave, Hartford, CT 06114

LENTEN PRAYER

Lord Jesus Christ our God, who wept over Lazarus and poured on him tears of sadness and compassion, accept the tears of my bitterness. Through your passion heal my passions, through your wounds bring remedies to my wounds, through your blood purify my blood and mingle with my body the perfume of your body which gives life. May the gall which your enemies gave you to drink sweeten my soul and dispel the bitterness poured into it by the adversary. May your body, stretched on the wood of the cross, speed towards you my mind, so dragged down by demons. May your head, which you laid on the cross, lift up again my head, buffeted by enemies. May your most hold hands, nailed to the cross by infidels, raise me from

the gulf of perdition towards you, as your holy mouth promised (John 12:32). May your face, which received blows and spitting from wretched men, make my face to shine, deformed as it is by iniquities. May your soul, which you gave up to your Father on the cross, lead me to you by your grace. I have no heart in the mourning to seek you with, I have neither repentance nor compunction, which bring the children back to their inheritance. Lord, I have no tears. My mind is clouded with earthly cares, and cannot lift its gaze to you in sadness. My heart has grown cold in a multitude of temptations, and cannot warm itself with the tears of your love. But you, O Lord Jesus Christ, treasure of all riches, grant me perfect repentance and a sorrowing heart, that I may seek you with all my heart, for apart from you I will have no riches. Give me, therefore, O Good One, your grace.

May the Father from whose bosom you went forth outside of time, from all eternity, renew in me the features of your image. I have abandoned you; do not abandon me. I have gone from your house; please go out to seek me and bring me in your pasture. Number me with the sheep of your chosen flock and feed me with them from the store of your divine Mysteries.

St. John Saba (Syrian monk of the 7th century)

ІСУС ПОМИРАЄ НА ХРЕСТІ Від Івана святого Євангелія читання (19:25-27)

А при хресті Ісусовім стояла його мати, сестра його матері, Марія Клеопова та Марія Мигдалина. Ісус, бачивши матір і біля

неї учня, що стояв, - а його ж любив він, - мовить до матері: "Жінко, ось син твій". А тоді й до учня мовить: "Ось мати твоя". І

від тієї хвилі учень узяв її до себе.

Від Матея святого Євангелія читання (27:45-46, 50)

Від шостої години темрява настала по всім краю аж до дев'ятої години. А близько дев'ятої години Ісус скрикнув міцним голосом, вимовляючи: "Елі, Елі, лема савахтані", - тобто: "Боже мій, Боже

мій, чому ти мене покинув?"... Ісус, скрикнувши сильним голосом, віддав духа.

РОЗВАЖАННЯ

Безглуздо думав чоловік: Бог помер! Але якщо помре Бог, то хто ж даруватиме нам життя? Якщо помре Бог, то що ж таке життя?

Життя - це Любов! Тоді хрест - це не смерть Бога, але момент, у якому розривається крихка шкаралупа людства, взятого Богом, і бере початок повінь любові15, що відновлює його.

З хреста народжується нове життя Савла, з хреста народжується навернення Августина, з хреста народжується щаслива убогість св. Франциска, [Антонія та Теодосія Печерських], з хреста народжується випромінююча доброта св. Вінкентія [та св. Бориса і Гліба], з хреста народжується героїзм св. Максиміляна Кольбе [та Омеляна Ковча], з хреста народжується чудесне милосердя [митрополита Андрея та] Матері Терези з Калькутти, з хреста народжується відвага [Патріарха Йосифа та] Івана Павла II, з хреста народжується революція любові: тому хрест не може бути смертю Бога, але народженням його Любові у світі. Будь благословенний, Хресте Христовий!

МОЛИТВА

Господи Ісусе, у тиші цього вечора чується твій голос: "Спраглий я! Спраглий я твоєї любові!"16

У тиші цієї ночі чується твоя молитва: "Отче, відпусти їм, не знають бо, що роблять"17.

У тиші історії чується твоє: "Звершилось "18.

Що ж саме звершилось?

"Я дав усе, я сказав вам усе, я приніс вам найкращу новину: Бог є любов! Господь любить вас!"

У тиші серця чується ніжність останнього твого подарунку: "Ось матір твоя: матір моя!"19

Дякуємо Тобі, Ісусе, що довірив Марії місію щоденного пригадування нам, що змістом усього є Любов: Любов Бога, насаджена у світі за посередництвом хреста! Дякуємо Тобі, Ісусе!

A Disciple's Ten Commandments: St. James 4:7-5:9, especially vs. 17: "Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin." The life in Christ is fully in accord

with the ethical mandates of the Ten Commandments given to the ancient People of God (Dt.

5:7-21; Ex. 20:1-17 LXX), yet it differs in a substantial way from life under the Law of Moses

in that Christian living depends on the heart for knowing how "to do good" (Jas. 4:17). This is

especially evident in today's reading from the Epistle of St. James in which the Apostle

effectively states a set of Ten Commandments for disciples who earnestly desire to live the new

life in Christ.

1. Submit to God (vs. 4:7). Our Lord teaches us that "God is a spirit" (Jn. 4:24). To submit to

God requires that we surrender the spiritual aspect of our being to Him, so that our spirit may be

united to Him "in spirit and in truth" (Jn. 4:24). In naming our spiritual aspect as the heart, we

can agree that the starting point of discipleship is the yielding of the heart to God.

2. Resist the devil (vs. 4:7). A preliminary act in the administration of the Baptismal Mystery is

the exorcism of every spirit of error, guile, idolatry, and deceit "which operateth through the

prompting of the Devil." These foul spirits are expelled in the Lord's Name so that the disciple

of Christ may ever continue to "renounce Satan, and all his Angels, and all his works, and all his

service, and all his pride" every day of life in this world.

3. Draw near to God (vs. 4:8). The Mysteries of Baptism and Chrismation are means to help

each disciple draw ever nearer to God through Christ's grace in the power of the Holy Spirit. The

effort and struggle required to approach God "in spirit and in truth" define the life in Christ.

4. Cleanse your hands (vs. 4:8). Clearly, any actions or words in support of any business or

pleasure which sully one's hands are sure to stultify the heart and mind in the service of God.

5. Purify your hearts (vs. 4:8). And, thus, once again, the issue for the Christian returns to the

heart. Our life's work is to rid our hearts of all impure desires that lead to improper actions.

6. Let your laughter be turned to mourning (vs. 4:9). As the Lord Himself taught, "Blessed are

those who mourn, for they shall be comforted" (Mt. 5:4). And why? Because, such mourners

grieve for themselves and for all who are fallen into Satan's lies. The life in Christ is a life of

repentance. Hence later the Apostle adds the command, "Weep and howl" (Jas. 5:1).

7. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord (vs. 4:10). Surely our mourning must be as our

Lord has commanded: to open the pitiful condition of our hearts before God, yet before men to

anoint our head and wash our face, making no appearances of piety and spiritual superiority.

8. Do not speak evil of one another (vs. 4:11). St. James among the Apostolic writers hastens

most swiftly to warn us of the dangers of the unruly tongue for the disciple (Jas. 1:18; 3:1-12).

Further in the passage he warns, "Do not grumble against one another" (vs. 5:9)

9. Live humbly in the will of God, saying, "If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that"

(vs. 4:15). The whole of the life in Christ as one of dependence upon the providence and grace

of God, so that one can readily attribute all things that come to and befall us as from the Lord,

either by His direct causation or by His permission, for our correction and growth.

10. You also be patient. Establish your hearts (vs. 5:8). Thus St. James ends as he began -

directing us to the condition of the heart. We are to cultivate patience in our hearts, as the

Prophet David also has said: "Wait on the Lord, be thou manful, and let thy heart be strengthened,

and wait on the Lord" (Ps. 26:16:LXX). Turn Thy face away from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. (Ps. 50:9,10 LXX)

Піст – послух Богові. Молитва – слухання Бога.

Нехай у цей час, стриманості і молитовного перебування з Богом, буде для нас можливістю зросту нашої віри в Бога і в Боже слово.

Також згідно із традиції Східної Церкви сьогодні робимо спомин святого преподобного Івана Ліствечника, великого подвижника, що умів бути прикладом для нас в слуханні Бога, адже 40 років пробував у мовчанні і слуханні Бога. Він є автором духовного твору, відомого під назвою «Ліствиця», задля якого монах і здобув назву

"Ліствечник”.

У цьому творі є поучення щодо нашого спасіння, яке вимагає від людини самозречення і духовних подвигів. «Ліствиця» вказує

найперше на очищення гріховної нечистоти, викорінювання пороків і пристрастей в старій людині; і закликає до відновлення в людині образу Божого. Хоча книга була написана для монахів та кожний християнин, що живе у сучасному світі, отримає в ній допомогу у духовному житті з Богом.

Сьогодні зупинимось над одним із ступенів «Ліствиці» (22-ий), що розкриває подвиг знищення пихатості, марнославства, самовивещення, самозахопленості, гордовитості.

Преподобний Іоан пише: «Пихатість висловлюється при кожній чесноті. Коли, наприклад, зберігаю піст – пишаюсь, і коли, приховуючи піст від інших, вирішую їсти, знову пишаюсь – розсудливістю. Одягнувшись в світлий одяг, перемагаюся шанобливістю і, переодягнувшись у дрантя, пишаюсь. Якщо почну говорити – потрапляю під владу пихатості. Якщо захочу мовчати, знову вдаюся до неї. Куди не поверни це терня, воно все стане колючками догори. Пихатий… на перший погляд шанує Бога, а в дійсності більше прагне догодити людям, аніж Богові… Люди високого духу зносять образу благодушно і охоче, а слухати похвали і не відчувати ніякої приємності можуть тільки святі і непорочні… Коли почуєш, що ближній або друг твій в очі або поза очі лихословить тебе, похвали і полюби його… Не той показує упокорювання, хто сам себе лає: як бути нестерпним самому собі? Але хто, збезчещений іншим, не зменшує своєї любові до нього… Хто звеличився природними даруваннями – щасливим розумом, високою освіченістю, читанням, приємною вимовою і іншими подібними рисами, які легко здобуваються, той ніколи не набуває надприродних дарів. Бо хто в малому не вірний, той і в великому буде не вірний і пихатий. Часто трапляється, що Сам Бог упокорює пихатих, насилаючи несподіване безчестя…

Якщо молитва не винищить пихатого помислу, пригадаймо розлучення душі з тілом. Якщо і це не допоможе, злякаємо його ганьбою Страшного Суду. «Той хто підноситься, буде понижений» вже навіть тут, раніше майбутнього обітованого життя. Коли ті, що хвалять, або краще – ліствиці, почнуть хвалити нас, негайно пригадаймо всі беззаконня свої і знайдемо, що ми зовсім не вартуємо того, що нам приписують».

Ці та інші слова поучення із «Ліствиці вказують на важливість нашого спасіння від тихого ворога, що хоче відняти від нас Цаство Боже. Зуміймо із смиренністю відкритися до слів духовного старця і прислухатися до його порад, які багатьом духовним чадам були у пригоді, а може і нам стануть.

Cardinal Müller criticizes German bishops’ plan opening Communion to Protestant spouses

February 28, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – Cardinal Gerhard Müller is opposing the German bishops’ decision to open Communion to the Protestant spouses of Catholics in some cases.

In a new interview to be published Thursday in the Catholic newspaper Die Tagespost, the former head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith says the German bishops are misusing canon law to support their decision.

The German bishops' website Katholisch.de issued a report on the interview today.

According to the report, Müller describes the expression “in individual cases” as a “rhetorical trick.”

While the Code of Canon Law (in Canon 844 § 4) allows such intercommunion in cases of “a grave spiritual need,” Müller suggests it is “not right” for the German bishops to invoke that provision of the Code in this circumstance.

The Code of Canon Law is not applicable here, according to Müller, since the canonical exceptions deal with the eternal salvation of souls and with danger of death. A mixed marriage, on the other hand, is not an emergency situation.

The cardinal’s concern is supported by canon lawyer Ed Condon who also opposed the new German intercommunion proposal in a February 23 article in the Catholic Herald.

Condon said that “these [German] guidelines would seem to go well beyond canon law, which puts very definite limits on who can receive Communion and when.” He insists, like Cardinal Müller, that “'Danger of death' or comparable 'grave necessity' ... is only envisaged as a one-off occasion. The German bishops’ intentions appear to go well beyond and provide for some kind of stable arrangement – receiving Communion week after week – which is completely outside what the Church provides for.”

In his new interview, Cardinal Müller insists that in the case that someone shares the Catholic Faith in the Eucharist – as a precondition for receiving Holy Communion – he also has to reject those teachings of non-Catholic communities that are opposed to it. He warns the German bishops not to deal, in their upcoming handout concerning intercommunion, “too loosely” with the theological principles that are involved in this matter. Otherwise, one might have to deal “with other undesired consequences” that could be drawn from this kind of approach. Cardinal Müller welcomes progress in the field of ecumenism as “desirable and necessary,” but insists this cannot lead toward a “protestantization of the Catholic Church.”

Cardinal Müller's resistance against the German push for intercommunion comes in the wake of a statement made by Cardinal Robert Sarah.

Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, has emphasized that intercommunion with Protestants is impossible.

In a preface to a new book on the Eucharist, the cardinal describes Communion by those who do not profess Catholic faith as “sacrilegious” and an “outrage” against the sacrament.

The cardinal elaborated in 2015, in response to Pope Francis’ comments to the Lutheran woman.

“Intercommunion is not permitted between Catholics and non-Catholics. You must confess the Catholic Faith. A non-Catholic cannot receive Communion. That is very, very clear. It’s not a matter of following your conscience,” the cardinal said.

“It’s not a personal desire or a personal dialogue with Jesus that determines if I can receive Communion in the Catholic Church. How can I know that the Lord has really said: ‘Come and receive My Body.’ No. A person cannot decide if he is able to receive Communion. He has to have the rule of the Church: i.e., being a Catholic, being in a state of grace, properly married [if married].”

The cardinal warned that if Holy Communion is not received correctly it would not be a benefit to unity, but quoting St. Paul he said, “We will eat our condemnation.”

In the Die Tagespost interview, the German cardinal also again criticizes the suggestion raised by German bishops to offer a blessing for homosexual couples. He had previously characterized these blessings as an “atrocity.” It would be a “sacrilegious presumption” to condemn persons with homosexual inclinations, he says now, “but nobody can ask for God's blessing here since homosexual acts are contrary to the Will of God.”

“Pastoral assistance looks differently and can only serve the peace of soul if it remains on the foundation of truth,” he adds.

MOLYTVA SLUHY BO}OHO MYTROPOLYTA ANDRE| NA STRASTI XRYSTOVI.

Ty velykyj Hospody, Sotvorytelq neba j zemli, /udni j velyki Tvo= dila j ni\ka mova ne mo]e Tebe dostojno xvalyty, ale vsi Tvo= dila perevy`uw

bezkone/na vely/ Tvoho myloserd\. Ty z neba pryslav nam na zemlq Tvoho Wdynorodnoho Syna. Vin dl\ nas

stav /olovikom, narodyvs\ z Pre/ysto= Divy Mari= i hrixy na'i vz\v na Sebe, za nas zranenyj umer na xresti, `ob nas spasty.

Poklon\wmos\ mukam Tvo=m, Xryste, poklon\wmos\ Tvo=j dobroti, Tvowmu myloserdq j ni/oho ne ba]awmo bil;'e, \k Tvow= sv\to= blahodati. Daj nam usim cinyty +=, \k treba j tak ]yty, `ob my += ne vtratyly, a zaslu]yly na

vi/ne bla]enstvo u Tvowmu Carstvi.

МОЛИТВА СВЯТОГО ЄФРЕМА СИРІНА

(Під час Великого посту читаємо цю покаянну і молитву з поклонами).

Господи і Владико життя мого, дух млявости, недбайливости, владолюбства й пустослів’я віджени від мене. (Доземний поклін).

Дух же доброчесности і смиренномудрія, терпіння й любови даруй мені, недостойному рабові Твоєму (недостойній рабі Твоїй). (Доземний поклін).

Так, Господи Царю, дай мені бачити мої прогрішення і не осуджувати брата мого, бо Ти благословен єси на віки віків. Амінь. (Доземний поклін).

(Після цього дванадцять малих поклонів, промовляючи:)

Боже, милостивий будь мені, грішному (грішній). Боже, очисти мої гріхи і помилуй мене.

Без числа нагрішив (нагрішила) я, Господи, прости мені.

(І знову cila молитва святого Єфрема і один земний поклін).

Having suffered the Passion for us, O Jesus Christ, Son of God,

have mercy on us!

Preterpivyj za yas Strasty, Isuse Xryste, Synu Bo]yj, pomyluj nas!

«Цінуймо нашу соборність, не йдімо на повідку псевдопатріотів, що сіють чвари в нашому народі», — єпископи УГКЦ Середа, 28 лютого 2018

Уроки минулих століть мають навчити нас цінувати і берегти єдність народу, не спекулювати на природних проявах регіонального, культурного, конфесійного чи етнічного розмаїття, яке насправді нас збагачує, а не загрожує державотворенню. Про це мовиться у Посланні Синоду Єпископів Києво-Галицького Верховного Архиєпископства УГКЦ з нагоди сторіччя відновлення української державності в розділі «Звершені в єдності»

Як наголошують єпископи в Посланні, вороги української державності намагаються розколоти народ, протиставляючи одні групи іншим, натомість відповідальні політики та справжні патріоти повинні докладати всіх зусиль, щоб запевнити згуртування, взаємодопомогу і дієву солідарність між усіма складовими українського суспільства.

На думку владик, таке змагання до єдності випливає не лише з національних інтересів нашого народу. Воно вписане в саму природу людської спільноти, в якій закладено прагнення до цілісності, до згуртованості. Наш відвічний національний ідеал «соборності» віддзеркалюється у простих гаслах, які повторюють навіть діти: «Україна — єдина!», «Схід і Захід разом!»

Проте, на переконання авторів Послання, наш народ зазнавав трагічних наслідків і поділів, які спричинювали й ми самі — внутрішніми чварами, протистояннями на різних рівнях, несправедливими діями, підбурюванням одних супроти інших, висуванням на перший план власних (часто вузькопартійних) інтересів, а не загальнонаціональних потреб.

Уже праведний митрополит Шептицький із болем у серці стверджував: «На жаль, навіть з поверхової обсервації нашого національного життя конечно доходиться до висновків, що є в душі українця глибока й сильна воля мати свою державу, та попри ту волю знайдеться, може, рівносильна і глибока воля, щоб та держава була конечно такою, якою хоче її мати чи партія, чи кліка, чи група, чи навіть одинця. Бо як же пояснити те фатальне ділення поміж собою, спори, роздори, сварні, ту партійність, яка нищить кожну національну справу?! Як пояснити психіку таких численних гарячих патріотів, яких праця має визначний руїнний характер?!» «На превеликий жаль, ці слова митрополита Андрея, сказані в далекому 1941 році, не втратили нічого зі своєї актуальності, бо, дивлячись на сьогодення, неозброєним оком бачимо «руйнівний характер» діяльності багатьох політиків і політичних сил», — констатують єпископи.

«Спогадуючи цінний, — пишуть у Посланні владики, — здебільшого гіркий столітній досвід минулого, ми сьогодні скеровуємо заклик не тільки до наших політиків і громадських діячів, а й звертаємося до кожного українця і кожної українки, хоч би де вони зараз перебували: цінуймо соборність Української Держави, плекаймо єдність і солідарність між собою, не йдучи на повідку тих псевдопатріотів, що сіють недовіру, незгоду, чвари та поділи в нашому народі».

«Така їхня «праця», — переконують члени Синоду, — неминуче вестиме до ослаблення національних сил, урешті — до втрати здобутої, а сьогодні обстоюваної такою великою ціною української державності. Ми, пастирі цього народу, заносимо до Господа нашу прадавню молитву-благання: «В єдності сила народу. Боже, нам єдність подай!»

Департамент інформації УГКЦ

March 4, 2018 3RD SUNDAY OF THE GREAT FAST (Tone 6)

VENERATION OF THE HOLY CROSS

The First Antiphon Psalm of the Typica: Bless the Lord, O my soul,* Blessed are You, O Lord. Bless the Lord, O my soul,* and all that is within me bless His holy Name. Bless the Lord, O my soul,* and forget not all His benefits: Who forgives all of your sins,* Who heals all your afflictions; Who redeems your life from destruction,* who crowns you with mercy and compassion. The Lord, is compassionate and merciful,* long-suffering and of great mercy. Bless the Lord, O my soul,* and all that is within me bless his holy Name.* Blessed are You, O Lord.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,* now and always, and

forever and ever. Amen. Only-Begotten Son and Word of God …

The Third Antiphon The Beatitudes: Remember us, O Lord,* when you come into Your Kingdom. Blessed are the poor in spirit,* for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. Blessed are those who mourn,* for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek,* for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,* for they will be satisfied. Blessed are the merciful,* for they will obtain mercy. Blessed are the poor in heart,* for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers,* for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are those who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness,* for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. Blessed are you when men reproach you,* and persecute you,* and say all manner of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad,* for great is your reward in Heaven.

Entrance: Come, let us worship and fall down before Christ. Son of God, risen from the dead, save us who sing to You: Alleluia.

TROPAR (Tone 6): Angelic powers were upon Your tomb and the guards became like dead men; Mary stood before Your tomb seeking Your most pure body. You captured Hades without being overcome by it. You met the Virgin and granted life O Lord, risen from the dead, glory be to You!

TROPAR (Tone 1): Save Your people, O Lord, and bless Your inheritance. Grant victory to Your faithful people against enemies, and protect Your community by Your cross

Glory be to the Father and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and ever.

Amen.

KONDAK (Tone 7): No longer does the flaming sword guard the gate of Eden, for a glorious extinction has come upon it, the wood of the Cross. The sting has been drawn from death and the victory from hell. And Thou, my Savior, didst come and shout to those in hell: Enter Paradise again.

In place of Holy God, Holy and Mighty…… (Khrestu Tvojemu….)

To Your cross, O Master, we bow in veneration, and we glorify Your holy resurrection (3)

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit now and for ever and ever. Amen.

And we glorify Your holy resurrection.

To Your cross, O Master, we bow in veneration, and we glorify Your holy resurrection

PROKIMEN (Tone 6) : Save Your people, O Lord, and bless Your inheritance. Verse: Unto You I will cry, O Lord my God, lest You turn from me in silence. Save Your people, O Lord, and bless Your inheritance.

A reading from the Epistle of St. Paul to Hebrews (4,14-5,6)

Brethren: Since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus,

the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession. For we do not have a high priest who is

unable to sympathize with our weakness, but one who has similarly been tested in every

way, yet without sin. So let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy

and to find grace for timely help. Every high priest is taken from among men and made

their representative before God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He is able to deal

patiently with the ignorant and erring, for he himself is beset by weakness and so, for this

reason must make sin offerings for himself as well as for the people. No one takes this

honor upon himself but only when called by God, just as Aaron was. In the same way, it

was not Christ who glorified himself in becoming high priest, but rather the one who said to

him: “You are my son; this day I have begotten you”; just as he says in another place: “You

are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.”

ALLELUIA (Tone 1) : Remember Your congregation which You acquired from the beginning. Alleluia. (3) Verse: But God is our king before the ages; He has wrought salvation in the midst of the earth. Alleluia (3)

INSTEAD OF "It is truly right..."

In thee rejoices, O thou who art full of grace, all creation, the assembly of the angels and the race of man, O Sanctified Temple and rational Paradise, Boast of Virgins, of whom God was incarnate and became a child, even our God, who is before the ages, for He made of thy body a throne and thy womb did He form more spacious than the heavens. In thee rejoices, O thou who art full of grace, all creation. Glory to thee.

COMMUNION HYMN:

Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise Him in the highest. Alleluia. (3)

Let the light of Your countenance, O Lord, shine upon us. Alleluia. (3)

Veneration of the Precious Cross after the Divine Liturgy: (Khrestu Tvojemu….)

To Your cross, O Master, we bow in veneration, and we glorify Your holy resurrection (3)

Not only the Third Sunday of Great Lent, but the week that follows, are devoted to welcoming the Precious Cross of Christ. This adoration of the Cross does not have a penitential character, but rather the opposite: “through the Cross joy has come to the whole world.” Having reached the midpoint of Lent we take refreshment, as though at a spiritual oasis, in the shade of the Cross, which is the banner and emblem of Christ’s victory. The Cross is a sign of our joy in Christ’s triumph. The liturgical texts express this joy; all the hymns in praise of the Cross have a victorious note to them. (The Canon of Sunday Matins resembles the Paschal Canon of Saint John of Damascus.)

Cardinal Sarah: Top western prelates are part of a ‘new betrayal’ of

Jesus’ teachings BELGIUM, February 27, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – High-level prelates looking to change Catholic Church teaching on life, marriage, and the family are guilty of a “new betrayal,” said Cardinal Robert Sarah.

Such clerics “contribute to the destruction of the natural institution of marriage as well as the family,” he said in a talk to a church full of people during his February 6-7 visit to Belgium. His remarks were translated by Giuseppe Pellegrino.

Cardinal Sarah, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, accused some unnamed top-ranking prelates of “working to cause modifications to Christian morality.”

“Some high-ranking prelates, above all those coming from opulent nations, are working to cause modifications to Christian morality with regard to the absolute respect for life from conception until natural death, the question of the divorced and civilly remarried, and other problematic family situations,” he said.

“These ‘guardians of the faith’ however ought not to lose sight of the fact that the problem posed by the fragmentation of the ends of marriage is a problem of natural morality,” he continued.

“The great derivations became manifest when some prelates or Catholic intellectuals began to say or write ‘a green light for abortion,’ ‘a green light for euthanasia.’ Now, from the moment that Catholics abandon the teaching of Jesus and the Magisterium of the Church, they contribute to the destruction of the natural institution of marriage as well as the family and it is now the entire human family which finds itself fractured by this new betrayal on the part of priests,” he added.

The Cardinal referenced Humanae Vitae, an encyclical issued 50 years ago that many have found to be prophetic in its prediction of destruction in society owing to the advent of artificial contraception.

“The Church needs to turn to the encyclical Humanae Vitae of Paul VI as well as to the teachings of John Paul II and Benedict XVI on these vital questions for the human race,” said Sarah.

“The Church needs to affirm with strength and without ambiguity the Magisterial weight of all of this teaching, display clearly its continuity (with the Tradition) and protect this treasure from the predators of this world without God in which we live,” he said.

The cardinal made his remarks before a full church with several senior Belgian churchmen present, including Cardinal Jozef De Kesel archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels and Belgium’s apostolic nuncio and Abbot Philippe Mawet, the Church’s local head of the French-speaking pastoral ministry.

The Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, Cardinal Sarah has several times made forthright statements in support of Catholic principles, most recently calling upon Catholics to return to receiving Holy Communion on the tongue and kneeling.

His upholding of Church teaching in both the areas of doctrine and liturgy has drawn liberal ire and apparent rebuke from other Church leaders.

While in Belgium, Cardinal Sarah also gave an interview with Catholic media outlet Cathobel in which he was also critical of Church leadership for departing from the Church’s teaching to remain relevant in today’s culture.

He said the Church today should face up to important questions, but especially to “her fidelity to Jesus, to his Gospel, to the teaching which she has always received from the first popes, from the councils…and this is not evident, because the Church desires to adapt herself to the cultural context, to modern culture.”

“Faith has become lacking, not only on the level of the people of God but also among those responsible for the Church,” Sarah said. “Sometimes we can ask ourselves if we really have faith.”

The deficiency of faith is killing Western culture, he added.

“Not only is the West losing its soul, but it is committing suicide, because a tree without roots is condemned to death,” he said. “I think that the West cannot renounce its roots, which created its culture and its values.”

Cardinal Sarah continued that, “There are chilling things happening in the West.” He criticized governments who hold foreign aid over the heads of developing nations for their acceptance of abortion.

“I think that a parliament which authorizes the death of an innocent baby, without defense, is committing a grave act of violence against the human person,” he said. “When abortion is imposed, especially on nations in the developing world, saying that if they do not accept it they will no longer receive aid, it is an act of violence.”

This comes from forsaking God, said Cardinal Sarah, and leads to objectifying human beings.

“And it is no surprise. When God is abandoned, man is also abandoned; there is no longer a clear vision of who man is,” he said. “This is a great anthropological crisis in the West. And it leads to people being treated like objects.”

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