Infant Jesus of Prague Byzantine Catholic Church

       LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat. 1: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

           For the parishioners

Sun. 2: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

           Sunday of Zacchaeus

           Encounter of Our Lord with

           Simeon and Anna

           Living & Deceased Members

           Of the Altar & Rosary

           Society

Mon. 3: NO LITURGY

Tues. 4: NO LITURGY

Wed. 5: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 6: NO LITURGY

Fri. 7:10:00 am @ Infant Jesus

           Living & Deceased Members

           Of the Sacred Heart Society

Sat. 8: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

           +Michael Virostek Sr. from

            Michael & Phyllis Virostek

Sun. 9: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

           Sunday of the Publican and

           Pharisee

           + John “Jay” Basista from

           Tom Leowe

Collection Report

Week of 01/26/2025

$                1963.00   Offering

$                    28.00   Initial offering

$                    45.00   Maintenance Fund

$                  140.00   Holy Day

$                    75.00   Candles

$                 2251.00  TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 30

Sunday: 70

On –Line: NA

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

Nina Zavatsky & Joe Markovitch 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 again on March 2^nd at 8:30 am. Everyone is welcomed.

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

The 2025 sanctuary candle schedule sheet is available on the vestibule table. Cost is $10/candle.

LITURGICAL REQUESTS:

Liturgical request for 2025 are now being taken. Please call Paula @ (330)799-5983 for specific dates.

HRAMOTY:

Please note, 1^st All Soul Saturday is on February 22^nd, we would like all Hramoty requests to be in by February 16^th.

BLESSINGS OF CANDLES:

Father Michael will be blessing candles after this week’s liturgies in honor of the Holy Day-Encounter of Our Lord with Simeon and Anna.

BYZANTINE SOCIAL CLUB:

ALL parishioners are invited to join our Byzantine Social Club. The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 26^th at 6:30 pm in the church. Dues are $10/person.

END OF YEAR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:

There is a sign-up sheet on the table in the vestibule for any parishioner who would like their church financial report. Parishioners can also call the rectory or Paula for their report. The report will be available the following week on the front table in the vestibule.

CANDLES:

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

For the week of February 2-8, 2025 there are no sanctuary candle requests.

To See Christ.

Cyril of Alexandria:

Come and let us see what the method of Zacchaeus’s conversion was. He desired to see Jesus and therefore climbed into a sycamore tree, and so a seed of salvation sprouted within him. Christ saw this with the eyes of deity. Looking up, he also saw Zacchaeus with the eyes of humanity, and since it was his purpose for all to be saved, he extends his gentleness to him. To encourage him, he says, “Come down quickly.” Zacchaeus searched to see Christ, but the multitude prevented him, not so much that of the people but of his sins. He was short of stature, not merely in a bodily point of view but also spiritually. He could not see him unless he were raised up from the earth and climbed into the sycamore, by which Christ was about to pass. The story contains a puzzle. In no other way can a person see Christ and believe in him except by climbing up into the sycamore, by making foolish his earthly members of fornication, uncleanness, etc. commentary on Luke, homily 127.