LITURGICAL SCHEDULE
Sat. 22: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
Happy 66th Anniversary to
Robert & Helen Marie Vaclav
From children, grandchildren
& great-grandchildren
Sun. 23: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
8th Sunday after Pentecost
For the parishioners
Mon. 24: NO LITURGY
Tues. 25: NO LITURGY
Wed. 26: NO LITURGY
Thurs. 27: NO LITURGY
Fri. 28: NO LITURGY
Sat. 29: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
For the parishioners
Sun. 30: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
9th Sunday after Pentecost
+Mary Jean Vrabel from the
Komara Family
Collection Report
Week of 07/16/2023
$ 1134.00 Offertory
$ 200.00 Candles
$ 4.00 Children
$ 15.00 Renovation
$ 56.00 Garage rental
$ 1409.00 TOTAL
Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:
Saturday: 28
Sunday: 23
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR PARISHIONERS
Michael Kisak- Inn at Glenellen, Kevin Ulrich Ivywoods Manor, Minerva Zepeda at Oasis, Fr. Nicholas Kraynak at Shepherd of the Valley on Western Reserve Rd. and Margaret and William Zigarevich 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 $113,714.1011 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
The Celebration of Marriage will be held this year on September 10th @ 3:00 pm –St. Elias Church in Pittsburgh. Couples who are celebrating their significant wedding anniversary years (10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 or additional years that are multiples of five) during this year of 2023 will be honored. Please notify Fr. Michael or Paula by July 16th in order to notify the diocese. Couples who are unable to attend, certificate will be sent.
PARISHIONER NEWS:
Happy 66th Anniversary to Robert & Helen Marie Vaclav. May God bless you with health, happiness and many blessed years!
CONDOLENCES:
Our deepest sympathy and prayers to the Dubos family on the passing on of our former parishioner Mary Dubos. Service will be held on cemetery at 10 am on coming Tuesday. Blessed repose to his servant Mary.
CAR BLESSINGS:
Fr. Michael will be blessings cars following this week’s liturgies in occasion of the Feast of Elijah the Great Prophet.
THANK YOU:
Thank you to the family and friends of the Stanislav family for their generous donation of $400.00 to our maintenance fund in memory of Andrew Stanislav. May God bless all for their generosity and may Andrew memory be eternal!
SANCTUARY CANDLE:
The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. The week of July 23-29, there are no request for this week’s sanctuary candle.
Feeding 500 thousand in the Gospel of Mathew
14:14-21 The miracle of the feeding of the five thousand, reported by all four evangelists, shows Jesus feeding His people as God fed the Israelites in the desert. The Church Fathers see in this an image of the Eucharist, an idea also expressed in John 6, the discourse on the Bread of Life. In 15:32-39 and Mark 8:1-10 another miracle is mentioned, in which Jesus feeds four thousand people with seven loaves and a few small fish. This miracle is probably not a duplicate report of the first miracle, but another performed in a different place. Moved with compassion is used in very similar situations (see 20:34; Mark 1:41; 6:34; Luke 7:13) to show the Messiah’s power and authority extending to those who suffer.
14:19 Jesus is teaching us not to eat until we first give thanks to God. The terminology reminds us of the Last Supper (see Luke 22:15-20) and leads to the Eucharistic interpretation of this miracle. The participation of the disciples in distributing the loaves and the fish is important. In the Church Jesus feeds His flock at the Eucharist through His servants, the priests.
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