Infant Jesus of Prague Byzantine Catholic Church

        LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat. 30: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

             Saturday after Christmas

           +Eileen DeNiro from Laura

Sun. 31: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

           Sunday after Christmas-

           David, Joseph and James

           +Mary Lou Kasper from

           Paul & Mary Kasper

Mon. 1: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

          Circumcision of Our Lord

          Basil the Great Archbishop

          For the parishioners

Thurs. 4: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

           For World Peace thru the

           Blessed Mary & the Rosary

           From the Sacred Heart

           Society of St. Nicholas

 Fri. 5: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

Vigil of Theophany

H&W Petro Tokach from Family

            6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

           Vigil of Theophany

            For the parishioners

Sat. 6: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

           Theophany of Our Lord

           +Michael Hritz from Tom &

           Gloria Basista

Sun. 7: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

           Sunday after Theophany

           Living & Deceased members

           Of the Altar & Rosary

           Society

Collection Report

Week of 12/24-25/2023

$                 2313.00   Offertory

$                   300.00   Holy Day

$                 5219.00   Christmas

$                     50.00   Maintenance Fund

$                   113.00   Candles

$                 7995.00   TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 26

Sunday: 56

Christmas Eve: 68

Christmas: 65

ON LINE: 2

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

Pearl Tablack, Nina Zavatsky & 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.

ATTENTION:

If any parishioner or family member is ill & would like to be on the pray list, or receive get-well wishes, please notify Fr. Michael or Paula.

ROSARY:

The Altar & Rosary Society will be praying the rosary NEXT Sunday, January 7 at 8:30 am. Everyone is welcomed.

HOLY WATER:

Next Saturday, January 6th, is the Theophany of Our Lord and Father Michael will be blessing holy water. Please bring in your containers for you to have holy water in your home.

BYZNTINE SOCIAL CLUB:

THE BYZANTINE SICIAL CLUB IS BACK!!!!!!!!

After a long hiatus, the Byzantine Social Club will be resuming. ALL PARISHIONERS are invited and welcome to attend their first gathering on Wednesday, January 24^th at 6:30 pm in the church. There is a sign-up sheet in the vestibule. We hope to see everyone!

THANK YOU:

Thank you to all parishioners, families and guests for the generous donation of $5549.00 this Christmas. May God bless all of you for your continued support to our parish.

PARISHIONER NEWS:

Our devoted parishioner Dolores (Dee) Jean Vrable passed away on December 24^th. Services were held this past Thursday. Our deepest sympathy and prayers to her family and friends. Blessed repose to his servant Dolores.

SANCTUARY CANDLE 2024:

The sanctuary candle sheet and envelopes for 2024 are on the vestibule table. Cost for each candle remains $10. As usual, request and money may be put in the collection basket.

BLESSINGS OF HOUSES:

Father Michael will be blessings homes the week after Theophany (January 8-12). There is a sign-up sheet in the vestibule if you would like your home blessed. If you have a specific date and time, please add to your information. Father Michael will contact you with specifics.

HAPPY NEW YEAR:

Father Michael, Marina, Andriy, Emma and Nica wish all parishioners, families and friends a Happy New Year. May our Lord bless all with health and happiness in 2024!

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

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

For the week of December 31-January 6 there were several requests due to duplicate sign-up sheets therefore, the left sanctuary candle is in memory of the Markovitch & Pankewicz and the right sanctuary candle is in memory of the Wenger & Lenyk families. Both candles are from the Lenyk family.

Also, the left sanctuary candle is in memory of +Virginia Democko from Melissa Bougher and the right is for the special intentions of Tillie Chachko

Why a Nazarene?

Chromatius: Our Lord and Savior is called “the Nazarene” as much after the name of the place, the city of Nazareth, as from the mystery of the law. For, according to the law, those are called Nazarenes who make an extraordinary vow of chastity to God, maintain­ing that vow with the hair of their heads, which the ordained law had commanded them to offer as a sacrifice. Therefore, because the author and ruler of every act of sanctity and piety is Christ the Lord, who said through the prophet, “Let them be holy, since I am holy, says the Lord,” it was not undeservedly that he was called “the Nazarene.” It was he who, following truly what was preordained in the law, offered as a pledge to God the Father the sacrifice of his own body. David spoke about this pledge when he said of the Lord, “Just as Jacob swore an oath to the Lord, he was offered a pledge to God. “The Lord would show himself as the Nazarene at the time when he became a creature of flesh. trac­tate on Matthew 7.2.