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May 25, 2008
— 5th Sunday of Pascha, the Samaritan Woman.—
Third Finding of the Honorable
Head of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John.
Hieromartyr Urban, Pope of
Rome. Hieromartyr Therapon, Bishop of Cyprus.
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Now those who
were scattered after the persecution that arose over Stephen
traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the
word to no one but the Jews only. |
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But some of
them were men from Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to
Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists, preaching the Lord Jesus. |
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And the hand
of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and
turned to the Lord. |
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Then news of
these things came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and
they sent out Barnabas to go as far as Antioch. |
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When he came
and had seen the grace of God, he was glad, and encouraged
them all that with purpose of heart they should continue with
the Lord. |
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For he was a
good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great many
people were added to the Lord. |
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Then Barnabas
departed for Tarsus to seek Saul. |
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And when he
had found him, he brought him to Antioch. So it was that for a
whole year they assembled with the church and taught a great
many people. And the disciples were first called Christians in
Antioch. |
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Then the
disciples, each according to his ability, determined to send
relief to the brethren dwelling in Judea. |
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This they
also did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and
Saul. |
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So He came to
a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of
ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. |
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Now Jacob's
well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey,
sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour. |
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A woman of
Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her,
"Give Me a
drink." |
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For His
disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. |
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Then the
woman of Samaria said to Him, "How is it that You, being a Jew,
ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" For Jews have no
dealings with Samaritans. |
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Jesus
answered and said to her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who
it is who says to you, 'Give Me a drink,' you would have asked
Him, and He would have given you living water." |
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The woman
said to Him, "Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well
is deep. Where then do You get that living water? |
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Are You
greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank
from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock?" |
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Jesus
answered and said to her, "Whoever drinks of this water will
thirst again, |
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but whoever
drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But
the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of
water springing up into everlasting life." |
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The woman
said to Him, "Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst,
nor come here to draw." |
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Jesus said to
her, "Go, call your husband, and come here." |
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The woman
answered and said, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You
have well said, 'I have no husband,' |
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for you have
had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your
husband; in that you spoke truly." |
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The woman
said to Him, "Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. |
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Our fathers
worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem
is the place where one ought to worship." |
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Jesus said to
her, "Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will
neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father. |
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You worship
what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is
of the Jews. |
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But the hour
is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the
Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to
worship Him. |
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God is
Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and
truth." |
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The woman
said to Him, "I know that Messiah is coming" (who is called
Christ). "When He comes, He will tell us all things." |
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Jesus said to
her, "I who speak to you am He." |
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And at this
point His disciples came, and they marveled that He talked with
a woman; yet no one said, "What do You seek?" or, "Why are You
talking with her?" |
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The woman
then left her waterpot, went her way into the city, and said to
the men, |
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"Come, see a
Man who told me all things that I ever did.
Could this be
the Christ?" |
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Then they
went out of the city and came to Him. |
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In the
meantime His disciples urged Him, saying, "Rabbi, eat." |
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But He said
to them, "I have food to eat of which you do not know." |
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Therefore the
disciples said to one another, "Has anyone brought Him anything
to eat?" |
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Jesus said to
them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to
finish His work. |
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Do you not
say, 'There are still four months and then comes the harvest'?
Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields,
for they are already white for harvest! |
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And he who
reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, that
both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. |
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For in this
the saying is true: 'One sows and another reaps.' |
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I sent you to
reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored,
and you have entered into their labors." |
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And many of
the Samaritans of that city believed in Him because of the word
of the woman who testified, "He told me all that I ever did." |
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So when the
Samaritans had come to Him, they urged Him to stay with them;
and He stayed there two days. |
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And many more
believed because of His own word. |
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Then they
said to the woman, "Now we believe, not because of what you
said, for we ourselves have heard Him and we know that this is
indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world." |
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THIS
WEEK—
MAY 25th
Note: NO
Vespers this Saturday. (24th)
Note:
Sunday, May 25th...9:30 a.m. Deacon's service. NO
Holy Communion.
NEXT WEEK—JUNE
1st
Note: NO
Vespers on Saturday, May 31st.
Sunday Divine
Liturgy...9:30 a.m. Fr. John Kluchko will be serving with us.
UPCOMING—
Thursday, June 5th, is the
Feast of the Ascension. Vespers Wednesday evening.
Sunday, June 15th, is the Feast of Pentecost.
WELCOME,
DEACON THEODOSIUS (ONEST) Hopefully you see Fr. Deacon
Theodosius
serving with us this
morning. We are always glad to have him and his family with us!
Deacon
Theodosius is Richard
Onest's nephew, Henrietta Onest's grandson, and a former parishioner of Sts.
Peter and Paul. He
is attached to the Canonsburg Church and has been serving other parishes
within
our Archdiocese.
Thanks for coming, Fr. Theodosius!
CELEBRATING ON
SUNDAY, JUNE 1st Fr. John Kluchko, the long-time Priest at the
Church of the
Holy Resurrection in Belle
Vernon and recently retired—
will be serving the Divine
Liturgy. Matushka
Mildred will probably
accompany him. Fr. John's daughter graduated from Gannon University.
We
welcome Fr. John to
Crossingville and trust that he will have a peaceful and enjoyable visit.
THANK YOU...
We held a rummage sale this past Thursday, Friday and Saturday. A few
ladies took
a good part of their days
to organize the sale and wait on customers. We are appreciative of
their
efforts! We will
give a summary of sales and income when available.
OUR MISSION SERVICE
LAST SUNDAY EVENING was very enjoyable and uplifting. Our
Dean,
Fr. Paul Ziatyk, along
with Deanery clergy Fr. Paul Suda, Fr. Joseph Wargo, Fr. Bill Evansky,
and
Deacon Joseph Rabickow
celebrated a Paschal vespers with Fr. Dennis. The choir was prayerful
and inspiring as usual.
A delicious meal followed in the parish hall. If you weren't here you
missed a
special evening!
Thanks to all those who made it so. Many favorable comments were
heard!
PARISH COUNCIL
will meet on Sunday, June 8th, after the Divine Liturgy. We have
finance issues
to discuss concerning our
parish hall renovation. Council members please be there!
STS. PETER & PAUL
RETREAT AT CAMP SHERWIN Some parishioners will be camping
while
others plan on making
evening or one or two day visits. We will be celebrating a Vespers at the
Camp
on one evening.
Discussions/studies and special events are also being planned. Take a
look at the
poster in the parish hall.
Make some plans to participate in at least a part of the activities. The
Retreat
is June 18,19,20 and
21. The sunsets over the lake and evening campfires are truly
inspiring.
More info later.
STS. PETER & PAUL
PICNIC The Feast Day of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul is
June 29th.
That is a Sunday. We
will celebrate our Patron Saints with a parish picnic following the Liturgy.
The menu includes Kentucky
Fried Chicken! We are asking for a donation of $10 per adult.
There will be games and
activities for all ages. But Note: We will make
adjustments for those who
would have a
difficult time with the $10. We don't want any parishioner to miss our
picnic!
OUR BUILDING PROJECT
BEGINS! We have selected Jeff Corwin as our contractor.
Jeff sub-
mitted the low bid for the
project--just under $129,000. He also happens to be a parishioner!
The
work will begin any day
now. We need to receive the building inspector's approval of our plans
before
we can start. That is
expected to come very soon! We have removed our "temporary" and
"folding"
classrooms and have begun
preparing the hall for its alteration and renovation.
We need the help of all
parishioners to make this a God-pleasing work!
Please return a pledge card as
soon as possible!
A Treasurer's report and schedule
of building expenditures was distributed with the May 18th bulletin. You can
get a copy if you didn't get it then. Ask a parish council member to find
you one!
We are always ready and willing
to answer any questions you may have.
CHARITABLE GIVING
International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC)
is asking for your
financial gift in order to help those tens of thousands of people suffering
from the cyclone in Burma
and the earthquake in China. This is an emergency request.
Mark an envelope and drop it in the
basket and we will forward it to the IOCC. What tragedies! What
suffering!
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