Infant Jesus of Prague Byzantine Catholic Church

        LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

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

Mon. 8: NO LITURGY

Tues. 9: NO LITURGY

Wed. 10: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 11: NO LOITURGY

 Fri. 12: NO LITURGY

Sat. 13: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

          Saturday after Theophany

          +Agnes Butsko from Robert

          Democko

Sun. 14: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

           Sunday of Zaccheus

           Special intentions of Dorothy

           Vasilchek from Michael

           Vasilchek

Collection Report

Week of 12/31/2023

$                   971.00   Offertory

$                   135.00   Holy Day

$                     25.00   Initial Offering

$                   600.00   Christmas

$                     40.00   Maintenance Fund

$                     44.00   Candles

$                 1815.00   TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 26

Sunday: 50

ON LINE: 7

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 THIS Sunday, January 7 at 8:30 am. Everyone is welcomed.

HOLY WATER:

Holy water is available in the back of the vestibule-please bring your own containers.

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!

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.

CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS:

Christmas decorations will be taken down on Sunday, January 14^th after 9:00 am liturgy. All help will be appreciated.

END OF YEAR STATEMENT:

There is a sign-up sheet in the vestibule for parishioners who want their end-of year contribution statement. Your statement will be available the following week also in the vestibule.

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

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

For the week of January 7-13 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.

The left sanctuary candle on Altar is in memory of +Virginia Democko from Melissa Bougher and the right is for the special intentions of Tillie Chachko.

All requests are for two weeks due to duplicate requests.

The call to repentance. 

Chromatius: The voice of the Lord urging the people to repentance—the Holy Spirit made it known to the people that they might take heed, saying, “Today, when you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, as in the day of testing in the wilderness.” In the same psalm above, he made clear that he was urging the sin­ful people to repentance and showed the state of a repentant soul, saying, “Come, let us fall down before him and lament before the Lord who made us, for he is our God.” The Lord urges the people to repentance, and he promises to pardon their sins, according to Isaiah’s words: “I’m the one who wipes out your iniqui­ties, and I will not be mindful of your sins. But you be mindful, declare first your iniquities that you may be justified.” Rightly then does the Lord urge the people to repentance when he says, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand,” so that through this confession of sins they may be made worthy to approach the king­dom of heaven. For no one can receive the grace of the heavenly God unless one has been cleansed of every stain of sin by the confession of repentance, through the gift of the saving baptism of our Lord and Savior. Tractate on Matthew 15.3