"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing
but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Are
grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles? In the same way, every good
tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot
bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does bear
good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus, you will know them by
their fruits."
Fr.
Michael Coutts mentioned that today is the feast of the three prophets – St. Cyril
of Alexandria, Blessed Nykita Budka, and Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky. Saint Cyril was a great bishop of
Alexandria and has great devotion to Jesus. Blessed Nykita was born in Europe
and became a bishop in Ukrainian who settled in Winnipeg, Canada. He gave
stability to his parish and school. He was persecuted and died martyr. Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky
was also a bishop of Winnipeg of Canada who fought for the poor, persecuted,
and died a martyr due to ill health. These three bishops are great men with
great works as prophets who continued to spread the kingdom of God. They
inspire us to imitate their works.
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