February 4, 2024 Bulletin
LITURGICAL SCHEDULE
Sat. 3: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus
1st All Souls Saturday
+Anna Dean from Mary Ann
& Rick Mosco
Sun. 4: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus
Sunday of Meat-Fare
Living & Deceased Members
Of the Altar & Rosary Society
Of Infant Jesus
Mon. 5: NO LITURGY
Tues. 6: NO LITURGY
Wed. 7: NO LITURGY
Thurs. 8: NO LITURGY
Fri. 9: NO LITURGY
Sat. 10: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus
All Holy Ascetical Fathers &
Mothers
+Richard Kuty Sr. from Gene
&Sharon Mulichak
Sun. 11: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus
Sunday of Cheese-Fare
+Bernadette (Bernie) Litwin
From Paul & Mary Kasper
Collection Report
Week of 01/28/2024
$ 1714.00 Offertory
$ 125.00 Holy Day
$ 5.00 Initial Offering
$ 160.00 Maintenance Fund
$ 20.00 Easter Flowers
$ 66.00 Candles
$ 2090.00 TOTAL
Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:
Saturday: 32
Sunday: 55
ON LINE: 1
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 Sunday, March 3rd at 8:30 am. Everyone is welcomed.
HRAMOTY:
We are still taking Hramoty requests for All-Souls Saturdays. Please fill out the Hramoty envelope that you received with your monthly envelopes and place in the collection baskets. .
BYZANTINE SOCIAL CLUB:
The next meeting will be Tuesday, February 20th @ 6:30 pm in the church. Dues are $10 a year per person or $20 per couple. We are looking forward to planning many fun events for this year and we welcome new members.
REGULATIONS FOR THE GREAT FAST:
The Great Lent begins NEXT MONDAY February 12th, the following are Lenten restrictions:
STRICT ABSTINENCE: (fast) is toobserved on Pure Monday, February 12th-the 1st day of the Great Fast & on Great & Holy Friday, March 29th. This includes no use or consumption of all meats, eggs and dairy products.
SIMPLE ABSTINENCE: Thisforbids the use of meat on all Wednesdays & Fridays during the Great fast but allows eggs and dairy products.
LENTEN EDUCATION CLASS:
This year, following all Wednesday’s Pre-Sanctified liturgies there will be again, a Lenten adult education class. All parishioners, family and friends are welcomed to learn about our Byzantine faith. Classes begin Wednesday, February 14th.
LENTEN ETHNIC FOOD SALE:
St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church in Hermitage is having a Lenten Ethnic Food & Bake sale on March 6th from 2:00-5:00 pm. Pre-orders only-all food is homemade and pierohi is frozen. Pierohi (potato &cheese, sauerkraut, prune & cabbage are $10/dozen and haluski (1 quart) is $9.00. Call Bill @ 724-962-4618 or Christine @ 724-866-0058 to place an order.
SANCTUARY CANDLES:
The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions.
For the week of February 4-10 2024, there are no requests for the sanctuary candles.
Inherit the Kingdom.
Chrysostom: He commended them for doing what was right. He reveals how great is his bond of love for them and has been from the beginning. “Then the king will say to those at his right hand, ‘Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.'” To what other blessedness could this blessedness be compared? To be blessed of the Father! Why were they counted worthy of such a great honor? “I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink.” What honor! What blessedness!
He did not say “take” but “inherit” as one’s own, as your Father’s, as yours, as due to you from the first. “For before you were,” he says, “these things had been prepared and made ready for you, because I knew you would be such as you are.” the gospel of Matthew, homily 79.2.
Infant Jesus of Prague Byzantine Catholic Church 