September 5, 2021 Bulletin

Liturgical Schedule

Sat. 4: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

             +Julia Fabian from Maria &

              Ken Tirpak

Sun. 5: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

               15^th Sunday after Pentecost

               +Ann Malys from Mary Jane

               Backus

Mon. 6: NO LITURGY

Tues. 7: 8:15 am @ Infant Jesus

            + Sophie & Victor “Vito”

            Cimino from family

Wed. 8: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

              Birth of the Theotokos

             +Janice Salcedo from

              family

Thurs. 9: NO LITURGY

Fri. 10: 8:15 am @ Infant Jesus

              +Millie Klanica from family

Sat. 11: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

              Saturday before the Exaltation

              of the Cross

              For the parishioners

Sun. 12: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

               Sunday before the exaltation

               Of the Cross

               +Jeanette Kulifay from Rick&

               Annette Hamilton

Collection Report

Week of 8/29/2021

$               730.00        Offertory

$                   2.00         Children

$                 50.00         Renovation

$                 59.00         Candles

$               841.00        TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 22

Sunday: 18

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR PARISHIONERS:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Kevin Ulrich Ivywoods Manor, Anne Planey 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 $66,676.11 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.

ECF CLASSES:

ECF classes will begin Tuesday, September 21, 2021 for all school aged children K-12^th grade. Classes will remain on-line with short meetings following Sunday divine liturgies. Please contact Father Michael for more information & to sign-up. This is a great opportunity for children to learn their Byzantine faith from our wonderful teachers Francine Stanko Schuler and Mary Sinowski, and to meet children of our parish.

LITURGY OFFERING:

It is now suggested by the Council of Hierarchs that liturgy offerings will now be $20 throughout the Metropolitan Church in Pittsburgh

CHINESE AUCTION:

St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church in Campbell is having their annual 3-Tier Chinese Auction on Sunday, September 12, 2021 at their hall on Robinson Road. Admission is $7.00 & includes 25 tier-one tickets and lunch. Doors open at NOON & drawing begins at 2:00pm. Great prizes, gift certificates & theme baskets all waiting to be won.

HAPPY LABOR DAY:

Wishing all parishioners and their families a blessed and happy Labor Day weekend.

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intention. For the week of September 5-11, 2021.

The left sanctuary candle is in memory of grandmother + Katherine Fuzer from Myron Terlecky.  The right sanctuary candle is for special intentions from Kevin & Karen Vrable family.

Mt 22:43 David Calls Him Lord

David inspired BY THE Spirit. Origen: It is very worthy for us to consider that our Savior willingly proposed to the Pharisees his question about the Christ, hoping that they might respond in a fitting manner. They were not able to respond adequately. Nonetheless it was the will of the Savior to enter into dialogue with his audacious proponents, the Pharisees, with their many propositions, and similarly with the Sadducees, who placed before him the question of the seven brothers and their one wife. The Pharisees and Sadducees asked their many ques­tions to tempt Jesus, not to learn from him. They appeared to be well-prepared doctors of the law but were not. This is why the Lord chose to put his own questions to those who were pro­fessing to have knowledge of the law: that these matters might be argued openly before the peo­ple. The Lord did not give clear responses to his questioners even though he himself responded to all their questions. It was entirely appropriate that the Lord himself, in accordance with the custom of dining with the doctors, show and hand over true divine teaching. They neverthe­less did not recognize him as the prophet who was the pinnacle of all prophets. Commentary on Matthew 5.