St Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church

October 13, 2024 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat. 12: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

For the parishioners

Sun. 13: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

Sunday of the Fathers of the

7^th Ecumenical Council

+Paula Angelo from Steve &

Bernadette Stanislav

Mon. 14: NO LITURGY

Tues. 15: NO LITURGY

Wed. 16: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 17: NO LITURGY

Fri. 18: NO LITURGY

Sat. 19: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

+Paula Angelo from Tyler &

Arica Hardgrove

Sun. 20: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

22^nd Sunday after Pentecost

For the parishioners

Collection Report

Week of 10/06/2024

$ 774.00 Offering

$ 70.00 Maintenance Fund

$ 3.00 Children

$ 92.00 Candles

$ 939.00 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 19

Sunday: 16

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

Michael Volsko- Briarfield Manor, Kevin Ulrich Ivywoods Manor, Minerva Zepeda at Oasis, 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 $138,769.90 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 any requests. Money can be deposited in the weekend collection.

LITURGICAL REQUESTS:

We have not been receiving liturgical requests. Please send your liturgical request envelopes into the collection basket or call Paula Slemons.

CONDOLENCES:

Our dear and long-time parishioner, +Charlotte Baiocco, passed away on September 24th. Her services were held this past Friday. Our deepest sympathy and prayers to Charlotte’s family and friends. Blessed repose to his servant Charlotte.

SANCTUARY CANDLE:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. The week of October 13-19, the left & right sanctuary candles are in memory of +Paula Angelo from Gary Angelo and Arica Hardgrove.

21^st Sunday After Pentecost

By Fr. Gary Powell, O.F.M. Cap.

We are told in the Gospel today from St. Luke (8:5-15) that loving God and neighbor means two things: to hear the Word of God and to keep it. Many Jews in the time, of Christ were farmers. They understood about planting, good soil, watering, growing crops. And so Christ said that spreading God’s Word was just like that, like planting seeds. You’ve got to do it at the right time, in the right place, in the right way. Jesus said that some people just don’t want to hear God’s Word at a certain time, or place, or way. And that is why God’s Word doesn’t help them.That’s why they don’t bear fruit. But for those who really want God’s Word, it opens new worlds. It gives them courage to carry one, enlightens their thoughts and words, bring love to their actions. Christ’s own words are: “The seed on good ground are those who hear the word in a spirit of openness, retain it, and bear fruit through perseverance.” (Verse 15). “Bear fruit through perseverance.” That’s the really important part. It’s rather easy to be part of a crowd listening to God’s Word about love and justice, the rights of others, our duties in life. But to carry them out in perseverance, in our daily lives, day after day, that is another thing. Or again, some of us might be a bit choosy. We like to hear the nice words about love and reward and unity. But when Christ speaks to us about the sins we commit, the injustices we do, or about the punishments these sins deserve, we don’t want to hear that kind of Word of God at all. We are not consistent. We just look for the easy side of things. Unless we accept God’s message in its entirety we really are not listening. Unless we put into practice the whole of God’s law to the best of our ability, we really are not bearing fruit through perseverance.

October 6, 2024 Bulletin

Sat. 5: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

For the parishioners

Sun. 6: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

20^th Sunday after Pentecost

+ Father Nicholas Kraynak

From Regina Rovynak

Mon. 7: NO LITURGY

Tues. 8: NO LITURGY

Wed. 9: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 10: NO LITURGY

Fri. 11: NO LITURGY

Sat. 12: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

For the parishioners

Sun. 13: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

Sunday of the Fathers of the

7^th Ecumenical Council

+Paula Angelo from Steve &

Bernadette Stanislav

Collection Report

Week of 09/29/2024

$ 920.00 Offering

$ 10.00 Maintenance Fund

$ 10.00 Holy Day

$ 155.00 Candles

$ 1095.00 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday:26

Sunday:21

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

UPDATE-CAPITAL CAMPAIGN:

The NEW total collected is $138,769.90 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:

LITURGICAL REQUESTS:

We have not been receiving liturgical requests. Please send your liturgical request envelopes into the collection basket or call Paula Slemons.

CLERGY RETREAT:

Fr. Michael will be out of town this week until Thursday for a clergy retreat. For any emergency, please contact him @ (412) 722-4670.

100^th ANNIVERSARY:

A commemoration of the 100^th anniversary of the Byzantine-Ruthenian Church in America will air on EWTN on Friday, October 11^th @ 10:30 pm Eastern Time and again on Saturday, October 12^th @ 11:30 am Eastern Time. The television documentary, “Treasury of Blessings” has been produced by Diane & Bob Grip. The documentary features archival films, still pictures and videos gathered from the Archieparchial archives, private collections and on-site locations from all four eparchies. Metropolitan Archbishop William C. Skurla, D.D. is the Executive Producer.

SANCTUARY CANDLE:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. The week of October 6-12 + Nicholas and Mary Dubos.

THE CHURCH, THE SORROWING MOTHER. AMBROSE: Although there is grave sin that you cannot wash away yourself with the tears of your penitence, let the mother of the church weep for you. She who intercedes for all as a widowed mother for only sons is she who suffers with the spiritual grief of nature when she perceives her children urged on to death by mortal sins. We are heart of her heart, for there is also a spiritual heart that Paul has, saying, “Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.” We are the heart of the church, since we are members of his Body, of his flesh and of his bones, Let the pious mother grieve, let the crowd, too, help. Let not only the crowd but also a multitude feel pity for a good parent. Already at the funeral you will arise, already will you be re-leased from the sepulcher; the attendants at your funeral will stand still, you will begin to speak words of life, all will be afraid; for very many are corrected by the example of one. They will praise God, who has bestowed upon us such great help for the avoidance of death.

September 29, 2024 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

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

+John & +Carmella Horvat

From Mr. & Mrs. Gerald

Migletz

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

19^th Sunday after Pentecost

+ Edward Vrabel from the

Graneto and Vrabel Families

Mon. 30: NO LITURGY

Tues. 1: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

Protection of the Theotokos

For the parishioners

Wed. 2: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 3: NO LITURGY

Fri. 4: 10:00 am @ Infant Jesus

For World Peace thru the

Blessed Mary & the Rosary

From Sacred Heart Society

Sat. 5: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

For the parishioners

Sun. 6: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

20^th Sunday after Pentecost

+ Father Nicholas Kraynak

From Regina Rovynak

Collection Report

Week of 09/22/2024

$ 1456.00 Offering

$ 5.00 Children

$ 101.00 Candles

$ 1562.00 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 19

Sunday: 23

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

UPDATE-CAPITAL CAMPAIGN:

The NEW total collected is $138,219.90 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:

LITURGICAL REQUESTS:

We have not been receiving liturgical requests. Please send your liturgical request envelopes into the collection basket or call Paula Slemons.

COMMEMORATION OF THE 100^TH ANNIVERSARY

EWTN plans to air the documentary on Friday, October 11 at 10:30 p.m. Eastern Time and again on Saturday, October 12 at 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time.

SUPER BINGO:

St. Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Church, 356 S Belle Vista in Youngstown is having their 4^th Annual Super Bingo on Saturday, October 5^th. Doors open @ 2:00 pm and bingo begins @ 5:00 pm.

$50 for everything and a FREE pasta dinner. For more information call Denny @ 330-951-7343 or Francey @ 330-719-1580.

CHOIR MARIAN EVENT OCT. 20:

The Pittsburgh Byzantine Catholic Archeparchial Choir (PBCAC) invites faithful and friends to a celebration of Our Lady as they convene at St. Elias Church in Munhall to present “MARYFEST” a song-filled homage to the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary on Sunday, October 20, 2024 at 3:00 pm.

SANCTUARY CANDLE:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. The week of September 29-Oct. 5, +Fr. Nicholas Kraynak.

Pray for All People

By St. John Chrysostom

The priest is the common father, as it were, of the whole world. It is proper, therefore, that he should care for all, even as God Whom he serves. For this reason, the apostle Paul writes, “I urge then, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions and thanksgivings (lit: Eucharists) be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life, godly and respectful in every way. This is good, and it is acceptable in the sight of God our Savior who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth” (1 Tim 2:14).

From this two advantages result. First, hatred is done away with towards those outside the Church, for no one can feel hatred towards those for whom is prays. And those who are prayed for become better because of the prayers, and they lose their ferocious disposition towards us. For nothing is so apt to draw people to the Christian teaching as love and being loved. Think what it was for those who persecuted, scourged, banished and slaughtered the first Christians to hear that those whom they treated so barbarously offered fervent prayers to God for them.

September 22, 2024 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

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

Saturday after Exaltation of

The Cross

For the parishioners

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

Sunday after the Exaltation

Of the Cross

+ Helen & +Edward Kraynak

From Regina Rovnyak

Mon. 23: NO LITURGY

Tues. 24: NO LITURGY

Wed. 25: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 26: NO LITURGY

Fri. 27: NO LITURGY

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

+John & +Carmella Horvat

From Me. & Mrs. Gerald

Migletz

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

19^th Sunday after Pentecost

+ Edward Vrabel from the

Graneto and Vrabel Families

Collection Report

Week of 09/15/2024

$ 800.00 Offering

$ 4.00 Children

$ 70.00 Maintenance Fund

$ 131.00 Garage rental

$ 25.00 Holy Day

$ 118.00 Candles

$ 1148.00 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 16

Sunday: 22

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

UPDATE-CAPITAL CAMPAIGN:

The NEW total collected is $138,219.90 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.

LITURGICAL REQUESTS:

We have not been receiving liturgical requests. Please send your liturgical request envelopes into the collection basket or call Paula Slemons.

DESIGNER PURSE BINGO:

St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church in Hermitage, Pa. is hosting a designer purse bingo along with a Chinese auction, 50/50 raffle and door prizes on Saturday, September 28^th. Doors open at 5:00pm and bingo begins @ 6:00 pm. All proceeds benefit their restoration fund. Tickets can be purchased by Zelle: St Michael smart@roadrunner.com

ECF CLASSES:

ECF classes will resume NEXT Sunday, September 29^th following 9:00 am liturgy at Infant Jesus for all children preschool-high school. A sign-up is on the back table. Looking forward to another great year as our children learn about their Byzantine faith.

SANCTUARY CANDLE:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. The week of September 22-28, the right and left sanctuary candles are in memory of +John & +Carmella Horvat from Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Migletz.

18th Sunday After Pentecost

The Secret of the Peace We Need

Those who are engaged in spiritual warfare must always keep their hearts tranquil. Only then can the mind sift the impulses it receives and store in the treasure house of the memory those that are good and come from God, while rejecting altogether those that are perverse and devilish. “When the sea is calm, the fishermen’s eyes can see the movements of the fish deep down, so that hardly any of them can escape. But when the sea is ruffled by the wind, the turmoil of the waves hides from sight the creatures that would easily have been seen if the sea wore the smile of calm. The skill of the fisherman is of little use in rough weather. Something of the same sort happens with the soul, especially when it is stirred to the depths by anger. At the beginning of a storm, oil is poured on the waters to calm them, and in fact the oil defeats their commotion. In this way, when the soul receives the anointing of the gift of the Holy Spirit, it gladly gives in to this inexpressible and untroubled sweetness. And even if it is continually attacked by temptation, it maintains its peace and joy.

September 15, 2024 Bulletin

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

Exaltation of the Cross

Emil & William Kraynak from

Regina Rovynak

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

Sunday after the Exaltation

Of the Cross

+John & +Mary Backus &

Deceased members of the

Backus Family from

Mary Jane Backus

Mon. 16: NO LITURGY

Tues. 17: NO LITURGY

Wed. 18: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 19: NO LITURGY

Fri. 20: NO LITURGY

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

Saturday after Exaltation of

The Cross

For the parishioners

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

Sunday after the Exaltation

Of the Cross

+ Helen & +Edward Kraynak

From Regina Rovnyak

Collection Report

Week of 09/08/2024

$ 1245.00 Offering

$ 5.00 Maintenance Fund

$ 10.00 Holy Day

$ 3.00 Children

$ 25.00 Garage Rental

$ 113.00 Candles

$ 1501.00 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 22

Sunday: 17

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

UPDATE-CAPITAL CAMPAIGN:

The NEW total collected is $138,219.90 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:

LITURGICAL REQUESTS:

We have not been receiving liturgical requests. Please send your liturgical request envelopes into the collection basket or call Paula Slemons.

CORN ROAST:

Thank you to all parishioners who came out this past Wednesday for our corn roast. A special appreciation to Group B for organizing the event. It was a wonderful evening and a great way to begin the fall season. Watch the bulletin for upcoming events.

ECF CLASSES:

ECF classes will resume on Sunday, September 28^th following 9:00 am liturgy for all children preschool-high school. A sign-up is on the back table. Looking forward to another great year as our children learn about their Byzantine faith.

DESIGNER PURSE BINGO:

SANCTUARY CANDLE:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. The week of September 15-21, + Fr. Nicholas Kraynak.

walking requires Two feet.

Caesarius of Arles: When the Lord tells us in the Gospel that anyone who wants to be his follower must renounce himself, the injunction seems harsh; we think he is imposing a burden on us. But an order is no burden when it is given by one who helps in carrying it out. To what place are we to follow Christ if not where he has already gone? We know that he has risen and ascended into heaven; there, then, we must follow him. There is no cause for despair—by ourselves we can do nothing, but we have Christ’s promise…. One who claims to abide in Christ ought to walk as he walked. Would you follow Christ? Then be humble as he was humble. Do not scorn his lowliness if you want to reach his exaltation. Human sin made the road rough. Christ’s resurrection leveled it. By passing over it himself he transformed the narrowest of tracks into a royal highway. Two feet are needed to run along this highway; they are humility and charity. Everyone wants to get to the top—well, the first step to take is humility. Why take strides that are too big for you—do you want to fall instead of going up? Begin with the first step, humility, and you will already be climbing. Sermons 159, 1.4-6.

September 8, 2024 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

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

+Father Nicholas Kraynak

From Steve & Bunny Stanislav

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

Sunday before the Exaltation

Of the Cross

Birth of the Theotokos

+Marge Sekerak from Regina

Rovynak

Mon. 9: NO LITURGY

Tues. 10: NO LITURGY

Wed. 11: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 12: NO LITURGY

Fri. 13: NO LITURGY

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

Exaltation of the Cross

Emil & William Kraynak from

Regina Rovynak

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

Sunday after the Exaltation

Of the Cross

+John & +Mary Backus &

Deceased members of the

Backus Family from

Mary Jane Backus

Collection Report

Week of 09/01/2024

$ 679.00 Offering

$ 35.00 Maintenance Fund

$ 68.00 Holy Day

$ 4.00 Children

$ 202.00 Candles

$ 988.00 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 23

Sunday: 26

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

UPDATE-CAPITAL CAMPAIGN:

The NEW total collected is $138,219.90 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:

LITURGICAL REQUESTS:

We have not been receiving liturgical requests. Please send your liturgical request envelopes into the collection basket or call Paula Slemons.

100^th ANNIVERSARY OF OUR

BYZANTINE EXACHATE:

The Jubilee Celebration will be held October12-13, 2024 in Washington DC-Annandale, VA More information can be found @ http://www.byzantine100.com/

ECF CLASSES:

CORN ROAST:

All parishioners are invited to a corn roast on September 11^th @ 6:00pm in the church pavilion at Infant Jesus of Prague. Hot dogs, hamburgers and corn will be provided, and all are asked to bring their favorite side dish. There is a sign-up sheet on the table. Hope to see you all there as we close out the summer season.

SANCTUARY CANDLE:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. The week of September 8-14, there are no sanctuary candle requests.

CONGRATULATIONS

We extend our congratulations to newlywed Aspen Glaspell and Shania Warren who on September 7, 2024, united in Mystery of Marriage! God bless and grant many and blessed years to Mr. and Mrs. Glaspell!

16th Sunday After Pentecost

Collegeville Bible Commentary

Mt. 25:14-30 The talents (see Luke 19:11-27). The parable of the talents has many elements found in the preceding passage, but it concentrates on the judgment scene (vv. 19-30). The master (the Son of Man) goes away and distributes various sums of money to three servants. The Greek word that describes these sums is “talents.” The parable is the source of the English term “talent” as the description of a natural ability that can be improved by diligent practice. Though there are three servants in the parable, they really constitute two groups: the two who invest and double the amount, and the one who buries the money. The master is away for a long time, and suddenly he returns and demands an accounting (v. 19). The accounting is dearly the last Judgment. It involves rewards for the two servants who doubled the sums given to them (vv. 20-23) and punishment for the servant who did nothing (vv. 24-30). Constant watchfulness demands fruitful action and even boldness.

September 1, 2024 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat. 31: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

Health & well-being of

Dominic Shirilla from Mr. &

Mrs. Shirilla

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

15^th Sunday after Pentecost

Health & well-being of

Doreen Ponigar from Chester

Hunter

Mon. 2: NO LITURGY

Labor Day

Tues. 3: NO LITURGY

Wed. 4: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 5: NO LITURGY

Fri. 6: 10:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Living & deceased Members

Of the Sacred Heart Society

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

+Father Nicholas Kraynak

From Steve & Bunny Stanislav

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

Sunday before the Exaltation

Of the Cross

Birth of the Theotokos

+Marge Sekerak from Regina

Rovynak

Collection Report

Week of 08/25/2024

$ 1030.00 Offering

$ 50.00 Maintenance Fund

$ 40.00 Holy Day

$ 5.00 Children

$ 120.00 Candles

$ 1265.00 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 18

Sunday:18

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

UPDATE-CAPITAL CAMPAIGN:

The NEW total collected is $138,219.90 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:

LITURGICAL REQUESTS:

We have not been receiving liturgical requests. Please send your liturgical request envelopes into the collection basket or call Paula Slemons.

100^th ANNIVERSARY OF OUR

BYZANTINE EXACHATE:

The Jubilee Celebration will be held October12-13, 2024 in Washington DC-Annandale, VA More information can be found @ http://www.byzantine100.com/

ECF CLASSES:

CORN ROAST:

All parishioners are invited to a corn roast on September 11^th @ 6:00pm in the church pavilion at Infant Jesus of Prague. Hot dogs, hamburgers and corn will be provided and all are asked bring their favorite side dish. There is a sign-up sheet on the table. Hope to see you all there as we close out the summer season.

SISTERS OF ST. BASIL PILGRIMAGE:

Sisters of the Order of St. Basil 90^th Annual Pilgrimage will be THIS WEEKEND Labor Day Weekend at Mount Macrina in Uniontown, Pa. Seeker of the Lost is this year’s pilgrimage. Please visit their website www.sistersofstbasil.org for the schedule.

SANCTUARY CANDLE:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. The week of September 1-7 the left sanctuary candle is in memory of +Katherine Fuzar from Myron Terlecky. There is no request for the right sanctuary candle.

22;44 Sit at My Right Hand

The lord said TO my lord. Incomplete work on Matthew: The judgmental Jewish leaders were tempting Christ the man. They would not have tempted him if they had believed that he were the Son of God. Christ therefore was ready to show himself to them. He knew the dishonesty in their hearts. He was ready to show them that it was not a man who was tempted but God, whom no one is able to tempt. He was not able to say straightforwardly the truth about himself or to keep silent. He was not able to speak openly, lest the Jews, in finding a greater occasion for blasphemy, be all the more enraged. However, it was not possible to silence the truth that had come to him in order that he might let this same truth be known. And it was for this reason that he propounded this ingenious question to them, in order that while he was silent his question itself might show them that he was not a man but God. So he asks directly, “How is it then that David, inspired by the Spirit, calls him Lord?” For how was it possible for him to be his Lord who was yet to be born from David? I think that he posed this question not only against the ancient Pharisees but against our contemporary heretics as well. For he was the Son of David according to the flesh but Lord according to his divinity. Homily 42.

August 25, 2024 Bulletin

Sat. 24: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

+Richard Alan Tirpak from

Robert & Helen Marie Vaclav

Sun. 25: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

14^th Sunday after Pentecost

+Ms. Michele Migletz from

Parents

Mon. 26: NO LITURGY

Tues.27: NO LITURGY

Wed. 28: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 29: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

Beheading of John the Baptist

For the parishioners

Fri. 30: NO LITURGY

Sat. 31: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

Health & well-being of

Dominic Shirilla from Mr. &

Mrs. Shirilla

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

15^th Sunday after Pentecost

Health & well-being of

Doreen Ponigar from Chester

Hunter

Collection Report

Week of 08/18/2024

$ 767.00 Offering

$ 10.00 Maintenance Fund

$ 131.00 Garage rental

$ 37.00 Holy Day

$ 122.00 Candles

$ 1067.00 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 19

Sunday: 22

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

UPDATE-CAPITAL CAMPAIGN:

The NEW total collected is $138,219.90 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:

LITURGICAL REQUESTS:

We have not been receiving liturgical requests. Please send your liturgical request envelopes into the collection basket or call Paula Slemons.

100^th ANNIVERSARY OF OUR

BYZANTINE EXACHATE:

The Jubilee Celebration will be held October12-13, 2024 in Washington DC-Annandale, VA More information can be found @ http://www.byzantine100.com/

ECF CLASSES:

SISTERS OF ST. BASIL PILGRIMAGE:

Sisters of the Order of St. Basil 90^th Annual Pilgrimage will be NEXT WEEKEND Labor Day Weekend at Mount Macrina in Uniontown, Pa. Seeker of the Lost is this year’s pilgrimage. Please visit their website www.sistersofstbasil.org for the schedule.

SANCTUARY CANDLE:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. The week of August 25-31 the right and left sanctuary candles are in memory of +Ms. Michele Migletz from her parents.

Mt 22:11 A Guest with No Wedding Garment

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 18, 2024 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat. 17: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

+Ms. Elise Jamison from

Jerry & Paulette Migletz

Sun. 18: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

13^th Sunday after Pentecost

+Fr. Nicholas Kraynak from

The Sacred Heart Society

Mon. 19: NO LITURGY

Tues.20: NO LITURGY

Wed. 21: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 22: NO LITURGY

Fri. 23: NO LITURGY

Sat. 24: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

+Richard Alan Tirpak from

Robert & Helen Marie Vaclav

Sun. 25: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

14^th Sunday after Pentecost

+Ms. Michele Migletz from

Parents

Collection Report

Week of 08/11/2024

$ 668.00 Offering

$ 3.00 Children

$ 15.00 Holy Day

$ 25.00 Garage rental

$ 153.00 Candles

$ 964.00 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 22

Sunday: 22

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

UPDATE-CAPITAL CAMPAIGN:

The NEW total collected is $138,718.90 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:

LITURGICAL REQUESTS:

We have not been receiving liturgical requests. Please send your liturgical request envelopes into the collection basket or call Paula Slemons.

100^th ANNIVERSARY OF OUR

BYZANTINE EXACHATE:

The Jubilee Celebration will be held October12-13, 2024 in Washington DC-Annandale, VA More information can be found @ http://www.byzantine100.com/

BLESSING OF STUDENTS & TEACHERS:

As the beginning of the school quickly approaching, Fr. Michael will be blessing all students (pre-school-college) and teachers this weekend (August 17-18) after liturgies for those who have not received the blessings.

SISTERS OF ST. BASIL PILGRIMAGE:

Sisters of the Order of St. Basil 90^th Annual Pilgrimage will be held Labor Day Weekend at Mount Macrina in Uniontown, Pa. Seeker of the Lost is this year’s pilgrimage. Please visit their website www.sistersofstbasil.org for the schedule.

SANCTUARY CANDLE:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. The week of August 18-24 the right sanctuary candle is for the special intentions of Myron Terlecky. The left sanctuary candle is in memory of +John Volchko Sr. from John Jr. & Donna Volchko.

Mt. 21:42 The Lord’s Doing Is Marvelous

christ THE great stone.

incomplete work on matthew: Christ is called a stone for two reasons. First, because his foundation is solid and no one who stands upon him will fall victim to deceitful charms or be moved by the storms of persecution. Second, Christ is called a stone because in him is the ultimate destruction of the wicked, for just as everything which collides with a stone is shattered while the stone itself remains intact, so also everyone who opposes the Christian faith will himself be ruined, but Christianity will remain untouched. This is the sense in which Christ is the great stone. “Whoever falls on it will be broken to pieces, but it will crush those upon whom it falls.”¹⁷ It is one thing to be broken but something else again to be crushed, for sizeable pieces of whatever is broken remain, but whatever gets crushed is reduced to dust and utterly eliminated. The stone does not break those who fall upon it, but they break themselves who fall on the stone. Their destruction therefore is not attributable to the stone’s strength but to the violence with which they fall upon it. homily 40.

August 11, 2024 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat. 10: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

For the Parishioners

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

12^th Sunday after Pentecost

Health & well-being of Mr. &

Mrs. Stephen Stanislav

Mon. 12: NO LITURGY

Tues.13: NO LITURGY

Wed. 14: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

Dormition of the Theotokos

+Dorothy Slemons from Greg

& Paula Slemons

Thurs. 15: NO LITURGY

Fri. 16: NO LITURGY

Sat. 17: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

+Ms. Elise Jamison from

Jerry & Paulette Migletz

Sun. 18: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

13^th Sunday after Pentecost

+Fr. Nicholas Kraynak from The sacred Heart Society

Collection Report

Week of 08/04/2024

$ 760.00 Offering

$ 90.00 Maintenance Fund

$ 3.00 Children

$ 140.00 Candles

$ 993.00 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 24

Sunday: 25

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

UPDATE-CAPITAL CAMPAIGN:

The NEW total collected is $137,228.10 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:

LITURGICAL REQUESTS:

We have not been receiving liturgical requests. Please send your liturgical request envelopes into the collection basket or call Paula Slemons.

PILGRIMAGE:

The 59^th Annual Assumption Pilgrimage at the Basilica & Natural Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon in North Jackson will be celebrated August 13-15, 2024.

BLESSING OF STUDENTS & TEACHERS:

As the beginning of the school quickly approaching, Fr. Michael will be blessing all students (pre-school-college) and teachers this weekend (August 10 &11) and next weekend (August 17-18) after liturgies.

THANK YOU:

Thank you to all volunteers who came this week and help change the altar linens for the Dormition of the Theotokos. May God bless you for your continued support of our parish!

SISTERS OF ST. BASIL PILGRIMAGE:

100^th ANNIVERSARY OF OUR

BYZANTINE EXACHATE:

The Jubilee Celebration will be held October12-13, 2024 in Washington DC-Annandale, VA More information can be found @ http://www.byzantine100.com/

ECF SUMMER CAMP:

The ECF Summer Camp has been moved to THIS Sunday August 11^Th @ 6:00 pm due to the inclement weather on Friday.

SANCTUARY CANDLE:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. The week of August 11-17 the right and left sanctuary candles are in memory of Ms. Elise Jamison. Both candles are from Jerry and Paulette Migletz.

What must I Do to inherit eternal life?

Chrysostom: And, behold, one came and said to him, “Good Master, what deed must I do to inherit eternal life?” Some criticize this young man as dissembling and wicked, approaching Jesus to put him to the test. I would not hesitate to say that he is avaricious and greedy since Christ also showed him up as such. Yet I would by no means call him a dissembler, because it is not safe to venture on things uncertain and especially in a case of blame. Such is also true because Mark has taken away the suspicion of dissembling. For Mark says, “A man ran up and kneeling before him asked him” and “Jesus looking upon him loved him.” The tyranny of money is a powerful thing, as is clear here. Though we are practiced in the other virtues, avarice brings the others to ruin. the gospel of Matthew, homily 63.1.