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16.10. 2022
29. NEDELJA
MED LETOM
29TH SUNDAY
IN ORDINARY
TIME

Fr. Drago Gačnik, SDB
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Vztrajna molitev
Mojzes, molivec, z rokami,
razprostrtimi proti nebu, je idealna osnova za bogoslužje božje
besede, ki ima v svojem središču
Jezusovo priliko, ki jo je ohranil
le Luka. Ko se je Izrael na ravnici Refidim soočil z Amalekom,
Mojzes pooseblja vse božjega
ljudstva, ki moli. Brez te molitvene čuječnosti je zaman zaupati v človeške moči in prizadevanja. Podobno misel najdemo v Psalmu 127: »Če Gospod ne zida
hiše, se zaman trudijo zidarji. Če Gospod ne varuje mesta, zaman
čujejo stražarji.« Učinkovita in vztrajna molitev je tudi tematika, ki
prisotna v pripovedi o sodniku in vdovi.
Dve osebnosti imamo pred seboj: Na eni strani je sodnik, brez vere (»ni se bal Boga«) in brez sočutja do drugih (»ni se oziral na nikogar»). Gre za predstavitev oblastne ošabnosti, ki je žal nenehno prisotna v zgodovini. O tem govori že prerok Izaija: »Gorje njim, ki izdajajo krivične odloke in pišejo okrutne sodbe, da zavračajo pritožbe
revnih in jemljejo pravico stiskanim med mojim ljudstvom, da so
vdove njihov plen in ropajo sirote« (10, 1-2).
Na drugi strani pa je vdova, zelo izpostavljena nasilju, tako zelo,
da se je v stari zavezi celo Bog sam razglasil za »branilca vdov«, oropane varstva moža (Ps 68,6). Tudi preroki opominjajo: » Pomagajte
zatiranemu, zagovarjajte siroto, branite vdovo« (Iz 1, 7). Vdova je res
vdova, vendar ni zagrenjena ne obupana. Ne zmanjka ji poguma in
ne neha zagovarjati svojih pravic pred ošabnim in brezbrižnim sodnikom. Njena neutrudljiva vztrajnost se ne neha pred zaprtimi vrati
in jeznim odgovorom. Njen protest odmeva: »Nakloni mi pravico!«
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Hudobni sodnik opazi, da z ničimer ne bo mogoče pogasiti te silne zahteve po pravici; čeprav bi
morda spregledal moralno spoštljivost, se zaradi
njene silne vztrajnosti prostovoljno odloči, da bo
opravil presojo. Tukaj Luka, evangelist ubogih, izrazi ves svoj prezir do mogočnežev in osornih birokratov. Bistveno sporočilo lahko razberemo iz dveh
portretov, ki ju prilika vsebuje.
Prva »lekcija« je jasna, preprosta in se povezuje
z likom žene. Ta je vzor nenehnega prizadevanja, ki
spodbuja, upa in pričakuje. V njej se zrcalijo vsi
prebivalci božjega kraljestva; vsi tisti, katerim
ostane zgolj zaupanje v Boga. Zato je tudi njihova
molitev nenehna, kajti hrani se z upanjem.
Druga »lekcija« pa nas na prvi pogled spravlja v
zadrego. Jezus namreč primerja Boga s krivičnim
sodnikom. Namreč, če se je tako cinična osebnost,
kot je bil ta sodnik, uklonila nadlegovanju uboge
vdove, koliko bolj se bo šele Gospod, ki je pravičen
sodnik, sklonil k trpljenju svojih ustvarjenih bitij.
Prilika nagovarja tiste vernike, katerim se zdi,
da je Bog popolnoma oddaljen in brezčuten. Poziv
k čuječi molitvi v nenehnem zaupanju s seboj prinaša tudi gotovost, da je božje delovanje, čeprav
res pogosto skrivnostno in hodi po poteh, ki niso
naše, vendarle usmerjeno k svetlobi. Še več, Bog
svojih vernih ne bo pustil dolgo »na čakanju«, »s
takojšnjo pripravljenostjo« bo zagotovil pravico.
Kljub temu pa se odlomek konča z mislijo, ki
nam vzbuja srh: »Ali bo Sin človekov, ko bo prišel,
še našel vero na zemlji?« Gre za strahoten sum, ki
ga je Jezus predstavil nekaj vrstic višje: »Kakor je
bilo v Noetovih dneh, tako bo tudi v dneh Sina človekovega: jedli so, pili, se ženili in se možile ...«.
Vdov, ki dan in noč vpijejo k Bogu, je vedno manj,
pravični, ki si prizadevajo za resnico in ljubezen, se
pogosto utrudijo, površnost se razteguje na vse
umrljivo, »ker se bo nepostavnost povečala, se bo
ljubezen pri mnogih ohladila«. Vendar, nadaljuje
Jezus - in to je klic, namenjen nam, ki ga danes poslušamo: »Kdor bo vztrajal do konca, bo zveličan«.
(Prim. Oznanjevalec - C_2006/7, štev. 5)
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29TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Response:
Our help is from the Lord, who
made heaven and earth.
First Reading Exodus 17:8-13
Victory comes to Israel as long as Moses
can keep his arms raised.
Second Reading 2 Timothy 3:14-4:2
All scripture is inspired by God and can
be used for teaching.
Gospel Luke 18:1-8
Jesus teaches his disciples to pray continually and never lose heart.
“Pray continually and never lose heart.”

Illustration
Are we losing the habit of memorising?
Some of us can still remember being brought
up on The Penny Catechism with its questions
and answers about every aspect of Catholic
faith. The decision to abandon this approach
to learning was based on the belief that such
rote repetition did not bring understanding. A
similar decision was made in regard to learning one’s times tables and memorising poetry.
Explanation and understanding replaced
memory. Yet memory plays a vital role in establishing our identity, both personally and as
a society. We can’t eliminate its role altogether. Our social shaping comes through our
shared learning, whether nursery rhymes or
the times tables or the prayers learnt at our
mother’s knee.
It is true that bad memories can haunt us,
but psychotherapists work on bringing such
into the light so that we can have a greater
sense of confidence and control in our lives.
Similarly, a neglect of learning poetry by heart

how to pray, and Jesus, as in Matthew’s Gospel, gives
them the prayer we now know as the Lord’s Prayer. It
is a shorter version than the one we use but it contains the same coupling of praise and petition. It is
the petition element that dominates his teaching on
prayer in today’s Gospel. The petitioner is a widow, a
figure used by Jesus elsewhere as an example of poverty and powerlessness. The judge is the symbol of
power as well as justice. He is pictured as acting on
the widow’s behalf, not because of the justice of her
claim, but because he fears that, in the original Greek
of the Gospel, she will give him a black eye if he fails
to act. How much more likely that God will see justice
done, even if at times God does seem slow to react.

Application

leaves us without access to the shared lived wisdom of the past. Nadezhda Mandelstam wife of the
Russian poet Osip Mandelstam, who died under
Stalin’s purge in the 1930s, waited till better times
in the 1970s to reveal his poetry to the world. Because she could have been killed for having his
poetry in her possession, she had committed it all
to memory.

Gospel Teaching
St Luke’s Gospel constantly mentions Jesus
being at prayer. It has even been called the Gospel
of prayer. Jesus is found at prayer particularly when
he is faced with a big decision or an important
event. The consummate example is in the garden
of Gethsemane. Luke links the prayer of Jesus on
this occasion into what is his usual practice: Jesus
went out, in accordance with his custom, to the
Mount of Olives, and he encouraged his disciples
twice to pray not to enter into temptation.
Jesus usually prays by himself, but he encourages his disciples to follow his example. At one
point in the Gospel they ask him to teach them

Memory and prayer have certain aspects in common. They both open us up to what is beyond or
greater than ourselves. People condemn memorisation because they fear it supports indoctrination.
They condemn prayer because they feel it gives a
false sense of expectation. Both criticisms can be true
when the practices of memory and prayer are used
abusively. But to eliminate their practice on such
grounds limits our ability to be open to the world and
to God.
It is often said that the practice of prayer does not
change God: it changes us. We become more able to
understand and follow God’s will. And, just as with a
well-trained memory, we are then able to draw
things out of our treasury, both new and old. We
struggle when we cannot make sense of our world.
Prayer takes us beyond the capabilities of our mind
and heart to find the source of all meaning, God. This
allows us to return to our world with greater understanding but also with gratitude. Life is a gift, but to
remain open to a full appreciation of the gift of each
day and what it brings we need that inner openness,
which both prayer and memory bring. They act as the
invisible cord that links us to the divine mystery that
lies behind not just our own salvation but that of our
world. And as we respond to this vision we, too, never
lose heart.
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2022 Slovenian Canadian Scholarship
Foundation Awards
Application Now
Available

Sunday, October 16, 2022
Doors open at 12:00 noon
St. Gregory the Great Church Hall
125 Centennial Pkwy N,
Hamilton, ON L8E 1H8
Adults: $40
Under 18 yrs: $25

Hosted by:
Canadian
Slovenian
Historical
Society
Kanadsko
slovensko
zgodovinsko
društvo
For further information contact:
cshistorical@gmail.com
or
Heidy Novak: 905-317-6002
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The Slovenian Canadian Scholarship Foundation was created to provide students of Slovenian-Canadian descent, residing within the Halton, Hamilton-Wentworth, and Niagara regions, the opportunity to be recognized for
their academic achievements, community involvement, and appreciation of their Slovenian heritage.
Due to the Foundation’s suspension of operations during the pandemic, categories for
award consideration have been expanded to
include students who are commencing/ continuing post-secondary full-time studies at an
accredited college/university in Fall 2022, as
well as, students who have successfully completed a post-secondary program at an accredited college/university in the 2020-2021
or 2021-2022 school year.
Select applicants will be granted a monetary award in the form of a scholarship or bursary from the foundation.
This year’s awards will be presented on
Sunday, November 20, 2022 at St. Gregory
the Great after English mass.
Application forms are located at back of
the church and via email request to Teresa
Zupancic (teresa.zupancic@gmail.com).
Completed application packages must be
submitted via email to:
teresa.zupancic@gmail.com by 9:00 p.m.
on Friday, October 28, 2022 for award consideration. Please forward any questions to Teresa at 905-930-7545 or via email.

PRAY THE ROSARY
By Fr. Steve Ryan, SDB

our best tool and weapon against the devil. Now
more than ever, we should pray it. Let’s go to Our
Lord through the hands of the Blessed Virgin Mary
for help and strength.
We will beseech Mary to intercede before the
throne of God for the protection, healing and radical
transformation of our country. We look to Our

October is the month of the rosary for Catholics.
On October 13, was the 105th anniversary of the last
of the apparitions of the Virgin Mary at Fatima. Our
Lady’s big word of advice at that time was about the
world getting itself into a miserable state for its rejection of Jesus Christ and that all Catholics should
regularly pray the rosary. At Fatima, the Blessed
Mother also stated that Russia was in serious need of
conversion because it was in a position to ruin
things for humanity.
Does any of this seem appropriate for us in 2022?
You bet! We have to start setting things right in
the world before it’s too late! The rosary will really
help curb Satan’s destruction of humanity. Please go
grab your rosary beads. The rosary can help eradicate Putin’s genocide in the Ukraine. The rosary can
help stop global dictators from purposely sabotaging nations... The rosary can get us back on track
from a life of individualism, materialism and selfishness. The rosary can help our young people see the
truth and beauty and goodness of Jesus.
So… I invite all of you to commit to praying the
rosary daily. The best thing we can do for peace and
God’s grace is to pray it. Let it be said again: “The
rosary is a powerful weapon!” Our prayers on the
beads can bestow healing, forgiveness and the proMolitev rožnega venca pri Marijinem kipu, v soboto
tection of Jesus and Mary from evil. Please pray the 15.10.2022 ob 12:00h. Za prvič kar lepa skupina molivcev.
rosary daily.
Some people might
think: Fr. Steve, is praying
the rosary the best that you
can come up with to help
solve the tensions we face in
the present environment? My answer – absolutely! In these unprecedented times we need to be
prayer warriors. The rosary is Slike prispevala Angela Kobe
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O BVESTILA - A NNOUNCEMENTS
DOGODKI: OKTOBER - NOVEMBER
- Oct. 22, 2022 - Slovenski Park - Oktoberfest
- SOLD OUT!
- Nov. 20, 2022 - Scholarship presentation
after 11:00 a.m. Mass

READERS - BRALCI BERIL
October 16, 2022
Slovenska maša - Sue Augustin
English Mass - Heidy Novak

pulchre
- ob 3:30 p.m. na pokopališču Gate of Heaven - pri slovenski kapelici
- ob 5:00 p.m. na pokopališču Our Lady of
the Angels (če bo odprt mavzolej bomo noter
sicer pa pod nadstreškom pred mavzolejem,
kot smo to imeli lansko leto).
Letos se ura spremeni na zimski čas v ne-

GIFT BEARERS - SLOVENIAN MASS
Oct. 16 - Pamela Gosgnach & Mary Miketič
Oct. 23 - Milena Volčanšek & Majda Lukežič
Oct. 30 - Jožica Vegelj & Štefka Eržen

CLEANING OF THE CHURCH - ČIŠČENJE CERKVE
Oct.15 - Gosgnach team
Oct. 29 - Lukežič, Volčanšek

ALL SOULS DAY MASS – SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30
The annual All Souls Day Mass at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Burlington will take place on
Sunday, October 30, 2022 at 2:00pm.
The principal celebrant will be Most Reverend Douglas Crosby, OMI, Bishop of Hamilton.
All are welcome!

MOLITVE NA POKOPALIŠČIH
Letos bomo imeli molitve na pokopališčih
v nedeljo, 30. oktobra. Kot lahko preberete iz
uradne objave škofije Hamilton, bo zopet sveta maša na Holy Sepulchre pokopališču in
sicer ob običajni uri, ob 2:00 popoldne.
Torej naše molitve bodo, kot je bilo to navadno pred Covidom:
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NIAGARSKA KOORDINACIJA
V sredo, 12. oktobra smo imeli v dvorani
jesensko srečanje predstavnikov klubov Niagarske koordinacije. Na kratko smo se zaustavili ob praznovanju Slovenskega dneva pri
društvu Slovenski park; pogledali smo kako je
vse potekalo in predlagali nove ideje za organizacijo Slovenskega dneva v prihodnjem letu, katerega gostitelj bo društvo Bled. Prisluhnili smo poročilu o prireditvah po posameznih
klubih v letošnjem letu in nekaj tudi o načrtih
za prireditve v prihodnjem letu.
Službo novega koordinatorja bo prevzela
Mary Ann Demšar (predstavnica Slovenskega
parka); zahvalili pa smo se dosedanji koordinatorici Heidy Novak.
Srečanja so se udeležili predstavniki Lipa
Parka, Bleda, Slovenskega Parka, Zgodovinskega društva in župnije Sv. Gregorija Velikega.

Srečanje za bolnike in starejše

V sredo, 12. oktobra smo imeli dopoldne
ob 11h sveto mašo in med mašo tudi priložnost za prejem zakramenta bolniškega maziljenja. Po maši pa so Jožica V., Pamela in Majda pripravile nekaj sladkega za pod zob in dober čaj. Hvala vsem za prijetno druženje.

DAROVI - DONATIONS
Za gradbeni sklad darovali:
- $100 - John in Milka Sobočan namesto
rož na grob pokojne Jože Šušteršič
- $20 - Dorothea Ježovnik v spomin na pokojno Manjo Erzetič.
- $300 - Marjan in Elizabeth Hozjan cvetja
na grob pokojnih: Frank Pavlakovič, Matija
Balažic (Whitby) in Elizabeth Farkaš (strina).
Hvala za vaš dar.

Na račun
»Eno Srce, Ena Duša«
»One Heart, One Soul«
ste za našo slovensko
župnijo sv. Gregorija
Velikega do 7. oktobra 2022:

- $140,440. - Obljubili / Pledged

- $123,050. - Vplačali / Paid
Hvala vsem, ki ste že prispevali.
V tem tednu so naslednje obletnice smrti
faranov, ki so zapisani v naših knjigah:
Intihar
Katarina
October 17, 2010
Gerič
Irma
October 17, 2016
Gergyek
Zoltan
October 17, 2021
Nedelko
Ksenia
October 19, 2012
Udovč
Stanislav
October 22, 1996
Cestnik
John
October 22, 1999

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SVETE MAŠE - MASSES

16. 10. 2022 - 23. 10. 2022
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29. NEDELJA MED LETOM †
29TH SUNDAY
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IN ORDINARY TIME
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16. OKTOBER
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MARJETA, REDOVNICA
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PONEDELJEK - MONDAY
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17. OKTOBER
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Ignacij Antiohijski, škof-muč.

TOREK - TUESDAY
18. OKTOBER
Luka, evangelist

SREDA - WEDNESDAY
19. OKTOBER

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Pavel od križa, duhovnik

ČETRTEK - THURSDAY
20. OKTOBER

Irena (Mira), mučenka

PETEK - FRIDAY
21. OKTOBER

Uršula, devica-mučenka

MISIJONSKA NEDELJA
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Zoltan Gergyek, obl.
Olga Peternel

7:00 P.M. Žena Ana
Manja Erzetič

Manja Erzetič
Marta Raščan
Verona Gerič, obl.
Ivan Zupančič, obl.
Na čast sv. Jožefu
Bogu in Materi Božji v zahvalo

7:00 P.M. Cecilija Sobočan
Cvetka Milosavljevič
Sestra Terezija Sarjaš
7:00 P.M. Žena Jožica Hapke
Ivka Pašalič
Ana Tadić
7:00 P.M. Jožica Novak z družino
Jože in Emilia Lovrenčec

† Jožef Gönc (Montreal)
†† Marija Svašnik in družina

7:00 P.M. Olga Glavač
Ana Gergyek

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Janez Pavel II, papež
Marija Saloma, svetopisem- †
ska žena
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23. OKTOBER
JANEZ KAPISTRAN, DUH.

9:30 A.M. - - - - - - - Hči Vera Marič z družino
Sin Stanley z družino
11:00 A.M. Adam in Heidy Novak z družino
Adam in Heidy Novak z družino
Adam in Heidy Novak z družino
Adam in Heidy Novak z družino
Julija Sagadin z družino
Miriam Ferkul z družino
Manja Erzetič
Družina Žižek
Družina Žižek
Joe Pust z družino

†† Pavel in Paul Richard Novak
† Giuliana Lovrenčec, obl.

SOBOTA - SATURDAY
22. OKTOBER

30. NEDELJA MED LETOM
30TH SUNDAY
IN ORDINARY TIME

Za žive in rajne župljane
Janez in Cecilija Frumen
Stan Sajovic
Edeltraud & Fred Leitenberger
Mira Špiler
Frank Pavlakovič
Ignac in Marija Horvat
Joža Šušteršič
Joža Šušteršič
Frank Pavlakovič
Joe Lackovič
Štefan Prša
Maureen Trenkler

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Marija in Jože Kuzma
Pok. iz družine Zelko
Stane (obl.) in Magda Udovč
Anton in Marija
Albina Baznik, obl.
John, Anton (obl.) in Anica
Za žive in rajne župljane
Branko Temlin
Zoltan Gergyek
Ann Božnar
Alex Zolis, obl.
Vida Sajder
Irma Dorenčec
Ivan Tompa
Joža Šušteršič
Lojze Lesica

5:30 P.M. Hči Jožica Vlašič z družino
Matilda Bratuž
Families Udovč in Levstek
Hči Marija Košir
Mož z družino
Martin Malevič z družino
9:30 A.M. - - - - - - - Marija Volf
Karl Ferko z družino
John Božnar z družino
Zlatko in Marija Berkovič
Matilda Bratuž
Mož Ignac z družino
Janez Lovrenčec
11:00 A.M. Jožica Novak z družino
Žena Marija z družino