St Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church

October 29, 2023 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat. 28: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

For the parishioners

Sun. 29: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

22^nd Sunday after Pentecost

+Martha & +Michael Zakucia

Margaret Babik

Mon. 30: NO LITURGY

Tues. 31: NO LITURGY

Wed. 1: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 2: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

\ Recovery from addiction

From the Sacred Heart

Society of St. Nicholas

Fri. 3: NO LITURY

Sat. 4: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

+Mary Jean Vrabel from

Bruce Joseph

Sun. 5: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

23rd Sunday after Pentecost

For the parishioners

Collection Report

Week of 10/22/2023

$ 655.00 Offertory

$ 60.00 Candles

$ 50.00 Renovation

$ 3.00 Children

$ 768.00 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 22

Sunday: 24

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 $118,778.10 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 RAFFLE:

The Annual Saint Nicholas Holiday Cash Raffle tickets to benefit the Byzantine Catholic Seminary of Saints Cyril & Methodius are now being sold. Donation is $10.00 and the winning number will be taken from the PA Daily 3-digit number (1^st number drawn at 7pm) on Wednesday, December 6^th.

Please see Fr. Michael for tickets.

MOUNT SAINT MACRINA PROGRAM SCHEDULE:

Mount Saint Macrina in Uniontown, Pa. will be hosting religious programs throughout the 2023-2024 year. For further information please visit their email:hpmsm@verizon.net

Byzantine ASSEMBLY—St Mary Church, Hillsborough, NJ, November 3-5, 2023

The venue includes lectures, discussions, fellowship, and a gala dinner with folk music and dancing. The Assembly

cost is $250 for individuals and $400 for couples. The Maria Theresa Foundation will underwrite the

registration fees of individuals and couples between the ages of 18 and 35. For more information, contact the

Assembly coordinators, Fr. Ed Cimbala, at 212-677-0516 or Fr. Yuriy Oros at 609-394-5004.

SANCTUARY CANDLE:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. The week of October 29-November 4, 2023 there are no request for the sanctuary candles.

SPIRITUAL WARFARE

St. Simeon the New Theologian

The whole warfare of the demons against us is waged with the one purpose of alienating those who obey them from the glory of God and the grace of the Holy Spirit. But, as I see it, we have already deprived ourselves of such a gift before they even attack us, because we have forsaken the commandments of God and have not been eager to seek Him with all our soul. Had we sought Him we should not have lived so idly and carelessly! Had we been concerned for the things of heaven we should not have shown such great eagerness for the things of earth. Had our thoughts been on things incorruptible we should not have gaped greedily after the things that are transitory and corruptible. Had we striven for things eternal we should not thus have pursued things temporal. Had we loved God we should not thus have turned away from those who guide us to Him. Had we sought to acquire virtues we would not have abhorred the teachers of virtues. Had we gladly embraced fasting we should not have complained of the lack of food and drink. Had we fought to gain control over our passions we should not have given ourselves unrestrainedly to pleasures. Had we a right and firm faith we should not have performed the works of faithlessness…Had we been found worthy to attain true love we should have known God.

October 22, 2023 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat. 21: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

Health & well-being of Joshua

Marino from Karen & John

Blasko

Sun. 22: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

21^st Sunday after Pentecost

For the parishioners

Mon. 23: NO LITURGY

Tues. 24: NO LITURGY

Wed. 25: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 26: NO LITURGY

Fri. 27: NO LITURY

Sat. 28: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

For the parishioners

Sun. 29: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

22^nd Sunday after Pentecost

+Martha & +Michael Zakucia

Margaret Babik

Collection Report

Week of 10/15/2023

$ 564.00 Offertory

$ 64.00 Candles

$ 25.00 Renovation

$ 2.00 Children

$ 10.00 Holy Day

$ 131.00 Garage Rental

$ 796.00 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 21

Sunday: 17

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR PARISHIONERS:

UPDATE-CAPITAL CAMPAIGN:

The NEW total collected is $118,778.10 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 RAFFLE:

Please see Fr. Michael for tickets.

PARISHIONER NEWS:

Congratulations to the Glaspel family on the newest addition to their family-Violet Penelope Lambert was born on October 17^th to Sam & Chanelle Lambert. God grant them many blessed years!!!

Byzantine ASSEMBLY—St Mary Church, Hillsborough, NJ, November 3-5, 2023

The venue includes lectures, discussions, fellowship, and a gala dinner with folk music and dancing. The Assembly

cost is $250 for individuals and $400 for couples. The Maria Theresa Foundation will underwrite the

registration fees of individuals and couples between the ages of 18 and 35. For more information, contact the

Assembly coordinators, Fr. Ed Cimbala, at 212-677-0516 or Fr. Yuriy Oros at 609-394-5004.

SANCTUARY CANDLE:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. The week of October 22-28, 2023 there are no request for the sanctuary candles.

the fruits OF pardon must be seen IN those pardoned. ephrem the syrian:

The Lord compared the priests of the people with him who was clothed in purple. Nothing is more honored than purple clothing. He compared the disciples of the cross with Lazarus. There were none lowlier than Lazarus was. He revealed the name of his beloved ones through Lazarus, his beloved one. He also wished to reveal the name of his enemies through the words, “If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets.” It is not the case that all those living are alive, or that all those buried are dead.

See, the more the rich man lived sumptuously, the more Lazarus was humbled! The more Lazarus was made low, the greater was his crown. Why should he have seen Abraham above all the just, and Lazarus in his bosom? He saw him because Abraham loved the poor and so that we might learn that we cannot hope for pardon at the end, unless the fruits of pardon can be seen in us. If Abraham, who was friendly to strangers and had mercy on Sodom, was not able to have mercy on the one who did not show pity to Lazarus, how can we hope that there will be pardon for us? That man called him “my father,” and Abraham called him “my son,” but he was nor able to help him. “Remember, my son, that you received good things during your life and Lazarus evil things.”

October 15, 2023 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat. 14: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

+Julia Fabian from Stephanie

& Dennis Lubinsky

Sun. 15: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

Sunday of the Fathers of the

7^th Ecumenical Council

For the parishioners

Mon. 16: NO LITURGY

Tues. 17: NO LITURGY

Wed. 18: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 19: NO LITURGY

Fri. 20: NO LITURY

Sat. 21: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

Health & well-being of Joshua

Marino from Karen & John

Blasko

Sun. 22: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

21^st Sunday after Pentecost

For the parishioners

Collection Report

Week of 10/08/2023

$ 1175.00 Offertory

$ 130.00 Candles

$ 100.00 Garage rental

$ 1415.00 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 22

Sunday: 37

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR PARISHIONERS:

ECF CLASSES:

ECF classes have begun at Infant Jesus of Prague. Pre K and kindergarten are held in the cry room during 9:00 am Sunday liturgy. Grades 1-6 are given following liturgy. Any questions, please see Fr. Michael.

CONGRATULATIONS:

Congratulations to Ella Marie Broderick (daughter of Michael and Erin Broderick) who received Holy Mystery of Initiation last Sunday October 8, 2023 (Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist)! May God grant her and her Family many and blessed years!

UPDATE-CAPITAL CAMPAIGN:

The NEW total we have collected is $118,778.10 for the Capital Campaign. We continue to work towards our goal of $200, 000. Thank you for your generous donations and continued support to our Church

Byzantine ASSEMBLY—St Mary Church, Hillsborough, NJ, November 3-5, 2023

The venue includes lectures, discussions, fellowship, and a gala dinner with folk music and dancing. The Assembly

cost is $250 for individuals and $400 for couples. The Maria Theresa Foundation will underwrite the

registration fees of individuals and couples between the ages of 18 and 35. For more information, contact the

Assembly coordinators, Fr. Ed Cimbala, at 212-677-0516 or Fr. Yuriy Oros at 609-394-5004.

PARISHIONER NEWS:

Our beloved and long-time parishioner Paula Angelo passed on this week. A Funeral Liturgy will be held on Thursday, October 19^th. Our deepest sympathy and prayers to her daughter Arica (Tyler) Hargrove and son Garry Angelo, family and friends. Blessed repose to his servant Paula.

SANCTUARY CANDLE:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. The week of October 15-21, 2023 there are no request for the sanctuary candles.

Is the Veneration of Images Justified?

Some people reprove us for honoring images of the Savior, of the Mother of God and other holy servants of Christ. But let them think for a moment. In the beginning God created humanity in his own image. Why ever should we have such respect for one another, if not because we are made in the image of God? In Basil’s words, ‘the honor paid to the image is in reality paid to its prototype,’ that is to say, to what the image represents. Thus, the Jewish people revered the Tabernacle because that, much more than the rest of creation, was an image of God. The making and the veneration of images are not a novelty. They are based on a very ancient tradition. God made the first human being as an image of himself. Abraham, Moses, Isaiah and all the prophets saw God, not in his true being, but in his image. The burning bush was an image of the Mother of God. When Moses wanted to approach, God said to him: ‘Put off your shoes from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.’ [Exod. 3:5] If the ground on which Moses saw the image of the Mother of God was holy, how much more holy will the image itself be!

OCTOBER 8, 2023 BULLETIN

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat. 7: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

For the health & well-being of

Joshua Marino from Karen

Blasko

Sun. 8: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

19^th Sunday after Pentecost

For the parishioners

Mon. 9: NO LITURGY

Tues. 10: NO LITURGY

Wed. 11: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 12: NO LITURGY

Fri. 13: NO LITURY

Sat. 14: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

+Julia Fabian from Stephanie

& Dennis Lubinsky

Sun. 15: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

Sunday of the Fathers of the

7^th Ecumenical Council

For the parishioners

Collection Report

Week of 10/01/2023

$ 622.00 Offertory

$ 153.00 Candles

$ 55.00 Renovation

$ 3.00 Children

$ 833.00 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 23

Sunday: 23

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR PARISHIONERS:

SUPER BINGO:

St. Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Church, 356 Belle Vista, 2nd Super Bingo ($6,000 in pay-outs) will be held on Saturday, October 14, 2023. Doors open at 2:00pm, dinner served 2:00-4:30 and 1^st game begins at 5:30. Tickets are $45.00 and includes 24 cards and 1 special pack, pasta and meatball dinners plus other prizes. Tickets are at church hall from 9:00am-5:00pm or at Bingo.

ECF CLASSES:

ECF classes have begun at Infant Jesus of Prague. Pre K and kindergarten are held in the cry room during 9:00 am Sunday liturgy. Grades 1-6 are given following liturgy. Any questions, please see Fr. Michael.

CHINESE AUCTION:

St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church, in Hermitage is holding their 46^th Annual Chinese Auction on THIS Sunday. October 8^th. Doors open at 1:00 pm and drawing starts at 2:15 pm. Admission is $6.00 and includes lunch & one free tear sheet. Additional sheets are 6 for $5.00.

UPDATE-CAPITAL CAMPAIGN:

The NEW total we have collected is $118,778.10 for the Capital Campaign. We continue to work towards our goal of $200, 000. Thank you for your generous donations and continued support to our Church

SANCTUARY CANDLE:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. The week of October 8-14, 2023 the left sanctuary candle is in memory of +Michael & +Mary Zackasee from family. The right sanctuary candle is in memory of +Ralph E. Rivera from children Ralph & Marie.

THE HOLY BODY OF JESUS BRINGS SALVATION.

CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA: Christ raised him who was descending to his grave. The manner of his rising is plain to see. “He touched,” it says, “the bier and said, ‘Young man, I say unto thee, arise.'” How was not a word enough for raising him who was lying there? What is so difficult to it or past accomplishment? What is more powerful than the Word of God? Why then did he not work the miracle by only a word but also touched the bier?

It was, my beloved, that you might learn that the holy body of Christ is productive for the salvation of man. The flesh of the almighty Word is the body of life and was clothed with his might. Consider that iron when brought into contact with fire produces the effects of fire and fulfills its functions. The flesh of Christ also has the power of giving life and annihilates the influence of death and corruption because it is the flesh of the Word, who gives life to all. May our Lord Jesus Christ also touch us that delivering us from evil works, even from fleshly lusts, he may unite us to the assemblies of the saints. COMMENTARY ON LUKE, HOMILY 36,8

October 1, 2023 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat. 30: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

For the parishioners

Sun. 1: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

18^th Sunday after Pentecost

Protection of the Theotokos

+ Edward “Red” Vrabel from

The Graneto & Vrabel

Families

Mon. 2: NO LITURGY

Tues. 3: NO LITURGY

Wed. 4: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 5: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

For the Living & Deceased

Members of the Sacred Heart

Society of St. Nicholas

Fri. 6: NO LITURGY

Sat. 7: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

For the health & well-being of

Joshua Marino from Karen

Blasko

Sun. 8: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

19^th Sunday after Pentecost

For the parishioners

Collection Report

Week of 09/24/2023

$ 927.00 Offertory

$ 114.00 Candles

$ 50.00 Renovation

$ 4.00 Children

$ 42.34 Utilities Donation

$ 25.00 Garage Rental

$ 1162.34 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 24

Sunday: 24

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR PARISHIONERS:

UPDATE-CAPITAL CAMPAIGN:

The NEW total we have collected is $118,048.10 for the Capital Campaign. We continue to work towards our goal of $200, 000. Thank you for your generous donations and continued support to our Church

SUPER BINGO:

CLERGY RETREAT:

Father Michael will be at a clergy retreat this week. For an emergency, please call 412-722-4670.

ECG CLASSES:

ECF classes will be starting THIS Sunday, October 1st. Our three wonderful teachers will be Ms. Christine Bero, Mrs. Mary Sinowski and Ms. Elena Slemons. Classes for children in grades 1-6 will be following 9:00 am Liturgy. Pre-K and kindergarten will have class during liturgy in the cry room and can be picked up at communion or after liturgy. Any questions, please see Fr. Michael.

CHINESE AUCTION:

St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church, in Hermitage is holding their 46^th Annual Chinese Auction on NEXT Sunday. October 8^th. Doors open at 1:00 pm and drawing starts at 2:15 pm. Admission is $6.00 and includes lunch & one free tear sheet. Additional sheets are 6 for $5.00.

SANCTUARY CANDLE:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. The week of October 1-7, 2023 there are no request for the sanctuary candles.

OLD TESTAMENT LAW TRANSFORMED.

EPHREM THE SYRIAN: “An eye for an eye” is the perfection of justice. “Whoever strikes you on the cheek, turn the other to him” is the consummation of grace. While both continually have their criteria, he proposed them to us through the two successive Testaments. The first Testament had the killing of animals for compensation, because justice did not permit that one should die in place of another. The second Testament was established through the blood of a man, who through his grace gave himself on behalf of all. One therefore was the beginning, and the other the completion. He in whom are both the end and the beginning are perfect. In the case of those who do not understand, the beginning and end are estranged one from the other. In the study of them, however, they are one.

Therefore, this principle of a blow for a blow has indeed been transformed. If you strive for perfection, whoever strikes you, turn to him the other [cheek]. COMMENTARY ON TATIAN’S DIATESSARON 6.IIB-I2.

September 24, 2023 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat. 23: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

Conception of John the

Baptist

+John & + Carmela Horvath

From Mr. & Mrs. Migletz

Sun. 24: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

17^th Sunday after Pentecost

For the parishioners

Mon. 25: NO LITURGY

Tues. 26: NO LITURGY

Wed. 27: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 28: NO LITURGY

Fri. 29: NO LITURGY

Sat. 30: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

For the parishioners

Sun. 1: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

18^th Sunday after Pentecost

Protection of the Theotokos

+ Edward “Red” Vrabel from

The Graneto & Vrabel

Families

Collection Report

Week of 09/17/2023

$ 744.00 Offertory

$ 377.00 Candles

$ 10.00 Holy Day

$ 131.00 Garage Rental

$ 1262.00 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 14

Sunday: 24

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR PARISHIONERS:

UPDATE-CAPITAL CAMPAIGN:

SUPER BINGO:

ECF CLASSES:

ECF classes will be starting in October following 9:00 am Sunday liturgies at Infant Jesus of Prague. All children pre-school through 12^th grade are invited and encouraged to attend. There is a sign-up sheet in vestibule r see Fr. Michael.

CHINESE AUCTION:

St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church, in Hermitage is holding their 46^th Annual Chinese Auction on Sunday. October 8^th. Doors open at 1:00 pm and drawing starts at 2:15 pm. Admission is $6.00 and includes lunch & one free tear sheet. Additional sheets are 6 for $5.00.

SANCTUARY CANDLE:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. The week of September 24-30, 2023 there are no request for the sanctuary candles.

LIKE PETER’S BOAT YOUR HEART SHOULD BE A CHAPEL

Vss. 1-3 – Jesus was teaching by the Sea of Galilee. The crowds were very large and pressing upon him. Nearby Peter, Andrew, James, and John were doing what fishermen did after a long night of fishing. They were washing out their nets and then setting them into the sun to dry. Jesus requested use of the boat. So Peter thrust out a little from land and Jesus sat in the boat and taught the people. The hills surrounding the lake helped make the area a natural amphitheater. The minute Jesus entered that boat it was not the same. Jesus entered the boat and the boat became a chapel. It was the residence, at least temporarily of God the Son. The minute Jesus entered your life when you were saved you were no longer the same. 2 Corinthians 5:17 You became new in many ways when you trusted Jesus as Savior. A key way is that your heart became a chapel or a temple. It is a place where God dwells. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 Because God dwells inside of me my body should be a place where He is worshipped. God should receive my reverence, my praise, my thanksgiving and my prayers. Psalm 89:1,7, Psalm 103:1-2, 1 Thessalonians 1:16-18.

September 16, 2023 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat. 16: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

Saturday after the

Exaltation of the Cross

For the parishioners

Sun. 17: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

Sunday after the Exaltation

Of the Cross

+John & +Mary Backus and

The deceased members of the

Backus family from Mary

Jane Backus

Mon. 18: NO LITURGY

Tues. 19: NO LITURGY

Wed. 20: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 21: NO LITURGY

Fri. 22: NO LITURGY

Sat. 23: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

Conception of John the

Baptist

+John & + Carmela Horvath

From Mr. & Mrs. Migletz

Sun. 24: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

17^th Sunday after Pentecost

For the parishioners

Collection Report

Week of 09/10/2023

$ 947.00 Offertory

$ 137.00 Candles

$ 90.00 Renovation

$ 75.00 Rent

$ 45.00 Holy Day

$ 4.00 Children

$ 1298.00 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday:23

Sunday: 24

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:

SUPER BINGO:

ECG CLASSES:

CHINESE AUCTION:

SANCTUARY CANDLE:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. The week of September 17-23, 2023 the left sanctuary candle is in memory of +Michael & +Helen Tirpak and the right sanctuary is in memory of +Richard Alan Tirpak. Both candles are given by Robert & Helen Marie Vaclav.

The glory of God hid in suffering.

Cyril of Alexandria: He who as God was beyond suffering, suffered in his own flesh as a human being. When he became flesh, being God, he did not in any way cease to be God. Precisely as he entered into the created order, he remained above creation. He remained as giver of the law when he came to serve “under the law. “He retained the inviolable divine dignity precisely when he took on “the form of a slave.” It was precisely as only begotten Son that he became “the firstborn among many brothers,” while still remaining the only begotten. So why should it seem so strange that he should suffer in the flesh according to his humanity, even while transcending suffering according to his divinity? Thus the ever astute Paul says that the Word himself who is “in the form of God “and equal to God the Father ” became obedient even unto death, death of the cross,” letters, 55, To Anastasius and the monks.

September 10, 2023 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat. 9: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

Saturday before the

Exaltation of the Cross

Synaxis of Joachim & Anna

For the Parishioners

Sun. 10: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

Sunday before the Exaltation

Of the Cross

+Sister Leocadia Sevachko

From Greg & Paula Slemons

Mon. 11: NO LITURGY

Tues. 12: NO LITURGY

Wed. 13: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 14: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

Exaltation of the Holy Cross

For the Parishioners

Fri. 15: NO LITURGY

Sat. 16: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

Saturday after the

Exaltation of the Cross

For the parishioners

Sun. 17: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

Sunday after the Exaltation

Of the Cross

+John & +Mary Backus and

The deceased members of the

Backus family from Mary

Jane Backus

Collection Report

Week of 09/03/2023

$ 947.00 Offertory

$ 137.00 Candles

$ 90.00 Renovation

$ 75.00 Rent

$ 45.00 Holy Day

$ 4.00 Children

$ 1298.00 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 24

Sunday: 21

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR PARISHIONERS:

UPDATE-CAPITAL CAMPAIGN:

SUPER BINGO:

ECF CLASSES:

Byzantine ASSEMBLY—St Mary Church, Hillsborough, NJ, November 3-5, 2023

The venue includes lectures, discussions, fellowship, and a gala dinner with folk music and dancing. The Assembly

cost is $250 for individuals and $400 for couples. The Maria Theresa Foundation will underwrite the

registration fees of individuals and couples between the ages of 18 and 35. For more information, contact the

Assembly coordinators, Fr. Ed Cimbala, at 212-677-0516 or Fr. Yuriy Oros at 609-394-5004.

CHINESE AUCTION:

St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church, Campbell, is having a 3-Tier

Chinese Auction THIS Sunday, September, 10, 2023 at St. Michael’s Hall, 405 Robison Road, Campbell. Admission is $7.00 and includes 25 tier-one tickets and lunch. Doors open at noon & drawings begin at 2:00 pm. Over 100 all brand new fabulous prizes, gifts certificates and theme baskets all waiting to be won.

SANCTUARY CANDLE:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. The week of September 10-16, 2023 there are no requests for the sanctuary candles.

THE PRECEDENT OF LOVE WITH ABRAHAM AND ISAAC. EPHREM THE SYRIAN: Abraham had many servants. Why did [God] not command him to offer up one of these? It was because [Abraham’s] love would not have been revealed by a servant. His son, therefore, was necessary so that Abraham’s love might be revealed. There were likewise [other] servants of God, but he did not show his love toward his creatures through any of these but rather through his Son, through whom his love for us might be proclaimed….

From Abraham [onwards] the symbols of the wood and the lamb began to be delineated. For Isaac was a symbol of the lamb [caught] in the tree, while Jacob showed [that] the wood can vivify water. Wood therefore was worthy that he be suspended from it, since no bone in him was broken. The fruits of the earth are stimulated by wood, and the treasures of the sea are grasped by means of wood. So too, in the case of the body and the soul. It was this [the wood of the cross] that was hewn by the wrath of the rabid crowd. It was like a mute person in its silence, and in its agility a source of growth to the heights for humanity. COMMENTARY ON TATIAN’S DIATESSARON 21.7,9.

September 3, 2023 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat. 2: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

+Mary Jean Vrabel from

Komara Family

Sun. 3: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

14^th Sunday after Pentecost

For the parishioners

Mon. 4: NO LITURGY

Tues. 5: NO LITURGY

Wed. 6: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 7: NO LITURGY

Fri. 8: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

Birth of the Theotokos

For the Parishioners

Sat. 9: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

Saturday Before the

Exaltation of the Cross

Synaxis of Joachim & Anna

For the Parishioners

Sun. 10: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

Sunday before the Exaltation

Of the Cross

+Sister Leocadia Sevachko

From Greg & Paula Slemons

Collection Report

Week of 08/27/2023

$ 852.00 Offertory

$ 94.00 Candles

$ 40.00 Renovation

$ 5.00 Holy Day

$ 5.00 Children

$ 996.00 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 17

Sunday: 29

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR PARISHIONERS:

UPDATE-CAPITAL CAMPAIGN:

The NEW total we have collected is 117,271.10 for the Capital Campaign. We continue to work towards our goal of $200, 000. Thank you for your generous donations and continued support to our Church

SUPER BINGO NEW DATE:

CHINESE AUCTION:

St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church, Campbell, is having a 3-Tier

Chinese Auction on Sunday, September, 10, 2023 at St. Michael’s Hall, 405 Robison Road, Campbell. Admission is $7.00 and includes 25 tier-one tickets and lunch. Doors open at noon & drawings begin at 2:00 pm. Over 100 all brand new fabulous prizes, gifts certificates and theme baskets all waiting to be won.

NEW BISHOP FOR EPARCHY OF PARMA

It is with the greatest joy that I inform you that our Holy Father, Pope Francis, has appointed the Very Rev. Robert Mark Pipta as the sixth Bishop of Parma. Father Pipta is a priest of the Eparchy of Phoenix and has been serving honorably as the Rector of our seminary in Pittsburgh, Saints Cyril and Methodius Seminary.

SANCTUARY CANDLE:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. The week of September 2-3, 2023 the right sanctuary candle is in memory of +Katherine Fuzer from Myron Terlecky. There is no request for the left sanctuary candle. .

no wedding garment.

gregory THE great: But since you have already come into the house of the marriage feast, our holy church, as a result of God’s generosity, be careful, my friends, lest when the King enters he find fault with some aspect of your heart’s clothing. We must consider what comes next with great fear in our hearts. But the king came in to look at the guests and saw there a person not clothed in a wedding garment. What do we think is meant by the wedding garment, dearly beloved? For if we say it is baptism or faith, is there anyone who has entered this marriage feast without them? A person is outside because he has not yet come to believe, What then must we understand by the wedding garment but love? That person enters the marriage feast, but without wearing a wedding garment, who is present in the holy church. He may have faith, but he does not have love. We are correct when we say that love is the wedding garment because this is what our Creator himself possessed when he came to the marriage feast to join the church to himself. Only God’s love brought it about that his only begotten Son united the hearts of his chosen to himself. John says that “God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son for us.” forty gospel homilies 38.9.

August 27, 2023 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat. 26: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

+Ms. Michele Migletz from

Parents

Sun. 27: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

13^th Sunday after Pentecost

For the parishioners

Mon. 28: NO LITURGY

Tues. 29: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

Beheading of John the Baptist

For the parishioners

Wed. 30: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 31: NO LITURGY

Fri. 1: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

For the Blessed Mother to

Safe Guard our Children

From Sacred Heart Society

Sat. 2: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

+Mary Jean Vrabel from

Komara Family

Sun. 3: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

14^th Sunday after Pentecost

For the parishioners

Collection Report

Week of 08/20/2023

$ 542.00 Offertory

$ 73.00 Candles

$ 50.00 Renovation

$ 58.00 Holy Day

$ 75.00 Garage Rent

$ 798.00 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 20

Sunday: 22

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR PARISHIONERS:

UPDATE-CAPITAL CAMPAIGN:

The NEW total we have collected is $117,0271.10 for the Capital Campaign. We continue to work towards our goal of $200, 000. Thank you for your generous donations and continued support to our Church

SISTERS OF ST. BASIL PILGRIMAGE:

Sisters of the Order of St. Basil the Great 89^th Annual Pilgrimage will be held on September 2&3, 2023 at Mount Macrina in Uniontown, Pa. Theotokos: Seeker of the Lost is this year’s pilgrimage. For more information, please visit their website-https://sistersofstbasil.org

SUPER BINGO:

St. Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Church, 356 Belle Vista, 2nd Super Bingo ($6,000 in pay-outs) will be held on Saturday, September 9^th. Doors open at 2:00pm, dinner served 2:00-4:30 and 1^st game begins at 5:30. Tickets are $45.00 and includes 24 cards and 1 special pack, pasta and meatball dinners plus other prizes. Tickets are at church hall from 9:00am-6:00pm.

CHINESE AUCTION:

St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church, Campbell, is having a 3-Tier

Byzantine ASSEMBLY—St Mary Church, Hillsborough, NJ, November 3-5, 2023

The venue includes lectures, discussions, fellowship, and a gala dinner with folk music and dancing. The Assembly

cost is $250 for individuals and $400 for couples. The Maria Theresa Foundation will underwrite the

registration fees of individuals and couples between the ages of 18 and 35. For more information, contact the

Assembly coordinators, Fr. Ed Cimbala, at 212-677-0516 or Fr. Yuriy Oros at 609-394-5004.

SANCTUARY CANDLE:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. The week of August 27-Sept. 2, there are no request for the sanctuary candles.

21:34-36 The Tenants Kill the Landowner’s Servants

he sent His servants to get His fruit.

Chrysostom: He sent his servants, that is, the prophets, “to receive the fruit.” By fruit he referred to their obedience, demonstrated through their works. But even here they exhibited their wickedness. They not only failed to give the fruit, after having enjoyed so much care, thus displaying their laziness, but also were angry with the servants who came. For those who did not repay what they owed should hardly have been indignant or angry. Rather, they should have asked for the householder’s forgiveness. But they not only were indignant; they even bloodied their hands. While deserving punishment, they themselves inflicted punishment. Therefore he sent a second and a third company of servants both to show their wickedness and the love toward humanity of the One who sent them. Why didn’t he immediately send his Son? In order that they might repent and condemn themselves for the things they had done to the others. He hoped they would set aside their anger and reverence him when he came. the gospel of Matthew, Homily 68.1.