LITURGICAL SCHEDULE
Sat: 21: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
Akathistos Saturday
For the parishioners
Sun: 22: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
5th Sunday of the Great Fast
Mary of Egypt Venerable
Living & Deceased Members
Of Sacred Heart Society
Mon. 23: NO LITURGY
Tues. 24: NO LITURGY
Wed. 25: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus
Annunciation of the Theotokos
For the parishioners
Thurs. 26: NO LITURGY
Fri. 27: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus
Pre-Sanctified Liturgy
Lenten Education Classes
Sat: 28: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
Saturday of Lazarus
For the parishioners
Sun: 29: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
Palm Sunday
+Charlotte Baiocco from her
Sister Rose Bonamase
Collection Report
Week of 03/15/2026
$ 30.00 Easter Candles
$ 116.00 Easter Flowers
$ 116.00 Candles
$ 10.00 Maintenance Fund
$ 56.00 Garage Rental
$ 1317.00 TOTAL
Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:
Saturday: 21
Sunday: 26
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR PARISHIONERS:
Michael Volsko- Briarfield Manor, Kevin Ulrich- Ivywoods Manor, Minerva Zepeda at Oasis, John Porubensky-Windsor House at Omni manor, 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 $343,102.92 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.
LITURGICAL REQUESTS:
Liturgical requests for 2026 are now being taken. Please call Paula @ (330)799-5983 for specific dates.
SANCTUARY CANDLE:
The 2026 Sanctuary candle sign-up sheet is on the table. Cost is still $10/candle. PLEASE CALL PAULA @ 330-799-5983 for ALL REQUESTS. Just deposit your money in the collection basket.
SPAGHETTI DINNER:
St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church, Campbell, is having a Palm Sunday delicious Spaghetti Dinner, March 29th from Noon-2:00 pm in their hall, 405 Robinson Rd. Campbell. $12/adult, $6.00/kids. Eat-in or take-out. Walk-ins welcome.
FOOD SALE: LAST CALL
We are selling homemade, frozen pirohy (cheese/potato, sweet cabbage and lekvar) for Lent. Cost is $8.00/dozen. There is a sign-up sheet on the vestibule table and pick up will be the week of your order.
Also, we will be baking kolachi (nut or apricot) and Paska (Easter) bread with and without raisins for Easter. The kolachi is $15 and Paska $10. Pick-up for the kolachi and Paska will be Holy week. Please see the sign-up sheet also located on the table in the vestibule.
HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE:
Holy Monday–9:00 am Lenten Service
Holy Tuesday– 6:00 pm @ St. Michael
Pre-Sanctified Liturgy
Holy Wednesday-6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus. Pre-Sanctified Liturgy
Holy Thursday–6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus
Good Friday– 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus
Holy Saturday: 2:00 pm @St. Nicks
4:00 pm @ Infant Jesus
Blessing of Baskets to follow
Easter Sunday: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas Blessings of Baskets to follow
BREAKFAST BRUNCH:
All parishioners are invited to our breakfast brunch on Sunday, April 19th @ Byzantine Center at the Grove, on Shady Run Road. Doors open at 12:30 and brunch will be served at 1:00 pm. Cost is $22/person, children 12 and under-$7.50. Menu includes Chicken Francese, penne pasta with red sauce, tossed salad, scrambled eggs, sausage links, breakfast potatoes, French toast, and assorted muffins, breakfast pastries & breads. Beverages include assorted juices, coffee, hot tea and ice water. There is a sign-up sheet on the vestibule table. Reservations and money are to be in by April 5th. Make checks out to the Byzantine Social Club and return in the weekend collection basket. There will be a 50/50 and basket raffle. We hope you all can come!
LENTEN EDUCATION CLASSES:
This coming week, Lenten Education Classes will be held on Friday evening after Pre-Sanctified Liturgy instead of Wednesday due to the Byzantine Social Club meeting. This Wednesday is a Divine Liturgy for Annunciation of the Holy Theotokos.
SANCTUARY CANDLES:
The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. For the week of March 22-28, 2026, there is no request for the sanctuary candles.
FIFTH SUNDAY OF GREAT LENT
“The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life.” Mark 10:45 Verses 17 and 32 sound the note of Jesus being “on the way”— on the way to Jerusalem, on the way of the cross, with his disciples following along behind. While on the way, Jesus again speaksof his coming passion and death (verses 32-34). This is the third explicit prediction of his suffering and resurrection we find in the gospels. How many additional times he tried to convey the same message to his followers we do not know: in biblical symbolism, three is often a sign of emphasis rather than simply the number between two and four.
We should understand the incident of the rich man in light of verses 33 and 34 and what they imply about discipleship. Jesus invites the man to give his wealth to the poor and “then come, follow me” (verse 21). If the way of Jesus is the way of the cross, then anyone who would come after Jesus must also follow the way of self-sacrificing love. The disciples protest against the difficulty of this way (verses 24,26), for it is as narrow as the eye of a needle (verse 25). Only the grace of God can pull our camel-sized selves through the needle and into his kingdom (verse 27).
The disciples again demonstrate their need for God’s grace by wanting power and glory for themselves (verse 37). Jesus must again instruct them in the way they are to think and behave (verses 42-44) – which is the way he served his Father, by giving up his life as a ransom for many (verse 45).
* For reflection: What has Jesus asked me to give up in order that I may be free to follow him? What has he asked me to do for others in imitation of his laying down his life for them?
* Prayer starter: Lord Jesus, you have asked me to be perfect as your Father is perfect. Give me the grace to do what it is impossible for me to do on my own.
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