17th Sunday After the Pentecost
Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory Forever!
17th Sunday after Pentecost
October 5, 2025
Sat 10/4/25 4:00pm Vigil Divine Liturgy +Daniel Moniot by Drew Moniot
Sun 10/5/25 9:30am Divine Liturgy +Shirley Cyphert by Shari and Kevin Allen
Fri 10/10/25 7:00pm Akathist to Virgin Mary- we start with the adoration at 6:00pm
Sat 10/11/25 4:00pm Vigil Divine Liturgy +Peter and +Mary Kavchak by Drew Moniot
Sun 10/12/25 9:30am Divine Liturgy +Richard Callihan by Matt and Darlene Callihan
Please note: No liturgy on Wednesday - fr. Radko will be the whole week on priestly retreat
Variable Parts: Tone 8 - Pages 161 — 162;
Epistle : 2 Corinthians 6:16-7:1;
Gospel Luke 6 :31-36
Memorial Candle Request: No Candle Request
Epistle Readers 4-Oct Mary Troyan 5-Oct Eva Babick 11-Oct John Baycura/Mary Motko 12-Oct Liz/John Pocchiari
Please Pray for: Brian Buchkovich, Lejen Warner, Sharon King, Ole]. Bergh, Liz Moyta, Fr. Michael Huszti, Fr. Laska, Susie Curcio, Teresa Milkovich, Robert Saper, Anna Habil, Mike Dancisin, Diane Sotak, Anna Pocchiari, Larry Hamil, Beverly Jones, Maryann Russin Schyvers, Nick Russin and Ken Konchan
Attendance & Collection: Last week's attendance and collection data will be included in the next bulletin.
Student Food Pantry: For the month of October we are collecting hot cereal items, like oatmeal and cream of wheat. We will also include any breakfast bars. (They will not need cold cereal.) Thank you! Any questions, please contact Pam Gagen.
Boscov Coupons: The Boscov Friends helping Friends coupons are back. For $5.00 you can get a 25% off coupon that can be used all day on Wednesday, October 22". Please see Elizabeth Pocchiari or Fr. Radko to buy one.
Rummage Sale: We will be taking rummage sale donations until October 5th. Please make sure your donations are not broken and in working order. No electronics. Large items must be taken back if they do not sell. The rummage sale will take place on October 10th and 11th. We will NEED HELP organizing the rummage sale items on the following dates and times. October 6th 6-8pm, October 7th 9am-1pm, October 8th 9am-1pm and October 9th 6pm-8pm. Signup sheets are on the bulletin board.
Theotokos Icons: It is time to take down the beautiful icons of the Blessed Mother placed in front of the windows. Thank you to everyone who shared their icons with us.
Halupki/Halushki: Pickup for previously submitted orders will be on Saturday, October 11th 10:00am — 1:00pm.
Ladies Guild: The Ladies Guild will be holding a meeting TODAY at 11:00am in the church.
Holy Land vendor - visiting our church on October 11-12, selling products for the support of the Catholic community in Holy Land
400th anniversary of the apparitions of Saint Anne in-Auray, France- July 26`11- There is no other place in the world where Saint Anne appeared. St Anne brings a special message to this place — she who, together with Joachim, had no children because of her advanced age. Her heart must have been full of sorrow and anxiety Surely there are parents among you whose hearts, like those of Saint Anne, are filled with suffering, anguish, and worry for sick children, for children who have abandoned the faith and seem to be drifting away from God, or for their families, or for their country, which seems to be in danger.
The history of the shrine : In this place (Auray-France), 400 years ago, Saint Anne appeared to Yvon Nicolazic to say to him: "Yvon Nicolazic, Me zo Anna, mamm Mari ("I am Anne, mother of Mary," in Breton). Yvon, fear not, I am Anne, mother of Mary. Tell your rector, your priest, that on the land called Bocenno — that is, this place where we are now — there once stood a chapel dedicated in my name, the first in the whole country. It has been in ruins for 924 years and 6 months, and I wish for it to be rebuilt as soon as possible and for you to take care of it because God wants me to be honored there, God wants you to come there in procession."
God comes first: There is a great mystery here that we must meditate on. There were many other churches available, there were many other possible places, but he chose this one. Why?
First, to tell us that God is first, that God's glory precedes us and does not belong to us. God created us out of a free act of love; all creation is the work of his hands, the free gift of his love. [...] We did not deserve his love; he loved us first, and we owe him everything. Giving glory to God is not an optional choice, it is a duty, a necessity.
Too often in the West, religion is presented as an activity that serves human well-being. Religion is equated with humanitarian actions, acts of charity, welcoming migrants and the homeless, promoting universal brotherhood and world peace. Spirituality is seen as a form of personal development, there to bring a little relief to modern man, who is focused on his usual political and economic activities. While these issues are important, this view of religion is false. Religion is not about food or humanitarian actions. In the desert, this was the first temptation that Jesus rejected. To redeem humanity, we must overcome the misery of hunger and poverty, which is what the devil offers the Lord. But Jesus replies that this is not the path to redemption. He makes us understand that even if all men had enough to eat, if prosperity extended to all, humanity would not be redeemed.
We see how precisely in countries of comfort, wealth, and abundance, man destroys himself, self-destructs, because he forgets God and thinks only of his wealth and earthly well-being. What saves the world is the bread of God. He feeds man with the bread of God, and the bread of God is Christ himself. What will save the world is man kneeling before God to worship and serve him. It is on our knees before God that man discovers his true greatness and nobility. And if we do not worship God, we will end up worshipping ourselves. [...] To worship God, we must set ourselves apart in silence.
Sacred places, special care: Come here in the silence of your heart to listen to God. The church is God's house. It is reserved exclusively for Him. We enter it with respect and reverence, dressed appropriately because we tremble before the greatness of God. We do not tremble with fear but with respect, awe, and admiration. [...] The external effort we make to dress up is only a sign of the internal effort we make to present ourselves to God with a pure soul, washed by the sacrament, adorned by prayer and the spirit of adoration. Sacred places do not belong to us, they belong to God.
Rebuilding the church of one's soul: God comes to tell each one of us today, "I have chosen your soul. I have chosen your heart as a sacred place to be worshipped." Your baptized soul is a sacred place; do not profane it by giving it over to disordered passions and the spirit of the world. Do not profane it by stealing God's first place. If the church of your soul is in ruins, then hear God's call. It is time to rebuild it and rebuild it on the rock, the solid foundation on which we must build our lives and our hope.
Yes, it is time to rebuild the church of our soul, it is time to confess, confess the sins we have committed in word or deed, night or day, confess in this favorable time and on the day of salvation receive the heavenly treasure. "Above all, watch over your soul," Saint Cyril of Jerusalem tells us. It is time to take care of it by setting aside time each day for true, intense, silent prayer. It is time to cast out the idols of money, screens, and easy and vulgar seduction. God wants your heart; God wants your soul [...].Your soul is a sacred place. Take care of it. It is only there, in the sacred shrine of your soul, that God can speak to you, console you, and bring you back to him through a radical conversion. It is only in this inner shrine that you will be able to hear his call to be holy, to be a worshipper. "Be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy."
