Priest: Let us be attentive! Peace be with you all!

Reader: And with your spirit! Priest: Wisdom!

Reader: The Prokimen on tone 1. Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us / as we have set our hope on Thee.

Verse: Rejoice in the Lord, o ye Righteous! Praise befit’s the just!

Priest: Wisdom!

Reader: Brethren, all things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. And God both raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by His power. Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Certainly not! Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For “the two,” He says, “shall become one flesh.” But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him. Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own. For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

Priest: Peace be with you reader.

Reader: And with your spirit. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Verse: God gives vengeance unto me, and subdues people under me!

Verse: he magnifies the salvation of the king, and deals mercifully with Christ, with David and his seed for ever.

Ñåðäå÷íî â³òàºìî íàøèõ ãîñòåé, ÿê³ ìîëèëèñü ñüîãîäí³ ç íàìè. Áóäåìî ðàä³ áà÷èòè Âàñ ó íàñòóïíó íåä³ëþ. Íåõàé Âàñ îáåð³ãຠÃîñïîäü.

Please let Father know who is in need of visiting, prayers

or receiving of sacraments. Visits can be any time.

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Thank you Bill and Sharon Cekala for their donations of $500 for the Iconography Fund in memory of Mary Kostyun.

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If anyone would like to have a VHS or DVD copy of the Divine Liturgy from the last Feast Day of the Nativity of our Lord for those who couldn’t attend the Divine Liturgy, please see Father or Pam Scannell.

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The Jr. UOL had a candy bar sale for Luke Zuber who is very sick. They raised $370.00 to help the medical expenses. Thank you all for your support.

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The holy Angels in our faith and life. We continue the explanation of the icons in the altar area. In today’s bulletin you can read what the seven archangels hold in the scroll. This is the message in the book of revelation, to the seven churches. The Archangel message is the seven levels of faith. From lowest to highest (perfection), from the first Archangel Michael to Archangel Gabriel. The Archangels help us to improve this faith. We can not improve out faith by ourselves we need the help of the Archangels God’s messengers. Those who reject their help, they are weak in the faith. So here are the messages that the seven Archangels hold on their scrolls:

1) Archangel Michael: “To him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise.” (Revelation 2:7)

2) Archangel Gabriel: “He who overcomes shall not be hurt by the second death.” (Rev. 2:11)

3) Archangel Raphael: “To him who overcomes, to him I will give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows but he who receives it.” (Rev. 2:17)

4) Archangel Uriel: “He who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds until the end, to him I will give authority over the gentiles; and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, as the vessels of the potter are broken to pieces, as I also have received authority from My father; and I will give him the morning star. (Rev. 2 :27)

5) Archangel Salaphiel: “He who overcomes shall thus be closed in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My father, and before His angels” (Rev. 3: 5)

6) Archangel Jegudiel: “He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it anymore; and I will write upon him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My new name. (Rev. 3:12)

7) Archangel Barachiel: “He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcome and sat down with My Father on His throne.” (Rev. 3:21) / Will continue in the next Sunday’s Bulletin/

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A major league umpire was asked if he ever made mistakes in calling balls and strikes. He replied, “Of course, I make mistakes. My only trouble is I can’t admit it.” Our hope in life as Christians is the humility to admit to ourselves and to god that not being infallible or perfect, we have made mistakes and do make them every day.

If you were asked what is the hardest task in the world, you might think of some muscular feat, some acrobatic challenge or some act of bravery on the battlefield. Actually, however, there is nothing harder, nothing more arduous than to say these three words, “I was wrong.” It takes a humility and a self-effacement such as few people are capable. Yet no three words are more needed in our life than the words, “I was wrong.” They are magic words; words that reconcile; words that unite; words that heal wounds and bring peace.

There are friends and relatives who have not spoken to each other for years. How different things could be if only one of them would take the initiative to practice a little Christian humility and say, “I am sorry about the situation. I know I was wrong.”

The first law of mental health is to be honest with yourself. If you have done wrong, don’t hide it. Don’t bury your guilt feelings in your subconscious mind where they will fester and come out as hypertension, neurasthenia or neurosis. Face the facts about yourself. Admit them. Confess them.

The prodigal Son in today’s Gospel lesson was honest with himself. It was when he admitted the wrong in himself and said, “I have sinned” that he came to his true self. A new chapter of his life began that very day. A new chapter can begin for us if, bidding good-by to self-excuse, self-pity, self-defense, we will face the facts about ourselves and say: Yes, that’s the kind of person I am; that is the sort of thing I am capable of doing and have done, but, by the grace of God, I can be different, and I will be different.

It is not enough to say just to oneself, “I have sinned.” This can lead to despair and suicide. When Judas, for example, saw that Christ was condemned, he brought the money to the chief priest and elders and said, “I have sinned in that I have betrayed innocent blood.” Then, throwing the pieces of silver in the temple, he went and hanged himself. Judas was remorseful enough to admit his sin to himself and to the chief priest, but he just could not bring himself to face Jesus and say, “I’m sorry. Forgive me.” Jesus who forgave the penitent thief on the cross, would have forgive Judas, too, if he had gone to the cross and confessed.

This is the way God welcomes us when, with deep repentance in our hearts, we come to Him with those magic words: “I was wrong.”

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Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry.

With the blessing of the Council of Bishops, the Office of Youth & Youth Adult Ministry and Mission and Christian Charities of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA announce its Missionary trip to St. Sophia Seminary in South Bound Brook NJ. for High School aged teenagers. The High School Mission Trip to St. Sophia’s will take place August 5-12, 2007. St. Sophia Seminary was established in 1976. The Seminary is in major need of remodeling and has been under constriction for over a year. Application Due Date: March15, 2007. For application please see Father. We are pray that you will be able to join us on this ground-breaking trip to act upon the command of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

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Future Events. Please mark your calendars.

Thu Feb 8 - Men cook cabbage 9:00am. Women trim cabbage 11:00am. Set tables

Sat. Feb. 10 - 8:30 am. Make holubtsi. 3:00 pm. Afternoon workers.

7:00 pm. Boy Scouts Dinner. 9:00 pm. Clean-up. Everyone is welcome to help only at these times of each day. Please come.

Sun. Feb. 11 - Sisterhood Annual Meeting.

Sun. Feb. 11 - 3:00 pm. Choir rehearsal for Sunday of Orthodoxy.

Sun. Feb. 18 - Following the Liturgy prayer for the new elected officers of the Social Club and Sisterhood. Please prepare yourself with the sacraments of confession and communion.

Sun. Feb. 25 - 4:00 pm. Sunday of Orthodoxy Vespers, at our Church. On this Sunday the Jr. UOL will be selling carnations $1.00 to benefit the iconography fund at All Saints Camp in Emlenton PA. Great Lent give - away project.

Mon. Jan. 26 - 7:00 pm. Parish Board Meeting.

March 9 - 11, 2007 - U.O.L. Retreat. Bethlehem, PA. The retreat will focus

Sat. April 15, 2007 - (Saturday of St. Thomas Sunday) U.O.L. Educational Seminar. South Bound Brook, NJ Contact: Natalie Bilynsky (610) 892-7315.

Sun. April 22 - Hierarchal Divine Liturgy and blessing of the icons in the altar

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Pray for the sick. The Lord said: “Do unto others as you would want them do unto you.” So if we will be sick, we will ask help from God, we will ask priests and people to pray for us. In order for the Lord to listen to us when we are sick, we need to pray for those who are sick. O Lord our God, Who by Your Word alone healed all diseases; Who cured the Mother-in-law of Apostle Peter of fever; Who chastises with pity and heals according to Your goodness; Who are able to put aside every malady and infirmity: Do You the same Lord, now relieve Your servants: Fr. Michael Michalopolos, Scott Shirk, Audrey Klym, Valerie Melnychenko, Kevin Terpak, Emilia Lewkowicz, John Karaim, Mildred Charnetsky, Mary & Walter Gulachok, Mary Gormish, Olga Gooley, Mary Ford, Mary Mihalko, Margaret Klish, Marlyn Klish, Cypryan Klish II , Sophia Malowicky, Genevieve Sadowitz, Michael Sr. Duby, Anne & Karen Girnis, Paul Laszko, Julie Sadowitz, Catherine Dobransky, Maria Dudack, Pelahia Kit, Charles Stasko, Stephania Moroz, Mildred Bogdan, Natalia Boser, Wasyl Krawecki, Meghan Scannell, Olga Drost, Mary Evanchoff, Marion Kaspryk, Nicholas Corba, and cure them of the sicknesses which grieves them; lift them up from their beds of pain, sending down upon them Your mercy; and if it be Your will, give to them health and a complete recovery. For You are the Physician of our souls and bodies, and to You we ascribe glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages, Amen

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During Great Lent the Jr.U.O.L. members will individually pray for parishioners who are sick. They will pray daily for them and pray together as a group once a week.

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and Holy Communion, please participate in these sacraments. This is for your own salvation, for the remission of sins and life everlasting. Please do not wait till the last minute, it could be too late. We never know when God will call us. Today we are here tomorrow we will go into eternity, and will stand before God’s judgment.

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