LITURGICAL SCHEDULE
Sat. 17: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
Chapel
+Helen & +Arthur Lewis
From Kenneth Stanislaw
Family
Sun. 18: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
Chapel
21st Sunday After Pentecost
For the parishioners
Mon. 19: NO LITURGY
Tues. 20: NO LITURGY
Wed. 21: NO LITURGY
Thurs. 22: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus
Special Intentions
Fri. 23: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus
Special Intentions
Sat. 24: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
Chapel
Deceased members of the
DiFranco Family-Pasqual,
Anne & Gwendoline from
Kenneth Stanislaw Family
Sun. 25: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
Chapel
22nd Sunday After Pentecost
For the parishioners
Collection Report
Week of 10/11/2026
$ 5.00 Holy Day
$ 141.00 Candles
$ 25.00 Garage Rental
$ 901.00 TOTAL
Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:
Saturday: 17
Sunday: 14
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR PARISHIONERS:
Thomas Shirilla-St. Mary’s Alzheimer ‘s Center-Columbiana, Michael Volsko- Briarfield Manor, Kevin Ulrich- Ivywoods 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 with added interest is $164,636.70 for the Capital campaign. We paid final invoice to Murphy Contracting Services totalling $160,412.00. 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.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS:
Please mark you calendars for upcoming event:
Combined Parish Christmas Party: December 13th @ Byzantine at the Grove. Doors will open at 12:30, luncheon is a 1;00 pm. More information will be forth coming.
RUNK OR TREAT:
Our annual Trunk & Treat will be held NEXT Sunday, October 25th after 9:00 am liturgy at Infant Jesus. There will be NO ECF classes AFTER liturgy this Sunday. Children are to wear their Halloween costumes and Halloween bags will be provided. As usual, please park your car in the top right parking lot (follow the signs) and if you wish please decorate your trunks. As of this weekend, we are expecting 25-30 children. Looking forward to another fun-filled event!
INVITATION FROM THE SOCIETY OF SS. CYRIL & METHODIUS VOCATION MINISTRY:
All parishioners are invited to “Meet Our Seminarians” Sunday, November 1, 2026, 2:00 pm, Moleben, followed by refreshments at St. John Chrysostom Church, Greenfield. The address is 506 Saline Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15207. Please RSVP by calling Diane @ 412-303-6534 or Dorothy @ 412-310-0521
SANCTUARY CANDLES:
The sanctuary candle will be lit for the entire week. For the week of October 18-24, there are no request for the sanctuary candles.
1st Sunday After Pentecost
Commentary: St. Gregory the Great
Dearly beloved, the reading from the holy gospel about the sower requires no explanation, but only a word of warning. In fact the explanation has been given by Truth himself, and it cannot be disputed by a frail human being. However, there is one point in our Lord’s exposition which you ought to weigh well. It is this. If I told you that the seed represented the word, the field the world, the birds the demons, and the thorns riches, you would perhaps be in two minds as to whether to believe me. Therefore the Lord himself deigned to explain what he had said, so that you would know that a hidden meaning is to be sought also in those passages which he did not wish to interpret himself.
Would anyone have believed me if I had said that thorns stood for riches? After all, thorns are piercing and riches pleasurable. And yet riches are thorns because thoughts of them pierce the mind and torture it. When finally they lure a person into sin, it is as though they were drawing blood from the wound they have inflicted.
According to another evangelist, the Lord spoke in this parable not simply of riches but of deceptive riches, and with good reason. Riches are deceptive because they cannot stay with us for long; they are deceptive because they are incapable of relieving our spiritual poverty. The only true riches are those that make us rich in virtue. Therefore, if you want to be rich, beloved, love true riches. If you aspire to the heights of real honor, strive to reach the kingdom of heaven. If you value rank and renown, hasten to be enrolled in the heavenly court of the angels.
