VESTNIK 2021 | VESTNIK 2021 | 479 VESTNIK 2021 | 481 VESTNIK 2021 | 483 GOSPODOVO ROJSTVO IN SVETA DRUŽINA CHRISTMAS & THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH SLOVENSKA ŽUPNIJA SV. GREGORIJA VELIKEGA | ST. GREGORY THE GREAT SLOVENIAN CHURCH 52/57 Številka - Number / Leto - Year 26. 12 . 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 Naš Bog je mož beseda, naš Bog drži besedo, naš Bog je zvest. Kar je stoletja napovedoval po svojih prerokih, je v polnosti casov udejanjil - sam je v božicni noci prišel med nas. Božje rojstvo med nami je brezprimeren dogodek v cloveški zgodovi-ni; dogodek, ki v cloveštvu odmeva in bo odmeval do konca sveta; dogo-dek, katerega luc na novo in dokoncno osvetljuje usodo cloveštva in vsa-kogar izmed nas. V luci Božica se nam odkrije, kako nekaj velikega in enkratnega je biti clovek. Ce se samemu Stvarniku vesoljstva ni zdelo zamalo, da je postal clovek, pomeni, da je v njegovih oceh clovek nekaj edinstvenega, zares krona vsega stvarstva in bitje, ki mu je nadvse pri srcu. Zato se je hotel biti solidaren z nami kot clovek, se povsem izenaci-ti, nam postati podoben v vsem, razen v grehu. Sprejel je nase vso clove-ško nebogljenost, pomanjkanje, lakoto, trpljenje in smrt - in jih s tem posvetil. Ni se zadovoljil s tem, da nas je v korenini odrešil greha: s svo-jim rojstvom je vse, ki se ga v veri in ljubezni oklenemo, povzdignil v nadnaravno obnebje in nam podaril nepredstavljivo dostojanstvo Božjih otrok, otrok luci, dedicev nebes. V luci Božica se torej najgloblje razkrije dostojanstvo slehernega clo-veka, še posebej dostojanstvo otroka, žensk in ostarelih. Temelj tega do- stojanstva je prav vesela novica, da smo sprico Bož-je solidarnosti do nas vsi Božji otroci in Kristusovi bratje in sestre, zato pa tudi bratje in sestre med seboj. Tudi slovita Deklaracija o clovekovih pravi-cah se navdihuje pri evangeljskih nacelih, se pravi v dogodku in sporocilu Božica. Po drugi strani pa se clovekove pravice najhuje teptajo prav tam, kjer so ljudje pretrgali svojo zavezanost božicnemu ozna-nilu. V luci Božica pa se hkrati razkrije tudi velicina življenja. Življenje je sveto in nedotakljivo od spoce-tja do naravne smrti. Gospodar življenja je samo Bog, mi smo le njegovi posredniki in oskrbniki, ki bomo glede tega ob svojem casu dajali odgovor. življenje je enkraten cudež, ki se v moci božicnega dogodka in z našim sodelovanjem lahko prelije v neskoncnost, v prekipevajoco polnost. Kajti med nami se je rodil Zacetnik življenja, ki je prišel, da bi imeli življenje in ga imeli v obilju. Blagor tistim, ki se velikodušno razdajajo v slu-žbi življenja! Blagor tistim, ki jim za prihodnost naroda nobena žrtev ni pretežka! Blagor tistim, ki na Božji klic vselej odgovarjajo z dejanjem! Božic je praznik nedoumljive Božje ljubezni. Bog, ki nam podarja svojega edinega Sina, zagotav-lja vsakomur od nas: Tudi ce bi te oce in mati poza-bila, jaz te ne pozabim: Glej, na obe dlani sem te zapisal (prim. Iz 49,15-16)! To Božje zagotovilo si vtisnimo v srce in iz njega crpajmo moc v vseh živ-ljenjskih preizkušnjah. Ce je Bog z nami, smo v za-nesljivih in varnih rokah. (Prim. Oznanjevalec 2006-2007, št. 2) 478 | VESTNIK 2021 480 | VESTNIK 2021 482 | VESTNIK 2021 484 | VESTNIK 2021 THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH Response: Blessed are those who live in your house, O Lord. First Reading 1 Samuel 1:20-22. 24-28 Samuel’s mother gives Samuel to God, not to lose her son but to find him. Second Reading 1 John 3:1-2. 21-24 The commandments are life, because they are given to us that we might live the life of God. Gospel Luke 2:41-52 The hidden life of Christ was not hidden from everyone. Christ needed other peo-ple to grow, just as we do. Otherwise he would not be fully human. “He then went down with them and came to Nazareth and lived under their authori-ty.” Illustration An exhibition of artworks from the Renais-sance in the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge contained knives from a rich Italian house with musical notes engraved on them. What were the notes for? It was to enable the singing of grace before meals. Presumably most people would know the simple tunes used, but the design was there to make a point. The Christian family is just as much a sacred gathering as a service in church. In fact it is more so in one respect. People gather in church of their own free will, even though they are called by the Holy Spirit. They then disperse. We can gather at any church. The family is different. It is partly a matter of choice for the husband and wife, but it is not a matter of choice for the children. The family is the first church, and even if we may sepa-rate ourselves from the family by marriage or reli-gious vows, we never lose our responsibility for each other in family. Jesus was born into a family because this is part of the human good. Some people are deprived of that human good, but Christ was not, because he is the perfect human being. His deprivation would come from the persecution and unbelief of others, but it would not come from human dysfunction, as happens so often. This means that he offers us grace as part of a human family. Where he is, Joseph and Mary are not far away. We too need to offer prayer as part of the family, whatever sort it might be, be-cause this is part of our own perfection, to acknowledge how much we are shaped by God through other people. Gospel Teaching The word “person” may not sound like a theo-logical word, still less the words that derive from it, such as “personality” or “personally”, yet it has its origin in Christian theology. It was adapted from the Latin word for “mask” as used by actors in ancient drama so that the actors could portray a multitude of characters. It was used to describe the persons of the Trinity and applied to human beings and angels as created persons. Person means the fundamental reality of each one of us, whatever we may be. Hu- man weakness, or illness such as dementia, can limit our ability to act as free persons. Newborn children are limited in their ability to make decisions for themselves. There are limitations of nature, but na-ture cannot destroy the fact of personhood. Children grow up and become more capable of making decisions for themselves, which is often dif-ficult for their parents to accept. The story of Jesus in the Temple is precisely about that fact: that in his humanity Christ had to grow up to become able to fulfil his mission. This story might seem to suggest that Mary and Joseph were unaware of his divinity, but it is more a case that they were coming to terms with his humanity. A real humanity is always limited and, by accepting these limitations, the Son of God was deepening his humanity. If his Godhead had overwhelmed his humanity, the redemption would have been imperfect. Instead Jesus is truly depend-ent on his family and ultimately humanity as a whole, even to the point of death. Only at the resur-rection is our personhood fully affirmed, where all redeemed humanity will be about their Father’s business. Application The family is not an absolute good. Sometimes we may have to break away from our family to avoid sin. Yet the desire for good family life is an absolute. Here on earth nature often binds us to our families, but our love has to go beyond those bounds. This is not a contradiction but a larger truth, the truth of heaven, which swallows up the lesser truth of family life on earth. So the Gospels speak of the importance of family life, with the story of the prodigal son where the love of the father is the image of the love of God. Yet Jesus also says, “If any man comes to me without hating his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, yes and his own life too, he cannot be my disciple.” The paradox is resolved in the Holy Family, who are for each other but where all three keep in mind first their relationship to God, and from this fidelity a greater unity is forged. Cilj naše kampanje je v treh letih zbrati vsoto $200,000.00 za našo župni-jo. Nekateri še vedno ne razumejo, da vse, kar boste darovali preko te kampa-nje, bo prejela naša župnija in še 10% iz skupnega sklada. Škofijski uradi pa bo-do vodili vse racunovodske zadeve, ta-ko, da nam ne bo potrebno tega dela urejati. V Vestniku objavimo koliko ste »obljubili« da boste darovali za kampa-njo za našo župnijo preko škofijskega racuna in koliko je že dejansko »vplacanega«. Iz škofije so nam sedaj poslali kodo, da lahko sami pogledamo tekoce stanje na našem racunu. Na racunu »Eno Srce, Ena Duša« za našo slovensko župnijo sv. Gregorija Velikega je: $119,072. - Pledged (Dec 16, 2021 $85,812. - Paid (Dec 16, 2021) Hvala vsem, ki ste že prispevali. Smo že krepko cez polovico zastav-ljenega cilja. V nedeljo, 19. decembra, smo dolbili obisk salezijan-skega provinciala iz ZDA, Fr. Timothy Zak, SDB in salezi-janskega predstojnika iz salezijanske skupnosti Toron-to, Fr. John Louis Mariapragasam. Provincial se je mudil te dni na obisku v naši salezijanski skupnosti. Skupaj z Gr. Brankom sta somaševala, provincial pa je spregovo-ril nekaj besed po evangeliju. V nedeljo popoldne sva se z g. Brankom odpravila še v London, kjer smo imeli v cerkvi St. John the Divine »božicno sveto mašo« za clane londonske slovenske skupnosti. Kar lepo število se nas je zbralo. Tokrat se nismo mogli še ustaviti po maši na srecanju v dvorani. BOŽICNO PRAZNOVANJE PRI SV. GREGORIJU VELIKEM - Letom smo lahko zopet v cerkvi obhajali tako ad-ventno pripravo, kot tudi sam Božic. Na sveti vecer smo se v lepem številu zbrali ob 6h zvecer. K angleški sveti maši. Pri maši je pel angleški zbor pod vodstvom Ivana Mertuk. Lepo je bilo zopet slišati pesmi v živo. Pri maši je sodelovala družina Archer (Novak): Holly je prinesla Dete Jezusa in ga položila v zibelko, Nicholas je prižgal svece na adventnem vencku, Emily je pre-brala berila, skupaj z Abby pa so prebrali tudi prošnje. Ob 10h zvecer smo imeli mašo v sloven-šcini. Vodil jo je go-spod Branko Balažic. Najprej smo zapeli del božicne devet-dnevnice, nato bla-goslovili jaslice, Joe je prižgal svece na ven-cku; mašo smo nada-ljevali s pesmijo Sve-ta noc. Tokrat so tudi orgle obogatile petje. Gospa Olga pa nam je prebrala berila. Hvala vsem za sodelovanje pri bogoslužju. V cerkvi je bilo še nekaj klopi praznih, tako, da bi lahko še kdo prišel. Sicer pa smo se lahko brez težav držali pravil Covida-19. Hvala tudi Kristjanu Razpotniku, ki redno prihaja vsako nedeljo in praznik, da pomaga pri prenosu svete maše preko Facebook programa. Na sveti vecer je bilo samo pri prvi maše okrog 60 takih, ki so sledili bogoslužje preko svetovnega spleta. V atriju cerkve ste si lahko vzeli nedeljske kuverte za prihodnje leto, prav tako so na razpolago še Mari-janski koledarji in tudi misijonski angleški. Tudi kadi-lo je še na razpolago. Na sam Božic smo imeli sveto mašo ob 10h do-poldne. Berila nam je pri maši prebrala ga. Sue Au-guštin. Pesmi pa smo doživeto prepevali vsi v cerkvi. Še enkrat hvala Olgi in sinu Marjanu Glavac za lepo okrašeno cerkev. Kdor ni poskusil, se ne zaveda koliko casa je vloženega, da je v cerkvi lepo urejeno. Hvala tudi vsem, ki med letom prihajate in cistite cerkev, da je vedno snažna. Hvala našima zvestima ministrantoma Joe Gosgnach in Alojzu Sarjaš. Hvala tudi vsem bralcem božje besede in Mary Miklavcic in Franku Novaku, ki poskrbita za razpored bralcev. Na novega leta dan bo sveta maša samo ob 10h dopol-dne. V nedeljo, 2. januarja bo maša ob 10h dopol-dne. Pri maši bo zopet pet angleški zbor, zato bo vecji del maše v anglešcini. OBVESTILA - ANNOUNCEMENTS 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 V tem tednu so naslednje obletnice smrti faranov, ki so zapisani v naših knjigah: CIŠCENJE CERKVE - CLEANING OF THE CHURCH Jan. 1, 2022 Gosgnach team Jan. 8, 2022 Groznik, Erzar, Lukežic VECNA LUC V mesecu januarju 2022 bo vecna luc sveti-la po namenu Vere Lackovic in družine za po-kojnega moža Joe. SVETA DRUŽINA THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH 26. DECEMBER ŠTEFAN, DIAKON †† †† † † † † † †† †† Za žive in rajne župljane Za vse pokojne iz Villa Slovenia Štefan Mlinaric in družina Zorica Radinovic Štefan Horvat (London) Joe Lackovic Frank Saje Štefan Hozjan Ana in Štefan Kricaj Štefan in Gizella Ray 10:00 A.M. ------------- Julija Sagadin z družino Matilda Prša Family Vera Lackovic z družino Žena Vera z družino Žena Žena Marija Hozjan z družino Marija Family Modic Anthony December 28, 1976 Prša Steve December 29, 1989 Vucko Štefan December 29, 2002 Pucko Eddy January 1, 2009 Kobetich Mary January 2, 2005 SVETE MAŠE - MASSES 27. 12. 2021 — 2. 1. 2022 PONEDELJEK - MONDAY 27. DECEMBER Janez, apostol-evangelist † † † † † Ignac Horvat John Antolin John Antolin John Antolin Lojze Lesica 7:00 P.M. Gizela in Steve Kovac Ivan Mertuk Jr z družino Družina Mertuk Kathy Prša z družino Kathy Prša z družino TOREK - TUESDAY 28. DECEMBER Nedolžni otroci † †† Viktorija Sagadin, obl. Za vse žive iz družine Kovac Pavel in Paul Richard Novak Za zdravje 7:00 P.M. Julija Sagadin z družino Ivka Pašalic Helen Špiler Monika Gašpar SREDA - WEDNESDAY 29. DECEMBER Tomaž Becket, škof † † †† †† Matija Vlašic Ignac Prša Annie in Frank Kozlar Marija in Ignac Horvat 7:00 P.M. Žena in otroci Marija Števancec Kathy Prša z družino Kathy Prša z družino CETRTEK - THURSDAY 30. DECEMBER Vincencija, red. ustanov. † † † † † † Marija Zabukovec Anica Šalika Joe Prša Ivan Mertuk Magda Udovc Zoltan Gergyek 7:00 P.M. Štefka Eržen Cecilija Sobocan Družina Mertuk Družina Mertuk Družina Mertuk Družina Mertuk PETEK - FRIDAY 31. DECEMBER Silvester I., papež Drugi sveti vecer † † † †† Ignac Horvat Ignac Horvat V zahvalo za vse milosti Zoltan Gergyek Mihael (obl.), Marija in Anton 5:30 P.M. Društvo sv. Jožefa (5) Rozina Horvat Ivka Pašalic Olga Hanc z družino Helen Špiler SOBOTA - SATURDAY 1. JANUAR 2022 MARIJA, SVETA BOŽJA MATI NOVO LETO MARY, THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD NEW YEAR'S DAY † † †† †† † † † † Za žive in rajne župljane Slavko Slobodnik Zoltan Gergyek Eddy in Alex Pucko Štefan in Ancka Kricaj Lojze Lesica Marija Dominko Ante Cule Ante Cule 10:00 A.M. ---------------- Family Klamfar Marija Košir Family Marija Števancec Vinko in Magda Benc Brat Štefan z družino Štefan Antolin z družino Žena z družino GOSPODOVO RAZGLAŠENJE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD 2. JANUAR 2022 BAZILIJ IN GREGOR, ŠKOF IN UCITELJ † † †† † † Za žive in rajne župljane Lojze Lesica Marija Kuzma Pok. Zupancic, sestre in bratje Marija Dominko, 30. dan Saveta Bartula 10:00 A.M. ------------- Jože Gimpelj Hci Jožica z družino Vera Sampl z družino Ivan in Angela Antolin Sin z družino Špiler