March 22, 2026 Bulletin
LITURGICAL SCHEDULE
Sat. 21: 6:00 pm@ Infant Jesus
Akathistos Saturday
For the parishioners
Sun. 22: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus
5th Sunday of the Great Fast
Mary of Egypt Venerable
+Mary Kathleen Moore
(Daughter of Mary Tablack
Baird) from her family
Mon. 23: NO LITURGY
Tues. 24: NO LITURGY
Wed. 25: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus
Annunciation of the Theotokos
For the parishioners
Thurs. 26: NO LITURGY
Fri. 27: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus
Pre-Sanctified Liturgy
Sat. 28: 6:00 pm@ Infant Jesus
Saturday of Lazarus
+Anna Marie Bednar from
Joe Rudinec
Sun. 29: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus
Palm Sunday
+Bernadette Litwin from Ken
Litwin
Collection Report
Week of 03/08/2026
$ 235.00 Maintenance Fund
$ 15.00 Easter Flowers
$ 50.00 Easter Candies
$ 10.00 BCW
$ 5.00 Holy Days
$ 65.00 Candles________
$ 1961.00 TOTAL
Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:
Saturday: 54
Sunday: 64
On –Line: 2
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR PARISHIONERS:
Nina Zavatsky and Tillie Chachko at home, Dolores Schurko 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 SUNDAY April 5th (Easter)at 8:30 am. Everyone is welcomed.
SPAGHETTI DINNER:
St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church, Campbell, is having a Palm Sunday delicious Spaghetti Dinner, March 29th from Noon-2:00 pm in their hall, 405 Robinson Rd. Campbell. $12/adult, $6.00/kids. Eat-in or take-out. Walk-ins welcome.
BYZANTINE SOCIAL CLUB:
The Byzantine Social Club will have their meeting this Wednesday, March 25th, following 6:00 pm Liturgy. Group B is in charge. Please remember, ALL parishioners are invited to join!!
LENTEN EDUCATION CLASSES:
This coming week, Lenten Education Classes will be held on Friday evening after Pre-Sanctified Liturgy instead of Wednesday due to the Byzantine Social Club meeting. This Wednesday is a Divine Liturgy for Annunciation of the Holy Theotokos.
EASTER EGG HUNT:
All children (ages 14 and younger) of the parish are invited to our annual Easter Egg Hunt NEXT SUNDAY- Palm Sunday, March 29th following 9:00 am Liturgy. There is a sign-up sheet in the vestibule.
BREAKFAST BRUNCH:
All parishioners are invited to our breakfast brunch on Sunday, April 19th @ Byzantine Center at the Grove, on Shady Run Road. Doors open at 12:30 and brunch will be served at 1:00 pm. Cost is $22/person, children 12 and under-$7.50. Menu includes Chicken Francese, penne pasta with red sauce, tossed salad, scrambled eggs, sausage links, breakfast potatoes, French toast, and assorted muffins, breakfast pastries & breads. Beverages include assorted juices, coffee, hot tea and ice water. There is a sign-up sheet on the vestibule table. Reservations and money are to be in by April 5th. Make checks out to the Byzantine Social Club and return in the weekend collection basket. There will be a 50/50 and basket raffle. We hope you all can come!
FOOD SALE: LAST CALL
We are selling homemade, frozen pirohy (cheese/potato, sweet cabbage and lekvar) for Lent. Cost is $8.00/dozen. There is a sign-up sheet on the front vestibule table and pick up will be the week of your order.
Also, we will be baking kolachi (nut or apricot) and Paska (Easter) bread with and without raisins for Easter. The kolachi is $15 and Paska $10. Pick-up for the kolachi and Paska will be Holy week. Please see the sign-up sheet also located on the front table in the vestibule.
HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE:
Holy Monday–9:00 am Lenten Service
Holy Tuesday– 6:00 pm @ St. Michael
Pre-Sanctified Liturgy
Holy Wednesday-6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus. Pre-Sanctified Liturgy
Holy Thursday–6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus
Good Friday– 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus
Holy Saturday: 2:00 pm @St. Nicks
4:00 pm @ Infant Jesus
Blessing of Baskets to follow
Easter Sunday: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus-Blessings of Baskets to follow
CANDLES:
The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions.
For the week of March 22-28, 2025 there are no requests for the sanctuary candles.
FIFTH SUNDAY OF GREAT LENT
“The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life.” Mark 10:45 Verses 17 and 32 sound the note of Jesus being “on the way”— on the way to Jerusalem, on the way of the cross, with his disciples following along behind. While on the way, Jesus again speaksof his coming passion and death (verses 32-34). This is the third explicit prediction of his suffering and resurrection we find in the gospels. How many additional times he tried to convey the same message to his followers we do not know: in biblical symbolism, three is often a sign of emphasis rather than simply the number between two and four.
We should understand the incident of the rich man in light of verses 33 and 34 and what they imply about discipleship. Jesus invites the man to give his wealth to the poor and “then come, follow me” (verse 21). If the way of Jesus is the way of the cross, then anyone who would come after Jesus must also follow the way of self-sacrificing love. The disciples protest against the difficulty of this way (verses 24,26), for it is as narrow as the eye of a needle (verse 25). Only the grace of God can pull our camel-sized selves through the needle and into his kingdom (verse 27).
The disciples again demonstrate their need for God’s grace by wanting power and glory for themselves (verse 37). Jesus must again instruct them in the way they are to think and behave (verses 42-44) – which is the way he served his Father, by giving up his life as a ransom for many (verse 45).
* For reflection: What has Jesus asked me to give up in order that I may be free to follow him? What has he asked me to do for others in imitation of his laying down his life for them?
* Prayer starter: Lord Jesus, you have asked me to be perfect as your Father is perfect. Give me the grace to do what it is impossible for me to do on my own.
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