Royal Doors

Apr

14

2017

A Personal Invite

Faith

Glory be to Jesus Christ! Brothers and sisters, I have been enjoying very much our daily (or semi-daily) reflections together at Musings with Fr. Mike. I have found the experience of reflecting on and writing about the daily lectionary readings beneficial and enriching for my own walk with the Lord. I pray these meditations on Holy Scripture have been fruitful for you as well. These daily reflections (and they will actually be daily) will be taking a bit of a different turn and I am excited to offer you a personal invite to join us in breaking open the Word…

Apr

11

2017

By Brent Kostyniuk

The Risen Christ

Both Lungs, Featured Articles

by Brent Kostyniuk When our daughter Victoria was quite young, one of her favourite Bible stories was that of Jesus roasting fish by the shore of a lake and calling Peter over to join him. It remains one of my favourite images of the Risen Christ. It is a very comforting image. Jesus has returned through the Resurrection and wants to share a meal with His friend. Although He can enjoy a piece of fresh caught tilapia, He can also pass through walls as if they didn’t exist. Is this what heaven will be like? A very different image of…

Apr

07

2017

By UGCC Bishops of Canada

Easter 2017 Pastoral Letter from the Canadian Bishops

Apr

07

2017

By His Beatitude Sviatoslav

Pastoral Letter of His Beatitude Sviatoslav on Palm Sunday to the Youth

News

Dear Beloved Youth in Christ! Every year on Palm Sunday I rejoice that I have the opportunity to address you with this pastoral address and together with you to experience the Lord’s Entrance into Jerusalem – the feast of the Lord’s triumph, which leads us into the Paschal Mystery of the sufferings, death and resurrection of Christ in order to be with the Lord in His eternal victory in one week. I confess to you that I receive great joy and inspiration from every encounter with you both in Ukraine and in the diaspora. These encounters give hope and faith…

Apr

07

2017

By His Beatitude Sviatoslav

Pastoral Letter of His Beatitude Sviatoslav to the Priests on Great and Holy Thursday

Featured Articles, Newsconfession, Great and Holy Thursday, priesthood

Dear Brothers in the Priesthood! This year again, like Christ’s disciples at the Mystical Supper, we will sit with our Divine Saviour on this holy day at His mystical banquet. Today once again we will live through the humbling before us of our Teacher and Lord at the washing of the feet and we will rejoice in the gift of His Priesthood. In this way, as we enter into His Passion and await His glorious Resurrection, contemplating His ministry and extreme humility, to heal our wounds, I invite you to reflect upon one of the most important Mysteries of the…

Apr

05

2017

By His Beatitude Sviatoslav

Easter 2017 Pastoral Letter of His Beatitude Sviatoslav

Apr

01

2017

By Fr. Michael Bombak

Weddings and Wine

NewsCana, life, marriage, wine

Feb. 14, Tuesday: Mt. Tabor – Cana – Nazareth Drive to Cana of Galilee to visit the wedding Church, where Jesus performed the first of his signs, changing water to wine. Possibility of renewing Wedding Vows. Continue drive to Nazareth and visit the Basilica of the Annunciation starting with the Grotto of the Annunciation and the Church then we will visit the house of the Holy Family underneath the Church of St. Joseph. (Divine Liturgy will be held at the Annunciation Church). Lunch at Holy Land Restaurant in Nazareth. In the afternoon we will drive to Mount Tabor, the Mount…

Mar

29

2017

By Brent Kostyniuk

Royal Doors

Both Lungs, Featured Articles

by Brent Kostyniuk One of the most distinctive features of the interior of a Byzantine church is its iconostasis, a richly decorated icon screen which establishes the altar area. Far from being a wall which isolates the nave from the sanctuary, theologically the iconostasis actually serves to bring the two together. In Byzantine theology, the sanctuary is believed to be heaven placed on earth. It is the Holy of Holies. In this way, events which are part of the spiritual realm are made available to those on earth. This may be likened to the great Temple in Jerusalem. The holiest…

Mar

23

2017

By Fr. Michael Bombak

Preaching in Capernaum

NewsCapernaum, Paralytic

And he went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And he was teaching them on the Sabbath- Luke 4:31 This past Sunday the lesson was from Mark 2:1-12, about the healing of the paralyzed man at Capernaum and how the crowds were so great they had to take the man up on the roof, make a hole and lower him to Jesus. How amazing it was to have been at Capernaum just a few short weeks ago and see the ruins. We also visited the synagogue ruins which were built over the first one there in the time of…

Mar

23

2017

By Fr. Michael Bombak

Genesis 10:32–11:9- Back to Babbling

Faithbabel, materialism, pride, science

Glory be to Jesus Christ! I love science. When I was a boy I spent a lot of time reading about astronomy and different natural phenomena in geology and the other natural sciences. I was fascinated by many of the inventions that had been designed by famous scientists and I even had some crazy inventions of my own (which didn't work). Scientific breakthroughs have made life much easier for us and have even made life possible in many cases. But have you ever heard someone say "science can't explain it yet, but it's only a matter of time?" There's a…