Infant Jesus of Prague Byzantine Catholic Church

        LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat. 12: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

           +Thomas & +Kay Urdea

           From family

Sun. 13: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

           11^th Sunday after Pentecost

           +Mary & +James Hayer

           From Mary Beth Hayer,

           And Janice & David Hartzell

 Mon. 14: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

            Dormition of the Theotokos

            Blessing of Flowers

            For the parishioners

Tues. 15: 10:00 am @ St. Nicholas

            Dormition of the Theotokos

            Blessing of Flowers

            For the parishioners

Wed. 16: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 17: NO LITURGY

Fri. 18: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

             For the Living & Deceased

             Members of the Sacred

             Heart Society

Sat. 19: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

           +Richard Kuty Sr. from

           Mary & Jerry Novak

Sun. 20: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

           12^th Sunday after Pentecost

           +Mary Lou Kasper from

           Family

Collection Report

Week of 08/6/2023

$                 1644.00   Offertory

$                   510.00   Holy Day

$                     41.00   Candles

$                     80.27   Utility Offering

$                     60.00   Memory of Richard Kuty

$                   403.00   Maintenance Fund

$                 2738.27   TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 25

Sunday: 70

ON LINE:  7

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

Pearl Tablack, Nina Zavatsky, Bernie Litwin & Joe Markovitch all at home. Dolores Schurko & Louise Macabobby at Hampton Wood and the rest of our parishioners who are in nursing homes.  May God grant to all the sick of our parish many blessed, happy and healthier years.

CONGRATULATIONS:

Congratulations to Father Michael and Maryna who were sworn in as American citizens this past week. May God bless them with health, happiness and many blessed years in our beautiful country.

BLESSING OF STUDENTS & TEACHERS:

As the beginning of the school year fast approaches, Father Michael will be blessing all school age children (pre-school to college) and teachers after liturgies August 19th & 20th.

OUR LADY OF LEBONAN SHRINE:

The 58^th Annual Assumption Pilgrimage “A Pilgrimage to Rediscover Jesus in the Most Holy Eucharist” will be held at the Basilica & National Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon August 13-15, 2023. For more information call the Shrine at (330)538-3351.

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.

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

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions.

For the week of August 13-19, the right sanctuary candle is for the special intentions of Tillie Chachko. There is no request for the left sanctuary candle.

Ten thousand talents owed, A hundred denarii collected.

Cyril OF Alexandria: The God of all releases us from the difficulties of our faults, according to the parable. This is what is signified by the ten thousand talents, But this happens on the proviso that we our­selves release our fellow servants from the hun­dred denarii, that is, from the few minor faults they have committed against us. The angels who stand over us and are under the same yoke of service as we are make accusations before God. They do not speak to God as if God does not know—for God knows everything. Rather, in the interest of justice, they demand the proper punishment for those who choose to despise and dishonor the command that we love one another. When we meet our proper deserts, either we receive punishment in our present life, such as being visited with some pain or trouble or infirmity, or if not, we will certainly be punished in the future life. God punishes the obsti­nate, intractable person with a view to improving and changing him for the better. This is easy to see. Holy Scripture is pertinent here, in these wisely spoken words: “the Lord disci­plines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son,” and again: “Abide instruc­tion.” Fragment 216.