Infant Jesus of Prague Byzantine Catholic Church

       LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

 Sat. 8: 6:00 pm@ Infant Jesus

            Archangel Michael and the

            Angels

            For the parishioners

Sun. 9: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

             22^h Sunday after Pentecost

             +Peter Alexoff from Anna

             Anna Ficolilli

Mon. 10: NO LITURGY

 Tues. 11: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

              Special Intentions

Wed. 12: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

              Special Intentions

 Thurs. 13: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

              Special Intentions

Fri. 14: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

              Special Intentions

 Sat. 15: 6:00 pm@ Infant Jesus

              +Alan Mock from Mildred

              Jonda

Sun. 16: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

             23^rd Sunday after Pentecost

             +Janice Salcedo from

             Family

Collection Report

Week of 11/02/2025

$           1653.00   Sunday Offering

$               10.00   Holy Day

$               50.00   Candles

$               75.00   BCW

$             170.00   Archeparchial Charities

$             435.00   Maintenance Fund

$           2393.00   TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 44

Sunday: 74

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 ill or 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 December 7th at 8:30 am. Everyone is welcomed.

PILGRIM VOCATION ICON PROGRAM:

Every parish has received an icon specially written for this program- “The Call of the Disciples.” Those who accept the icon agree to pray daily during that time for religious and priestly vocations. Please see the sign-up sheet in the vestibule. There are still some open dates.

CHURCH CALENDARS:

2026 church calendars are available on the table in the vestibule. Please take one for your home.

DECORATING OF THE CHURCH:

We will be decorating the church for Christmas on Saturday, December 6^th, at 9:00 am. A lunch will be provided. All help will be greatly appreciated as we prepare our parish for the Nativity of Christ.

CHILDREN’S ST. NICHOLAS CELBRATION:

Our annual Children’s St. Nicholas Celebration will be held on December 7^th, following 9:00 am liturgy. All children 14 and under are invited to participate. There will be a special visit from St. Nicholas. Please see the sign-up sheet in the vestibule. Sign-up deadline is November 30^th.

CHRISTMAS PARSIH PARTY:

All parishioners are invited to our parish Christmas party on December 14^th @ 12:30 pm at Byzantine at the Grove. Menu is the following: Chicken Milanese, baked white fish, roast beef, garlic mashed potatoes, green beans almandine, mixed green salad, dessert, and beverages. Cost is $25 per adult, $10 for children 12 and under. There will be a 50/50 raffle and a Chinese auction. Please make checks payable to the Byzantine Social Club.  Payment may be given to Stephanie Sheely or deposited in the weekend collection in an envelope marked Christmas party. There is a sign-up sheet in the vestibule. Deadline to sign up is November 23^rd. We hope all parishioners and families can attend.

RAFFLE:

We are selling raffle tickets to benefit the Byzantine Seminary in Pittsburgh. Cost is $10/ ticket. Winning numbers are taken from the PA Daily 3-digit number. Prize is $250 for numbers

picked on December 8^th &9th, and $1,500 for December 10^th. Please see Fr. Michael for tickets.

ST. NICHOLAS CELEBRATION:

All parishioners are invited to the 68^th Annual St. Nicholas celebration on December 7^th @ 3:30 pm in the Cathedral benefitting the Byzantine Seminary. Cost is $45/adult, $20 for children 12 and under. Deadline to sign-up is November 17^th.

BLESSING OF VETERANS:

Fr. Michael will be blessing all Veterans and active service military personnel following liturgies this weekend in honor of Veterans Day this week. We thank all our Veterans for their service. May God blessed all of you with health, happiness and many blessed years!

CANDLES:

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

For the week of November 9-15, 2025, the right sanctuary is in memory of +Klaudia Lenyk from the Lenyk Family. There is no request for the left sanctuary candle.

THE REASON JESUS HEALS HER WOMB.

EPHREM THE SYRIAN: “Who touched me? For a power has gone forth from me.” A detail such as this is not reported about our Physician in any other place. This is because in no other place did our Physician encounter an affliction such as this. This affliction was presented to many physicians, yet only one Physician encountered this affliction to heal it. Many physicians encountered and wearied her. Only one encountered her who was able to give her rest from the toil of many physicians. The art of healing encountered a shameful affliction but added pain after pain to it. The more they came, the worse the affliction got. The fringe of the Lord’s cloak touched her and up-rooted this suffering from its root. She perceived within herself that he healed her affliction. Since the art of healing clothed with all our practical wisdom was reduced to silence, the divinity clothed with garments was proclaimed. He clothed himself in the body and came down to humanity, so that humanity might loot him. He revealed his divinity through signs, so that faith in his humanity alone could not be explained. He revealed his humanity that the higher beings might believe that he was a lower being, and he revealed his divinity so that the lower beings would accept that he was a higher being. He took on a human body so that humanity might be able to attain to divinity, and he revealed his divinity so that his humanity might not be trampled under foot. COMMENTARY ON TATIAN’S DIATESSARON 7.I6-I7.21