February 3, 35 th Sunday after Pentecost Meat-fare Sunday – Post feast of the Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple BULLETIN UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC PARISH of ALL SAINTS (North Battleford, SK) & UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC PARISH of STS. PETER & PAUL (Speers, SK)
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February 3, 35th Sunday after Pentecost
Meat-fare Sunday – Post feast of the
Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple
BULLETIN
UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC PARISH
of ALL SAINTS
(North Battleford, SK)
&
UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC PARISH
of STS. PETER & PAUL
(Speers, SK)
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Hafford and district:
DIVINE LITURGY БОЖЕСТВЕННА ЛIТУРГIЯ
Sunday - 12 noon В Недiлю - 12:00
Confession - 30 min before Liturgy
Baptism - By appointment
Marriage - By appointment
Funeral - By Arrangement
Sick Call - Anytime
Rosary: 30 min before Divine Liturgy
Next Sunday Liturgy: FEBRUARY 10 – HAFFORD at 12 noon, Cheese-fare
Kalyna Bahler Louis Deptuch __________________________________________________________________
35th
Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday tropar, tone 2: When You went down to death, O Life
Immortal,* You struck Hades dead with the blazing light of Your
divinity.* When You raised the dead from the nether world,* all powers
of heaven cried out:* “O Giver of life, Christ our God, glory be to You!”
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
Feast day tropar, tone 1: Hail, Mother of God, Virgin full of
grace.*From you has shown forth the Sun of Justice, Christ our God,*
shining upon those who are in darkness.* Rejoice also, you just Elder
Simeon,* for you received in your arms the Redeemer of our souls* who
has given us Resurrection.
Now and for ever and ever. Amen!:
Kondak, tone 3: God, when You come to earth in all Your glory,* when
all things will tremble, when the river of fire will flow before Your
judgment seat,* when the books will be opened and when what is secret
will be revealed;* then save me from the unquenchable fire,* and grant
that I may stand at Your right hand, most just Judge.
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Prokimen: Great is our Lord and mighty in power; to his wisdom there is
no limit.
Verse: Praise the Lord, for he is good; sing praise to our God, for he is
gracious; it is fitting to praise him.
Epistle: A reading from the Letter of the Holy Apostle Paul to the
Corinthians. (8: 8 - 9: 2)
Brothers and Sisters! Food does not bring us close to God. We suffer no
loss through failing to eat, and we gain no favour by eating. Take care,
however, lest in exercising your right you become an occasion of sin to
the weak. If someone sees you, with your “knowledge,'' reclining at table
in the temple of an idol, may not his conscience in its weak state be
influenced to the point that he eats the idol-offering? Because of your
“knowledge'' the weak one perishes, that brother for whom Christ died.
When you sin thus against your brothers and wound their weak
consciences, you are sinning against Christ. Therefore, if food causes my
brother to sin I will never eat meat again, so that I may not be an
occasion of sin to him. Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not
seen Jesus our Lord? And are you not my work in the Lord Although I
may not be an apostle for others, I certainly am one for you. You are the
very seal of my apostolate in the Lord.
Alleluia Verse: ome, let us sing joyfully to the Lord, let us acclaim God,
our Savior.
Let us come before His face with praise, and acclaim Him in psalms.
Gospel: Matthew 25: 31 - 46
The Lord said: “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, escorted by
all the angels of heaven, he will sit upon his royal throne, and all the
nations will be assembled before him. Then he will separate them into
two groups, as a shepherd separates sheep from goats. The sheep he will
place on his right hand, the goats on his left. The king will say to those
on his right: ‘Come. You have my Father's blessing! Inherit the kingdom
prepared for you from the creation of the world. For I was hungry and
you gave me food. I was thirsty and you gave me drink. I was a stranger
and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me. I was ill and you
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comforted me, in prison and you came to visit me.' Then the just will ask
him: ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you or see you thirsty
and give your drink? When did we welcome you away from home or
clothe you in your nakedness? When did we visit you when you were ill
or in prison?' The king will answer them: ‘I assure you, as often as you
did it for one of my least brothers, you did it for me.' Then he will say to
those on his left: ‘Out of my sight, you condemned, into that everlasting
fire prepared for the devil and his angels! I was hungry and you gave no
food. I was thirsty and you gave me no drink. I was away from home
and you gave me no welcome, naked and you gave me no clothing. I
was ill and in prison and you did not come to comfort me.' Then they in
turn will ask: ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or away
from home or naked or ill or in prison and not attend you in your needs?'
He will answer them: ‘I assure you, as often as you neglected to do it
one on these least ones, you neglected to do it to me.' These will go off
to eternal punishment and the just to eternal life.''
Instead of ‘It is truly right . . .’: O Virgin Mother of God. Hope of
Christians,* protect, watch, and save those who have placed their hope
in you.* We, the faithful, see the figure of Christian the shadow and the
letter of the law* which says: Every male who opens the womb shall be
called holy to the Lord.* Therefore, we extol the firstborn of the Eternal
Father* and the Virgin Mother.
Communion Hymn: Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the
highest.
Exult, you just, in the Lord; praise from the upright is fitting. Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia! ______________________________________________________________________________ COLF statement on recommendation to make “medical-aid-in-
dying” part of Quebec’s health system
The Catholic Organization for Life and Family (COLF) duly notes the filing
of the Ménard Report, which a committee of legal experts presented to
Véronique Hivon, Québec Minister responsible for the Dying with dignity
portfolio, on 15 January 2013, regarding the implementation of the
recommendations of the Select Committee on Dying with Dignity.
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While supporting the proposal of the Ménard Report to generalize palliative
care –which is the only truly humane and respectful answer to the needs of
the dying and their families – COLF strongly objects to the idea of “medical-
aid-in-dying” and is deeply concerned about the legal, ethical and social
ramifications such a practice would have.
Medical-aid-in-dying
21 January 2013
It is time to act before euthanasia becomes “appropriate care” within
Quebec’s health system.
The Catholic Organization for Life and Family (COLF) duly notes the filing
of the Ménard Report, which a committee of legal experts presented to
Véronique Hivon, Québec Minister responsible for the Dying with dignity
portfolio, on 15 January 2013, regarding the implementation of the
recommendations of the Select Committee on Dying with Dignity.
While supporting the proposal of the Ménard Report to generalize palliative
care –which is the only truly humane and respectful answer to the needs of
the dying and their families – COLF strongly objects to the idea of “medical-
aid-in-dying” and is deeply concerned about the legal, ethical and social
ramifications such a practice would have.
The Report perpetuates the confused language of the Select Committee,
repeatedly playing with words in such a way as to disguise the reality under
discussion. The truth is that “medical-aid-in dying” is synonymous with
euthanasia – a deadly practice that goes hand in hand with assisted suicide.
Make no mistake: this is about killing voluntarily, thus ending a person’s
life.In the name of an incomplete concept of “personal autonomy”, the
Ménard Report confirms the recommendations of the Select Committee and
clearly opens the door to euthanasia. However, the Belgian experience
represents a sobering warning. Visiting Quebec last November, Dr. Catherine
Dopchie, a Belgian oncologist responsible for a palliative care unit, stated
that she did not believe in the effectiveness of proposed safeguards. She
argues that the practice of euthanasia, which Belgians now consider "an
ethical and quite defensible option”, “cannot be governed.”
The tenors of “medical-aid-in-dying” also want us to believe that there is a
strong social consensus in favor of “assisted dying”. However, this is not so:
60% of the individuals and groups that made submissions to the Select
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Committee on Dying with Dignity opposed euthanasia and assisted suicide.
Nevertheless, in as much as the Government of Québec intends to bring in a
bill on “medical-aid-in-dying” by June of this year, anyone who still believes
in the first of all human rights — the right to life — has the responsibility to
take action. As citizens of a country that claims to be civilized, all people of
good have the right and the duty to counter any attempt to legalize
euthanasia and assisted suicide, and, instead, to promote palliative care and
true compassion.
The media, together with every member of Québec’s National Assembly,
need to hear from constituents who are opposed to the bill soon to be tabled
by the Marois Government. If passed, this bill will bypass the Criminal Code
of Canada, which clearly prohibits both euthanasia and assisted suicide.
COLF recommends that concerned individuals consult three organizations
involved in end of life issues whose perspectives respect the inalienable
dignity of every human person: the physicians alliance, ”Total Refusal of
Euthanasia” (wwwtotalrefusal.blogspot.ca) whose manifesto can be signed;
“Vivre dans le Dignité” (www.vivredignite.com and
www.vivredignite.blogspot.ca) whose manifesto can also be signed; and the
“Euthanasia Prevention Coalition” (www.epcc.ca). COLF also offers a series
of documents to guide reflection on this theme (www.colf.ca).
__________________________________________________________________ MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE BENEDICT XVI
FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST WORLD DAY OF THE SICK
(11 FEBRUARY 2013)
“Go and do likewise” (Lk 10:37)
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
1. On 11 February 2013, the liturgical memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes, the
Twenty-first World Day of the Sick will be solemnly celebrated at the Marian
Shrine of Altötting. This day represents for the sick, for health care workers, for
the faithful and for all people of goodwill “a privileged time of prayer, of sharing,
of offering one’s sufferings for the good of the Church, and a call for all to
recognize in the features of their suffering brothers and sisters the Holy Face of
Christ, who, by suffering, dying and rising has brought about the salvation of
mankind” (John Paul II, Letter for the Institution of the World Day of the Sick, 13
May 1992, 3). On this occasion I feel especially close to you, dear friends, who in
health care centres or at home, are undergoing a time of trial due to illness and
suffering. May all of you be sustained by the comforting words of the Fathers of