LITURGICAL SCHEDULE
Sat. 6: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
Theophany of Our Lord
For the parishioners
Sun. 7: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
Sunday after Theophany
+Paula Angelo from Kathy &
Karen Kollar
Mon. 8: NO LITURGY
Tues. 9: NO LITURGY
Wed. 10 NO LITURGY
Thurs: 11 NO LITURGY
Fri. 12: NO LITURGY
Sat. 13 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
Saturday after Theophany
For the parishioners
Sun. 14: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
Sunday of Zaccheus
+Paul & +Margaret Bayus
From Marty & JoAnn Stock
Collection Report
Week of 12/31/2023
$ 522.00 Offertory
$ 45.00 Holy Day
$ 6.00 Initial Offering
$ 170.00 Christmas
$ 20.00 Charities
$ 107.00 Candles
$ 870.00 TOTAL
Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:
Saturday: 27
Sunday: 20
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR PARISHIONERS:
Michael Volsko – 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 $121,397.10 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.
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.
HOLY WATER:
Holy water is available in the church-please bring your own containers.
CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS:
We will be taking down Christmas decorations on Sunday, January 14th after11:00 am liturgy. All help will be appreciated.
BLESSINGS OF HOUSES:
Father Michael will be blessings homes the week after Theophany (January 8-12). There is a sign-up sheet in the vestibule if you would like your home blessed. If you have a specific date and time, please add to your information. Father Michael will contact you with specifics.
END OF YEAR STATEMENTS:
There is a sign-up sheet in the back of the church for parishioners who want their end-of year contribution statement.
SANCTUARY CANDLE: The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. The week of January 7-13, 2024 the left sanctuary candle is in memory of +Katherine Fuzer from her grandson Myron Terlecky. There is no request for the right sanctuary candle.
The call to repentance. Chromatius: The voice of the Lord urging the people to repentance—the Holy Spirit made it known to the people that they might take heed, saying, “Today, when you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, as in the day of testing in the wilderness.” In the same psalm above, he made clear that he was urging the sinful people to repentance and showed the state of a repentant soul, saying, “Come, let us fall down before him and lament before the Lord who made us, for he is our God.” The Lord urges the people to repentance, and he promises to pardon their sins, according to Isaiah’s words: “I’m the one who wipes out your iniquities, and I will not be mindful of your sins. But you be mindful, declare first your iniquities that you may be justified.” Rightly then does the Lord urge the people to repentance when he says, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand,” so that through this confession of sins they may be made worthy to approach the kingdom of heaven. For no one can receive the grace of the heavenly God unless one has been cleansed of every stain of sin by the confession of repentance, through the gift of the saving baptism of our Lord and Savior. Tractate on Matthew 15.3
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