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St.
Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church
Sunday Bulletin – September 25th, 2011 A.D.
Church Address: 80 de Castelnau Est, Montreal, QC, H2R 1P2
– Office: 514-270-9788; Fax: 514-270-6424;
Hall: 514-276-3102; Pastoral Emergency: 514-926-7875 - www.stnicholasmtl.org/office@stnicholasmtl.org
+ Fr. Mark-Arsenios
Wyatt (Pastor)
+ The Holy Epistle (2
Corinthians 4:6-15) +
Brethren, it is the God who said, "Let
light shine out of darkness," who has shone in our hearts the light of the
knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. But we have this treasure
in earthen vessels, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not
to us. We are afflicted in every way,
but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken;
struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus,
so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. For while we live we are always being given
up to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our
mortal flesh. So death is at work in
us, but life in you. Since we have the same spirit of faith as he had who
wrote, "I believed, and so I spoke," we too believed, and so we
speak, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus
and bring us with you into his presence.
For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more
people, it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.
يا
إخوةُ إنَّ
اللهَ الذي
أمرَ أنْ
يُشرِقَ مِنَ
ظُلمَةٍ نورٌ
هو الذي
أشرَقَ في
قُلُوبِنا
لإنارةِ
مَعرِفَةِ مَجدِ
اللهِ في وجهِ
يسوعَ
المسيحِ* ولنا
هذا الكَنْزُ
في آنِيةٍ
خَزَفِيَّةٍ
ليكونَ فَضلُ
القُوَّةِ
للهِ لا
مِنَّا*
مُتَضايقِينَ
في كُلِّ شيءٍ
ولكِن غيرَ
مُنحَصِرينَ.
ومُتَحَيِّرينَ
ولكن غيرَ
يائِسِينَ*
ومُضطَهَدِينَ
ولكن غيرَ
مَخذُولينَ.
ومَطروحِينَ
ولكن غيرَ
هالِكِينَ*
حامِلينَ في
الجَسَدِ
كُلَّ حِينٍ
إماتَةَ
الربِّ يسوعَ
لِتَظهَرَ
حياةُ يسوعَ
أيضاً في
أجسادِنا*
لأنَّا نحنُ
الأحياءَ
نُسَلَّمُ
دائماً إلى
الموتِ من
أجلِ يسوعَ
لتظهَرَ
حياةُ
المسيحِ
أيضاً في
أجسادِنا
المائِتَةِ*
فالموتُ
إذَنْ يُجرَى
فينا والحياةُ
فِيكم* فإذْ
فينا روحُ
الإيمانِ
بِعَينِهِ على
حَسَبِ ما
كُتِبَ إنِّي
آمنتُ ولذلكَ
تَكَلَّمتُ
فنحنُ أيضاً
نؤمِنُ
ولذلكَ نتكلَّمُ*
عالمينَ أنَّ
الذي أقامَ
الربَّ يسوعَ
سيُقِيمُنا
نحنُ أيضاً
بيسوعَ فننتصِبَ
مَعَكُم*
لأنَّ كُلَّ
شيءٍ هو مِن
أجلِكُم لكي
تَتَكاثَرَ
النِعمَةُ
بِشُكرِ
الأكثَرينَ
فتزدادَ
لمجِدِ اللهِ.
+ The Holy Gospel (St. Luke 5:1-11) +
At that time, Jesus was standing
by the lake of Gennesaret. And he saw
two boats by the lake; but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing
their nets. Getting into one of the
boats, which was Simon's, Jesus asked him to put out a little from the
land. And he sat down and taught the
people from the boat. And when Jesus
had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into the deep and let
down your nets for a catch." And
Simon answered, "Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the
nets." And when they had done
this, they enclosed a great shoal of fish; and as their nets were breaking,
they beckoned to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so
that they began to sink. But when Simon
Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Depart from me, for I
am a sinful man, O Lord." For he
was astonished, and all that were with him, at the catch of fish which they had
taken; and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with
Simon. And Jesus said to Simon,
"Do not be afraid; henceforth you will be catching men." And when they had brought their boats to
land, they left everything and followed him.
في ذلكَ
الزمانِ فيما يسوعُ
واقفٌ عندَ بُحيرةِ
جَنّيسارَت رأى
سفينَتَينِ واقفَتَينِ
عندَ شاطئ البحيرةِ
وقد انحدرَ منهما
الصيَّادونَ يُغسِلونَ
الشِّبَاكَ* فَدَخَلَ
إحدى السَّفِينَتينِ
وكانت لسمعانَ
وسألَهُ أن يَتَبَاعدَ
قليلاً عن البَرِّ
وجلسَ يُعَلِّمُ
الجموعَ مِنَ السفينةِ*
ولمَّا فَرَغَ
مِنَ الكلامِ قالَ
لسمعانَ تَقَدَّمْ
إلى العُمقِ وألقُوا
شِبَاكَكُم للصَّيدِ*
فأجابَ سمعانُ
وقالَ لهُ يا مُعَلِّمُ
إنَّا قد تَعِبنا
الليلَ كُلَّهُ
ولم نُصِبْ شيئاً
ولكِنْ بِكَلِمَتِكَ
ألقي الشبكةَ*
فلَمَّا فَعَلوا
ذلكَ احتازوا مِنَ
السَّمَكِ شيئاً
كثيراً حتى تَخَرَّقَتْ
شَبَكَتَهُم* فأشاروا
إلى شُرَكائِهِم
في السفينةِ الأُخرى
أن يأتوا ويعاونوهُم.
فأتوا ومَلأوا
السفينَتينِ حتى
كادتا تغرقانِ*
فلمَّا رأى ذلكَ
سمعانُ بطرسُ خَرَّ
عندَ رُكبَتي يسوعَ
قائلاً اخرُجْ
عَني يا ربُّ فإني
رجلٌ خاطئٌ* لأنَّ
الإنذهالَ اعتراهُ
هوَ وكلَّ مَن
معهُ لصيدِ السَّمَكِ
الذي أصابوهُ*
وكذلكَ يعقوبُ
ويوحنا ابنا زَبَدى
اللذانِ كانا رفيقَينِ
لسمعان. فقالَ
يسوعُ لسمعانَ
لا تَخَفْ فإنَّكَ
مِنَ الآنَ تكونُ
صياداً للناسِ*
فلمَّا بَلَغُوا
بالسفِينَتينِ
إلى البَرِّ
تَرَكُوا
كُلَّ شيءٍ
وتَبِعُوهُ.
v
Meditation: “Only God gives Financial Security!”
(By: Purpose Driven Connection)
But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to
produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your
forefathers, as it is today. (Deuteronomy 8:18)
God is the One who provides for us when we
have a need. This means He supplies for our financial needs. In other words, I
don’t look to an employer for my security. I don’t look to my savings for
security. I don’t look to anyone or anything other than God to supply my needs.
Let me illustrate it this way: When I turn on the water, I don't think the
water actually comes straight from the faucet. I know the water really comes
from a reservoir. It just comes to me through the faucet. In the same way, the
income that God wants to give you may come through a job or through something
else. But the source is always God. This means you don’t need to worry about
which faucet He uses to supply your needs. In a sense, He says, “If I turn off
one faucet, I can just as easily turn on another. If you lose one job, I can
give you another. I am your source, not your job. I am your source, not your
bank account.”
v
Meditation: “Does Jesus set your Priorities?”
(By: Purpose Driven Connection)
Someone else said, “I will follow you, sir; but first let me go and say
good-bye to my family.” Jesus said to him, “Anyone who starts to plow and then
keeps looking back is of no use for the Kingdom of God.” (Luke 9:61-62)
Discipleship is not like a career we map out
for ourselves: “I’ll do this for Jesus after I get the kids through school and
build my retirement fund.” We cannot arrange our service to suit ourselves; otherwise,
we end up serving Jesus according to what makes sense to us. Like the disciple
in today’s verse, we say we will obediently follow Jesus, but then we turn the
tables and decide on our own what should take priority in our lives. This still
leaves us in control. We may accomplish good things, but that doesn’t make us
disciples of Jesus. Jesus says, “Anyone who starts to plow and then keeps
looking back is of no use for the Kingdom of God” (Luke 9:61-62). Looking back
is double-mindedness (James 1:8, 4:8). It makes us unstable and uncertain, and
that’s the exact opposite of the focused following Jesus expects of us. It
means there are moments in our relationship with Jesus when we say, “I’ll get
back to you on that, Jesus, just as soon as I finish with my priorities.” Are
you holding off Jesus until he fits into your schedule? Until you get through
this stage of your life? If Jesus brings conviction, that doesn’t equate to
condemnation. He wants the best for you, and he knows you will find that when you
follow him.
We the faithful praise and worship Thy Cross and Tomb, O Giver of life,
for Thou hast chained Hades, O Immortal One, and as the Almighty God, Thou hast
raised the dead with Thee and hast shattered the gates of Hades and destroyed
the power of death. Therefore, we praise Thee with love; Thou Who didst arise
and demolish the power of the deadly enemy. Thou hast raised all who believe in
Thee, delivered the world from the arrows of the serpent, and freed us from the
errors of the enemy, O almighty One. Therefore, in faith we praise Thy
Resurrection by which Thou hast saved us as God of all.
September 1st was the Orthodox
Ecclesial New Year, and Fr. Mark made a new year’s resolution on behalf of the
parish: “No Negativity Policy”. Remember what our
mothers told us when we were young: “If you don’t have anything nice to
say, don’t say anything at all…”, and remember also
what our Lord continues to tell us: “Do unto others, what you want done to
you…” Let’s practice these Golden Rules and see how
our Parish will change for the better! Remind
each other! Help each other! Love each other! Stay together!
* Announcements *
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Every Saturday: Great Vespers at 5:00
p.m.
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Every Sunday: Orthros at 9:30 a.m. &
Divine Liturgy at 10:30 a.m.
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Confession: in the Church and by
appointment only.
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Church
Bookstore - open after all
Church Services & upon request. (See
Fr. Mark).
Ø
A big
thank you to Olga Assaly & Marie Azakie for chairing another amazing
Bazaar! We thank God for the wonderful weather that weekend compared to the
rainy week days! We would also like to thank ALL
Volunteers who
worked inside with the goods & outside with the food & who helped
prepare everything. The total collected for the Church was: $30,029.18.
Excellent job!
Ø
2nd
Tray today – See enclosed letter from the Archdiocese for more information.
Ø
Induction
of Officers today following the Divine Liturgy
Ø
Corn Roast
hosted by the Sunday School: October 2nd after the Divine Liturgy.
Ø
Parish
Council Meeting: October 3rd at 7:00 p.m.
Ø
Antiochian
Women Meeting: October 4th at 7:15 p.m.
Ø
Sunday
School Meeting: October 13th at 7:00 p.m.
Ø
Children’s
Wii Bowling Tournament: October 16th after the Divine Liturgy.
Ø
Annual
Turkey Lunch: October 30th after the Divine Liturgy (Book the Date!). Note: the Parish
Council will also at the lunch be honoring Mr. Lorne Zakaib, who recently
resigned from the Parish Council due to personal reasons. We thank Lorne for
all he has done for us, and continues to do. (For tickets please contact Sylvia
Mefrige 514-344-0550).
Ø
Congratulations
to Michael Lawand & Rean Sayegh on their marriage on September 3rd.
May our Lord grant you many happy years together!
Ø
Removal
of Crowns today: Wyssam & Lucia Zoghaib. God bless you!
Ø The Cedars Home (CHSLD) needs a full-time Social
Worker with a Bachelor's Degree in Social Work; is a member of the Ordre
des travailleurs sociaux du Québec; must speak English, French & Arabic.
Please consult www.centrelescedres.ca (Job Postings) or call 514-389-1023 to apply or for more information.
Today’s Memorial Service –
Trisagion Prayer for the Departed “Memory
Eternal!”
* 4th
Year for Alexandra Kersheh (Remembered
also: Michel, George, Ibrahim, Salma, Antoinette, Hasna, Antoun & René
Tabah). Offered by Theo Kersheh & Family.
* 25th Year for Mrs.
Badhia Zakaib, (Remembered also: George
Atta Zakaib, Denise Zakaib Pasquarelli, George Michael Zakaib & Mike
(Mario) Pasquarelli). Offered by Gloria Zakaib Dobson & Family.
* 22nd Year for Frank
Tweel, 22nd Year for Nahil Tomy, 42nd Year for Rashid
Tomy, 2nd Month for Jeanette Zacard. (Remembered also: all the deceased members of the Tweel, Tomy &
Farah Families). Offered by Florence Tweel and Family.
Thank you to our 2011 Church Bulletin Sponsor: TRAVELWAY GROUP
INTERNATIONAL INC – THE SHADEED FAMILY
* Our Bulletins are designed and
printed at our Church Office. Please take your copy home with you! *