The Feast of the Ascension is only days away… which means that Mission Days 2025 is about to begin!
His Beatitude SVIATOSLAV is encouraging us to give Mission Days our best shot this year (not that we aren’t already pumped! about engaging in these 10 days of prayer and activity and actual Evangelization!). He reminds us that:
“… Easter is coming to an end and this Thursday, May 29, the Church will celebrate the Ascension of the Lord. From the feast of the Ascension to the feast of Pentecost, the UGCC traditionally holds “MISSION DAYS” i.e. 10 days of special prayer for missionary work and the preaching of the Gospel.
“I encourage all of you, especially priests, to properly organize and live this [10-day mission experience],”
The Head of the Church paid special attention to the Sunday after Ascension, June 1, when all parishes of the UGCC will conduct a fundraiser to support missionary activities. According to the Primate, these funds are intended to support those who preach the Word of God and create new communities and parishes of the UGCC.
His Beatitude concluded with, “There is so much darkness around us today, and people are so desperate for light—the light of God’s Gospel, the light of Christ, spoken of in today’s Gospel. And who else but us, Christians, can and must spread it in today’s world?!”
Please find attached some English and Ukrainian Mission Days Materials.
Also check out this link [TYT] for Ukrainian language resources,
And this link [HERE] for English language Reflections (but not the full text that includes more information and special daily Mission “tasks”. See below for a link to a more complete English text…
And, although His Beatitude suggests that the 2018 resources be used, you can crosscheck them by LATER resources on our own website… [HERE]
Let parish and mission communities do whatever they can. Surely a daily “get-together” of all those who can would be an amazing parish-building experience as well as a demonstration that we know the importance of the Lord’s Mandate to…
“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age.”(Matthew 28:19-20)
May this video that touches upon the Ascension, Pentecost and Peter’s amazing healing of the beggar – serve as a source of inspiration! (Acts 1:1-10; 2:1-47; 3:1-10 and ff) Watch [HERE]