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Philip the Apostle Byzantine (Ruthenian) Catholic Church • Thank you to all who brought meal to share last Sunday, on the feast of St. Philip the
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3866 65 street Apostle. Thank you for your effort and time spend preparing the meal and making our
parish feast beautiful. I very much enjoyed our parish family and I pray the graces
Sacramento, CA 95820
received through the intercession of Holy Apostle Philip bring about abundant fruit in
Phone: (916) 452-1888 E-mail: feromurin@hotmail.com our lives.
http://www.stphilipofsacramento.com/ Mobile: (916) 539-1534 • Thank you to Tom Whalen for buying a new vacuum cleaner for our church.

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory for ever! • Please remember in your prayers the sick and suffering members of our parish. I would
like to put their names in our weekly bulletin (please let me know), for those who
Slava Isusu Christu! Slava i vo viki!
receive the bulletin via mail, so that they can also serve to others with their prayers and
sacrifices.
A word from the Fathers …
St. John Climacus Liturgical schedule
Repentance is the renewal of baptism.
Repentance is a contract with God for a second life. A penitent is a buyer of humility. Tue Nov 24th 6.30 AM Divine Liturgy
Repentance is constant distrust of bodily comfort. Wed Nov 25th 6.00 PM Divine Liturgy
Repentance is self-condemning reflection, and carefree self-care. Thu Nov 26th Thanksgiving Day
Repentance is the daughter of hope and the renunciation of despair. A penitent is an
undisgraced convict. Sun 3ov 29th 9.00 AM Confessions 26th Sunday after Pentecost.
Repentance is reconciliation with the Lord by the practice of good deeds contrary to the rd
Tone 1
9.40 AM Office of the 3
sins.
hour
Repentance is purification of conscience.
Repentance is the voluntary endurance of all afflictions. A penitent is the inflicter of his 10.00 AM Divine Liturgy
own punishments. Fridays in general are marked as days of simple abstinence or equivalent
Repentance is a mighty persecution of the stomach, and a striking of the soul into penance. Let us remember each other as we offer prayers and sacrifices to God, in
vigorous awareness. union with the Cross of Christ. Note that at present, we are in the season of
preparation for the Nativity of our Lord – St. Philip Fast.
A prayer for our children (from the propers for the Entrance of the Theotokos in
the Temple):

O child, go to be an offering and fragrant incense for the One who sent you to me.
Enter into the veiled places and learn the mysteries of God. Prepare yourself to be a
delightful dwelling place for Jesus who will give great mercy to the world.
Announcements
• Last Sunday’s attendance was 41 souls, collection was 698.00 total. May our Lord God
reward you abundantly for your generosity.
Sacramento Events to note
• PURE FASHIO3 is a faith based program that invites girls ages 14-18 to register for
the upcoming model training program. Pure Fashion guides young women to live the
core principles of purity, authenticity, generosity, confidence, style, and grace. Pure
Fashion helps girls to recognize their true beauty – that they are a model of the Great
Designer - wonderfully created in God's image. Information/registration meetings for
parents and their daughters will be held Wednesday, December 2nd at 6:30 p.m. at St.
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John Vianney Parish Hall. For more information on the program, visit
www.purefashion.com or e-mail: infopurefashionsacramento@gmail.com or call
Daphney Hewitt at 916-439-2795, 916-439-2795.

• Catholic Charities of Sacramento invites you to Adopt-a-Family for Christmas 2009.

Many families in our communities struggle financially, especially at Christmas time.
Each year, we coordinate the Adopt-a-Family program at Christmas time to help out
families in need. You can help one of these families out by “adopting” them for
Christmas.
Donors provide gifts of toys, food and clothing for families who would otherwise receive
very little or nothing at all, such as individually wrapped gifts (toys or clothing) for each
family member, with each gift marked with the name of the recipient, a grocery store gift
card or non-perishable food items. After you sign up to adopt-a-family, we send out
information and suggestions for gifts. We'll also tell you when and where to drop off your
gifts for your family.
For more information and how to sign up, visit:
http://www.diocese-sacramento.org/social_service_ministry/Adopt-A-Family.html