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Ninth Week After Pentecost |
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July 7-13, 2008 
Matthew 20:8-16 - And when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, `Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, up to the first.' And when those hired about the eleventh hour came, each of them received a denarius. Now when the first came, they thought they would receive more; but each of them also received a denarius. And on receiving it they grumbled at the householder, saying, `These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.' But he replied to one of them, `Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for a denarius? Take what belongs to you, and go; I choose to give to this last as I give to you. Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?' So the last will be first, and the first last." (RSV - Excerpt from the Gospel for the 9th Wednesday) St. John Chrysostom - In the kingdom of heaven there is no one who justifies himself or blames others in this way; perish the thought! Heaven is pure and free from envy and jealousy. For if the saints when they are here give their lives for sinners (those who repent and choose Christ at the end of the day before it is too late), how much more do they rejoice when they see them there enjoying rewards and consider their blessings to be their own. Scripture - Monday - 1 Corinthians 11:31-12:6, Matthew 18:7-11
- Tuesday - 1 Corinthians 12:12-26, Matthew 18:18-22; 19:1, 2, 13-15
- Wednesday - 1 Corinthians 13.4-14:5, Matthew 20:1-16
- Thursday - 1 Corinthians 14:6-19, Matthew 20:17-28
- Friday - 1 Corinthians 14:26-40, Matthew 21:12-14, 17-20
- Saturday - Romans 14:6-9, Mathew 15:32-39
- Sunday - John 20:19-31, 1 Corinthians 3:9-17, Matthew 14:22-34
The icon is of St. Anthony of Kiev, Founder of Monasticism in the Slav Lands (July 10th). |
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Venerable Olympia and Laurentia Feastday Celebrations, Saskatoon, Canada |
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 04.07, [15:51] // News //
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Saskatoon - Hundreds of pilgrims, including: His Grace Archbishop Luigi Ventura, Apostolic Nuncio of Canada; His Grace Lawrence Huculak, Metropolitan for Ukrainian Catholics in Canada; newly consecrated Eparch of Saskatoon, Most Rev. Bryan Bayda, CSsR; Metropolitan Emeritus Michael Bzdel, CSsR; Most Rev. Ken Nowakowski, Eparch of New Westminster; Most Rev. John Pazak, CSsR, Byzantine Slovak Eparchy, Unionville, Ontario; Most Rev. Cornelius Pasichny, OSBM, Bishop Emertius Toronto; Most Rev. Severian Yakymyshyn, OSBM, Bishop Emeritus New Westminister; and Most Rev. Michael Wiwchar, CSsR, Bishop Emeritus of Saskatoon; as well as several priests and nuns converged on the Shrine to the Venerable Nun Martyrs Olympia and Laurentia, on the evening of June 27th, to prayerfully observe their feastday.
The ‘praznyk’, which usually spans the better part of the entire day, had to be scaled down this year due to the ordination of our new Bishop: however, the pilgrims were not to be deterred. Many who had travelled long distances to attend the ordination stayed on to prayerfully honour two of the Church's newest heros; and, implore their intercession before God. |
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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew delivers Vesperal homily at Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
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 Rome - 29980630 - The initiation of the Pauline year began on June 28, 2008 with a Vespers service for the feast day of the Apostles Peter and Paul at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, Italy. His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, who joined His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI at the basilica, delivered the following homily:
Your Holiness, beloved Brother in Christ,
Dearest faithful in the Lord,
It is with solemn joy that we stand for vesperal prayer in this splendid and ancient temple of St. Paul "Outside the Walls" in the presence of numerous devout pilgrims from throughout the world on the occasion of the formal and festive opening of the Year of St. Paul, Apostle to the Gentiles.
The radical conversion and apostolic kerygma of Saul of Tarsus literally shook history in its entirety and shaped the very identity of Christianity. This great man profoundly influenced such classical Church Fathers as St. John Chrysostom in the East and St. Augustine of Hippo in the West. Though he never met Jesus of Nazareth, nevertheless St. Paul received the Gospel directly "from the revelation of Jesus Christ." (Gal. 1.11-12)
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