VESTNIK 2024 | VESTNIK 2024 | 31 VESTNIK 2024 | 33 VESTNIK 2024 | 35 4. NEDELJA MED LETOM 4TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME SLOVENSKA ŽUPNIJA SV. GREGORIJA VELIKEGA | ST. GREGORY THE GREAT SLOVENIAN CHURCH 4/60 Številka - Number / Leto - Year 28.1. 2024 Fr. Dra go 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 Jezus oznanja z avtoriteto. Evangelij današnje nedelje nam pred-stavlja Jezusa kot preroka, mogocnega v besedah in dejanjih. Tematiko evangeli-ja pripravlja že prvo berilo, ki govori o božji obljubi, da bo poslan prerok, podo-ben Mojzesu. V soboto Jezus vstopi v tempelj in zacne uciti, ker je njegova prva dejavnost, kajti on je tisti, ki razodeva božji nacrt in vso skrivnost, ki obsega vse podarjeno novo življenje. Ob njegovem oznanjevanju so bili ljudje osupli, ker to ni bilo obicaj-no poucevanje. Pismouki so ucili, vendar brez prave zanesljivosti, Jezus pa je pouceval kot tisti, ki ima oblast. Tako se razodeva kot Božji Sin in ne kot navaden clovek, ki bi moral svoje oznanjevanje opirati na prej-šnja izrocila. Jezusov nauk je nekaj novega: »Nov nauk, ki se poucuje z oblastjo,« podcrta Marko. Podobno vidimo v Matejevem evangeliju, še posebej v Govoru na gori, kjer Jezus sam zatrjuje: »Slišali ste, kako je bilo receno starim ... Jaz pa vam pravim...« (prim. Mt 5, 21-48). Na drugi strani pa se razodeva mocan tudi v dejanjih. V sinagogi v Kafarnaumu je bil clovek, obseden z necistim duhom in ta je vpil: »Kaj imaš z nami, Jezus iz Nazareta? Si prišel, da nas pokoncaš? Vem, kdo si: Sveti, od Boga.« Ta necisti duh je poznal Jezusovo moc in z njo razglašal tudi svetost. Rekel je: »Prišel si, da nas pokoncaš!« Jezus je prišel, da bi podaril resnicno svobodo božjim otrokom. Jezus je necistemu ukazal: »Molci! Pojdi iz tega cloveka.« Te besede so zadostovale, da je dosegel zmago nad necistim duhom, da je izšel iz tega cloveka - z grozljivim tresenjem in velikim vpitjem. Ta dogodek je na navzoce naredil velik vtis; vsi so bili v strahu in so se spraševali: »Kaj je sedaj vse to? Nov nauk, ki se poucuje z oblastjo. Ukazuje celo necistim duhovom in so mu pokorni!» Jezusova moc je tista, ki utemeljuje njegovo avtoriteto. On ne le izgovarja besede, temvec tudi deluje. Tako izpricuje božji nacrt z besedami in s cudeži. V evangeli-jih namrec vidimo, da se Jezus nikakor ne zadovolji le z govorjenjem, temvec božjo ljubezen izpricuje s številnimi dejanji, ki so namenjena bolnim, potrebnim, otrokom in grešni-kom. Ljudje so prepoznali, da je Jezus prerok. V prvem berilu Bog po Mojzesovih ustih obljublja, da bo poslal ljudem preroka, ki bo podoben Mojzesu. Prerok, ki bo govoril v božjem imenu. Neposreden stik z Bogom je nekaj strašnega. Božja svetost je kot unicujoc ogenj. Grešno ljudstvo se ni cutilo vredno neposrednega soocanja in je zato prosi-lo za srednika. Bog je dober in usmiljen, in je sprejel ta predlog: »Prav je, kar so rekli. Obudil jim bom pre-roka izmed njihovih bratov, kakor si ti.« Bog je veckrat pošiljal preroke, da bi vodili njego-vo ljudstvo, in jih postavil kot stražnike pred nevar-nostjo malikovanja. Preroki so govorili v božjem ime-nu, z avtoriteto; tako so vodili ljudstvo in ga obvaro-vali pred škodo, ki so jo povzrocili grehi. Vendar se božja obljuba, da bo poslal preroka, podobnega Moj-zesu, še ni uresnicila. Ob koncu pete Mojzesove knjige pisec ugotavlja: »In ni vstal vec prerok v Izraelu, enak Mojzesu« (34,10). Zato je ljudstvo še naprej pricako-valo preroka, da bi lahko pouceval z avtoriteto in bi imel moc delati cudeže. To pricakovanje je bilo zelo živo v Jezusovem casu; evangeliji veckrat navajajo, da so se ljudje spraševali, ali ni morda on napovedani »prerok«. Današnji evangeljski odlomek nam prikazu-je, da je Jezus resnicno ta napovedovani prerok. V enem izmed govorov po Jezusovem vstajenju Peter pravi, da je Jezus prerok, podoben Mojzesu - še vec, mogocnejši kot Mojzes - ki je bil obljubljen in ima zato pravico, da smo mu pokorni (prim. Apd 3, 21-22). Mi smo lahko srecni, da imamo za ucitelja Jezusa, ki je mogocen v besedah in dejanjih; Jezusa, ki nam posreduje vso potrebno svetlobo za naše bivanje in tudi potrebnih moci, da lahko premagujemo težave, preizkušnje in skušnjave. Lahko smo srecni, da imamo ucitelja, ki je tako mogocen in tako dober. V drugem berilu nam Pavel govori, da so za neko-ga najugodnejše razmere takrat, ko si prizadeva sa-mo za stvari, ki zadevajo Gospoda. On bi želel, da se verniki ne bi ukvarjali s cloveškimi problemi, temvec le s tem, kar zadeva Gospoda. Prav je, da sprejmemo Pavlovo oznanjevanje. On se namrec zaveda, da te stvari pripoveduje v dobro vseh kristjanov: ne da bi jih ujel v zanko, temvec zato, da bi jih razsvetlil. (prim. Oznanjevalec 2009, št. 1) 30 | VESTNIK 2024 32 | VESTNIK 2024 34 | VESTNIK 2024 36 | VESTNIK 2024 4TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Response: O that today you would lis-ten to the voice of the Lord. Do not harden your hearts! First Reading: Deuteronomy 18:15-20 God will raise a prophet among you who will speak with the Lord’s word. Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 7:32-35 Paul invites people to fulfil their role for which the Lord has called them, free from worry. Gospel: Mark 1:21-28 The crowd recognises Jesus as a prophet who offers a teaching that is new, which he speaks with authority. “He taught them with authority.” Illustration One of the surprising gaps in the Gospels is any description of what Jesus actually looked like. If you had known someone who had been in the synagogue in Capernaum and had heard that Jesus had healed the possessed man, you would have wanted to know what this Jesus was like. Would you have wanted to know how tall he was, the colour of his hair, what he was wearing? But your friend who was a witness tells you something else — he taught with authority. This impression seems to block out everything else. The lack of description in the Gospels of what Jesus looked like is a gap that can inspire creativity. The absence of a description can lead to a generous range of images as different communities recognise Jesus as one of their own. Today we mark Racial Justice Sunday, and the diversity of ways of seeing Jesus can not only give us insights into who Jesus was but also remind each one of us to see the pres-ence of Jesus in both friend and stranger. Gospel teaching Jesus is seen as offering something new, something different to the scribes. Just as the Gospel writers do not tell us what Jesus looked like, neither does Mark ac-tually tell us what Jesus taught at this time. In the opening chapters of Mark’s Gospel, the only teaching is: “The time has come and the kingdom of God is close at hand. Repent, and believe the Good News.” In keeping with the style of these initial chapters, where Mark moves quickly from place to place, it is short and to the point. Jesus is like a commander issuing instructions; the commands must be clear and brief so that they are understood and received — and that is what gives him authority. Jesus’ authority seems therefore to be based on the brevity of what he says — and on the meaning being clear. The people recog-nise him as a prophet who, as Moses says in the first reading, speaks the words of God. That we are still listening to Paul’s letters today tells us that the people of Corinth also recognised that Paul taught with authority and wished to pass on that teaching. Unlike the succinctness of Jesus in Mark’s account, Paul has more to say – developing his argu-ment over longer sections. The danger is that we can miss the essence of what Paul is say-ing by being caught up in the way he is say-ing it. To contemporary ears, Paul may be presenting a series of stereotypes of men and women, but this may miss his main point. As it was true in 1st century Corinth so it is today that people lead busy lives and yes, we need to make time to listen to the Lord, but not so that we neglect the needs of others. Be holy but also be real. Returning to the Gospel, in Mark’s account words are not enough. What gives Jesus’ teaching true authority is not only what he says but also what he does. When Jesus speaks to the possessed man, he is direct and to the point: “Be quiet! Come out of him!” The possessed man responds to his command and is healed. This action causes the people to repeat that Jesus’ teaching has authority. Application In today’s Gospel Jesus perhaps provides a model for leadership and gaining the respect of those whom wwe serve. At its heart is integrity between the person, what they say and how they say it, and their actions. To have authority is to have a match between who we are, what we say and what we do. In the opening chapter of Mark, it is not as though Jesus is saying easy things to people – “Repent and believe” and “Be quiet!” – but his authority means that they are able to listen and hear what they need to hear. If we had been present in the synagogue in Caperna-um, would we have been open to Jesus’ new teaching and have recognised his authority? We would have needed to follow the advice of the psalm response: to be ready to open our hearts and listen to the voice of the Lord speak-ing to us today. SV. BLAŽ – PRIPROŠNJIK PROTI BOLEZNIM V GRLU Sv. Blaž je bil najprej zdravnik, potem pa škof v Sebasti (današnji Sivas v Turciji). Živel je med 3. in 4. stoletjem, muceniške smrti pa naj bi najverjetneje umrl leta 316. Ko je zacel cesar Licinij kristjane preganjati, so prijeli tudi Blaža. Peljali so ga pred sodnika. Nasproti mu je prihitela vdova s svojim edinim si-nom ter jokaje prosila svetnika, naj ji reši dragega edin-ca gotove smrti, saj je požrl ribjo kost in se je skoraj zadušil. Sv. Blaž je pomolil, mladenica blagoslovil in ozdravljenega vrnil srecni materi. Sam je šel naprej v trpljenje in muceniško smrt. V povezavi s tem cudežem Cerkev vsako leto po-deljuje Blažev blagoslov. Škof, duhovnik ali diakon slovesno blagoslovi sveci za blagoslov, ju med seboj poveže v obliki križa ter ju približa grlu vsakega verni-ka, ki želi prejeti blagoslov. Duhovnik moli: »Na pri-prošnjo svetega Blaža, škofa in mucenca, naj te Bog varuje bolezni grla in vsakega drugega zla. V imenu Oceta in Sina in Svetega Duha. Amen.« Blažev blagoslov je eden od mnogih blagoslovov, ki jih deli Cerkev ob razlicnih priložnostih za razlicne na-mene. Blagoslov je zakramental, to je sveto znamenje, ki posnema zakrament in oznacuje predvsem duhovne ucinke, ki jih verniki prejmejo po priprošnji Cerkve. Pri podeljevanju blagoslovov Cerkev navadno upo-rablja blagoslovljeno vodo, ki nas spominja na krst, zakrament ocišcenja in prerojenja v moci Kristusove smrti in povelicanja. Tudi svece, ki jih duhovnik uporab-lja pri Blaževem blagoslovu, simbolizirajo luc in zmago svetlobe nad temo, dobrega nad hudim. Blagoslove sprejemamo verniki v veri, zato je slab-šalni pregovor, da nekaj pomaga kot »Blažev žegen«, pravzaprav izraz nevere. Ce sledimo Jezusovim ozdravljenjem, kot so opisana v Evangelijih, je pogosto poudarjena prav vera ozdravljenega. Ko ga na primer slepi prosi, da bi spregledal, mu Jezus odgovori: »Pojdi, tvoja vera te je rešila!« (prim. Mr 10,47-52). OBVESTILA - ANNOUNCEMENTS KOLEDAR DOGODKOV - Feb. 4th - Bled - Koline - Feb. 10th - St. Gregory - Pustovanje - Feb. 11th - London - Maša ob 3:00 p.m. - Feb 14th - St. Gregory - Ash Wednesday - Pe-pelnica - Feb 19th - Slovenski Park - Family Day - March 3rd - Lipa Park - Spring General Meet-ing - Election of New Executive - March 3rd - CWL - KŽZ - Bazaar - Mass 10 a.m. - March 17th - Sv. Jožef - Banquet - Mass 10 am CLEANING OF THE CHURCH - Feb. 3rd - Lukežic & Volcanšek team - Feb. 10th - Gosgnach team BRALCI - READERS - JANUARY 28TH Slovenian - Rosemary Šušteršic English - Nadia Miklavcic GIFT BEARERS AT MASSES - Jan 28th - Mary Miketic & Pamela Gosgnach - Feb 4th - Stanko in Elizabeth Petek DRUŠTVO SV. JOŽEFA Villa Slovenia - Tuesday’s night social gatherings restart-ed. Torkovi veceri so zopet v polnem teku. Vabljeni, da pri-dete skupaj in preživite nekaj uric v dobri družbi prijateljev. Na mizi v cerkveni veži so še kuverte za clanarino. V kuverti je clanska izkaznica za leto 2024. Dajte denar za clanarino ($15) v kuverto in ku-verto oddajte v nabiralnik za nedeljsko nabirko. VECNA LUC V mesecu februarju bo vecna luc gorela za pokojnega Vinka in Ano Kokelj, po namenu Ana Plosinjak. PRVI PETEK Ta teden je prvi petek v mesecu. Ob 6:00 h zvecer bo priložnost za sveto spoved, molitev pred Najsvetejšim, rožni venec in sveto mašo. Ker je prvi petek 2. februarja, je ta dan tudi »Svecnica«, praznik Gospodovega darovanja v templju. Pri maši bomo blagoslovili svece. V soboto, 3. februarja, je god sv. Blaža, zavetnika za bolezni v grlu. Na ta dan pri maši podeljujemo blagoslov sv. Blaža. SV. MAŠE - MASSES: Mon. to Fri.: 7:00 P.M.; Saturday: 5:30 P.M. (Slo); Sunday: 9:30 A.M. (Slo); 11:00 A.M (Eng) - From July to Fall Banquet only 10:00 A.M. - KRSTI / BAPTISMS: For an appointment, call one month before. POROKE / MARRIAGE: By appointment, call one year before the wedding date. SPOVED / CONFESSIONS: First Friday of the month 6 to 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 per-sonal 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: Demšar Antonia - Toncka January 29, 2012 Lackovic Joe January 31, 2020 Saje Franc January 31, 2020 Fujs Frances February 1, 1994 Frumen Ernest February 1, 2013 Zorko Rozina February 2, 1967 Uršic Joseph February 3, 1983 Puscher Miroslav February 3, 2002 Prijatelj Mary February 4, 1998 CWL - KŽZ CWL members are asked to pay their mem-bership dues if they have not already done so since a cheque needs to be sent to our national office by the end of January. Our CWL invites our parish community to our BAZAAR on Sunday, March 3rd. The day will begin with a Mass at 10:00 a.m., followed by a luncheon and a myriad of activities for all ages. We kindly request some contributions to enhance our bazaar. Please bring in priz-es on Saturday morning, March 2nd, and baked goods early on the morning of Sun-day, March 3rd. We thank you in advance for your gen-erosity. Luncheon tickets will be made available soon at Sunday Masses. Prepayment is re-quired to make a reservation and receive a ticket; please prepay by Sunday, February 26th. Ticket prices for 13 years and up: $25; 6-12 years: $10; 5 and under: free. Contact person is Terezija Sarjaš: 905-563-4894. As you are well aware proceeds of our bazaar directly support our wonderful St. Gregory the Great Slovenian parish. Thank you! - Hvala! - Rosemary Šušteršic SVETE MAŠE - MASSES PONEDELJEK - MONDAY 29. JANUAR Valerij, škof † † Toncka Demšar, obl. Franc Kuclar 7:30 P.M. Demšar-Scarcelli-Purdon Families Demšar Family TOREK - TUESDAY 30. JANUAR Martina, muc. †† Ivan in Cecilia Sobocan 7:00 P.M. Družina Sobocan SREDA - WEDNESDAY 31. JANUAR Janez Bosko, ust. Salezijan. †† † † † Pok. duhovniki naše župnije Joe Lackovic, obl. Zvonko Horvat Joe Lackovic 7:00 P.M. Jožica Novak z družino Žena Vera z družino Vera Lackovic z družino Toncka Horvat z družino CETRTEK - THURSDAY 1. FEBRUAR Brigita Irska, opatinja † † Toni Ferko Rozalija Kolenko 7:00 P.M. Karol Ferko Karol Ferko PRVI PETEK - FIRST FRIDAY 2. FEBRUAR Gospodovo darovanje Svecnica †† † Jože in Marija Kuzma Marija Joželj 7:00 P.M. Sine Tone z družino Hci Sonja Langenfus SOBOTA - SATURDAY 3. FEBRUAR Blaž, škof-mucenec † †† † † †† † Marija Bukvic Za verne duše v vicah Jakob Muhic Jr. Frank Gimpelj Jr. Jože in Marija Kuzma Martin Malevic Jr. 5:30 P.M. Anton Bukvic z družino Marija Košir Družina Muhic Mama z družino Hci Jožica Vlašic z družino Oce in mama 5. NEDELJA MED LETOM 5TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 4. FEBRUAR Oskar, škof † † †† Za žive in rajne župljane Rozina Zorko, obl. Frank Starešinic Tony in Elizabeth Ferko 9:30 A.M. 11:00 A.M. - - - - - - - Milan in Sandy Ferletic Štefan Godina Jožica Novak z družino 4. NEDELJA MED LETOM 4TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 28. JANUAR Tomaž Akvinski, duhov-nik in cerkveni ucitelj † † † † † † Za žive in rajne župljane Frank Saje, obl. Ann Božnar Tony Ferko Jože Zadravec Za zdravje Joe Lackovic Marta Rašcan 9:30 A.M. 11:00 A.M. - - - - - - - Žena z družino John Božnar z družino Sestra Frida Koler Toni in Marija Franc z družino Daughter Žena Vera z družino Cvetka Milosavljevic