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S A I N T P E T E R T H E A P O S T L E C H U R C H
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St. Steven's Cathedral in Alhambra
On Fasting… St. John Chrysostom
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Monthly Newsletter of St. Peter the Apostle Church. Fresno California Issue No. 03 / Vol. 31/ March 2018Parish Activities… Amazon Smile, Pascha flowers…
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Bulletin Board… Fence Appeal…
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On Fasting
St.JohnChrysostom,ConcerningtheStatues,homily3
Whenthefastmakesitsappearance,likeakindofspiri-tualsummer,letusassoldiersburnishourweapons,andasharvesterssharpenoursickles,andassailorsorderourthoughtsagainstthewavesofextravagantdesires,andastravellerssetoutonthejourneytowardsheaven,andaswrestlersstripforthecontest.Forthebelieverisatonceaharvesterandasailorandasoldier,awrestlerandatraveler.Sharpenyourswordandyoursickle,whichhasbeenbluntedbygluttony—sharpenitbyfasting.Layholdofthepathway,whichleads,towardsheaven,ruggedandnarrowasitis.Layholdofit,andjourneyon.Ispeaknotofsuchafastasmostpersonskeep,butofrealfasting;notmerelyabstinencefrommeats,butfromsinsaswell.Forthenatureofafastissuchthatitdoesnotsuf-Dicetodeliverthosewhopracticeitunlessitisdoneac-cordingtoasuitablelaw.Sothatwhenwehavegonethroughthelaboroffastingwedonotlosethecrownoffasting,wemustunderstandhowandinwhatmanneritisnecessarytoconductthebusinesssincethePhariseealsofasted,butafterwardwentawayemptyanddestituteofthefruitoffasting.Thepublicandidnotfast,andyethewasacceptedinpreferencetohimwhohadfastedinor-derthatyoumaylearnthatfastingisunproDitableunlessallotherdutiesaccompanyit.
Fastingisamedicine.Butlikeallmedi-cines,thoughitbeveryproD-itabletothepersonwhoknowshowtouseit,itfre-quentlybe-comesuseless(andevenharmful)inthehandsofhimwhoisunskill-fulinitsuse.Ihavesaidthesethingsnotthatwe
maydisparagefasting,butthatwemayhonorfasting.Forthehonoroffastingconsistsnotinabstinencefromfood,butinwithdrawingfromsinfulpractices,sincehewholimitshisfastingonlytoabstinencefrommeatsisonewhoespeciallydisparagesfasting.Doyoufast?Givemeproofofitbyyourworks.Bywhatkindofworks?Ifyouseeapoorman,takepityonhim.Ifyouseeanenemy,bereconciledwithhim.Ifyouseeafriendgaininghonor,donotbejealousofhim.Ifyouseeabeautifulwoman,passherby.Andletnotonlythemouthfast,butalsotheeyeandtheearandthefeetandthehandsandallmembersofyourbodies.Letthehandsfastbybeingpurefromplunderingandavarice.Letthefeetfastbyceasingfromrunningtoun-lawfulspectacles.Lettheeyesfast,beingtaughtneverto
On the Mystery of Confession… St. John of Kronstadt
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Lazarus Saturday and Palm Sunday… OCA.org
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From the parish records… Funeral:
Pelagiya (Pauline)Tehin, 99 on February 10, 2018.
Memory Eternal!
Dixthemselvesrudelyonhandsomefaces,ortobusythemselveswithstrangebeauties.Forlookingisthefoodoftheeyes,butifitweresuchasisunlawfulorforbidden,itmarsthefastandupsetsthewholesafetyofthesoul.Butifitwerelawfulandsafe,itadornsfasting.Foritwouldbeamongthingsmostabsurdtoabstainfromlaw-fulfoodbecauseofthefast,butwiththeeyestotouchevenwhatisforbidden!Doyounoteatmeat?Feednotuponlasciviousness(loveoflewdthings)bymeansofyoureyes.Lettheearfastalso.Thefastingoftheearcon-sistsinrefusingtoreceiveevilspeakingandcalumnies.Itiswritten,“Youshallnotreceiveafalsereport”(Exodus.23:1,LXX).Letthemouthalsofastfromdisgracefulspeechesandrail-ings.ForwhatdoesitproDitifweabstainfromDishandfowlandyetbiteanddevourthebrothersandsisters.TheevilspeakereatstheDleshofhisbrotherandbitesthebodyofhisneighbor.BecauseofthisPauluttersthefear-fulsaying,“Ifyoubiteanddevouroneanothertakeheedthatyouarenotconsumedbyoneanother”(Gal.5:15).YouhavenotDixedyourteethinhisDlesh,butyouhaveDixedyourslanderinhissoulandinDlictedthewoundofevilsuspicion,andyouhaveharmedinathousandwaysyourselfandhimandmanyothers,forinslanderingyourneighboryouhavemadehimwholistenstotheslander
worse,forshouldhebeawickedper-son,hebecomesmorecarelesswhenheDindsapartnerinhiswickedness.Andshouldhebeajustperson,heistemptedtoarroganceandgetspuffedup,beingledonbythesinofotherstoimagininggreatthingsconcerninghimself.Besidesthis,youhavestruckatthecommonwelfareoftheChurchher-self,forallthosewhohearyouwillnotonlyaccusethesupposedsinner,buttheentireChristiancommunity....AndsoIdesiretoDixthreepreceptsinyourmindsothatyoumayaccomplishthemduringthefast:tospeakillofnoone,toholdnooneforanenemy,andtoexpelfromyourmouthaltogethertheevilhabitofswearing.Forif,astheharvesterintheDieldscomestotheendofhislaborslittlebylittle,sowetooifwemakethisruleforourselvesandinanymannercometothecorrectpracticeofthesethreepreceptsduringthepresentLentandcom-mitthemtothesafecustodyofgoodhabit,weshallpro-ceedwithgreatereasetotherest,andbythismeansat-taintothesummitofspiritualwisdom.Andweshallreaptheharvestofafavorablehopeinthislife,andinthelifetocomeweshallstandbeforeChristwithgreatconDidenceandenjoythoseunspeakableblessingsofwhich,Godgrant,wemayallbefoundworthythroughthegraceofJesusChristourLord,withwhombeglorytotheFatherandtotheHolySpirituntoagesofages.Amen.
ON THE MYSTERY OF CONFESSION BySaintJohnofKronstadt
ThepersonwhoisaccustomedtogiveaccountofhislifeatConfessionwillnotfeartogiveananswerattheterribleJudgmentSeatofChrist.Forthispurposewasthemildtribunalofpeni-tenceinstituted,thatwemaygiveananswerwithoutshame,havingbeencleansedandhealedthroughrepentanceherebelow.Themoresincerelyweconfessoursins,themorecalmwillthesoulbeafterwards.Forsinsaresecretserpents,gnawingattheheartofaman,andneverlettinghimrest;theyarepricklythorns,constantlypiercingthesoul,theyarespiritualdarkness.Bearthesufferingsoftheoperationsothatyoumayberestoredtohealth—IspeakofConfes-sion.ImeanthatatConfession,youmustdeclareallyourshamefuldeedstoyourconfessor,withoutconcealment,thoughitmaywellbepainful,shameful,ignominious,andhumiliating.Otherwise,thewoundwillremainunhealed,willcontinuetopainyou,willundermineyourspiritualhealth,andwillbecomeacauseforotherspiritualweaknesses,orsinfulhabitsorvices.AssoonasyouhavetoldtheLordyoursins,withacontriteheart,theymeltaway;assoonasyouhavesighedandsorrowedforthem,theyarenomore.
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Lazarus Saturday and Palm Sunday TheweekfollowingtheSundayofSaintMaryofEgyptiscalledPalmorBranchWeek.AttheTuesdayser-vicesofthisweektheChurchrecallsthatJesus’friendLazarushasdiedandthattheLordisgoingtoraisehimfromthedead(Jn11).AsthedayscontinuetowardSaturday,theChurch,initshymnsandverses,continuestofollowChristtowardsBethanytothetombofLazarus.OnFridayevening,theeveofthecele-brationoftheResurrectionofLazarus,the“greatandsavingfortydays”ofGreatLentareformallybroughttoanend:Havingaccomplishedthefortydaysforthebene;itofoursouls,wepraytoThee,OLoverofMan,thatwemayseetheholyweekofThypassion,thatinitwemayglorifyThygreatnessandThineunspeakableplanofsalva-tionforoursake...(VespersHymn).LazarusSaturdayisapaschalcele-bration.ItistheonlymeintheenreChurchYearthattheresurrec-tionalserviceofSundayiscelebrat-edonanotherday.AttheliturgyofLazarusSaturday,theChurchglori-DiesChristas“theResurrectionandtheLife”who,byraisingLazarus,hasconDirmedtheuniversalresur-rectionofmankindevenbeforeHisownsufferinganddeath.ByraisingLazarusfromthedeadbeforeThypassion,Thoudidstcon-;irmtheuniversalresurrection,OChristGod!Likethechildrenwiththebranchesofvictory,wecryouttoThee,OVanquisherofDeath:Hosan-nainthehighest!BlessedishethatcomesinthenameoftheLord!(Troparion).Christ—theJoy,theTruthandtheLightofAll,theLifeoftheworldanditsResurrection—hasappearedinhisgoodnesstothoseonearth.HehasbecometheImageofourResur-rection,grantingdivineforgivenesstoall(Kontakion).AttheDivineLiturgyofLazarusSaturdaythebaptismalversefromGalatians:Asmanyashavebeenbap
zedintoChristhaveputonChrist(Gal3.27)replacestheThrice-holyHymnthusindicatingtheresurrec-tionalcharacterofthecelebration,andthefactthatLazarusSaturdaywasonceamongthefewgreatbap-tismaldaysintheOrthodoxChurchYear.BecauseoftheresurrectionofLazarusfromthedead,Christwashailedbythemassesasthelong-expectedMessiah-KingofIsrael.Thus,infulDillmentoftheprophe-ciesoftheOldTestament,Heen-teredJerusalem,theCityoftheKing,ridingonthecoltofanass(Zech9.9;Jn12.12).ThecrowdsgreetedHimwithbranchesintheirhandsandcalledouttoHimwithshoutsofpraise:Hosanna!BlessedisHewhocomesinthenameoftheLord!TheSonofDavid!TheKingofIsrael!Be-causeofthisgloriDicationbythepeople,thepriestsandscribeswereDinallydriven“todestroyHim,toputHimtodeath”(Lk19.47;Jn11.53,12.10).ThefeastofChrist’striumphalEntryintoJerusalem,PalmSunday,isoneofthetwelvemajorfeastsoftheChurch.TheservicesofthisSundayfollowdirectlyfromthoseofLazarusSaturday.Thechurchbuild-ingcontinuestobevestedinresur-rectionalsplendor,DilledwithhymnswhichcontinuallyrepeattheHosannaofferedtoChristastheMessiah-KingwhocomesinthenameofGodtheFatherforthesal-vationoftheworld.ThemaintroparionofPalmSundayisthesameonesungonLazarusSaturday.Itissungatalloftheser-vices,andisusedattheDivineLiturgyasthethirdanphonwhichfollowstheotherspecialpsalmverseswhicharesungastheliturgi-calantiphonsintheplaceofthosenormallyused.Thesecondtropari-onofthefeast,aswellasthekon-takionandtheotherversesandhymns,allcontinuetoglorifyChrist’striumphalmanifestation“sixdaysbeforethePassover”whenhewillgivehimselfattheSupperandontheCrossforthelifeoftheworld.
TodaythegraceoftheHolySpirithasgatheredustogether.LetusalltakeupThycrossandsay:BlessedishewhocomesinthenameoftheLord.Hosannainthehighest!(FirstVerseofVespers).WhenwewereburiedwithTheeinbaptism,OChristGod,weweremadeworthyofeternallifebyThyresur-rection.NowwepraiseTheeandsing:Hosannainthehighest!BlessedishethatcomesinthenameoftheLord!(SecondTroparion).SittingonThythroneinheaven,andcarriedonafoalonearth,OChristGod,acceptthepraiseofangelsandthesongsofchildrenwhosing:BIessedishewhocomestorecallAdam!(Kontakion).AtthevigilofthefeastofPalmSun-daythepropheciesoftheOldTes-tamentabouttheMessiah-KingarereadtogetherwiththeGospelac-countsoftheentryofChristintoJerusalem.AtMatinsbranchesareblessedwhichthepeoplecarrythroughoutthecelebrationasthesignoftheirowngloriDicationofJe-susasSaviorandKing.Thesebranchesareusuallypalms,or,intheSlavicchurches,pussywillowswhichcametobecustomarybe-causeoftheiravailabilityandtheirearlyblossominginthespringme.AsthepeoplecarrytheirbranchesandsingtheirsongstotheLordonPalmSunday,theyarejudgedto-getherwiththeJerusalemcrowd.ForitwastheverysamevoiceswhichcriedHosannatoChrist,which,afewdayslater,criedCrucifyHim!ThusintheliturgyoftheChurchthelivesofmencontinuetobejudgedastheyhailChristwiththe“branchesofvictory”andentertogetherwithHimintothedaysofHis“voluntarypassion.”Source:OCA.ORG
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Parish activities… S.H.A.R.E.S. Program:To enroll, go to Save Mart’s website www.savemart.-com/shares/ and select St. Peter Serbian Orthodox Church as your charity. You will have an option of a phone number, credit/debit card or both. If you pay cash or by check for your groceries, you can type in your phone number or give it to the cashier. If you buy your groceries using credit cards you can add your card number as well as a phone number. Your purchase is automatically credited to St. Peter’s. Once you sign up with e-Scrip though Save Mart then you are automatically registered with all of the e-Scrip par-ticipating merchants and online stores.Another way to support our Scholarship Fund is through Amazon Smile. Remember, always start at smile.amazon.com and Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases. Select “Serbian Orthodox Church of St Pe-ter” as your charity. It is very simple and easy!
Also, remember that you can donate directly to the Scholarship Fund at any time. All donations are great-ly appreciated!
Pascha Flowers ... The lenten season is now upon us, and soon Holy Week and Pascha will be here as well. Enclosed in this issue is an offering enve-lope for your donations to help offset the cost of flowers to decorate Christ's Tomb and the church for Pascha. Your generosi-ty will be greatly appreciated! We thank you and pray that you experience a re-warding and fruitful Lenten season and celebration of our Lord's Holy Pascha.
Preparing the church for Pascha:Volunteers are needed to clean the liturgical and altar items for Holy Week and Pascha. We will meet at 9:30a.m. on Friday, March 30. Cleaning supplies are pro-vided. Come and help out for a couple of hours!
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A note on Confession... Everyone is expected to receive the sacrament of Holy Confession during the Lenten season. Confessions are heard following ves-pers on Saturday evenings, before Presanctified Liturgies at 4:30 p.m. or you can schedule an appointment with Father George. Please try not to come on Sunday mornings unless you live a great distance from church. You are also reminded to not wait until the very last minute . Prepare yourselves early! The last opportunity
St. Peter's Church School...
Palm Sunday Vespers & Children’s Procession on Saturday, March 31 at 5:00 p.m. Children's confessions at the end of the service. All children are encouraged to participate!
The Youth Choir will be singing during the Palm Sunday Liturgy on April 1!
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B U L L E T I N B O A R D
VeraCoffeen(IMORademirStijovic)MimaStijovich(IMOSavoSjekloca)LillianDutraNadejaBrountchenkoRonald&RadmilaTarailoDanDakovichJesusandYvonneDuranLjubomirandLindyGligorijevicAngelaSmith(IMOTomo&DanicaPestich)DarinkaSpadierRebeccaCastroRoweAlisaRakichBrooksJoseph&LilyaSteeleOlegandElenaChernMariaKrilJim&SvetlanaWardEleanorChristensenChristian&NataliePoulsenAnthony&CicilyOlivoRandy&JaniceMcAteeLyudmylaMayFr.Jim&DonnaPappasHarry&MarnieButtsMatthew&SherylImfeldRon&MarjorieWoolleyMichael&AnnabelleCastroGeorge&DianeChrismanVeraStanovichCreechMaryRagenovichVeraNadenMike&DonaPestorichLouieObradovichMike&SuzieSpadierFrancesRadoicichDianeMilutinovichMarciaTaylorPamelaSagardia
SethGregoryJacobOwensJonathan&DeborahHartJohn&LizaPetrosianZorkaTarailoDale&BettyAnneHadley(andfriend
Robert)NadaRadojkovich&HunterRadich(IMO
RitaWachter)MauraChaplainNatalieSidelSandraSidelVeraDeheferMarilynJurkovichVeraPestorich(IMORistoPestorich)LarryPestorich(IMORistoPestorich)AllisonSpolsdoffKatherineSpolsdoffJim&AlaSpolsdoffTerrence&StacySmithSavo&MilkaRadovichCircleofSistersAnnMikitishMichael&JeanetteJurkovichStephen&KellyVucovichBryn&PhilForhanJohn&CharlenePestorichBrankaRistic(IMODarinkaPerovic)Scamagas,Peter&KatinaForrest&Dr.HollyGrowMark/CristinaVukajlovicBert&PattiCantuJoanUrdesich(IMOJeffUrdesich)DeaconAllenJendianGregOwens
Church Fence Fundraising Appeal… $50,000!
$5,000
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Total donated as of February 28th: $32,631.00
Please Help us to reach our goal to raise $50,000!
Thank you to the following parishioners and friends who have generously donated to our Church fence appeal…
Fence Project Update: Work is almost completed on the fence around the property! To date we have raised $32,531.00. We still need to meet our goal of $50,000 and will add an additional $15,000 from the Build-ing Fund to complete this project that will costs $65,000. If you have not yet donated please do so soon. Thank you and God bless all who contributed to this project!
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Alsobrook, Scott/KatherineBahn, MarilynBaziuk, John/SuzannaBrooks, Alisa RakichBrickey, Gabe/MikaBukilica, SallyBundros, Christopher/ShirleyByers, AndrewCantu, Bert/PattiCastro, Mike/AnnabelleChaplain, MauraChern, Oleg/ElenaChrisman, George/DianeChristensen, EleanorClemensen, Wayne/LisaCoffeen, VeraContreras, Alexander/FrancineCucuk, BarbaraCucuk, BrankoDakovich, DanDeYoung, J. Ryan/CarrieDuran, Jesus/YvonneDuran, Ernie/CherylEpperson, Jason/LamiaFoley, John/HeidiGligich, Fr. George/ElenaGranado, OlgaHart, Jonathon/Deborah
Hatler, CharyceKlingel, Friedhelm/TatianaKojovich, HelenKornaros, Steven/TaraKril, MariaLivanis, PeterLobkowski, Vladimir/DarleneMarinovich, BrankoMarivovich, John/NancyMay, LyudmylaMcAtee, Randy/JaniceMcAtee, TimothyMikitish, AnneMiller, Eric/YolyMilovich, RobertMilutinovich, George/CathyNaden, VeraOlivo, Anthony/CicilyOwens, JacobOxford, Tom/LynnPavic, DejanPavlovich, GeorgePenny, Tim/NancyPestich Smith, AngelaPestorich, John/CharlenePestorich, John/StaciPestorich, Mark/KristenPestorich, Mike / Dona
Petrosian, John/LizaPruse, Kenneth/TanyaPoulsen, Christian/NataliePoznanovich, MomirkaPoznanovich, SelmaRadoicich, FrancesRadojkovich, NadaRadovich, Savo/MilkaRamirez, Christian / BriannaRistic, BrankaRomanenko, Andrej/CarolynSidel, NatalieSidel, SandraSkochko, Steve/AllisonSpadier, DarinkaSpadier, Dushan/JuliannaSpolsdoff, James/AlaStanovich-Creech, VeraStijovic, MimaTarailo, Ron/RadmilaTarailo, ZorkaWard, Jim/SvetlanaWesseler, Dn. Joseph/StaciaWoolley, James/MarjorieWoolsey, KathrynZenovich, Vera
March Altar Servers, Epistle Readers and Tutors Schedule:
Epistle: March 4 Joseph AlsobrookMarch 11 Jonathan HartMarch 18 Jacob PruseMarch 25 Lazarus McAtee
Team 1March 4 & 18Braeden EppersonMason EppersonJoseph HartIsaac Byers
Team 2March 11 & 25Luke AlsobrookCaleb AlsobrookLance VukajovićNickolas Vukajlović
Tutors:March 4 & 25 Jim Ward / Vera NadenMarch 11 Andrej Romanenko / Tim Penny March 18 Jonathan Hart / John Baziuk
Stewardship 2018 … November 12 was the start of our stewardship campaign for 2018. All households in the parish should have received our stewardship mailer along with a pledge card. If you did not receive this mailer please contact the church office at stpeter@me.com or pick one up a the candle counter in the narthex. Please read through all of the information and prayer-fully consider what your financial commitment to our St. Peter Church will be for the coming year. We thank the following parishioners listed who have submitted their pledge commitment for 2018. Thank you and God bless you!
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Parish DirectoryContact Information: Phone: (559) 227-5565 Email: stpeter@me.com Website: www.stpeterfresno.com
Parish Clergy: V. Rev. George Gligich (559) 696-7015Protodeacon Brad Matthews (Retired)Deacon Joseph Wesseler (559) 936-6838
Choir Director: Peggy Matthews (559) 960-2151
Parish Council: Anthony Olivo (559) 917-0747
Church School: Lamia Epperson (559) 430-9186
Circle of Sisters: Shirley Bundros (559) 940-9216
Men’s Club: Jonathan Hart (559 447-3079
Worship Services: Saturday Vespers at 5:00 p.m.Confessions on Saturdays after vespers or during the week by appointment.
Sunday Liturgy at 9:30 a.m.Church School on Sundays from September through May following Holy Communion.
Weeknight Vespers at 7:00 p.m.
Weekday Liturgy (Holy Days) at 9:00 a.m.
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rarc
hica
l Litu
rgy
1
0:00
a.m
. Con
tinen
tal B
reak
fast
1
1:00
a.m
. Our
long
ing
for G
od, “
My
God
my
soul
long
s fo
r you
”
(Ps
. 62:
4), b
y Fr
. Tim
othy
Pav
loto
s
12:
30 p
.m. L
unch
1
:30
p.m
. Dis
cuss
ion
with
Fr.
Tim
othy
Pav
lato
s fol
low
ed b
y
a
ftern
oon
activ
ity
5:0
0 p.
m.
Conf
essi
ons
6
:00
p.m
. Gr
eat V
espe
rs
7:0
0 p.
m.
Dinn
er a
nd F
ello
wsh
ip
DIO
CESA
N K
OLO
SRP
SKIH
SES
TARA
- CI
RCLE
OF
SERB
IAN
SIS
TERS
Serb
ian
Ort
hodo
x Di
oces
e of
Wes
tern
Am
eric
a 16
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est G
arve
y A
venu
e, A
lham
bra,
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iforn
ia 9
1803
WIT
H T
HE
BLE
SSIN
G O
F H
IS G
RA
CE
BIS
HO
P M
AX
IM
We
invi
te y
ou to
atte
nd th
e
21st
Ann
ual W
omen
’s Le
nten
Ret
reat
Sa
int S
teve
n’s S
erbi
an O
rthod
ox C
athe
dral
, Alh
ambr
a, C
A 9
183
THE
LOV
E O
F G
OD
TH
E FA
THER
“S
ee h
ow g
reat
a lo
ve th
e Fa
ther
has
bes
tow
ed o
n us
, th
at w
e w
ould
be
calle
d ch
ildre
n of
God
; and
suc
h w
e ar
e” (I
Joh
n 3:
1).
with
Fr.
Tim
othy
Pav
lato
s
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