Thursday, March 11, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010
Video Post 2 (Highlights) - Shroud of Turin at Cathedral
This is the second video post. It contains highlights from the Shroud of Turin Exhibition Vespers Service on February 21, 2010. This is a 4 part Video.
Part 1 - Procession
Part 2 - Unveiling of Shroud
Part 3 - End of Vespers/Veneration
Part 4 - More Veneration
Videos by: Teresa Siwak and Tanya Bilyj
Part 1 - Procession
Part 2 - Unveiling of Shroud
Part 3 - End of Vespers/Veneration
Part 4 - More Veneration
Videos by: Teresa Siwak and Tanya Bilyj
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Video Post 1 (with text) - Shroud of Turin Exhibition
Video Post 1 - Shroud of Turin Exhibition at Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on February 21, 2010 at 5PM. Write us a comment by clicking the "Comment" link at the bottom of this post.
Blog Note: The text from the Vespers Service is provided at the end of this post, for those wanting to follow along with VIDEO #4 (when the Shroud was unveiled).
Video #1 = Procession with Icons
Video 2 = Metropolitan-Archbishop Stefan Soroka's Homily
Video 3 = Faithful during the Vespers Service
Video 4 = Unveiling of the Shroud of Turin Replica (text below)
Follow along in the Vespers Service in Video #4 with the text below
Celebrant: Hear us, O God, our Savior, the hope of all throughout the land and those far at sea. Be gracious to us in our sinfulness, merciful Master, and have mercy on us.
Choir: Lord, have mercy (3).
Celebrant: For You are a merciful and loving God, and we give glory to You, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, now and for ever and ever.
Choir: Amen.
Celebrant: On this Sunday, let us renew our faith in Jesus Christ and His Church.
All: I believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is seen and unseen. I believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father. Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, one in being with the Father. Through Him all things were made. For us men and for our salvation He came down from heaven: by the power of the Holy Spirit He was born of the Virgin Mary, and became man. For our sake He was crucified under Pontius Pilate; He suffered, died, and was buried. On the third day He rose again in fulfillment of the Scriptures; He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and His kingdom will have no end. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father. With the Father and the Son He is worshiped and glorified. He has spoken through the Prophets. I believe in one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church. I acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
All: We accept and affirm the teachings of our holy fathers gathered throughout the centuries in the ecumenical councils of the Church. Amen.
Celebrant: This is the faith of the apostles. This is the faith of the fathers. This is the faith of the orthodox (true believers). This is the faith in which the world is made firm. Therefore, with paternal and fraternal love we praise all preachers of piety, who struggled honorably and gloriously for the faith, and say: to the defenders of orthodoxy - devout rulers, most holy patriarchs, bishops, teachers, martyrs and confessors: May your memory be eternal.
Choir: Eternal Memory! (Vichnaya Pamyat!)
Celebrant: Let us entreat God that we may be strengthened by their struggles, even unto death, - and instructed by their teachings, that we imitate their godly life to the end. May we be counted worthy of a favorable response to all our petitions through the mercy and grace of Christ our God, First Hierarch (our High Priest), through the prayers of our glorious Lady, the Mother of God and ever virgin Mary, the honorable and incorporeal powers and all the saints.
Choir: Amen.
CANTICLE OF SIMEON
Now You dismiss Your servant, O Lord,* according to Your word, in peace;
Because my eyes* have seen Your salvation
Which You prepared* before the face of all peoples.
A light to the revelation of the Gentiles,* and the glory of Your people, Israel.
Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us. Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us. Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever and ever. Amen.
Trinity most holy, have mercy on us. Cleanse us of our sins, O Lord; pardon our transgressions, O Master; look upon our weaknesses and heal them, O Holy One; for the sake of Your name.
Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever and ever. Amen.
Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Celebrant: For the kingdom, the power and the glory are Yours, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, now and forever and ever.
Choir: Amen.
Videos by: Teresa Siwak and Tanya Bilyj
Blog Note: The text from the Vespers Service is provided at the end of this post, for those wanting to follow along with VIDEO #4 (when the Shroud was unveiled).
Video #1 = Procession with Icons
Video 2 = Metropolitan-Archbishop Stefan Soroka's Homily
Video 3 = Faithful during the Vespers Service
Video 4 = Unveiling of the Shroud of Turin Replica (text below)
Follow along in the Vespers Service in Video #4 with the text below
Celebrant: Hear us, O God, our Savior, the hope of all throughout the land and those far at sea. Be gracious to us in our sinfulness, merciful Master, and have mercy on us.
Choir: Lord, have mercy (3).
Celebrant: For You are a merciful and loving God, and we give glory to You, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, now and for ever and ever.
Choir: Amen.
Celebrant: On this Sunday, let us renew our faith in Jesus Christ and His Church.
All: I believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is seen and unseen. I believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father. Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, one in being with the Father. Through Him all things were made. For us men and for our salvation He came down from heaven: by the power of the Holy Spirit He was born of the Virgin Mary, and became man. For our sake He was crucified under Pontius Pilate; He suffered, died, and was buried. On the third day He rose again in fulfillment of the Scriptures; He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and His kingdom will have no end. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father. With the Father and the Son He is worshiped and glorified. He has spoken through the Prophets. I believe in one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church. I acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
All: We accept and affirm the teachings of our holy fathers gathered throughout the centuries in the ecumenical councils of the Church. Amen.
Celebrant: This is the faith of the apostles. This is the faith of the fathers. This is the faith of the orthodox (true believers). This is the faith in which the world is made firm. Therefore, with paternal and fraternal love we praise all preachers of piety, who struggled honorably and gloriously for the faith, and say: to the defenders of orthodoxy - devout rulers, most holy patriarchs, bishops, teachers, martyrs and confessors: May your memory be eternal.
Choir: Eternal Memory! (Vichnaya Pamyat!)
Celebrant: Let us entreat God that we may be strengthened by their struggles, even unto death, - and instructed by their teachings, that we imitate their godly life to the end. May we be counted worthy of a favorable response to all our petitions through the mercy and grace of Christ our God, First Hierarch (our High Priest), through the prayers of our glorious Lady, the Mother of God and ever virgin Mary, the honorable and incorporeal powers and all the saints.
Choir: Amen.
CANTICLE OF SIMEON
Now You dismiss Your servant, O Lord,* according to Your word, in peace;
Because my eyes* have seen Your salvation
Which You prepared* before the face of all peoples.
A light to the revelation of the Gentiles,* and the glory of Your people, Israel.
Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us. Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us. Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever and ever. Amen.
Trinity most holy, have mercy on us. Cleanse us of our sins, O Lord; pardon our transgressions, O Master; look upon our weaknesses and heal them, O Holy One; for the sake of Your name.
Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy; Lord, have mercy.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever and ever. Amen.
Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Celebrant: For the kingdom, the power and the glory are Yours, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, now and forever and ever.
Choir: Amen.
Videos by: Teresa Siwak and Tanya Bilyj
Pictures - Shroud of Turin Exhibit at Cathedral
PICTURES - SHROUD OF TURIN EXHIBITION
On February 21, 2010 a Vespers Service was held at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception at 5PM. During the Service, the Authentic Vatican Replica of the Shroud of Turin was unveiled. Video from the Service are in the next Blog Post.
Did you attend the Vespers Service? Share a comment with us by clicking the "Comment" link at the bottom of this post.
(click picture to enlarge)
On February 21, 2010 a Vespers Service was held at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception at 5PM. During the Service, the Authentic Vatican Replica of the Shroud of Turin was unveiled. Video from the Service are in the next Blog Post.
Did you attend the Vespers Service? Share a comment with us by clicking the "Comment" link at the bottom of this post.
(click picture to enlarge)
PHOTOS BY TERESA SIWAK AND TANYA BILYJ
Third Sunday of the Great Fast
Metropolitan Stefan’s Meditation for the Third Sunday of Great Fast
A religious sister in grade two taught me to make a sign of the cross and to say a prayer every time I would hear a siren of an emergency vehicle. Someone is in need of help. Others are going to help people in need. She taught me to say a prayer for them. That has stuck with me all of my life! Every time I hear a siren, I have a strong urge to cross myself and to pray for those in need of help and for those rushing to help. To be honest, there was a time when I would be embarrassed to do it, when I was a teen and as a young adult. I would do it, but discretely. I have witnessed how people of faith, discretely and with obvious embarrassment, cross themselves in restaurants when offering grace. We try and avoid doing what we know deep down is right to do. We want to help someone, yet we hesitate. We want to offer words of comfort, yet we are afraid to risk ourselves. We want to forgive someone, yet we don’t want to let go of our hurts. So, we hold ourselves back, not being true to ourselves. We are not being true to what Jesus wants of us.
God invites you and me to put aside our petty little fears about what others may or may not think of us. He invites us to be true to Him. Recall how Jesus said, “Should anyone press you into service for one mile, go with him two miles”. Go beyond what we have to do. Do the things which you are not compelled to do. You will come to understand the life-giving grace of the cross which we venerate on the third Sunday of Great Fast.
Роздуми Митрополита Стефана на третю неділю Великого Посту
Сестра-монахиня у другому класі школи вчила мене хреститися кожен раз, як я чую сирену машини швидкої допомоги. Хтось потребує допомоги. Хтось іде на допомогу цим людям в потребі. Сестра вчила мене молитися за них. Це стало моєю звичкою на все життя! Кожного разу, як я чую виття сирени, щось підштовхує мене перехреститися і помолитися за того, хто в потребі й за тих, хто спішить йому на поміч. Якщо бути щирим, то був такий час, коли я, будучи підлітком і юним хлопцем, стидався робити це. Я міг це зробити, але приховано. Я був свідком, як віруючі люди уривчасто і з очевидним збентеженням хрестяться при благословенні в ресторанах. Ми стараємося й уникаємо робити те, що в глибині душі вважаємо правильним. Ми хочемо допомогти іншим, але вагаємося. Ми хочемо втішити, але боїмося ризикнути собою. Ми хочемо простити, але не хочемо звільнитися від наших образ. Ми стримуємося, не будучи щирими з самими собою. Ми не вірні тому, чого Ісус прагне від нас.
Бог запрошує Вас і мене відкласти в бік наші дрібні маленькі страхи, що інші подумають, чи не подумають про нас. Він запрошує нас бути чесними з Ним. Згадайте, як Ісус сказав: «Коли хтось потребуватиме вашої допомоги одну милю, йдіть з ним дві милі». Робіть більше того, що мусите. Робіть те, чого Ви не мусите робити. Тоді Ви прийдете до зрозуміння життєдайної благодаті хреста, що йому ми поклоняємося в третю неділю Великого посту.
A religious sister in grade two taught me to make a sign of the cross and to say a prayer every time I would hear a siren of an emergency vehicle. Someone is in need of help. Others are going to help people in need. She taught me to say a prayer for them. That has stuck with me all of my life! Every time I hear a siren, I have a strong urge to cross myself and to pray for those in need of help and for those rushing to help. To be honest, there was a time when I would be embarrassed to do it, when I was a teen and as a young adult. I would do it, but discretely. I have witnessed how people of faith, discretely and with obvious embarrassment, cross themselves in restaurants when offering grace. We try and avoid doing what we know deep down is right to do. We want to help someone, yet we hesitate. We want to offer words of comfort, yet we are afraid to risk ourselves. We want to forgive someone, yet we don’t want to let go of our hurts. So, we hold ourselves back, not being true to ourselves. We are not being true to what Jesus wants of us.
God invites you and me to put aside our petty little fears about what others may or may not think of us. He invites us to be true to Him. Recall how Jesus said, “Should anyone press you into service for one mile, go with him two miles”. Go beyond what we have to do. Do the things which you are not compelled to do. You will come to understand the life-giving grace of the cross which we venerate on the third Sunday of Great Fast.
Роздуми Митрополита Стефана на третю неділю Великого Посту
Сестра-монахиня у другому класі школи вчила мене хреститися кожен раз, як я чую сирену машини швидкої допомоги. Хтось потребує допомоги. Хтось іде на допомогу цим людям в потребі. Сестра вчила мене молитися за них. Це стало моєю звичкою на все життя! Кожного разу, як я чую виття сирени, щось підштовхує мене перехреститися і помолитися за того, хто в потребі й за тих, хто спішить йому на поміч. Якщо бути щирим, то був такий час, коли я, будучи підлітком і юним хлопцем, стидався робити це. Я міг це зробити, але приховано. Я був свідком, як віруючі люди уривчасто і з очевидним збентеженням хрестяться при благословенні в ресторанах. Ми стараємося й уникаємо робити те, що в глибині душі вважаємо правильним. Ми хочемо допомогти іншим, але вагаємося. Ми хочемо втішити, але боїмося ризикнути собою. Ми хочемо простити, але не хочемо звільнитися від наших образ. Ми стримуємося, не будучи щирими з самими собою. Ми не вірні тому, чого Ісус прагне від нас.
Бог запрошує Вас і мене відкласти в бік наші дрібні маленькі страхи, що інші подумають, чи не подумають про нас. Він запрошує нас бути чесними з Ним. Згадайте, як Ісус сказав: «Коли хтось потребуватиме вашої допомоги одну милю, йдіть з ним дві милі». Робіть більше того, що мусите. Робіть те, чого Ви не мусите робити. Тоді Ви прийдете до зрозуміння життєдайної благодаті хреста, що йому ми поклоняємося в третю неділю Великого посту.
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