LITURGICAL SCHEDULE
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
Mon. 15: NO LITURGY
Tues. 16: NO LITURGY
Wed. 17: NO LITURGY
Thurs: 18 NO LITURGY
Fri. 19: NO LITURGY
Sat. 20: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
For the parishioners
Sun. 21: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
Sunday of the Publican &
Pharisee
+Paul & +Margaret Bayus
From Tara Metzger
Collection Report
Week of 01/07/2024
$ 497.00 Offertory
$ 105.00 Holy Day
$ 28.00 Initial Offering
$ 100.00 Garage Rental
$ 55.00 Renovations
$ 57.00 Candles
$ 842.00 TOTAL
Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:
Saturday: 15
Sunday: 17
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 $122,647.10 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 front of the church next to right side altar – please bring your own containers.
CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS:
We will be taking down Christmas decorations THIS Sunday, January 14th after11:00 am liturgy. All help will be appreciated.
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.
MEN’S RETREAT:
The Third Annual Men’s Retreat sponsored by St. Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Church in Marblehead Ohio will be held on March 15-17, 2024. Please see brochure for more information.
SANCTUARY CANDLE:
The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. The week of January 14-20, 2024 there are no requests for the sanctuary candles.
To See Christ.
Cyril of Alexandria:
Come and let us see what was the method of Zacchaeus’s conversion. He desired to see Jesus and therefore climbed into a sycamore tree, and so a seed of salvation sprouted within him. Christ saw this with the eyes of deity. Looking up, he also saw Zacchaeus with the eyes of humanity, and since it was his purpose for all to be saved, he extends his gentleness to him. To encourage him, he says, “Come down quickly.” Zacchaeus searched to see Christ, but the multitude prevented him, not so much that of the people but of his sins. He was short of stature, not merely in a bodily point of view but also spiritually. He could not see him unless he were raised up from the earth and climbed into the sycamore, by which Christ was about to pass. The story contains a puzzle. In no other way can a person see Christ and believe in him except by climbing up into the sycamore, by making foolish his earthly members of fornication, uncleanness, etc.
Commentary on Luke, Homily 127.
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