May 29, 2016

SAINT BASIL the GREAT PARISH

202 HARCOURT STREET, WINNIPEG, MB R3J 3H3

Parish Office: 204-837-4180 Parish Hall: 204-889-9057

Parish Priest: Rt. Rev Canon Walter Klimchuk

“He Who Eats My Flesh and Drinks My Blood

has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the

last day.” (John 6:54)

From Father Walter

Who can fathom the mystery

of God’s love in the

Eucharist? God could have

saved us from a distance,

but he chose instead to send

his Son to live with us and

give us the food that

empowers us to live in God!

But how does the Eucharist

bring about this union with

Christ? Father Raniero

Cantalamessa, the preacher

to the Pope’s household, offers these reflections in his book, The

Eucharist, Our Sanctification:

“An atheist philosopher said, “Man is what he eats.”… Once

again, without knowing it, an atheist has expressed the Christian

mystery in the best way. Because of the Eucharist, a Christian is

truly what he eats.

“The Fathers of the Church took the example of physical

nourishment to explain this mystery. It is the stronger form of life,

they said, that assimilates the weaker and not vice versa. So to

those who receive him, Jesus says: “You shall not change me

into you. Instead you shall be changed into me.” So, while the

food that nourishes the body is assimilated by the body and forms

human blood, the complete opposite takes place with the bread of

life. This bread gives life to those who receive it. It assimilates

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them and transforms them into itself. Jesus makes us like Him in our sentiments, desires,

and our way of thinking; in a word, he creates in us ‘the mind that was in Christ Jesus’

(Philippians 2:5).

“There is no moment or experience in Christ’s life that we cannot relive and share in

Communion. St. Paul synthesises the mystery of Christ’s cross, when he says,’ he emptied

himself’ (Philippians 2:7).

Therefore, one of our Liturgies could be filled with these words, especially if celebrated at a

moment when we have been wronged and feel in a state of total rebellion, or when we are

faced with a difficult obedience. Jesus, we can say, emptied Himself and I want to empty

myself too, by dying to myself and my own ‘reasons’! This is true ‘communion’ with Christ.”

“Lord Jesus, thank You for making Yourself available to me through the Eucharist. Prepare

my heart so that when I receive You I will be transformed-lifted out of myself and joined in

love to You!”

The Beatitudes, Part Two:

Poor in Spirit

Jesus Christ is easily the most important figure in the history of mankind. No matter how one

may regard Him, he will eventually have to concede this point. Jesus' life and death and the

teachings attributed to Him have influenced the course of human history more than any other

man who has ever lived—more than Alexander, any of the Caesars, Charlemagne,

Mohammed, Napoleon, Washington, Marx, Freud or Ghandi. More people's lives are

influenced by His doctrines; more books are written concerning Him; more speeches

(sermons) are made about Him than all other historical figures combined.

Jesus was the world's greatest Prophet and Teacher. He was God, yet He took on Himself

the nature of mankind. He has been the religious inspiration for the whole of North and South

America as well as Europe for almost over two thousand years. His religion, Christianity, has

dominated and molded the destinies of virtually the entire world culturally, socially, politically,

academically, technologically, economically and militarily.

Therefore, we can hardly undertake a more important task than to inquire into what Jesus

really stood for. What did He teach?

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God places the Sermon on the Mount near the beginning of the very first book in the New

Testament, immediately after Jesus begins to preach the gospel of the Kingdom of God. Also

of note is that it follows His call for repentance—for deep, heartfelt, sincere and radical

change in a person's thinking and way of life. This change is what causes conversion to

God's way. Then the Beatitudes appear as the preamble to the best-known sermon ever

preached, teaching intended for those who have repented and are being converted.

The Beatitudes are Christ's specifications of what every disciple ought to be. All of these

qualities should characterize each of His followers. During His earthly lifetime, Jesus

demonstrated these qualities in His own person, and He expects us to do likewise.

Just as surely as every Christian character

should produce all nine segments of the fruit

of the Spirit, so Christ's eight Beatitudes

describe His ideal for every citizen of God's

Kingdom. Unlike the gifts of the Spirit, which

He distributes as He wills to different

members of His body to equip them for

different kinds of service, the Beatitudes are qualities each

Christian needs. We cannot escape our responsibility to

seek them all.

Each beatitude pronounces the person who possesses that quality as "blessed." Jesus

makes objective judgments about the state of the citizens of God's Kingdom. He declares,

not what they feel like, but what God thinks of them. People with these qualities gain His

approval. Because God thinks well of them, they are "blessed."

The second half of each beatitude

reveals what the blessing is. Just as

surely as all eight of the qualities

should be part of each Christian, so

each should share in the eight

blessings. As the eight qualities

provide broad overviews of our

responsibilities, the eight blessings

give us insight into the broad privileges that come to us because we are meeting our

responsibilities and God is pleased.

Are the promised blessings intended for the future or now? The answer is both. God does

not expect a Christian to have to wait until the future becomes the present to be blessed.

Although we must endure heavy trials and pressures from time to time, is it not possible to be

blessed with contentment and a sense of well-being—rather than a troubled spirit and

debilitating anxiety—while patiently going through them?

Is not the Kingdom of God a present reality that we can enter, receive, inherit, or as Paul

says in Colossians 1:13, be "translated into" in the here and now? Can we not obtain mercy

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and be comforted now? Can we not become children of God now, and in this life have our

hunger satisfied and thirst quenched? The reality is that all eight blessings have both a

present and future fulfillment. We enjoy the first fruits now, yet the full harvest is yet to come.

We receive some of the blessing now but much more later.

Like the Ten Commandments, each stands alone, but at the same time it is firmly linked to all

the others, making a complete set of qualities each child of God must have to be in His

Kingdom. The first four, dealing specifically with one's relationship with God, sets the stage

for the final four, which have more to do with one's relations to man.

Blessed Are the Poor

"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."

David,says of himself in a situation where he felt only God could deliver

him, "This poor man cried out, and the Lord heard him, and saved him

out of all his troubles" (Psalm 34:6).

God wants His children to have this recognition of poverty regarding

true spiritual things, and possess the drive to seek their enrichment

from Him.

The Old Testament supplies the background to Jesus' use of "poor." From statements like

David's, we realize that when God prophesies regarding Jesus—

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good

tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the

captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound" (Isaiah 61:1)

—He is not speaking of the economically poor but those who are poor in spiritual qualities or

poor in terms of a relationship with Him.

One can be spiritually poor regardless of how much money he possesses. He can be

broken-hearted though living in grand houses, driving luxury automobiles, wearing the finest

apparel and circulating in the highest levels of society. Is being captive to sin and Satan or

addicted to drugs, fashion or the vain praise of men restricted by economic boundaries?

Neither are godly attributes.

Jesus is not speaking to any clearly demarcated

group. Though riches can motivate pride, the

economically poor possess pride too. Jesus

says the poor are blessed, but neither poverty

nor wealth can confer spiritual blessings, though

poverty may help to lead a person to humility.

Both poverty and wealth can entail great spiritual

peril. A poverty-stricken person can become

very self-centered because of his desperate

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need, and a wealthy person can become equally self-centered through his profligacy. Jesus'

words cover the whole span of mankind's circumstances because anyone without a right and

true relationship with God can fall within His description. "Poor," as Jesus uses it, truly relates

to a spiritual quality.

"Poor" does not stand alone; Jesus connects it with "spirit" to clarify His intention. Even as

the economically poor are very aware of their need, so also are the poor in spirit. Yet a vast

difference lies between this and being financially destitute. Poverty of spirit is a fruit not

produced in the natural man, but a work of God's Holy Spirit in the minds of those He has

called and is converting, explaining why being poor in spirit can span the whole economic

spectrum. It is why an Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, David or Joseph of Arimathea, all very

wealthy men, can be simultaneously poor in spirit and materially blessed of God.

David referred to himself as a "poor" man, in need of what only God could supply. He

perceived himself as destitute of the resources to improve his lot. He saw himself as beyond

the help of men, afflicted, crushed, forsaken, desolate, miserable—as helpless spiritually as

the poverty stricken are economically. Thus, recognizing his need, he cried out to God, and

He heard him.

Another psalm by a thoroughly chastened and humbled David reveals in greater detail his

recognition of the spiritual poverty in which he committed his sins. Notice the spiritual things

David requested—things only God could supply—to fill his needs in Psalm 51:

Have mercy upon me . . . blot out my

transgressions. Wash me thoroughly . . . cleanse

me from my sin. . . . Make me to know wisdom.

Purge me with hyssop. . . . Make me to hear joy

and gladness. . . . Hide Your face from my sins. . .

. Create in me a clean heart . . . renew a steadfast

spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your

presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from

me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and

uphold me with Your generous Spirit . . . . Deliver

me from bloodguiltiness. . . . Open my lips and my

mouth shall show forth Your praise. (Verses 1-2, 6-12, 14-15)

To be poor in spirit is to acknowledge honestly and with understanding our spiritual poverty—

indeed our spiritual bankruptcy—before God. We are sinners and on the strength of our lives

deserve nothing but God's judgment. We have nothing to offer, nothing to plead, nothing with

which to buy His favor. But upon profession of our faith coupled with repentance, He allows

by His grace the blood of Jesus Christ, shed for the sins of the world, to cover our sins,

justifying us and providing us with access into His presence.

Perhaps no parable that Jesus gave conveys this attitude better than the Parable of the

Pharisee and the Publican in Luke 18:9-14. Jesus illustrates this attitude by not only showing

the publican's attitude, but by contrasting his with the Pharisee's:

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Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in

themselves that they were righteous, and despised

others: "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a

Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee

stood and prayed thus with himself, ‘God, I thank You

that I am not like other men—extortionists, unjust,

adulterers, or even as this tax collector. I fast twice a

week; I give tithes of all that I possess.' And the tax

collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise

his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God be merciful to me a sinner!' I tell you,

this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts

himself will be abased, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."

The publican's is the language of the poor in spirit. We do not belong anywhere except

alongside the publican, crying out with downcast eyes, "God be merciful to me a sinner!"

John Calvin, the sixteenth-century theologian whose teachings form the basis of Reformed

Protestantism, wrote, "He only who is reduced to nothing in himself, and relies on the mercy

of God is poor in spirit”.

Notice how Jesus brought out that the underlying attitude of the Pharisee was reliance in

self. He boasted before God of all his "excellent" qualities and works, things he evidently

thought would earn him God's respect. His vanity about these things then motivated him to

regard others as less than himself. So we see that self-exaltation is the opposite of poor in

spirit.

Poor in spirit is contrary to that haughty, self-assertive and self-sufficient disposition that the

world so much admires and praises. It is the reverse of an independent and defiant attitude

that refuses to bow to God—that determines to brave things out against His will like Pharaoh,

who said, "Who is the Lord, that I should obey His voice . . .?" (Exodus 5:2). A person who is

poor in spirit realizes that he is nothing, has nothing, can do nothing—and needs everything,

as Jesus said in John 15:5, "Without Me you can do nothing."

To be poor in spirit means to have emptied yourself of all desire to exercise personal self-will,

and, what is just as important, to have renounced all preconceived opinions in the whole-

hearted search for God. It means to be willing to set aside your present habits of thought,

your present views and prejudices, your present way of life if necessary; to jettison, in fact,

anything and everything that can stand in the way of your finding God.

Poverty of spirit blooms as God reveals Himself to us and we become aware of His incredible

holiness and towering mercy in even calling us to be forgiven and invited to be in His

Family—to be like Him! This understanding awakens us to the painful discovery that all our

righteousness truly is like filthy rags by comparison (Isaiah 64:6); our best performances are

unacceptable. It brings us down to the dust before God. This realization corresponds to the

Prodigal Son's experience in Luke 15:14 when "he began to be in want." Soon thereafter,

Jesus says, he "came to himself" (Verse 17), beginning the humbling journey back to his

father, repentance and acceptance.

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In the Book of Revelation, the Church of

Laodicea is admonished for being “neither

cold nor hot…neither one nor the other, but

just lukewarm” in its devotion. By 1633, the

name of that tepid biblical church had

become a general term for any half-hearted

or irresolute follower of a religious faith.

Christ's stern evaluation of the Laodiceans

mentions both "rich" and "poor": "Because

you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing'—and do not know that

you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked'" (Revelation 3:17). How close this is in

principle to what the Pharisee says in the Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican!

Oblivious to his spiritual poverty, the Pharisee chooses to compare himself to humans he can

see rather than the holy God to whom he supposedly prays in faith. Notice also his conceit in

listing his wonderful works of tithing and fasting!

Though the Laodicean is indifferent, lackadaisical and inconsistent in his devotion to God, his

ignorance of his spiritual condition reveals a fundamental flaw that undergirds his lukewarm

condition and paralyzes his spiritual life. The Laodicean says he is rich, but Christ's

revelation shatters that delusion. He completely misreads his spiritual condition! He thinks he

is already complete, thus he is indifferent to growing and changing. So great is his conceit

that it blinds him into saying he needs nothing!

This self-deception results in inconsistency in prayer and Bible Study and nonchalance in

overcoming. Why do those exercises when he has no need? His relationship to Jesus Christ

is distant and insipid. Would we want to be married to a person who could take us or leave

us depending upon his momentary mood? No wonder Christ reacts so severely! The

Laodicean's self-perceived "wealth" is a barrier to any meaningful relationship with Him

(Proverbs 18:11).

A Laodicean is poor—really and truly poor—yet all the while thinking himself to be rich. He is

unwilling to jettison anything, let alone everything in a whole-hearted search for God.

Undoubtedly, he has knowledge about God and thinks this is the true religion, but it is plain

that he does not know God. If he did, he would not be so blind to his poverty because he

could compare himself to God's holiness, and his shortcomings would be exposed. He is

intelligent, but he mistakes it for true wisdom. He is blind yet has the light of God's truth in

him—remember, this is written to converted people—but the light is turning to darkness. How

great that darkness must be!

To be wretched describes life when everything one owns has been destroyed or plundered

by war. Here it describes the Laodicean's spiritual destitution and pitiableness before God.

He is being devastated in the spiritual war against Satan, even though to all outward

appearances he may look well-clothed, well-fed and vigorous in carrying out his daily secular

responsibilities.

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How careful Christians must be in this time when the world and Satan are pressing their

distractions upon us as never before! We cannot allow ourselves to be deluded into

negligently or carelessly cheating ourselves out of so great a salvation (Hebrews 2:1-3).

The way to rise in the Kingdom is to sink in ourselves. It is this realization of our utter

unworthiness, a sense of spiritual need and destitution that drives us to seek Christ to lift it.

The economically poor gravitate to where they can have their needs met. Recognizing one's

spiritual poverty parallels this, motivating us to seek to have that need supplied through a

relationship with God. Poor in spirit, therefore, describes a fundamental trait found in every

son of God who earnestly seeks Him.

Jesus says in Matthew 11:29, "Take My yoke upon you and

learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will

find rest for your souls." This is how to cultivate this God-

honoring attitude. We must do this because, while merely

feeling lowly before God is insufficient, it nevertheless opens

the doors to the awesome beneficence only God can give

and indeed yearns to give. He says in Isaiah 66:2: "‘For all

these things [in creation] My hand has made, and all those

things exist,' says the LORD. ‘But on this one will I look: on

him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at

My word.'"

Poor in spirit is one thing, contrition is another, and humility

is yet a third quality. They are all related, but they are not

specifically the same attitude. To be contrite is to be sorry or remorseful because of guilt,

equating to "Blessed are those who mourn" in Matthew 5:4. Humility is more active than

either of the other two, involving consciously choosing submission in obedience. It equates

more with "Blessed are the meek" in Matthew 5:5. Poverty of spirit, then, precedes contrition,

remorse, humility and meekness because it is a major factor involved in producing them.

Those who possess poverty of spirit are pronounced "blessed." In one sense, they are

blessed because they now have a disposition the very opposite of their natural one. This is

perhaps a fundamental proof that God has begun working in them by His Spirit to create

them in His own image. Poverty of spirit is part of the nature of our Creator, as Jesus affirms

in Matthew 11:29.

God makes many promises to those of this disposition:

» "But I am poor and needy; yet the LORD thinks upon me. You are my help and my

deliverer; do not delay, O my God" (Psalm 40:17). If God is thinking on someone, he has the

attention of the One with greatest power, wisdom and love in all the universe!

» "The humble shall see this and be glad; and you who seek God, your hearts shall live. For

the LORD hears the poor, and does not despise His prisoners" (Psalm 69:32-33). One can

be glad even in difficult circumstances because God hears the poor and He will deliver.

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» "For He will deliver the needy when he cries, the poor also, and him who has no helper. He

will spare the poor and needy, and will save the souls of the needy" (Psalm 72:12-13).

Beyond deliverance, these verses promise mercy in judgment and perhaps salvation to the

poor in spirit. No wonder Jesus calls them blessed!

» Psalm 107:41 is a psalm of thanksgiving: "Yet He sets the poor on high, far from affliction,

and makes their families like a flock." God will make sure that in time the poor in spirit will

receive exaltation. Their families, too, receive blessings.

» Two psalms reveal the eternal destiny of the poor. Psalm 113:7-8 says, "He raises the poor

out of the dust, and lifts the needy out of the ash heap, that He may seat him with princes—

with the princes of His people." Psalm 132:13-17 reads, "For the LORD has chosen Zion; He

has desired it for His habitation: This is My resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I have

desired it. I will abundantly bless her provision; I will satisfy her poor with bread. I will also

clothe her priests with salvation, and her saints shall shout aloud for joy. There will I make

the horn of David grow; I will prepare a lamp for My Anointed." In these psalms salvation and

glory are definitely promised—the ultimate in blessing!

Truly blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the Kingdom of God! This is an attitude we

should fervently seek to pave the way in becoming a whole new person.

THE TRAVELING ICON OF THE MOTHER OF POCHAIV

You can arrange to have the icon in your home by using the sign-up sheet at the back of the church. Just write your name on the week in the calendar that corresponds to your choice of time period.

When we speak of icons as a medium for “gazing into heaven”, we refer to their value as much more than ethereal-looking religious art. Instead, icons serve as a very real means for connecting us with God and His love. Icons are beautiful, but without relationship behind it, beauty alone feeds only a portion of the human soul, and ultimately patronizes the deep human need for loving connection with the Transcendent. With this in mind, we seek to view icons as points of visual and spiritual intersection with eternal things, as living prompts for our prayers, and as reminders of the very real world that exists beyond the limitations of this temporal one. Icons can seem complicated or strange at first. Take time to come present to the icon, to simply gaze, allowing both your sense of sight as well as the longings of your heart to interact with what the icon presents to you in a particular moment. Icons have a way of teaching the heart spiritual truths the mind cannot. This is part of what is meant by icons being “theology in color.

While the Icon is in your home pray before it, alone or with others, for all your intentions and needs. You may pray the Rosary, in whole or in part, or the prayers from the Moleben to the Mother of God, or pray in your own words; or simply spend some silent moments in meditation, listening and being attentive to God's Word.

In your prayers, approach the Blessed Mother with childlike confidence and bring her all your concerns, worries, disappointments, hurts and sufferings, and all your needs, wishes and hopes. But also say a prayer of thanksgiving for all of your successes and joys, your graces and blessings, known and unknown. Make the most of the presence of Mary's Icon in your home.

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LITURGIES & INTENTIONS

INTENTION OFFERED BY

MAY 29TH 10:00 am INTENTIONS OF KATHLEEN & LEANDRE ROB & IRENE CEMBROSKI

INTENTIONS FOR MICHAEL, WAYNE & BARRY M & S MICHALYSHEN

+SOUL OF TRAVIS PRAZNIK 1 YEAR JANET & RICK PRAZNIK

+SOULS OF ALEX & DARLENE BUGERA VICKI BUGERA

+SOUL OF VICKI PUSHKA ANNE TANCHAK

+SOUL OF ED PILAT UCWLC

MAY 30TH NO MASS

MAY 31ST 8:30 am +SOUL OF ED PILAT JOHN SOLOMON

JUNE 1ST 8:30 am +SOUL OF LOU GOLLETS ANTONIETTA DI MARCO

JUNE 2ND 6:45 pm +SOUL OF ANNA HORBONIS MARY TURKO

PLEASE NOTE THAT FATHER WALTER WILL BE AWAY FROM JUNE 3RD TO JUNE 11TH INCLUSIVE.

JUNE 5TH 10:00 am +SOUL OF VICKI PUSHKA FATHER WALTER

JUNE 12TH 10:00 am HEALTH & BLESSINGS DOREEN MUSICK ROSE OLYNYK

+SOUL OF LOU GOLLETS MERV & SONIA MICHALYSHEN

JUNE 13TH NO MASS

JUNE 14TH 8:30 am +SOUL OF LOU GOLLETS V. KASKIW

JUNE 15TH 8:30 am +SOUL OF ED PILAT J.W.

JUNE 16TH 8:30 am +SOULS OF STANLEY & EMILY STOYANSKY & FAMILY C & A

JUNE 17TH 8:30 am +SOUL OF MARJORIE ROMANIK PATRICIA CAFFERTY

JUNE 19TH 10:00 am +SOUL OF VICKI PUSHKA FATHER WALTER

JUNE 20TH 6:30 pm +SOUL OF ED PILAT TONY SKLAR

JUNE 21ST 8:30 am

JUNE 22ND 8:30 am +SOUL OF LOU GOLLETS MORLEY & EVELYN LUHOWY

JUNE 23RD 8:30 am +SOUL OF MARJORIE ROMANIK CAROL KOCH

JUNE 24TH 8:30 am

JUNE 26TH 10:00 am +SOULS OF ALEX & DARLENE BUGERA VICKI BUGERA

JUNE 27TH NO MASS

JUNE 28TH 8:30 am +SOUL OF ED PILAT STELLA PROKOPOWICH

JUNE 29TH 8:30 am +SOUL OF MARJORIE ROMANIK PHYLLIS FEDORCHUK

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SANCTUARY LIGHT

WEEK OF INTENTION OFFERED BY

MAY 29TH PERSONAL INTENTIONS ANGELA STOYANSKY

JUNE 5TH PERSONAL INTENTIONS CATHY STOYANSKY

JUNE 12TH +SOUL OF HUSBAND BORIS MUSICK (28 YEARS) DOREEN MUSICK & FAMILY

JUNE 19TH +SOULS OF SISTERS CHRISTINE, MARY & PEARL DOREEN MUSICK & FAMILY

JUNE 26TH +SOULS OF BROTHERS PAUL, WALTER & NICHOLAS DOREEN MUSICK & FAMILY

JULY 3RD HEALTH OF ANNA LABAY ANDY & LINDA LABAY

JULY 10TH +SOUL OF TONY NAHULIAK VIRGINIA MOORE

JULY 24TH +SOUL OF EMILY STOYANSKY ANGELA & CATHY STOYANSKY

AUGUST 28TH HEALTH & BLESSINGS ANGELA STOYANSKY CATHY STOYANSKY

SEPTEMBER 4TH +SOULS OF WILLIAM & NELLIE KABAN KABAN FAMILY

SEPTEMBER 11TH +SOUL OF ROSE CAMERON KABAN FAMILY

SEPTEMBER 18TH HEALTH & BLESSINGS ANGELA STOYANSKY CATHY STOYANSKY

SEPTEMBER 25TH +SOUL OF FRED SOLTYS ANNE SOLTYS & FAMILY

OCTOBER 2ND HEALTH & BLESSINGS FATHER WALTER CATHY & ANGELA STOYANSKY

OCTOBER 30TH +SOUL OF ANNE SKOCHYLES GERRY SKOCHYLES

NOVEMBER 6TH HEALTH & BLESSINGS CATHY STOYANSKY ANGELA STOYANSKY

NOVEMBER 13TH +SOUL OF LARRY FEDORCHUK PHYLLIS FEDORCHUK & FAMILY

DECEMBER 4TH +SOUL OF JOHN LABAY ANDY & LINDA LABAY

DECEMBER 18TH +SOUL OF STANLEY STOYANSKY CATHY & ANGELA STOYANSKY

DECEMBER 25TH +SOUL OF HNAT ZAMRYKUT ANNE TANCHAK & FAMILY

A Sanctuary Light burns eternally to indicate the presence of Jesus in the Holy Eucharist in the Tabernacle. It is a marvelous thing that we can actually be in His presence!

"Salvation is from our God...on the throne, and from the Lamb!" This is the same Jesus Whom

"everyone in the crowd was trying to touch...because power came out from Him that cured them

all." ...From the Lamb flows a river of grace which heals every nation.

Each time we look upon Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, He raises us up into deeper union with

Himself, opens up the floodgates of His merciful love to the whole world, and brings us closer to

the day of His final victory "where every knee will bend and proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord".

"The reign of God is already in your midst." The coming of Jesus to us in the Eucharist is

assurance of His promise of final victory: "BEHOLD, I COME TO MAKE ALL THINGS

NEW." - Excerpts from Rosary Meditations from Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Loving

Jesus With the Heart of Mary

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"For One in such a lofty position to stoop so low is a marvel that is staggering. What

sublime humility and humble sublimeness, that the Lord of the Universe, the Divine Son of

God, should stoop as to hide Himself under the appearance of bread for our salvation!

Behold the humble way of God, my brothers. Therefore, do not hold yourselves to be

anything of yourselves, so that you may be entirely acceptable to One Who gives Himself

entirely to you."

- St. Francis of Assisi

If anyone wishes to receive the Sacrament of Confession or Holy Communion at home or in the hospital or nursing home please contact the parish office at 204-837-4180.

PLEASE REMEMBER THOSE

WHO NEED OUR PRAYERS

Oh God our Father we pray You

restore to physical health, those

who are weakened with illness.

Give peace of mind to those

troubled with worry and comfort

those discouraged with problems. Help them find their inner strength, a faith and trust in you and a

love for one another to guide them through any health challenges or troubles they may face. Amen.

Walter Lotocki Steven Marchensk Joyce Hojlo Bill Morant Annie H. Kruk

Margaret Hadubiak Dorothy Labay Kay Tokarwiski Mildred Kalyniuk Helen Czaplynsky

Serge Larouche Adele Genik Veronica Darichuk Anna Labay Paul Klym Rose Swidinsky

Father Gerard Regnier Wallace Darichuk Jason Yaskiw

If someone you know needs the prayers of the parish community, please contact the Parish Office.

“Therefore...pray for one another, so that you may be healed.” (James 5:15)

Summer is rapidly approaching and our Columbian year is quickly coming to an end. We have our last council meeting on June 2, 2016 with liturgy starting @ 6:45. We have two events this June with the Pancake breakfast + Spiritual Baby Shower on June 5th, all are very welcome to join us for a delicious breakfast and support for our Spiritual Baby Shower. Our second event is the Knights of Columbus wind up

on June 16, 2016 with a 5:00 pm start with divine liturgy. Brother knights please bring your wives along and all wives of deceased member are very welcome to attend this function and enjoy the bar-b-que and fellowship with friends. Thank you and have a wonderful summer.

May 29, 2016

Ukrainian Park Summer Camp The camp is located near Gimli, along the west shore of Lake Winnipeg. Children grades 6-10 can register to attend July3-10; grades K-6 attend July 10-17. Camp Counsellors and parent volunteers are needed. Visit the link below for the Camp brochure, registration form, video, and more. See you at Camp this summer!

THE HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS TO:

MARINA WITNICKI who will celebrate on May 29th

MNOHAYA -MNOHAYA LITA! GOD GRANT YOU MANY HAPPY YEARS

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO:

DEACON LEON & OLGA TWERDUN May 30, 1970

May your marriage be blessed with love, joy and companionship for all

the years of your lives.

“Love is patient, love is kind, it does not envy, it does not boast, it is not

proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it

keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices

with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.” (Corinthians 13:4-

8)

Counters for June are:

Ron & Phyllis Marchenski and Tony Sklar.

Submitted by Sylvia Martyniuk

CLEANERS FOR JUNE: MARY PRYMA MARILYN SLOBOGIAN JAMES RUBLESKI

May 29, 2016

The Ukrainian Catholic Church

Of St. Basil the Great Family Fun Picnic

All parish members are invited to celebrate

family and faith on

Sunday, June 26th at 11:00 a.m. (following the liturgy)

Bring your favourite lawn chair and an

appetite for fun!

Sign-up will be available at the back of the church

May 29, 2016

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

VELYCHKOVSKY PILGRIMAGE TO UKRAINE 2016 July 3 to July 25, 2016 - The

Bishop Velychkovsky Martyr's Shrine is conducting a pilgrimage for 22 days to places in

Ukraine where Blessed Martyr Vasyl lived, worked and suffered. Some of the places we will

be visiting are: Lviv, Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kovel, Kamianetz Podilsk, Kyiv, the

Carpathian Mountains, Zarvanytsia, Pochaiv, etc. On this pilgrimage we will have prayer

services and hear stories of Blessed Vasyl’s life as well as sight-seeing throughout

Ukraine.Cost of the trip is $4500 CDN which includes: flights from Winnipeg to Lviv/Kyiv to

Winnipeg, travelling in air-conditioned bus throughout Ukraine, accommodations, meals and

attractions. Travel and medical insurance is not included. For more information contact by

e-mail: bvshrine@mymts.net or phone 204-338-7321. Book as soon as possible as space is

limited to 20 pilgrims. Deadline for reservations and non-refundable deposit of $300.00 is

February 29, 2016. Tour conducted by Fr. John Sianchuk, C.Ss.R. & Mary Jane Kalenchuk.

Come and experience Blessed Vasyl’s homeland and the beauty and hospitality of Ukraine

World Youth Day 2016!

CUCP ~ Canadian Ukrainian Catholic Pilgrims Ukrainian Catholics from Canada will be joining

together to experience WYD 2016. July 12-August 3, 2016July 12-14 ~ Lviv, Ukraine July 15-

17 ~ Zarvanytsia, UkraineJuly 18-24 ~ Days of the Eparchy in Przemysl, PolandJuly 25-31 ~

World Youth Day Week in Krakow, PolandAugust 1-3 ~ Wrap Up Retreat Days in Krakow,

PolandCost Approx $3800-$4200 For more information on the Pilgrimage you can email either

Sarah at uwitness2youth@gmail.com or Millie at youth@edmontoneparchy.com Please join us

for a Pilgrimage of a Lifetime! (Register early, space is limited)

HELP LOAD A CONTAINER FOR UKRAINE!

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! The UCC-MPC Euromaidan Committee is looking for volunteers to load a 40-foot long container of donated medical equipment every Wednesday and Saturday 9:00 am - 12:30 pm from May 18 to June 11, when the container will be leaving for Ukraine. UCC-MPC requires 4-6 volunteers for each session. UCC-MPC appreciates every commitment be it for one session or for several to help with this project! Volunteers can sign up by contacting UCC-MPC at info@uccmb.ca or ucc.kyk.mb@gmail.com or by calling 204.229.6577. More information can be found at www.uccmb.ca or on the Council’s Facebook page UCC Manitoba Provincial Council - КУК Манітоба. The loading will take place at the International Hope Canada warehouse in Winnipeg (entrance from 500 Yukon Avenue). The shipping costs for the container are being covered by the UCC-MPC Euromaidan Committee. Anyone wishing to donate funds to help defray the shipping costs, can send a cheque made out to UCC-MPC to 777 Pritchard Avenue, Winnipeg R2X 0E8 with “Container for Ukraine” in the memo line.

May 29, 2016

◄ May June 2016 July ►

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 Knights of

Columbus Meeting

6:45 pm

3

4

5 Knights of

Columbus

PANCAKE

Breakfast &

Spiritual Baby

Shower

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16 Knights of

columbus wind up

Liturgy 5 pm

17

18 International

Picnic Day

19 Father's Day

20 Parish Council

Meeting 6:30 pm

21 National

Aboriginal Day

(Canada)

22

23

24

25

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28

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