VESTNIK 2021 | VESTNIK 2021 | 275 VESTNIK 2021 | 277 VESTNIK 2021 | 279 18. NEDELJA MED LETOM 18TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME SLOVENSKA ŽUPNIJA SV. GREGORIJA VELIKEGA | ST. GREGORY THE GREAT SLOVENIAN CHURCH 31/57 Številka - Number / Leto - Year 1. 8 . 2021 Fr. Drago Gacnik, SDB ŽUPNIK - PASTOR NASLOV - ADDRESS 125 Centennial Pkwy N. Hamilton, ON L8E 1H8 PHONE: 905-561-5971 CELL: 905-520-2014 E-MAIL gregory_sdb@ stgregoryhamilton.ca WEB PAGE www.carantha.com HALL RENTALS CELL: 905-518-6159 E-MAIL hallrental@ stgregoryhamilton.ca VESTNIK Prava hrana, ki da je moc Bog, ki je ustvaril cloveka, le-temu daje vse, kar potrebuje za življenje. Drugace bi bil res slab stvarnik. Ka-darkoli torej temu ali onemu delu cloveštva kaj manjka, je to krivda sebicnosti tistih ljudi, ki dobrin zemlje nocejo pravicno deliti. Vendar so te zemeljske dobrine le sredstvo za ohranitev življenja, ki ima svoj smisel v vecnostni usmeritvi cloveka. Za to svoje popotovanje h koncnemu cilju potrebuje hrano, potrebuje božje moci. O tej bo govor to nedeljo v svetopisemskih odlomkih. Stara zaveza nas prenese v pušcavo, skozi katero božje ljudstvo s težavo napreduje na svoji poti v obljubljeno deželo. Cilj je vedno blestec, a pot do njega je toliko bolj težka, kolikor višji je. Ker romarji skozi pušcavo niso bili zreli za tak cilj, so godrnjali in se nedoraslo ozirali na-zaj v suženjsko preteklost: »O, da bi bili umrli po Gospodovi roki v egip-tovski deželi, ko smo sedeli pri loncih mesa, ko smo jedli kruha do site-ga.« Cloveku prihaja na misel znani krik: »Kruha in iger!« A to ne more biti clovekov cilj! Nekaj neprimerno bolj velicastnega, a zato tudi napor-nega, more osmisliti in opraviciti njegovo bivanje. Mojzes, vodja božjega ljudstva po božjem navdihu napove znamenja, ki bodo dovolj ocitno go-vorila o božji skrbi zanje in o božji volji, da uresnicijo svoj cilj - prihod v obljubljeno deželo: »Glej,« pravi, »dežil vam bom kruh iz neba... Proti veceru boste jedli meso in zjutraj se boste nasitili s kruhom in spoznali, da sem jaz Gospod, vaš Bog!« Cudežna urejenost in plodnost narave, ce clovek z njo sodeluje, je velik kazalec k božji skrbi za cloveka. »Zvecer so priletele prepelice..., zjutraj pa je padla rosa okoli šotorišca,« pravi bese-dilo. In Mojzes jim je razložil: »To je kruh, ki vam ga Gospod daje z ne- bes.« Clovek ni stvaritelj niti enega, le sodeluje lahko z ustvarjenim. Sv. Pavel v 2. berilu klice: »Ne živite, kakor živijo pogani v necimernosti svojih misli. Vi se pa niste tako ucili Kristusa.« Kristus je torej vzor cloveka, njegov nauk pa edina resnicna življenj-ska modrost. A ta je v tem, da je clovekova pot, pot svobode. Clovek mora torej biti gospodar narave in svojih nagonov, ne pa njihov suženj. In še nadaljuje in nas opozarja: »Prenavljajte se po duhu svojega mišljenja in si oblecite novega clo-veka!« Vsak napredek je v razvoju. Tudi clove-kov. Razvoj resnice, pravice in ljubezni torej ne pozna pocitka, ne more imeti dopusta. Mladi, ki tako žele razvoj, napredek in vzore, lahko najde-jo v Kristusu najvecjo izpolnitev svojih želja po cloveku, ki je, kot pravi Pavel, »ustvarjen v re-snicni pravicnosti in svetosti«. - Po pomnožitvi kruha se je Jezus umaknil množici v samoto. Niso razumeli njegovega zna-menja, ki je govorilo, kako jemo zato, da bi mogli odkriti drugo hrano. Le-ta je nenadomes-tljiva za clovekovo koncno osmislitev, kakor je telesna potrebna za življenje telesa. Nujno je potrebna za cloveka, ki bi hotel res, se pravi ve-dno in vecno biti srecen. Zato Jezus množici oci-ta: »Ne išcete me, ker ste videli cudeže ampak ker ste jedli«. Lahko tudi sebe vprašamo: Koliko delamo za stvari, ki minejo in koliko za tiste, ki ostanejo? »Kaj naj delamo,« so spraševali Jezu-sa. A on odgovarja — »Verujte!« Verovati pa pomeni ljubiti Boga in bližnjega. Ljubezen se kaže predvsem v žrtvi za ljubljenega. Koliko ta-kih dokazov premoremo? In ko so se ljudje iz množice hoteli postaviti s svojo versko preteklostjo jim Jezus odlocno in jasno odvrne: »Jaz sem kruh življenja.« Samo Kristus in njegov nacin gledanja na življenje je tisti kruh, je tisti nacin, ki cloveka odrešuje, ki cloveka dviga iz življenja, ki je sužnost stvarem: »Kdor pride k meni, ne bo lacen, in kdor vame veruje, ne bo nikoli žejen.« Kako dolgo že zvenijo te besede tudi našim ušesom! In naš odgovor? - (Prim. Oznanjevalec 2005-2006, št. 4) 274 | VESTNIK 2021 276 | VESTNIK 2021 278 | VESTNIK 2021 280 | VESTNIK 2021 Illustration The United States has recently observed National Junk Food Day. Many people may have been de-lighted to celebrate it in style. But doctors and nutri-tionists would be among those who recognise that burgers, crisps and fizzy drinks lack much of the fi-bre, vitamins and minerals we need to stay healthy. A regular diet of pizza and coke can soon pile on the calories, clog the arteries and sap us of energy. Junk food may fill us up, but it leaves us nutritionally starved. All the same, junk food remains universally popular. All that tasty sugar, salt and fat can be very attractive to people. It can have an almost addictive effect, according to researchers. The pleasure cen-tres of the brain become desensitised after a while, requiring us to eat more and more of it to achieve the same effect. It would be wrong, however, to judge anyone for their eating habits. People often have to work long hours, and the time it takes for shopping and prepa-ration can make healthy eating an unaffordable luxury for some. Advertisers know how to exploit people’s tiredness, vulnerability and low self-esteem. Keeping to a healthy regime requires discipline, which is easier for anyone self-valuing enough to invest in their own future well-being – but for those who have little money to spare and apparently not much to look forward to in life, instant gratifi-cation may seem more appealing. Gospel Teaching Many people were as vulnera-ble and hard-up in Jesus’ day. Springtime was a time of particu-lar hardship. So when Jesus fed five thousand people with bread that seemed to appear from no-where, word soon circulated around the lakeside villages of Galilee. Within hours, so we hear in today’s Gospel, crowds arrived from all directions, asking for more of this free food. You don’t really want me, Jesus remarked sadly, you just want all the bread you can get. It was Passover time, the feast of Unleavened Bread, a time of year for remembering the exodus from Egypt, when Moses fed their ancestors with manna in the desert. It made it all the more exciting to hear how Jesus was feeding thousands of people – could he be another Moses? However, as Jesus points out, it was not Moses who gave them bread from heaven – it was God. “I tell you most solemn-ly,” Jesus says, bread that is truly life-giving can only come from God. And he himself is that source of spiritual well-being. “I am the bread of life,” he says. What a startling statement that was! Manna from heaven had been a pledge to their ancestors that God’s promises would come true: the provision of daily bread had taught them to trust God to save them from dying in the wilderness and bring them to the promised land. Now Jesus was claiming to be that pledge of God’s love; to be the fulfilment of God’s promise of life and salvation. Application Some people still complain of feel-ing empty inside. Often it is a sense of dissatisfaction. They might be deceived into thinking that the latest gadget, or the trendiest look, will make them happy. Indeed, for some, life becomes a never-ending round of acquiring and disposing. St Paul in our second reading talks of “illusory desires”. In his day, peo-ple’s lifestyles left them craving something lasting and of worth. In some cases, people’s lifestyles still do. Nothing, however, will ever fill that gnawing emptiness except the kind of nourishment which comes from God. Jesus makes that plain in today’s Gospel. When we gather in company with one another and with Jesus, we are being invited into relationship at its most intimate and lasting. We savour something of the divine life of heaven. Hear-ing the word of God, we are renewed; consuming the body and blood of Jesus, we are recreated. Changed to become like Jesus, we, too, can become bread for the world. Many people still have to work very hard to pro-vide for themselves and their families. Jesus urges us to work for our spiritual maintenance as well, for food that rejuvenates the inner self. Terrible though it is that people still go hungry in this day and age, hunger of a spiritual kind can be healthy if it makes us deeply desirous of Jesus. Today, perhaps, we may recognise that hollow place within us all, and come looking for the only one who can satisfy it. Come to me, Jesus is saying, you have no need ever to be hungry again. 18TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Response: The Lord gave them the bread of heaven. First Reading Exodus 16:2-4. 12-15 The starving Israelites beg Moses to feed them. The Lord rains down food from heaven. Second Reading Ephesians 4:17. 20-24 Many pleasures are illusory. St Paul pre-scribes a total renewal in the way we think; a return, in other words, to the way God creat-ed us to be. Gospel John 6:24-35 People were expecting Jesus to be like Moses, providing them with daily bread. Instead, Jesus offers them fresh, rejuvenating food, unlike any other. “True bread… comes down from heaven.” Cilj naše kampanje je v treh letih zbrati vsoto $200,000.00 za našo župnijo. Nekateri še vedno ne razumejo, da vse, kar boste darovali preko te kampanje, bo prejela naša župnija in še 10% iz skupnega sklada. Škofijski uradi pa bodo vodili vse racunovodske zadeve, tako, da nam ne bo potrebno tega dela urejati. V Vestniku vsak teden objavimo koliko ste »obljubili« da boste darovali za kampa-njo za našo župnijo preko škofijskega racuna in koliko je že dejansko »vplacane-ga«. Iz škofije so nam sedaj poslali kodo, da lahko pogledamo tekoce stanje na našem racunu. Na racunu »Eno Srce, Ena Duša« za na-šo slovensko župnijo sv. Gregorija Velike-ga je: $104,900. - Pledged - obljubili $64,490. - Paid - ste že vplacali Sedaj imamo direktni dostop, da lahko sproti pogledamo, koliko se je zbralo na na-šem racunu. Številke so od 26. julija 2021. Hvala vsem, ki ste že prispevali. Smo že skoraj na polovici zastavljenega cilja. Main Branch 747 Brown’s Line Toronto, ON, M8W 3V7 Tel: 416-255-1742 Toll-free: 1-888-728-1742 Fax: 416-255-3871 Hamilton Branch Villa Slovenia 23 Delawana Drive Hamilton, ON, L8E 3N6 Tel: 905-578-7511 Fax: 905-578-5130 Hours Monday Closed Tuesday 12:00 to 6:00 PM Wednesday Closed Thursday 12:00 to 5:00 PM Friday 12:00 to 5:00 PM Saturday Closed POROKA - MARRIAGE V petek, 30. julija 2021 ob 1:00 p.m. sta si pred Bogom in cerkveno skupnostjo obljubi-la zvestobo nevesta Chelsea Rose Weir, hci oceta Jeffrey Allan Weir in matere Irene, roj Hanc - in - ženin Cameron Allan Wiel-houwer sin oceta Roy Allan Wielhouwer in matere Diane roj. Langbroek. Iskrene cestitke ob tako pomembnem življenjskem dogodku. Želimo jim razumeva-nja v zakonskem stanu, da bi si ustvarila do-bro družinico; naj ju spremlja božji blagoslov in priprošnja nebeške Matere Marije. DRUŠTVO BLED V nedeljo, 25. julija 2021 smo se zopet - lani se nismo zaradi Covida-19 - zbrali pri daritvi svete maše za žegnanje. Prav lepa skupina se je zbrala. V kuhinji so postregli z dobro jedaco in pijaco, mladi pa so imeli pri-liko ohladiti se v bazenu. Hvala vsem, ki ste to organizi-rali, saj je bila za mnoge to prva prilika, da so se srecali s starimi prijatelji. OBVESTILA - ANNOUNCEMENTS V tem tednu so naslednje obletnice smrti faranov, ki so zapisani v naših knjigah: FIRST COMMUNION - PRVO OBHAJILO Due to COVID-19, our parish was unable to celebrate First Holy Communion in 2020 and 2021. With restrictions being eased, the parish is able to celebrate the sacrament, in accordance with public health guidelines. Next Sunday, August 8, 2021 during the 10:00 a.m Mass six of our children will re-ceive first time Jesus in their hearts. For any information you can call: Father Drago, 905-561-5971 email: drago.gacnik@gmail.com OR Lorie Mramor, 905-719-3626 email: lor.mramor@gmail.com Spomnimo se vseh prvoobhajancev in nji-hovih družin, da bodo pomagale mladim ra-zumeti pomen evharistije za njihovo življenje. DAROVI - DONATIONS Za gradbeni sklad je Olga Slobodnik daro-vala $50 v spomin na pok. Franka in Katarino Kapušin. Za misijone je Elizabeth Gimpelj darovala $100. Hvala vsem za vaše darove. Bog vam sto-terno povrni vašo dobroto. CIŠCENJE CERKVE - CLEANING OF THE CHURCH Aug. 14, 2021 Team Lojzka Novak Aug. 28, 2021 Lukežic, Volcanšek Sept. 11, 2021 Gosgnach Kranjc Josef August 2, 1973 Marinc Anna August 3, 1986 Habjan Valentin August 3, 1999 Lonec Kristina August 3, 2004 Ray Gizella August 3, 2020 Marusich Gabriela August 4, 1986 Šegula Marija August 4, 2002 Vucko Paulina August 6, 1992 Martin Michael August 6, 2011 Šušteršic Janez August 7, 2003 Babic Jožefa August 8, 2002 Hvala Olgi Glavac, da je naša cerkev vedno lepo okrašena za bogoslužje. SVETE MAŠE - MASS TIMES: Monday to Friday: 7:00 P.M., Saturday: 5:30 P.M. (Slovenian-Sunday Mass); Sunday: 10:00 A.M. (Slovenian-English - For the time of Covid-19 it is only one Mass on Sundays) - KRSTI / BAPTISMS: For an appointment, call one month before. POROKE / MARRIAGE: For an appointment, call one year before the wedding date. SPOVED / CONFES-SIONS: First Friday of the month 6 -7:00 P.M. (or by appointment) BOLNIKI - Sporocite, ce je kdo bolan ali v bolnišnici, da ga obišcemo. You are welcome to call for a personal conversation with your priest – please call for an appointment. Tel: 905-561-5971. DON BOSCO 18. NEDELJA MED LETOM 18TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 1. AVGUST Alfonz M. Ligvorij, šk-uc. † † †† † † † † † † † †† † Za žive in rajne župljane Tilka Vengar, obl. Anton Vengar Tilka in Anton Vengar Jože Vuk Ivan Petek Frank Saje Joe Hanc Joe Kozlar (TO) Ante Cule Ana Ferencak, 30. dan po pogr. Pokojni clani društva Slov. Park Martin Malevic Jr., obl. 10:00 A.M. 1:00 P.M. - - - - - - - - - Rose Marie in Tony Vengar z dr. Rose Marie in Tony Vengar z dr. Jožica Novak z družino Ignac Horvat Jožef Hozjan Žena z družino Families Weir & Wielhouwer Rozina Petek z družino Družina Cule Albina in Jože Antolin z družino Maša v Slovenskem Parku Sestra Martina Bellemore z druž. Pri Villi Slovenia se vedno najde kakšna prilika za praznovanje. Tokrat so praznovale rojstni dan Majde Lukežic. POKOJNI - FUNERAL V soboto, 31. julija 2021, je odšel k Bogu v vecni pocitek naš faran Ignac Horvat. Po zdaj-šnjih informacijah, se boste lahko poslovili v torek, 3. avgusta popoldne v Markey Dermody Funeral Home. Pogrebna sveta maša bo v sre-do, 4. avgusta dopoldne ob 10:00h. Vec boste zvedeli v torek iz osmrtnice. Iskreno sožalje sinovom z družinami, po-kojnemu Ignacu pa vecni mir in pokoj; naj uživa zasluženo placilo pri Bogu. PRVI PETEK Ta teden je prvi petek v mesecu avgustu. Kot navadno, bo ob šestih zvecer priložnost za zakrament sv. spovedi, molitev pred Naj-svetejšim in sveto mašo ob 7h zvecer. SVETE MAŠE - MASSES Od 2. 8. 2021 Do 8. 8. 2021 PONEDELJEK - MONDAY 2. AVGUST Evzebij, škof † † † Ignac Prša Ignac Prša Eileen MacKenzie 7:00 P.M. Marija Hocevar Štefan in Terezija Vincec N.N. TOREK - TUESDAY 3. AVGUST Lidija, sp. žena †† † †† † †† Ema Hodnik in Angela Šlibar Martin Simoncic Gizella (obl.) in Štefan Ray Gizella Ray, obl. Max in Maximilijan (obl.) 7:00 P.M. Manja Erzetic Žena Kathy Sestra Olga Glavac Family Julija Sagadin in družina SREDA - WEDNESDAY 4. AVGUST Janez M. Vianej, duhovnik † † † Ignac Horvat Po namenu Za duhovne poklice Viktor Glavac Franc Jernejcic, obl. 10:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. Pogrebna sv. maša Jožica Vegelj KŽZ - CWL Žena Olga z družino Hci Sonja Langenfus z družino CETRTEK - THURSDAY 5. AVGUST Marija Snežna (Nives) † † Bogu v zahvalo Ljuba Babic, obl. Pavla Pelcar 7:00 P.M. Jožica Novak z družino Sestra Dragica Cvetka Milosavljevic PRVI PETEK - FIRST FRIDAY 6. AVGUST Jezusova spremenitev na gori † †† † Joe Razpotnik Na cast Kristusove krvi Ivan in Terezija Halas Mimica Starešinic 7:00 P.M. Manja Erzetic Nada Dejan Regina Bedernjak Sestricna Jožica Vlašic z družino SOBOTA - SATURDAY 7. AVGUST Kajetan, duhovnik Sikst II., papež - mucenec † †† † †† † † † † †† Viktor Glavac Marija in Kalman Lazar Irena Gricnik Ivan in Ana Kovac Ana Ferencak Ana Ferencak Ana Ferencak Ana Fegelj Franc in Katarina Kapušin 5:30 P.M. Olga Culig Jože in Marija Magdic Družina Erzar Sestra Marija Korošec z družino Anica Miklavcic z družino Joe in Sonja Pleša z družino Martin in Regina Nedelko Terezija Prša Milan Avguštinovic 19. NEDELJA MED LETOM 19TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 8. AVGUST Dominik, ustanovitelj dominikancev †† † † † † † † †† † Za žive in rajne župljane Paula in Franc Pelcar Jože Razpotnik Sr. Ana Ferencak Jožefa Mes, obl. Ciril Kovacic Anton Oberman, obl. Irma Dorencec, obl. Magdalena in Izidor Salajko Franc Verdinšek, obl. 10:00 A.M. - - - - - - - - - Stan Pelcar in Josie Dubé Jože in Magdalena Razpotnik Rozalija Cule z družino Družina Mes Družina Mes Sestra Stanka Malevic z družino Mož z družino Olga Culig Žena Terezija z družino Sagadin