Infant Jesus of Prague Byzantine Catholic Church

        LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat. 24: NO LITURGY

Sun. 25: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

           4th Sunday after Pentecost

          +Mary Rotunno from Vic &

           Sue Boyer

 Mon. 26: NO LITURGY

Tues. 27: NO LITURGY

Wed. 28: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 29: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

STS. PETER AND PAUL

H&W Veronica Farynets           

Fri. 30: 12:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

            Funeral of +Agnes Butsko

Sat. 1: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

           +Anna Mamone from Rosalie

           Krivan

Sun. 2: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

           5th Sunday after Pentecost

           Living & Deceased members

           Of the Altar & Rosary

           Society

Collection Report

Week of 06/18/2023

$                1275.00    Offertory

$                    25.00    Holy day

$                    40.00    Maintenance Fund

$                    50.00    Ukraine Fund

$                    41.16    Votive Candles

$                1431.16   TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 18

Sunday: 61

ON LINE: 5-Saturday; 10-Sunday

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

Richard Kuty, Pearl Tablack, Nina Zavatsky, Bernie Litwin & Joe Mistovich 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.

ANNIVERSARY BOOKS:

Our 50^th Anniversary are available to purchase for $15-please see Fr. Michael to purchase.  Those who generously donated and receive a free book, please see Fr. Michael or Paula Slemons.

ROSARY:

The Altar & Rosary Society will be praying the rosary NEXT Sunday, July 2 at 8:30 am. Everyone is welcomed.

PARISHIONER NEWS:

Our parishioner Agnes Butsko passed away on June 20th. Her Funeral will be on Friday June 30th. Our deepest sympathy, thoughts and prayers to

Agnes’s family and friends. Blessed repose to his servant Agnes.

PARISHIONER NEWS:

Fr. Michael & Maryna would like to thank all of you for your prayers, love and support. Veronica (Nica) is home and recuperating after her open heart surgery. Your continued prayers will be greatly appreciated.

CELEBRATION OF MARRIAGE:

The Celebration of Marriage will be held this year on September 10^th @ 3:00 pm –St. Elias Church in Pittsburgh. Couples who are celebrating their significant wedding anniversary years (10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 or additional years that are multiples of five) during this year of 2023 will be honoured. Please notify Fr. Michael or Paula by July 16^th in order to notify the diocese. Couples who are unable to attend, certificates will be sent.

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

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

For the week of June 25-July 1, the left sanctuary candle is in memory of +Donna Vrabel from son Robert Vrabel. There is no request for the right sanctuary candle.

A man under authority.

Theodore of Mopsuestia: It was a sign of the centurion’s intelligence that merely by thinking to himself about what was likely, he believed such things about Christ. For he says,”! also am a man. But nevertheless I am the lord over those I have received authority to rule. Therefore it is noth­ing strange if you, who have received authority from God, should be able to command illnesses to depart by a mere word.” The centurion did not approach Jesus as one who is Son of God and Lord of the whole creation (for at that time, before the crucifixion, this was not yet known even by the disciples). Rather, he came to him as to a man who, because of his virtues, had received from God some greater-than-human authority. This is why he says, “For I also am a man.” For since he had said to him, “say the word,” and this might seem proper to God only, he rightly adds the statement, “for I also am a man,” as though to say, “It is nothing surprising if you, a man who has received authority from God, should be able to do this thing, since I myself, a man like you, receive subjects and I am set over them to command them as I will.”

        LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat. 17: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

           +Marian Dzurnak from the

           Boughner family

Sun. 18: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

           3^rd Sunday after Pentecost

           Father’s Day

           +Clement Smreck from

           Margaret Swansiger

 Mon. 19: NO LITURGY

Tues. 20: NO LITURGY

Wed. 21: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 22: NO LITURGY

Fri. 23: NO LITURGY

Sat. 24: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

            NO LITURGY          

Sun. 25: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

           4th Sunday after Pentecost

          +Mary Rotunno from Vic &

           Sue Boyer

Collection Report

Week of 06/11/2023

$                1593.00    Offertory

$                    75.00    Maintenance Fund

$                    23.00    Votive Candles

$                1691.00    TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 25

Sunday: 57

ON LINE: 6-Saturday; 15-Sunday

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

Richard Kuty, Pearl Tablack, Nina Zavatsky, Bernie Litwin & Joe Mistovich 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.

ANNIVERSARY BOOKS:

Our 50^th Anniversary are available to purchase for $15-please see Fr. Michael to purchase.  Those who generously donated and receive a free book, please see Fr. Michael or Paula Slemons.

ROSARY:

The Altar & Rosary Society will be praying the rosary Sunday, July 2 at 8:30 am. Everyone is welcomed.

NO LITURGY NEXT SATURDAY

There will be no Liturgy next Saturday June 24. All parishioners are encouraged to attend Liturgy at Infant Jesus at 9 AM on Sunday June 25, or any local Byzantine Catholic Church. Sorry for inconvenience.

PARISHIONER NEWS:

Congratulations to Katrina Patrick on her graduation from Columbiana High School. She will be attending college in Florida this fall. May God bless Katrina with happiness and success.

CELEBRATION OF MARRIAGE:

The Celebration of Marriage will be held this year on September 10^th @ 3:00 pm –St. Elias Church in Pittsburgh. Couples who are celebrating their significant wedding anniversary years (10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 or additional years that are multiples of five) during this year of 2023 will be honoured. Please notify Fr. Michael or Paula by July 16^th in order to notify the diocese. Couples who are unable to attend, certificate will be sent.

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY:

Wishing all fathers, grandfathers, godfathers a very Happy Father’s day. May God bless all with health, happiness and many blessed years.

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. For the week of June 18-24, there are no requests for the sanctuary candles.

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

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat. 10: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

           +Clement Smreck from

           Goddaughter Elaine Chachko

Sun. 11: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

           2^nd Sunday of Pentecost

           Health, happiness & many

           Blessed years Jennifer

           Vasilchek from Mickey

           Vasilchek

 Mon. 12: NO LITURGY

Tues. 13: NO LITURGY

Wed. 14: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 15: NO LITURGY

Fri. 16: NO LITURGY

Sat. 17: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

           +Marian Dzurnak from the

           Boughner family

Sun. 18: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

           3^rd Sunday after Pentecost

           Father’s Day

           +Clement Smreck from

           Margaret Swansiger

Collection Report

Week of 06/4/2023

$                1634.00    Offertory

$                  535.00    Maintenance Fund

$                    30.00    Holy Days

$                    66.61    Utility Offerings

$                  186.00    Knights of Columbus

$                    55.00    Votive Candles

$                    20.00    Peter’s Pence

$                2576.61    TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 29

Sunday: 72

ON LINE: 7-Saturday; N/A-Sunday

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

Richard Kuty, Pearl Tablack, Nina Zavatsky, Bernie Litwin & Joe Mistovich 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.

ANNIVERSARY BOOKS:

Our 50^th Anniversary are available to purchase for $15-please see Fr. Michael to purchase.  Those who generously donated and receive a free book, please see Fr. Michael or Paula Slemons.

ROSARY:

The Altar & Rosary Society will be praying the rosary Sunday, July 2 at 8:30 am. Everyone is welcomed.

SIMPLY SLAVIC:

The Simply Slavic Heritage Fest will be Friday, June 16^th from 5:00pm- 11:00pm and Saturday, June 17^th from 12:00 (noon) – 11:00pm on Federal Plaza east in downtown Youngstown. Admission is $5.00 and children 12 years old and younger are free.  The event will include live music, folk dance performers, homemade ethic food, ethnic vendors and much more.

CELEBRATION OF MARRIAGE:

The Celebration of Marriage will be held this year on September 10^th @ 3:00 pm –St. Elias Church in Pittsburgh. Couples who are celebrating their significant wedding anniversary years (10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 or additional years that are multiples of five) during this year of 2023 will be honoured. Please notify Fr. Michael or Paula by July 16^th in order to notify the diocese. Couples who are unable to attend, certificate will be sent.

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

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

For the week of June 11-17, the left sanctuary candle for the health & well-being of Ryan Merrill and the right sanctuary candle is for the health & well-being of Laurie Burd. Both candles are given by Joyce & Tom Lesko.

How Jesus called His first disciples.

Chrysostom: “And they left their nets, and fol­lowed him.” And yet John (the Evangelist) says that they were called in a different way. From this it is evident that this was a second call. One may conclude this from several evidences. For there it is said that they came to him when “John had not yet been thrown into prison” but here it says after he was in confinement. And there Andrew calls Peter, but here Jesus calls both. On the one hand, John says, “Jesus saw Simon com­ing and said, ‘You are Simon, the Son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas, which is translated Peter.'”On the other hand, Matthew says that he was already called by that name, for he says,

“Seeing Simon who was called Peter.” … In the other instance, Andrew is seen coming into his house and hearing many things. But here, having heard one brief call, they both followed immediately. When they earlier had seen that John was in prison and that Jesus was withdrawing, it would not have been unnatural for them to return again to their own craft, fishing, having followed him at the beginning and then later having left him to fish. Accordingly, you now see that Jesus finds them actively fishing. But he neither resisted them at first when they desired to withdraw from him, nor having withdrawn themselves, did he let them go altogether. He gave way when they moved aside from him and came again to win them back. This, after all, is exactly what fishing is all about. THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW, HOMILY 14.M

        LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat. 3: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

           +Michael Hritz from Tom &

           Gloria Basista

Sun. 4: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

           Sunday of All Saints

           Living & Deceased Members

           Of the Altar & Rosary

           Society

 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

           +Clement Smreck from

           Goddaughter Elaine Chachko

Sun. 11: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

           2^nd Sunday of Pentecost

           Health, happiness & many

           Blessed years Jennifer

           Vasilchek from Mickey

           Vasilchek

Collection Report

Week of 05/28/2023

$                1070.00    Offertory

$                    48.00    Maintenance Fund

$                    95.00    Holy Days

$                    25.00    Votive Candles

$                  105.00    Peter’s Pence

$                1343.00    TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 24

Sunday: 55

ON LINE: 9-Saturday; 6-Sunday

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

Richard Kuty, Pearl Tablack, Nina Zavatsky, Bernie Litwin & Joe Mistovich 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, call Karen or Kathy Kollar @330-272-1857.

ANNIVERSARY BOOKS:

Our 50^th Anniversary are available to purchase for $15-please see Fr. Michael to purchase.  Those who generously donated and receive a free book, please see Fr. Michael or Paula Slemons.

ROSARY:

The Altar & Rosary Society will be praying the rosary Sunday, July 2 at 8:30 am. Everyone is welcomed.

HELPING HANDS DAY:

Thank you to all parishioners who came on Saturday for our “helping hands.” We appreciate your time and hard work. The grounds look beautiful. May God bless all of you for your continued support of our parish.

PARISHIONER NEWS:

Congratulations to Lauren Bero on her graduation from Boardman High School this weekend. She will be attending Ashland University where she will be majoring in nursing and running cross country & track. God grant Lauren with happiness and success in the next chapter of her life.

Also, God bless Emma Farynets who will graduate from pre-school and start kindergarten in the fall at Robinwood in Boardman.

We would love to acknowledge and congratulate anyone else who may be graduating from high school, college, or pre-school, so please notified Fr. Michael or Paula

SIMPLY SLAVIC:

The Simply Slavic Heritage Fest will be Friday, June 16^th from 5:00pm- 11:00pm and Saturday, June 17^th from 12:00 (noon) – 11:00pm on Federal Plaza east in downtown Youngstown. Admission is $5.00 and children 12 years old and younger are free.  The event will include live music, folk dance performers, homemade ethic food, ethnic vendors and much more.

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

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

For the week of June 4-10, the left & right sanctuary candle is for the health & happiness of Paul (Bob) Jonda on his 90^th Birthday from his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.

The Peter and Paul Fast

(Petrovka) or the Apostles’ Fast begins the day after All Saints Sunday, this coming Monday. All faithful of Byzantine Rite required to have a simple abstinence from meat on Fridays or equal penance. 

Communion of The Saints

Just as the Father is never ignorant of the Son, nor the Son of the Father, just so neither are the saints. They are become gods by adoption through having God indwelling them. They can never be ignorant of each other, but shall look on one another and on each one’s glory, like the Son the the Father’s glory and the Father on the Son’s. What then shall be the glory of the saints? It will be like the Son of God’s. The latter Himself points out this very truth most clearly when He says: `The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one even as We are one’ (Jn. 17:22).

St. Symeon the New Theologian, On the Mystical Life

        LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat. 27: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

           5^th All Souls Saturday

          +Leonard Slemons from

          Dr. William Begella

Sun. 28: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

           Pentecost Sunday

           +Irene Kollar from Karen &

           Kathy Kollar

 Mon. 29: NO LITURGY

Tues. 30: NO LITURGY

Wed. 31: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 1: NO LITURGY

Fri. 2: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

           For an increase in religious

           Vocations from sacred Heart

           Society

Sat. 3: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

           +Michael Hritz from Tom &

           Gloria Basista

Sun. 4: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

           Sunday of All Saints

           Living & Deceased Members

           Of the Altar & Rosary

           Society

Collection Report

Week of 05/21/2023

$                1751.00    Offertory

$                    30.00    Seminary

$                  344.00    Holy Days

$                    32.00    Votive Candles

$                    20.00    Peter’s Pence

$                2177.00    TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 36

Sunday: 58

ON LINE: 13-Saturday; 6-Sunday

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

Richard Kuty, Pearl Tablack, Nina Zavatsky, Bernie Litwin & Joe Mistovich 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, call Karen or Kathy Kollar @330-272-1857.

ANNIVERSARY BOOKS:

Our 50^th Anniversary are available to purchase for $15-please see Fr. Michael to purchase.  Those who generously donated and receive a free book, please see Fr. Michael or Paula Slemons.

ROSARY:

The Altar & Rosary Society will be praying the rosary NEXT Sunday, June 4th at 8:30 am. Everyone is welcomed.

HELPING HANDS DAY:

We will be having our “helping hands” day NEXT Saturday, June 3^rd beginning at 9:00 am-weather permitting.  All parishioners are welcomed to help prepare the parish grounds for the spring/summer season. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

MEMORIAL DAY PANACHIDA

On May 28, we will have Panachida for all Deceased Veterans and who buried on St. Nicholas cemetery. We will meet at 12:30 PM next to The Cross on St Nicholas Cemetery in Campbell, OH

MEMORIAL DAY:

Wishing all parishioners, families and friends a wonderful Memorial Day.

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

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

For the week of May 28-June 3, the left sanctuary candle is in memory of +Irene Kollar from Karen & Kathy Kollar. There are no request for the right sanctuary candle.

There is Life in the Church because in the Church is the Spirit

By St. Augustine – Sermon 267, (PL38, 1231)

My brothers and sisters, if you want the Holy Spirit to dwell in you, listen carefully. Our spirit, by means of which each individual lives, is called the soul. And look what the soul does in the body. It gives life to all the limbs. It sees with the eyes, hears with the ears, smells with the nose, speaks with the tongue, works with the hands, walks with the feet. It is present at one and the same time in all the limbs to make them live. It gives life to all the limbs arid to each limb its function. It is not the eye that hears, not the ear that sees, not the eye or the ear that speaks. Yet they are nonetheless alive. The ear is alive, the tongue is alive. Their functions are different, the life is the same. The Church of God is like that. By means of some believers she performs miracles, by means of others she teaches the truth; by means of some she keeps virginity, by means of others she respects marital fidelity. The tasks are different, the life is the same. What the soul is to the body of a human being, the Holy Spirit is to the Body of Christ, the Church. The Holy Spirit does for the whole Church what the soul does for the body of the individual. Look then and see what you ought to fear and what you ought to avoid. If the body suffers an amputation (for example of a finger or a hand or a foot) does the soul go with the limb that has been cut off? While it was in the body, that limb was alive; when it is cut off it loses its life. It is like that with Christians. They are alive only while they are in the Body. If they are cut off from the Body, the Holy Spirit is no longer with them.

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat. 20: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

          +Anna Mamone from

          Byzantine Social Club

Sun. 21: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

           Sunday of the Fathers of the

           1^st Ecumenical Council

           +Clement Smreck from his

            sister Mathilda (Tillie)

            Chachko

 Mon. 22: NO LITURGY

Tues. 23: NO LITURGY

Wed. 24: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 25: NO LITURGY

Fri. 26: 10:00 am @ Infant Jesus

+ Robert Soccorsi from Jeff Soccorsi and Family

Sat. 27: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

           5^th All Souls Saturday

          +Leonard Slemons from

          Dr. William Begella

Sun. 28: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

           Pentecost Sunday

           +Irene Kollar from Karen &

           Kathy Kollar

Collection Report

Week of 05/14/2023

$                1605.00    Offertory

$                  175.00    Seminary

$                    35.00    Holy Days

$                    49.00    Votive Candles

$                  200.00    Maintenance Fund

$                2114.00    TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 25

Sunday: 83

ON LINE: 6

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

Richard Kuty, Pearl Tablack, Nina Zavatsky, Bernie Litwin & Joe Mistovich 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, call Karen or Kathy Kollar @330-272-1857.

ANNIVERSARY BOOKS:

Our 50^th Anniversary are available to purchase for $15-please see Fr. Michael to purchase.  Those who generously donated and receive a free book, please see Fr. Michael or Paula Slemons.

ROSARY:

The Altar & Rosary Society will be praying the rosary on Sunday, June 4th at 8:30 am. Everyone is welcomed.

HELPING HANDS DAY:

We will be having our “helping hands” day on Saturday, June 3^rd beginning at 9:00 am-weather permitting.  All parishioners are welcomed to help prepare the parish grounds for the spring/summer season. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

METROPOLITAN ASSEMBLY

Living our Faith, Moving Forward, appreciating our past will be the topic of Metropolitan Assembly this year November 2-5 in Hillsborough, NJ

More information on website: byzantineassembly2023.org

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

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

For the week of May 21-27 the left sanctuary candle is in memory of +Janice Salcedo from her nieces-Bri and Elena Slemons & Britney Jonda and nephew Bob Jonda. The right sanctuary candle is in memory of +Mykola & +Claudia Lenyk from Lenyk family.

Knowledge of the true god nurtures us to eternal life. Cyril of Alexandria: Are we saying that knowledge is eternal life? Are we saying that to know the one true and living God will suffice to give us complete security for the future without need of anything else? Then how is “faith apart from works dead”? When we speak of faith, we mean the true knowledge of God and nothing else, since knowledge comes by faith. The prophet Isaiah tells us this: “If you do not believe, neither shall you understand.” But he is not talking about a knowledge that consists in barren speculations, which is entirely worthless. For one of the holy disciples said, “You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder.” What then shall we say to this? How is it that Christ speaks the truth when he says that eternal life is the knowledge of God the Father, the one true God, and with him of the Son? I think, indeed, we must answer that the saying of the Savior is completely true. For this knowledge is life, laboring as it were in birth of the whole meaning of the mystery and granting to us participation in the mystery of the Eucharist, whereby we are joined to the living and life-giving Word. And for this reason, I think, Paul says that the Gentiles are made fellow members of the body and fellow partakers of Christ, inasmuch as they partake in his blessed body and blood. And our members may in this sense be conceived of as being members of Christ. This knowledge, then, which also brings to us the Eucharist by the Spirit, is life. For it dwells in our hearts, reshaping those who receive it into sonship with him and molding them into incorruption and piety toward God through life, according to the Gospel. Our Lord Jesus Christ, then, knowing that the knowledge of the one true God brings to us and promotes our union with the blessings of which we have spoken, says that it is eternal life. It is the mother and nurse of eternal life, being in its power and nature pregnant with those things that cause life and lead to life. Commentary on the Gospel of John 11:5.

        LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat. 13: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

         +Thomas & +Kay Urdea from

         Family

 Sun. 14: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

         Sunday of the Man Born Blind

         Mother’s Day

         First Holy Communion

         +Joseph Hritz from Paul &

         Mary Kasper

 Mon. 15: NO LITURGY

Tues. 16: NO LITURGY

Wed. 17: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

          Ascension of Our Lord

          For the parishioners

Thurs. 18: 10:00 am @St. Nicholas

           Ascension of Our Lord

           For the parishioners

Fri. 19: NO LITURGY

Sat. 20: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

          +Anna Mamone from

          Byzantine Social Club

Sun. 21: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

           Sunday of the Fathers of the

           1^st Ecumenical Council

           +Clement Smreck from his

            sister Mathilda (Tillie)

            Chachko

Collection Report

Week of 05/07/2023

$                1303.00    Offertory

$                  215.00    Seminary

$                    53.32    Utility Offering

$                    56.00    Votive Candles

$                2000.00    GCU

$                  135.00    Maintenance Fund

$                3762.32    TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 23

Sunday: 78

ON LINE: 5

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

Richard Kuty, Pearl Tablack, Nina Zavatsky, Bernie Litwin & Joe Mistovich 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, call Karen or Kathy Kollar @330-272-1857.

ANNIVERSARY BOOKS:

Our 50^th Anniversary are available to purchase for $15-please see Fr. Michael to purchase.  Those who generously donated and receive a free book, please see Fr. Michael or Paula Slemons.

ROSARY:

The Altar & Rosary Society will be praying the rosary on Sunday, June 4th at 8:30 am. Everyone is welcomed.

SOLEMN HOLY COMMUNION:

Congratulations to Ella Buttry on receiving her First Solemn Holy Communion this Sunday. Ella is the daughter of Paula & Terry Buttry and granddaughter of Paul & Julie Evancho. May God bless Ella and her family with health, happiness and many blessed years.

CATHECHETICAL CONFERENCE:

Marriage: The Foretaste of Heaven, Plumbing the Depths of the sacramental Mystery of Holy Matrimony will be held at St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church, 506 E. Main St., Marblehead, Ohio on Saturday, May 20^th. Speaker is Fr. Thomas J. Loya. All adults, young adults and older teenagers are invited. Registration at 8:00am. Conference 9:00 am-3:00 pm. Continental breakfast and lunch included. Tickets $25.00/student tickets $15.00. Deadline to register, Wednesday, May 17^th. Call (419)626-0375. Please leave name and number.

HAPPY MOTHER”S DAY:

We wish all mothers, grandmothers and godmothers a very Happy and Blessed Mother’s Day.

HELPING HANDS DAY:

We will be having our “helping hands” day on Saturday, June 3^rd beginning at 9:00 am-weather permitting.  All parishioners are welcomed to help prepare the parish grounds for the spring/summer season. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

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

For the week of May 14-20 the left sanctuary candle is in memory of +Pauline Ragan & +Elizabeth Stanko from Mark & Nancy Stanko. The right sanctuary candle is in memory of +Helen & +Joseph Pavlov Jr. form Mary Beth Hayer and Janice & David Hartzell.

What is the Cause of Suffering?

Cyril of Alexandria: We do not believe that the soul previously existed; nor indeed can we think that it sinned before the body, for how can someone sin who has not yet been born? But if there has been no sin or fault preceding the suffering, what then shall we allege as the cause of the suffering’? Truly, by our minds we cannot comprehend those things that are far above us. And, I should advise the prudent and myself above all to abstain from wishing to thoroughly scrutinize them. For we should recall to mind what we have been commanded and not curiously examine things that are too deep, or pry into those that are too hard or rashly attempt to discover those things that are hidden in the divine and ineffable counsel alone. Rather, concerning such matters we should piously acknowledge that there are certain wondrous things that God alone understands. At the same time we should maintain and believe that since God is the fountain of all righteousness, God will neither do nor determine anything whatsoever in human affairs or in those of the rest of creation that is unbecoming to God or differs at all from the true righteousness of justice. Since therefore it is fitting for us to be affected in this way, I say, that the Lord does not speak dogmatically when he says “that me works of God should be made manifest in him..’ Rather, he says it to redirect the questioner in another direction and to lead us from things too deep for us to more suitable ones. Commentary on the Gospel of John 6.1.

CHRIST IS RISEN!

INDEED HE IS RISEN!

CHRSITOS VOSKRESE!

VOISTINU VOSKRESE!

        LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat. 6: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

         +Marian Dzurak from family

Sun. 7: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

          Sunday of the Samaritan

          Woman

          Living & Deceased Members

          Of the Altar & Rosary Society

          Of Infant Jesus of Prague

Mon. 8: NO LITURGY

Tues. 9: NO LITURGY

Wed. 10: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 11: NO LITURGY

Fri. 12: NO LITURGY

Sat. 13: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

         +Thomas & +Kay Urdea from

         Family

Sun. 14: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

         Sunday of the Man Born Blind

         Mother’s Day

         First Holy Communion

         +Joseph Hritz from Paul &

         Mary Kasper

Collection Report

Week of 04/30/2023

$                1328.00    Offertory

$                   25.00     Holy Day

$                   68.00     Votive Candles

$                   75.00     Maintenance Fund

$               1496.00     TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 31

Sunday: 78

ON LINE: 7

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

Richard Kuty, Pearl Tablack, Nina Zavatsky, Bernie Litwin & Joe Mistovich 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, call Karen or Kathy Kollar @330-272-1857.

ANNIVERSARY BOOKS:

Our 50^th Anniversary are available to purchase for $15-please see Fr. Michael to purchase.  Those who generously donated and receive a free book, please see Fr. Michael or Paula Slemons.

ROSARY:

The Altar & Rosary Society will be praying the rosary on Sunday, June 4th at 8:30 am. Everyone is welcomed.

ECG CLASSES:

This Sunday is the last ECF class for the year. Thank you to our teachers-Christine Bero, Francine Schuler, Mary Sinowski and Elena Slemons for their wonderful work. Also, our appreciation to the parents for their time and encouraging their children’s religious education. There are plans for summer activities and more information will be forthcoming.

HOLY COMMUNION:

Next Sunday, May 11^th at 9:00 am liturgy, Ella Buttry will be making her First Solemn Holy Communion. God grant her many years!

CATHECHETICAL CONFERENCE:

Marriage: The Foretaste of Heaven, Plumbing the Depths of the sacramental Mystery of Holy Matrimony will be held at St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church, 506 E. Main St., Marblehead, Ohio on Saturday, May 20^th. Speaker is Fr. Thomas J. Loya. All adults, young adults and older teenagers are invited. Registration at 8:00am. Conference 9:00 am-3:00 pm. Continental breakfast and lunch included. Tickets $25.00/student tickets $15.00. Deadline to register, Wednesday, May 17^th. Call (419)626-0375. Please leave name and number.

HELPING HANDS DAY:

We will be having our “helping hands” day on Saturday, June 3^rd beginning at 9:00 am-weather permitting.  All parishioners are welcomed to help prepare the parish grounds for the spring/summer season. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

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

For the week of May 7-13 the left sanctuary candle is in memory of +Clement Smreck from Tom & Joyce Lesko. There is no request for the right sanctuary candle.

The church built out of living stones. Origen: The Jews stand for those who think intelligently and salvation is from them. The Samaritans represent the heterodox. So they deify Gerizim, which means “separation” or “division.” … The Jews, on the other hand, revere Zion, which signifies “watchtower,”… Inasmuch, then, as the hour mentioned by the Lord has not yet come when they worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem, one must flee the mountain of the Samaritans and worship God on Zion, where Jerusalem lies. Christ calls this Jerusalem the city of the great king.19 And what else would the city of the great king, the true Jerusalem, be than the church that is built of living stones? This is the place of the holy priesthood, the place where spiritual sacrifices are offered to God by people who are spiritual and who have understood the spiritual law, But when the fullness of time is imminent, when one is no longer in the flesh but is in the Spirit and everyone is no longer still in the type but is in truth, then one must no longer bring true worship and perfect piety to Jerusalem to be offered. Such a person has been prepared so that he is like those whom God seeks to worship him. Commentary on the Gospel of John 13.81, 83, 85.

CHRIST IS RISEN!

INDEED HE IS RISEN!

CHRSITOS VOSKRESE!

VOISTINU VOSKRESE!

        LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat. 29: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

         +Michael Hritz Jr. from

         John Hritz

Sun. 30: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

          Sunday of the Paralytic Man

         +Peter Kasper from family

Mon. 1: NO LITURGY

Tues. 2: NO LITURGY

Wed. 3: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 4: NO LITURGY

Fri. 5: 8:30 am @ Infant Jesus

           For the Living & Deceased

           Members of the Sacred Heart

           Society of St. Nicholas

Sat. 6: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

         +Marian Dzurak from family

Sun. 7: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

          Sunday of the Samaritan

          Woman

          Living & Deceased Members

          Of the Altar & Rosary Society

          Of Infant Jesus of Prague

Collection Report

Week of 04/23/2023

$                1385.00    Offertory

$                 200.00     Easter

$                 105.00     Holy Day

$                   23.00     Votive Candles

$                   15.00     Maintenance Fund

$               1728.00     TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 23

Sunday: 92

ON LINE: 6

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

Richard Kuty, Pearl Tablack, Nina Zavatsky, Bernie Litwin & Joe Mistovich 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, call Karen or Kathy Kollar @330-272-1857.

ANNIVERSARY BOOKS:

Our 50^th Anniversary are available to purchase for $15-please see Fr. Michael to purchase.  Those who generously donated and receive a free book, please see Fr. Michael or Paula Slemons.

ROSARY:

The Altar & Rosary Society will be praying the rosary THIS Sunday, May 7th at 8:30 am. Everyone is welcomed.

RUMMAGE SALE:

St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church, 2140 Highland Road, Hermitage is having a Rummage & Bake Sale. The event will be held on Thursday, May 4^th from 4:00pm-7:00 pm; Friday, May 5^th from 9:00 am-2:00 pm and Saturday, May 6^th from 9:00 am-1:00 pm. Household items, clothing, toys, books, furniture and more are available.

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

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

For the week of April 30-May 6 there are no intentions.

THE PERSEVERANCE OF THE PARALYTIC,

CHRYSOSTOM: The perseverance of the paralytic was astonishing. He was thirty-eight years old, and each year he hoped to be freed from his disease. He lay there waiting, never giving up. If he had not persevered as much as he did, wouldn’t his future prospects, let alone the past, have been enough to discourage him from staying around that place? Consider how alert the other sick people there would be, since no one knew for sure when the waters would be troubled. The lame and the limping could observe it, but how would a blind man? Maybe he learned it from the clamor that arose. Let us be ashamed then, beloved, let us be ashamed and groan over our excessive laziness. That man had been waiting thirty-eight years without obtaining what he desired, and he still did not withdraw. And he failed, not through any carelessness of his own but through being oppressed and suffering violence from others. And still he did not give up. We … might persist in prayer for something for ten days or so, and if we have not obtained it, we are too lazy afterwards to employ the same energy [as he did]. And yet, we will wait forever on our fellow human beings, fighting and enduring hardships, performing menial labor, all for the chance of something that in the end fails to meet our expectations. But when it comes to our Master, from whom we are sure to obtain a reward greater than our labors … we exercise no such diligence in waiting on him…. For even if we receive nothing from him, isn’t the very fact that we are able to converse with him continually the cause often thousand blessings? HOMILIES ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 36.1-2.16

CHRIST IS RISEN!

INDEED HE IS RISEN!

CHRSITOS VOSKRESE!

VOISTINU VOSKRESE!

        LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat. 22: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

          +Anna Mamone from William

          Stefania Schollaert

Sun. 23: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

         Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearers

         George Great-Martyr

         Baptism/Chrismation of Eliza

         Noelle Schuler

         Health & happiness of Eliza

         Noelle Schuler from

         Grandparents Nancy & Mark

         Stanko

Mon.24: NO LITURGY

Tues. 25: NO LITURGY

Wed. 26: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 27: NO LITURGY

Fri. 28: NO LITURGY

Sat. 29: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

         +Michael Hritz Jr. from

         John Hritz

Sun. 30: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

          Sunday of the Paralytic Man

         +Peter Kasper from family

Collection Report

Week of 04/16/2023

$                1941.00    Offertory

$                   25.00     Palm Sunday

$                 165.00     Easter

$                 124.00     Holy Day

$                     2.00     Resurrection Matins

$                     2.00     Great Thursday

$                     2.00     Great Friday

$                   64.00     Votive Candles

$                   55.00     Maintenance Fund

$               2380.00     TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 32

Sunday: 62

ON LINE: 7

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

Richard Kuty, Pearl Tablack, Nina Zavatsky, Bernie Litwin & Joe Mistovich 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, call Karen or Kathy Kollar @330-272-1857.

ANNIVERSARY BOOKS:

Our 50^th Anniversary are available to purchase for $15-please see Fr. Michael to purchase.  Those who generously donated and receive a free book, please see Fr. Michael or Paula Slemons.

PARISHIONER NEWS:

This Sunday, Eliza Noelle Schuler, daughter of Adam & Francine Schuler is receiving her baptism/ chrismation. Eliza is also the granddaughter of Mark & Nancy Stanko. May God bless Eliza and her wonderful family with health, happiness and many blessed years.

ROSARY:

The Altar & Rosary Society will be praying the rosary on Sunday, May 7th at 8:30 am. Everyone is welcomed.

RUMMAGE SALE:

St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church, 2140 Highland Road, Hermitage is having a Rummage & Bake Sale. The event will be held on Thursday, May 4^th from 4:00pm-7:00 pm; Friday, May 5^th from 9:00 am-2:00 pm and Saturday, May 6^th from 9:00 am-1:00 pm. Household items, clothing, toys, books, furniture and more are available.

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

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

For the week of April 23-29 the right sanctuary candle is for the special intentions of Tillie Chachko. The left sanctuary candle is for the health & happiness of Eliza Schuler on her baptism/chrismation from grandparents Nancy & Mark Stanko.

15:42 The Day Before the Sabbath

Yesterday he was slain.

Gregory Nazianzen: Yesterday the lamb was slain, and the door posts sprinkled with his blood, while Egypt mourned for her first-born. But the destroying angel and his sac­rificial knife, fearful and terrifying, passed over us, for we were protected by the pre­cious blood. This day we have wholly de­parted from Egypt, and from Pharaoh its cruel tyrant, and his oppressive overseers. We are freed from laboring with bricks and straw, and no one forbids us celebrate the festival of our passing over, our Pasch, and to celebrate not with the leaven of malice and wickedness but with the un­leavened bread of sincerity and truth. Yesterday I was crucified with Christ; to day I am glorified with him. Yesterday I died with him; today I am given life with him. Yesterday I was buried with him; today I rise again with him. on the holy Pasch AND his own RELUCTANCE.

CHRIST IS RISEN!

INDEED HE IS RISEN!

CHRSITOS VOSKRESE!

VOISTINU VOSKRESE!