VESTNIK 2022 | VESTNIK 2022 | 411 VESTNIK 2022 | 413 VESTNIK 2022 | 415 30. NEDELJA MED LETOM 30TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME MISSION SUNDAY SLOVENSKA ŽUPNIJA SV. GREGORIJA VELIKEGA | ST. GREGORY THE GREAT SLOVENIAN CHURCH 43/58 Številka - Number / Leto - Year 23.10. 2022 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 HALL RENTALS 905-561-5971, ext. 2 E-MAIL hallrental@ stgregoryhamilton.ca VESTNIK Oditi domov opravicen - odrešen? Jezusove prilike so vcasih tako življenj-sko stvarne, neposre-dne in mocne, da so bolj upodobitev živ-ljenja, ki ga živimo, kot pa neke vrste po-nazorilna pripoved. V znameniti Lukovi pri-liki o farizeju in cest-ninarju se zdi, kot da smo skupaj z Jezusom v enem izmed atrijev in svetih prostorov v Herodovem templju in smo navzoci pri enem iz-med vsakdanjih prizorov, podobnih tistim, ki si jih lahko še danes ogledamo v Jeruzalemu, pred zidom žalovanja, ki ga oblegajo moliv-ci razlicnih hebrejskih skupnosti. Drugic se je Jezus ustavil ob tistih neke vrste trobentah, ki so služile kot zabojcki za milošcino, in opazil ubogo vdovo, ki je tja vrgla le dva novcica, medtem ko so nekateri bogataši razkazovali svoje velikodušne darove. Jezus je v teh okoli-šcinah izvedel svojo »lekcijo«. Spet v drugacnih okolišcinah je pove-dal nekaj prilik na neki ura-dni gostiji, ko so se tam gnetli zelo raz-licni povabljeni, izhahajoc iz razlicnih družbenih razmer (14,7-24). Protagonista današne slike sta dva zelo znacilna lika. Na eni stra-ni fa-rizej, ki je zavzel slovesno vzravnano držo molitve, ki je bili tudi glede svoje notranje samozavestnosti zelo »pokoncen«. Z druge stra-ni pa je osovraženi pobiralec davkov, cestninar, upognjen in v ozad-ju, ne le na zunaj, temvec tudi v iskrenosti svoje duše, preprican, da je zadnji in ubog. Povezuje ju nitka molitve: oba molita, vendar je njuna molitev zelo razlicna, tako da lahko postane najpristnejše in v globino prodirajoce ogledalo njune osebnosti. Farizej v resnici ne casti Boga, temvec sebe; njegova molitev ni dialog, tem-vec monolog; ni hvalnica, temvec kajenje samemu sebi; ni iskre-nost, temvec hinavšcina. Cestninar pa postane vzornik pravega molivca. Skesano srce, izkrena izpoved, notranja poniž-nost, pogovor z Bogom, ki vse vidi in vse rešuje: to so znacilnosti njegove molitve. Ta odmeva v bese-dah Siraha, svetopisemskega modreca iz 2. stol. pred Kr., ki smo ga poslušali v prvem berilu: »Molitev ponižnega prodira oblake, dokler se ne uresnici, ne zadovolji se ...« Farizejeva molitev se ob tempeljskih stenah raztrešci, okrog molivca se ovije kot s plašcem ponosne hinavšcine in ne more do-speti do Boga, ker je namenjena le cloveku, njego-vim zaslugam in njegovemu po-nosu. Cestninarjeva molitev pa zraste iz blata, vendar je kot žarek sve-tlobe, ki doseže neskoncnost, prispe vse do Gospo-da. Spet nam ponavlja Sirah, da bo »tisti, ki casti Boga, sprejet z dobrohotnostjo in njegova molitev bo dospela vse do oblakov«. Jezusov izrek bi lahko parafrazirali tudi tako: »Iz njihovih molitev jih boste spoznali.« Molitev je odsev clovekovega srca, življenja in vere. Vendar tu lahko najdemo še drugo sporocilo. To vsebuje že pripoved sama, vendar jo Luka izrecno nakaže v uvodu prilike: »Jezus je to priliko povedal tistim, ki 60 30. navadna nedelja so si domišljali, da so pravicni in so prezirali druge.« Tu je jasno: pripoved cilja tudi na korenino vsakega greha: na ošabnost. Iluzija je namrec, da se bomo rešili sami, zgolj s svojimi zaslugami, brez potrebe po Bogu. Proti temu »izvirnemu grehu« se je pozneje zaganjal predvsem Pavel. Vendar je ta pretveza v bistvu poosebljena že v farizeju. Njegove vzvišene besede so cudovita opredelitev tistih, ki menijo, da je Bog zgolj pisar njihovih dobrih del. Njihova nedotaknjena popolnost jih izkljucuje iz umazanega sveta, v katerem živijo drugi, in jih sa-modejno preseli v svetlobo slave. Duhovna ošabnost podpira samoopravicenje. Clovek se prepricuje, da ne potrebuje nikogar, da bi se rešil, kajti on sam je tisti, ki lahko sebe ozdravi. 410 | VESTNIK 2022 412 | VESTNIK 2022 414 | VESTNIK 2022 416 | VESTNIK 2022 30TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Response: The poor one called and the Lord heard. First Reading Ecclesiast. 35:12-14. 16-19 The Lord hears our prayers and calls us to serve him with all our hearts. Second Reading 2 Timothy 4:6-8. 16-18 In all the circumstances of our lives, God is always with us. Gospel Luke 18:9-14 It is those who acknowledge their own sin and weakness who are open to re-ceive God’s mercy. “God, be merciful to me.” Illustration In 1975 Francis Xavier Nguy.n Van Thu.n, “apostle of hope” as he came to be known and Archbishop of Saigon, was imprisoned by the communist regime in Vietnam. He would re-main in prison, often in solitary confinement, for the next fifteen years. Heartbroken to be taken away from his people, the day after his imprisonment he wrote, “My heart is torn to pieces for having been taken away from my people.” Soon after being taken into custody, how-ever, he vowed, “I am not going to wait. I will live each present moment, filling it to the brim with love.” Such an attitude of heart enabled him to bring Christ’s love to his fellow prison-ers and to the prison warders. The love, gen-tleness and courtesy he showed to his captors led them to have a deep respect for him, though it did not lessen his ill treatment. Fran-cis gave them a vision of what it means to serve God with one’s whole heart and soul, of how someone who carries the love and mercy of Christ within can be a light in a very dark place. Pope Francis named him among the “Venerable” in 2017, a step on the path towards canonisation. Gospel Teaching Our first reading today does not shy away from the inequalities of our world, from the injustice of poverty, the plight of the orphan or the cry of the widow. It does, however, reassure us that, while the world may be deaf to the cries of those who suffer, God is not and in fact always responds to the prayers of those who are humble and suffering. St Paul in our second reading is looking back over his life’s journey. He is putting the struggles he has endured for his faith into perspective. Part of this perspec-tive includes offering forgiveness to those who have not supported him in his mission for Christ. Paul has served the Lord with all his heart, and it is out of this love for Christ that his ability to forgive others and to meet the future with hope is born. Our Gospel reading offers us the parable of the Pharisee and tax collector. There is a certain righteousness in the atti-tude of the Pharisee, who judges himself to be the ideal servant of God. His prayer reflects his high regard for himself and his disregard for the “rest of mankind”, and especially the tax collector. The tax collector, on the other hand, simply raises his eyes to heaven, acknowledges God’s presence and asks for God’s mercy. God recognises his humility and his openness of heart sets him at rights with God. In his poverty of heart, he receives the fullness of God’s merciful love. He goes home “at rights with God”. Once again, we see that God’s graciousness is not contingent on a person’s status or the observance of the law but on a heart that seeks to serve God with all that it possesses. Application We can find many similarities between the world we live in and that of our readings today. In many parts of the world, poverty, hunger and death are a stark reminder of how pow-erful people treat those who are powerless. Sadly, our world does not put an equal value on every life. Even our own hearts can become hardened to the suffering of those around us and we can find ourselves tempted to a way of thinking that is like that of the Pharisee. We can offer the minimum required to fulfil the law of our Christian faith without touching the core of its meaning. And yet, at the deepest level of our relationship with Christ, we want our hearts to be open, to be expanded, to envelop the needs of others and to fill the world with God’s love. And the good news is that we can. We may not be in prison like St Paul or Archbishop Thu.n, but there are other prisons from which we may need to be released. We might find ourselves in the prison of righteous judgement like the Pharisee or in the prison of unforgiveness or ingratitude. The tax collector in his honesty found the forgiveness of God to be more than he had hoped for. The tax collector went home with a heart that knew God’s love in its healing fullness and this same gift is ours for the asking. Armed with such loving hearts, we cannot help but be good news for all those we meet. TEACHING OF THE GRADE 10 SLOVENIAN CREDIT COURSE Together with Majda Resnik, I teach the Sloveni-an credit course, grade 10. We try to improve Slove-nian conversational skills, listening skills, grammar, read / discuss some well-known poems, stories as well as some geography and history (ex: how Slove-nians in Koroška (Carinthia) chose their ruler in a democratic way in 800 – 1400 AD) Our class is small at the moment, so we are try-ing to find interested high school students (gr. 8 to 12) to join us at Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Parish at Brown's Line in Etobicoke (Toronto). Basic knowledge of the Slovenian language would be preferable. Please let me know as soon as you can, if you hope to attend this course Saturday mornings from October to mid-June. (9am to 12pm) at Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Etobicoke. 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VELEPOSLANIŠTVO REPUBLIKE SLOVE-NIJE V OTTAWI 150 Metcalfe Street, Suite 2200 ON K2P 1P1 Ottawa, Kanada +1-613-565-5781 sloembassy.ottawa@gov.si https://www.gov.si/predstavnistva/veleposlanistvo-ottawa/ - Dežurna številka za nujne primere slo-venskih državljanov: +1-613-292-6041 Uradne ure Ponedeljek od 10:00 do 13:0010.00–13.00 Sreda od 10:00 do 13:0010.00–13.00 od 14:00 do 16:0014.00–16.00 Cetrtek od 10:00 do 13:0010.00–13.00 Za urejanje konzularnih zadev se predhodno obvezno dogovorite za termin po e-pošti ali telefo-nu. Informacije po telefonu od ponedeljka do petka med 10. in 15. uro. Veleposlaništvo nacrtuje do konca leta 2022 izvesti konzularne ure v Torontu vsak drugi mesec. Kanadsko slovensko zgodovinsko društvo je v nedeljo, 16. oktobra 2022 organiziralo predstavitev dokumentarnega filma »Slovenian Exodus 1945«. V dvorani se je zbralo blizu 140 gostov, ki so z zanimanjem poslušali pretresljiva pricevanja tistih, ki so ta exodus doživeli. Marjan Ulcar je povezoval Program, goste pa so pozdravili tudi: veleposlanik Andrej Gregor Rode, predsednica župnijskega sveta Heidy Novak in Miss Ontario World 2022, Rachel Murgel. OBVESTILA - ANNOUNCEMENTS DOGODKI: OKTOBER - NOVEMBER - Nov. 20, 2022 - Scholarship presentation after 11:00 a.m. Mass READERS - BRALCI BERIL October 16, 2022 Slovenska maša - Terezija Sarjaš English Mass - Sidonia Poppa GIFT BEARERS - SLOVENIAN MASS Oct. 23 - Milena Volcanšek & Majda Lukežic Oct. 30 - Jožica Vegelj & Štefka Eržen Nov. 6 - Aranka Dundek & Danny Fujs CLEANING OF THE CHURCH - CIŠCENJE CERKVE Oct. 29 - Lukežic, Volcanšek Nov. 12 - Jožica Vegelj and team Nov. 26 - Gosgnach team ALL SOULS DAY MASS – SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30 The annual All Souls Day Mass at Holy Sep-ulchre Cemetery, Burlington will take place on Sunday, October 30, 2022 at 2:00pm. The principal celebrant will be Most Rever-end Douglas Crosby, OMI, Bishop of Hamilton. All are welcome! MOLITVE NA POKOPALIŠCIH Letos bomo imeli molitve na pokopališcih v nedeljo, 30. oktobra. Kot lahko preberete iz uradne objave škofije Hamilton, bo zopet sve-ta maša na Holy Sepulchre pokopališcu in sicer ob obicajni uri, ob 2:00 popoldne. Torej naše molitve bodo, kot je bilo to na-vadno pred Covidom: - ob 3:00 pri križu na pokopališcu Holy Se-pulchre - ob 3:30 p.m. na pokopališcu Gate of He-aven - pri slovenski kapelici - ob 5:00 p.m. na pokopališcu Our Lady of the Angels (ce bo odprt mavzolej bomo noter sicer pa pod nadstreškom pred mavzolejem, kot smo to imeli lansko leto). Letos se ura spremeni na zimski cas v ne-deljo, 6. novembra. POKOJNI - DECEASED V ponedeljek, 17. okto-bra 2022, je odšla k Bogu po vecno placilo naša faranka, Rozina Vucko, roj. Tibaut. Pokojna je bila stara 94 let. Od nje se boste lahko poslovili v nedeljo, 23. oktobra med 5. in 8. uro zvecer v Smith's Funeral Home (1167 Guelph Line) v Burlingtonu. Molitev rožnega venca bo ob 5:00 p.m. popoldne. Pogrebno bogoslužje bo v ponedeljek, 24. oktobra ob 10:00 a.m. v Smith's Funeral home. K vecnemu pocitku jo bomo nato položili na Gate of Heaven pokopališcu. Iskreno sožalje otrokom in njihovim druži-nam, pokojna Rozina pa naj uživa vecni mir in pokoj. V soboto, 22. oktobra 2022 ob 11h dopol-dne, smo darovali mašo za-dušnico za pokojno Olgo Peternel in jo potem po-spremili k vecnemu pocitku na Mt Osborne Cemetery. Iskreno sožalje otrokom, Olgi pa vecni mir in pokoj. SVETE MAŠE - MASS TIMES: Monday to Friday: 7:00 P.M., Saturday: 5:30 P.M. (Slovenian-Sunday Mass); Sunday: 10:00 A.M. from July to Fall Banquet (Slovenian/English) - KRSTI / BAPTISMS: For an appointment, call one month before. POROKE / MARRIAGE: For an appointment, call one year before the wedding date. SPOVED / CONFESSIONS: 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 or Cell: 905-520-2014 DON BOSCO V tem tednu so naslednje obletnice smrti faranov, ki so zapisani v naših knjigah: Na racun »Eno Srce, Ena Duša« »One Heart, One Soul« ste za našo slo-vensko župnijo sv. Gregorija Velikega do 21. oktobra 2022: - $140,440. - Obljubili / Pledged - $123,050. - Vplacali / Paid Hvala vsem, ki ste že prispevali. New branch hours in Hamilton Phone: 905-578-7511 Tuesdays 11:00a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Thursdays 11:00a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Fridays 11:00a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Outside of these regular office hours please call 1-888-728-1742 to reach our Browns line staff; if you get the voicemail please leave a message and someone will call you back. You can also reach us via email or online at www.moyafinancial.ca. DAROVI - DONATIONS Za gradbeni sklad darovali: - $100 Mary Hanc - $50 US - Slavica Pust (Ohio) v spomin na pok. Jožo Šušteršic - Hvala za vaš dar. Baznik Albina October 25, 2016 Doberšek Angela October 26, 1996 Geric Jožefa (Jožef) October 28, 2008 Grebenc Marija October 28, 2013 Marinc Ana October 29, 2009 Suhadolc Maria Mary October 29, 2012 PAPEŽEVA POSLANICA OB MISIJONSKI NEDELJI 2022: »BOSTE MOJE PRICE« (APD 1,8) Tema letošnjega misijonskega dne in naslov papeževega dokumenta je »Prejeli boste moc, ko bo Sveti Duh prišel nad vas, in boste moje price v Jeruzalemu in po vsej Judeji in Samariji ter do skrajnih mej sveta« (Apd 1,8). Te besede pripadajo zadnjemu pogovoru vstalega Jezusa s svojimi ucenci, preden je šel v nebesa. To je tudi tema Svetovnega misijonskega dneva 2022, ki nam kot vedno pomaga živeti dejstvo, da je Cerkev po svoji naravi misijonarska. Letos nam daje priložnost, da se spomnimo nekaterih pomembnih priložnosti za življenje in poslanstvo Cerkve: ustanovitve Kongregacije Propaganda Fide – danes za Evangelizacijo narodov – pred 400 leti, ter pred 200 leti Ustanove za širjenje vere, ki je skupaj z Ustanovo svetega detinstva in Ustanovo sv. Petra, apostola pred 100 leti doseglo papeško priznanje. Papež poslanico osredotoci na tri kljucne izraze, ki povzemajo tri temelje življenja in po-slanstva ucencev: »Boste moje price«, do »skrajnih mej sveta« in »Sveti duh bo prišel nad vas.« SVETE MAŠE - MASSES 23. 10. 2022 - 30. 10. 2022 30. NEDELJA MED LETOM 30TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 23. OKTOBER JANEZ KAPISTRAN, DUH. MISIJONSKA NEDELJA † † † † † † † † † Za žive in rajne župljane Branko Temlin Zoltan Gergyek Ann Božnar Alex Zolis, obl. Vida Sajder Irma Dorencec Ivan Tompa Joža Šušteršic Lojze Lesica 9:30 A.M. 11:00 A.M. - - - - - - - - Marija Volf Karl Ferko z družino John Božnar z družino Zlatko in Marija Berkovic Matilda Bratuž Mož Ignac z družino Janez Lovrencec Jožica Novak z družino Žena Marija z družino PONEDELJEK - MONDAY 24. OKTOBER Anton M. Klaret, škof †† Za bolne in trpece Joe in Vera Vincec (TO) Materi Božji v priprošnjo 7:00 P.M. Slomškovo oltarno društvo Cecilija Sobocan Ana Tadic TOREK - TUESDAY 25. OKTOBER Darinka, mucenka †† †† Pok. starši in bratje Teta Minka in sestra Toncka 7:00 P.M. Anica Letnik z družino Anica Letnik z družino SREDA - WEDNESDAY 26. OKTOBER Lucijan, mucenec Bogu in Materi Božji v zahvalo Za zdravje 7:00 P.M. Ivka Pašalic Ana Tadic CETRTEK - THURSDAY 27. OKTOBER Sabina Avilska, mucenka †† † Ivan Zupancic Sonya Rosmus 7:00 P.M. Žena in družina Mama PETEK - FRIDAY 28. OKTOBER Simon in Juda Tadej, ap. † †† Manja Erzetic, 30 dan Janez in Marija (obl.) Grebenc 7:00 P.M. Hcerke Mary Grebenc SOBOTA - SATURDAY 29. OKTOBER Mihael Rua, redovnik Ermelinda, devica †† † †† †† †† † † Pokojne sestre Elizabeth Farkaš Jurij in Jože Rajbar Bogu in Materi Božji v zahvalo Ida in Joseph Fticar Pok. sestre iz družine Fticar Štefan Fticar Jože Zagorc 5:30 P.M. Marija Košir Lojze in Dragica Ferencak Ana Gergyek N.N. Joe Fticar Joe Fticar Joe Fticar Sestra Jožica Erzetic z družino 31. NEDELJA MED LETOM 31TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 30. OKTOBER MARCEL, MUCENEC †† †† †† † † †† † † † Za žive in rajne župljane Pokojni iz družine Škrban Pokojni iz družine Žižek Viktor in Kristina Ferko Manja Erzetic Ivan Žižek Joe in Elizabeth Geric Joe Lackovic Pokojni starši Joža Šušteršic Molitve na pokopališcih 9:30 A.M. 11:00 A.M. - - - - - - - - Družina Škrban Družina Škrban Hci Irena Kolmanic z družino Toni in Marija Franc Janez Lovrencec Vera Lackovic z družino Žena Vera z družino Hci Jožica Novak Karel Ferko z družino Prayers at the Cemeteries