Liturgical Schedule
Sat. 24: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
Health & well-being of Len
& Mary Perry on their 50th
Anniversary
Sun. 25: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
Sunday of the Paralytic Man
+Jeanette Kulifay from John
& Donna Volchko
Mon. 26: 8:30 am @ Infant Jesus
+Amy Wakeling from
Laura Eby
Tues. 27: 8:30 am@ Infant Jesus
+Mary Halus from
+Edward Halus
Wed. 28: NO LITURGY
Thurs. 29: 8:30 am @ Infant Jesus
+Frances D. DiFrischia
From Laura Eby
Fri. 30: 8:30 am @ Infant Jesus
+Fr. Robert Halus from
+Edward Halus
Sat. May 1: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
+Julia Fabian from Janie and Scott Zike
Sun. 02: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
Sunday of the Samaritan Woman
+Anne and Mike Hrusousky from Marilyn Davis
Collection Report
Week of 04/18/2021
$ 657.00 Offertory
$ 2.00 Children
$ 40.00 Renovation
$ 25.00 Garage Rent
$ 97.00 Candles
$ 821.00 TOTAL
Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:
Saturday: 27
Sunday: 16
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR PARISHIONERS: Kevin Ulrich Ivywoods Manor, Anne Planey and Frank Mingo at Assumption Village, Paul Fabian -Windsor House, Mary and Nicholas Dobus, Minerva Zepeda and Mildred Cibella, all at Oasis, Fr. Nicholas Kraynak at Shepherd of the Valley on Western Reserve Rd., Mary Jane Guidos at Shepard of the Valley in Liberty, Catherine Ulrich all at home. May God grant to all the sick and homebound of our parish many blessed, happy and healthy years.
UPDATE-CAPITAL CAMPAIGN:
The NEW total we have collected is $76,433.44 for the Capital Campaign. We continue to work towards our goal of $200, 000. Thank you for your generous donations and continued support to our Church.
PARISHIONER NEWS:
Congratulations to Jaden Rivera on receiving his Eagle Scout Badge. Your hard work and dedication have paid off. May God continue to bless you.
HELPING HANDS:
Helping Hands Day is sponsored by GCU Lodge 442. The Spring clean up and landscaping project will be held on Saturday May 8, 2021 from 9:00 am -12:00 (noon) at Infant Jesus Church grounds in Boardman.
On Saturday, May 22, 2021 from 10:00am-12:00 (noon) helping hands will be at St. Nicholas Byzantine Cemetery on Hyatt Street in Campbell.
All parishioners, friends, and families are invited to join for this project. The more volunteer “helping hands” we have, the more we can do to beautify our church grounds and St. Nicholas Cemetery for the Spring and Summer seasons.
There will be a light lunch provided at Infant Jesus and beverages and snacks at St. Nicholas Byzantine Cemetery.
SANCTUARY CANDLES:
The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intention. The left sanctuary candle is in memory of +Joseph R. Danko and the right sanctuary candle is in memory of +Thomas Kuropchak both from James & Denise Danko
Inner meaning
John 5:1-9 (continued) certain scholars think this passage is an allegory. The man stands for the people of Israel. The five porches stand for the five books of the law. In the porches the people lay ill. The law could show a man his sin, but could never mend it; the law could uncover a man’s weakness, but could never cure it. The law, like the porches, sheltered the sick soul but could never heal it. The thirty-eight years stand for the thirty- eight years in which the Jews wandered in the desert before they entered the promised land; or for the number of the centuries men had been waiting for the Messiah. The stirring of the waters stands for baptism. In point of fact in early Christian art a man is often depicted as rising from the baptismal waters carrying a bed upon his back. It may well be that it is now possible to read all these meanings into this story; but it is highly unlikely that John wrote it as an allegory. It has the vivid stamp of factual truth. But we do well to remember that any Bible story has in it far more than fact. There are always deeper truths below the surface and even the simple stories are meant to leave us face to face with eternal things.
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