LITURGICAL SCHEDULE
Sat. 16: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
For the parishioners
Sun. 17: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
Sunday of the Forefathers
+Paula Angelo from Steve &
Bernadette Stanislav
Mon. 18: NO LITURGY
Tues. 19: NO LITURGY
Wed. 20: NO LITURGY
Thurs. 21: NO LITURGY
Fri. 22: NO LITURGY
Sat. 23: NO LITURGY
Sun. 24: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
Sunday before Christmas-of
The Ancestors
For the parishioners
4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
Christmas Eve Liturgy
+Paula Angelo from Steve &
Bernadette Stanislav
Mon. 25: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
Christmas-Birth of Our Lord
For the parishioners
Collection Report
Week of 12/10/2023
$ 1452.00 Offertory
$ 120.00 Christmas Flowers
$ 23.00 Holy Day
$ 33.00 Christmas Vigil Lights
$ 300.00 Christmas
$ 25.00 Seminary
$ 126.00 Garage rental
$ 10.00 Renovations
$ 220.00 Candles
$ 2609.00 TOTAL
Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:
Saturday: 23
Sunday: 25
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 collected is $120,715.10 for the Capital campaign. We continue to work towards our goal of $200,000. Thank you for your continued generosity and support to our church.
CHRISTMAS LITURGY SCHEDULE:
December 23rd– 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus
December 24th– 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus
11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
Christmas Eve Liturgy on the 24th
4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
7:00 pm @ Infant Jesus
December 25th-Christmas Day
9:00 am @ Infant Jesus
11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
CHRISTMAS DECORATION:
Thank you to all who helped decorate the church for Christmas. The church looks beautiful. Your time, talent and continued support to our parish is greatly appreciated.
KOLACHI SALE:
Marina will be calling those who ordered kolachi with their pick-up times. Pick-up will be at the rectory at Infant Jesus.
SANCTUARY CANDLE REQUEST:
The sanctuary candle request sheet for 2024 is on the back table in the church. Cost remains $10 per candle. Please call Paula @ (330) 799-5983 for specific requests. Money can be deposited in the weekend collection.
CALENDARS:
Our yearly church calendars are available on the back table. Please feel free to take one for your home.
SANCTUARY CANDLE:
The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. The week of December 17-23, 2023 there are no request for the sanctuary candles.
JESUS CALLS Us TO BE HUMBLE, MODEST AND PRAISEWORTHY.
CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA: “When,” he says, “a man more honorable than you comes, he that invited you and him will say, ‘Give this man place.'” Oh, what great shame is there in having to do this! It is like a theft, so to speak, and the restitution of the stolen goods. He must restore what he has seized because he had no right to take it. The modest and praiseworthy person, who without fear of blame might have claimed the dignity of sitting among the foremost, does not seek it. He yields to others what might be called his own, that he may not even seem to be overcome by empty pride. Such a one shall receive honor as his due. He says, “He shall hear him who invited him say, ‘Come up here.'”…
If anyone among you wants to be set above others, let him win it by the decree of heaven and be crowned by those honors that God bestows. Let him surpass the many by having the testimony of glorious virtues. The rule of virtue is a lowly mind that does not love boasting. It is humility. The blessed Paul also counted this worthy of all esteem. He writes to those who eagerly desire saintly pursuits, “Love humility.” COMMENTARY ON LUKE, HOMILY 101.
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