LITURGICAL SCHEDULE
Sat. 7: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
Synaxis of John the Baptist
For the parishioners
Sun. 8: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
Sunday after Theophany
+William Kraynak from
Mr. Slavins
Mon. 9: NO LITURGY
Tues. 10: NO LITURGY
Wed. 11: NO LITURGY
Thurs. 12: NO LITURGY
Fri. 13: NO LITURGY
Sat. 14: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
Health & well-being of
Gerald & Paula Migletz
On their 58th Anniversary
Sun. 15: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
32nd Sunday after Pentecost
For the parishioners
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR PARISHIONERS:
END OF YEAR STATEMENTS:
If any parishioners would like their end of year financial statements, there is a sign-up sheet in the vestibule or call Rectory and leave message. Your statements will be available the following week.
Michael Kisak- Inn at Glenellen, Kevin Ulrich Ivywoods Manor, Mary and Nicholas Dobus, Minerva Zepeda at Oasis, Fr. Nicholas Kraynak at Shepherd of the Valley on Western Reserve Rd. 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 $108,461.10 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.
SANCTUARY CANDLE:
The 2023 Sanctuary request sheet is available on the vestibule table.
SAVE THE DATE:
The Tenth Annual Women’s Retreat will be held on February 24-26, 2023 @ Our lady of the Pines Retreat Center in Freemont, Ohio. Contact Joan Washburn for further information @ 865-696-7809.
The Second Annual Men’s Retreat will be on March 10-12, 2023 at the same place. Contact Ken Busam for further information @ 419-626-6811.
Save the Date Cards are on the vestibule table and both events are sponsored by St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church in Marblehead. Ohio.
THANK YOU:
Thank you to all parishioners for helping to take down the Christmas decorations. We appreciate your continued help and time.
DONATION BOX:
There is a yellow donation box in the parking lot by the pavilion at Infant Jesus of Prague for new/slightly used coats, clothing and shoes. These donations will be sent to the Ukraine to those affected by the war. Your donations are truly appreciated.
HOLY WATER:
Please bring in your containers for holy water that will be available following the Theophany Liturgy this week.
SANCTUARY CANDLE:
The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions.
For the week of January 8-14, there are no requests for the sanctuary candles.
Theophany – The Holy Festival of the Lights. By St. Gregory Nazianzus
Christ is bathed in light; let us also be bathed in light. Christ is baptized; let us also go down with Him, and rise with Him. John is baptizing when Jesus draws near. Perhaps He comes to sanctify His baptizer; certainly, He comes to bury sinful humanity in the waters. He comes to sanctify the Jordan for our sake and in readiness for us; He Who is spirit and flesh comes to begin a new creation through Spirit and water. The Baptist protests; Jesus insists. Then John says: “I ought to be baptized by You.” He is the lamp in the presence of the Sun, the voice in the presence of the woman in the presence of the Firstborn of all creation, the one who leapt in his mother’s womb in the presence of Him Who has already come and is to come again. “I ought to be baptized by You”; we should add: “and for You, ” for John is to be baptized in blood, washed clean like Peter, not only by the washing of his feet. Jesus rises from the waters; the world rises with Him. The heavens like Paradise with its flaming sword, closed by Adam for himself and his descendants, are rent open. The Spirit comes to Him as to an equal, bearing witness to His Godhead. A voice bears witness to Him from heaven, His place of origin. The Spirit descends in bodily form like a dove that so long ago announced the ending of the flood and so gives honor to the body that is one with God.
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