Infant Jesus of Prague Byzantine Catholic Church

       LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat. 28: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

            +Michael Virostek Sr. from

             Michael & Phyllis Virostek

Sun. 29: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

             3rd Sunday after Pentecost

             Peter & Paul Prime Apostles

             +Paul Swantek from Lori

             Swantek

Mon. 30: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

            Special Intentions

Tues. 1: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

            Special Intentions

Wed. 2: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

            Special Intentions

Thurs. 3: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

            Special Intentions

Fri. 4: 10:00 am @ Infant Jesus

             For World Peace thru the

             Most Blessed Mary & the

             Rosary from the Sacred

             Heart Society

Sat. 5: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

            +Paul Jonda from family

Sun. 6: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

          4th Sunday after Pentecost

          Living & Deceased Members

          Of the Altar & Rosary Society

Collection Report

Week of 06/22/2025

$               1632.00   Sunday Offering

$                 210.00   Holy Day

$                   77.00   Candle

$                1919.00  TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 39

Sunday: 69

On –Line: 4

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

Nina Zavatsky 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 NEXT SUNDAY July 6th at 8:30 am. Everyone is welcomed.

CELEBRATION OF MARRIAGE:The Archdiocese of Pittsburgh will again honor couples who are celebrating significant year anniversaries of their marriage-10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 or additional years that are multiples of five during 2025. The celebration will be held on Sunday, September 7, 2025 at St. Elias Church. Please call Paula @ (330)799-5983 by August 3^rd to sign up. If you are unable to attend, certificates will still be mailed.

COOKOUT:

Thank you to all who came out last Wednesday for the cookout and Group A of the Byzantine Social Club for organizing the event. It was a wonderful evening. The next event will be the Church Picnic on Wednesday, July 30^th in the church pavilion. Please watch the bulletin for further details.

KENNYWOOD:

Byzantine Family Day at Kennywood Park is on July 24^th. Park hour are

11:00 am-9:00 pm. Tickets are $28 for ages 4+ and children under 3 are free. To order tickets call Fraternal Communications Department @ 1-800-722-4428, ext. 3810 or cchamberlain@ GCUusa.com. Deadline to order tickets is Thursday, July 10^th. Tickets will be sent by US mail between 3-5 days after payment and tickets can only be used on July 24^th.

CANDLES:

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

For the week of June 29-July 5, 2025, the right sanctuary candle is in memory of +Helen & +Louis Hayer from Janice & David Hartzell and Mary Beth Hayer. The left sanctuary candle is in memory of +William & +Violet Novak from Bill Novak &Dan Magulick.

THE VALUE OF LIFE.

CHRYSOSTOM: Note the acceleration of images: just when the lilies are decked out, he no longer calls them lilies but “grass of the field.”13 He then points further to their vulnerable condition by saying “which are here today.” Then he does not merely say “and not tomorrow” but rather more callously “cast into the oven.” These creatures are not merely “clothed” but “so clothed” in this way as to be later brought to nothing. Do you see how Jesus everywhere abounds in amplifications and intensifications? And he does so in order to press his points home. So then he adds, “Will he not much more clothe you?” The force of the emphasis is on “you” to indicate covertly how great is the value set upon your personal existence and the concern God shows for you in particular. It is as though he were saying, “You, to whom he gave a soul, for whom he fashioned a body, for whose sake he made everything in creation, for whose sake he sent prophets, and gave the law, and wrought those innumerable good works, and for whose sake he gave up his only begotten Son.” THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW, HOMILY 22.1.14

ST. PETER AND PAUL

By Pope Benedict XVI

“Apostles of Christ, pillars and foundations of the city of God” … [the] liturgy sings. Their martyrdom is considered the true act of birth of the Church of Rome. The two Apostles gave their supreme witness close to each other in time and place: here in Rome, St. Peter was crucified and afterwards St. Paul was decapitated. Their blood mingled as if in a single witness to Christ, which prompted St. Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, in the middle of the second century to speak of the “Church founded and organized at Rome by the two most glorious Apostles, Peter and Paul” (Adversus Haereses 3, 3, 2). A little later, from North Africa, Tertullian exclaimed: “How happy is the Church of Rome on which the Apostles poured forth all their doctrine along with their blood” (De Praescriptione Haereticorum, 36). For this very reason the Bishop of Rome, the Successor of the Apostle Peter, carries out a special ministry at the service of the doctrinal and pastoral unity of the People of God scattered across the world.