16. IN 17. NEDELJA MED LETOM 16TH & 17TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME SLOVENSKA ŽUPNIJA SV. GREGORIJA VELIKEGA | ST. GREGORY THE GREAT SLOVENIAN CHURCH 29-30/52 Številka - Number / Leto - Year 17. 7. 2016 24. 7. 2016 Fr. Drago Gačnik, SDB ŽUPNIK - PASTOR NASLOV - ADDRESS 125 Centennial Pkwy N Hamilton, ON L8E 1H8 TEL.: 905-561-5971 FAX: 905-561-5109 E-MAIL Gregory_sdb@ stgregoryhamilton.ca WEB PAGE www.carantha.com HALL RENTALS CELL: 905-518-6159 E-MAIL Hallrental@ stgregoryhamilton.ca VESTNIK GOSTOLJUBNOST, IZRAZ LJUBEZNI Gostoljubnost je od vedno bila sveta stvar. Gost je bil vedno zelo dobrodošel v vsaki hiši. Nekoč je veljal celo pregovor: »Gost v hiši - Bog v hiši«. Hišna vrata so bila nekoč, vsaj na vasi je bilo tako, vedno odklenjena. Vsak, ki je potrkal, je bil sprejet kot gost in za vsakega se je našla dobra beseda in za berača tudi kos kruha. Gostoljubnost je bila vedno izraz ljubezni in dobrote. Kar človek zna deliti z drugimi to seveda tudi njega bogati. To je narava gostoljubnosti, da se ljudje cenimo in spoštujemo med seboj, ker vemo, da smo vsi ljudje ustvarjeni po Božji podobi in nosimo v sebi neskončno vrednost. Gostoljubnost ni neki naravni dar, ki bi ga nekdo imel drugi pa ne, ampak se gostoljubnosti lahko naučimo. Že otroke moramo vzgajati h gostoljubnosti, kar pomeni, da morajo spoštovati in biti pozorni do vsakega gosta, ki se pojavi v hiši. Otrok, ki zna spoštovati druge, bo tudi sam sebe znal dobro spoštovati. Spoštovanje je vedno dober odnos do drugega, kar vključuje gostoljubnost. Gostoljubnosti ne dokažemo s tem, kar postavimo na mizo pred gosta, da mu postrežemo. Gostoljubnost pokažemo predvsem s tem, kako gosta sprejmemo in kako smo pozorni naj. Saj je gost v centru pozornosti ne stvari. V tem pomenu tudi Jezus govori o Marti in Mariji. Marta nam je res zgled gostoljubnosti, kajti prava gostoljubnost prinaša tudi kar nekaj obveznosti, da ko odpreš gostu vrata svojega doma mu postrežeš in ponudiš kar imaš najuboljšega. Marti Jezus ugovarja, da jo skrbi veliko drugih stvari, da morda niti ne opazi in ni pozorna na gosta samega. Najprej je pomemben gost kot oseba, potem pa vse drugo kar se dogaja okrog obiska. Tudi ko dajemo miloščino beraču, je pomembno s kakšnim odnosom to storimo in na kakšen način izkazujemo dobro delo. Martina sestra Marija pa nam je zgeld, kako moramo prisluhniti gostu. Marija je tako pozorno prisluhnila Jezusu, da je celo pozabila na postrežbo. Toda Jezus je zaradi tega ni pograjal, ampak jo je celo pohvalil, da si je izvolila boljši del. 266 | VESTNIK 2016 268 | VESTNIK 2016 270 | VESTNIK 2016 272 | VESTNIK 2016 DAY CAMP 2016 Summer Day Camp is around the corner and planning has started. Parents, Grandparents, aunts and uncles... Round up the kids and sign them up for a week of fun. The camp runs August 2nd to 5th with our annual Friday night campers BBQ. Email Heidy Novak to reserve a spot at novakh@sympatico.ca - this year we will have limited registration available so give us a call and start planning for summer. Volunteers - remember to sign up and email me so that we can start organizing for our Camp... It's going to be fun! St. Joseph Society Bocce Tournament St. Joseph Society Bocce tournament will be held August 27 at 10 AM – Villa Slovenia. Registration is $12 or Lunch only is $8.00. Tournament is open to all members, potential members, & Slovenian youth,14 years and up. Each team will be comprised of 4 members. This year, you may create your own team by entering 1, 2, 3 or 4. If less than 4 are entered, we will add to complete the foursome. Registration for tournament and lunch attendees is to be accompanied with full payment to Frank Mramor (905-662-7438 or Ivan Miketič (905-560-1200. Kitchener Oktoberfest 2016 - DayTrip St. Joseph Society once again is planning to attend Octoberfest – Sava Club –Breslau Saturday, October 15th. Departure: 12:00 Special package - $65 includes: visit to St. Jacob Market and Outlets, Sava Club Admission, Family style dinner, Oktoberfest Band, German Dancers, Taxes & gratuities and comfortable Motor Coach transportation. All are welcome! Registration: Make cheques payable to St. Joseph Society - contact: Frank Erzar (905-643-0285) or Jerry Ponikvar (905-333-5813) Nedelja Slovencev po svetu na Brezjah Prvo nedeljo v juliju se že vrsto let posveča Slovencem po svetu. To je dan, ko se ne le spomnimo na rojake, ampak tudi molimo, da bi se v njihovih skupnostih po svetu okrepila slovenski jezik, slovenska zavest in narodna izročila, utemeljena na veri. V narodnem svetišču Marije Pomagaj na Brezjah je bilo to nedeljo slovesno somaševanje. Kot so zapisali na spletni strani marija.si, je letošnja nedelja Slovencev po svetu priložnost, da skupaj z rojaki iz zamejstva in tujine obeležimo 25. obletnico samostojne države Slovenije ter se spomnimo na pričevanje in pomemben doprinos, ki so ga opravili v času mednarodnega priznanja Slovenije. Ob koncu je bil poudarijen pomen luči vere za naš narod in njegov obstoj. Tisto nedeljo so bili vsi raskropljeno po svetu, romarji pri Mariji Pomgaj. VESTNIK 2016 | 267 VESTNIK 2016 | 269 VESTNIK 2016 | 271 16TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Response: O Lord, who may abide in your tent? First Reading Genesis 18:1-10 At the hottest, least hospitable time of day, Abraham goes out from the comfort and cool of his tent to offer rest and refresh-ment to travellers. In this simple work he and Sarah have their lives transformed, touched by God’s promise. Second Reading Colossians 1:24-28 In witnessing to the great mystery of God’s love in the Gospel, Paul discovers that his very bodily living, even in suffering, is a way of service and love. Gospel Luke 10:38-42 In the Gospel we meet Jesus in a familiar, domestic setting, with familiar household chores and tensions “You worry and fret about so many things, and yet few are needed.” Illustration It is a common enough tension in family life: the daily chores of cooking, cleaning and laundry tend to fall to one person, most often a parent, and frequently the mother of the family. How many women have found themselves hot and stressed in the kitchen, listening to the happy laughter of guests, as they work away feeling left out and over-burdened? For one mother, at the end of such an evening of entertaining, it was all too much. The guests had gone, and she sat down exhausted and burst into tears. Angrily she regaled her family with what a hard evening she’d had: she just felt like a servant to everyone else’s enjoyment; she’d felt like no one cared about her or wanted her around. “But Mum,” the eldest child tried to comfort her, “you know we love you!” “I know you feel that and say it,” Mum replied, “but love is a doing word – and I’ve been doing all evening on my own!” Gospel Teaching Hospitality – opening our homes, and sharing our food with others – is a basic, practical, bodily doing of love. It is this deeply human way of friendship that is at the heart of the ways in which God comes to people in the scripture readings of today. For Abraham and Sarah their hospitality to the mysterious visitors marks a turning point in their lives, as the gift of the child they thought they’d never have is promised. A whole people is born from this simple act of welcoming the strangers and tending to their needs. For Martha, however, the great gift of receiv-ing Jesus into her home has a different kind of blessing – one of challenge. The challenge comes from Jesus himself, and there’s no getting away from it: far from feeling sorry for Martha’s stress and busyness, and her sister’s apparent lack of sisterly concern, Jesus (rather hurtfully, we might think) suggests that Martha is fussing about too many things. What are we to make of this challenge to Martha’s hospitable instincts and hard work? It is a hard text; but perhaps Martha’s difficulty, as far as Jesus is concerned, is that she is forgetting some-thing that must lie at the heart of all our practical care. When we cook for guests, when we welcome people into our homes and share a bit of our lives with them, it is an act of practical loving, not a per-formance of our own expertise. The danger is that it is the “stuff” of our caring that becomes the fo-cus, rather than the person we are loving through that stuff. A simpler meal offered with care, which leaves room for the conversations of friendship, is more enabling of the doing of love than the extrava-gant feast that leaves some people exhausted and resentful, and can actually get in the way of real personal sharing. Application Our world today is one where hospitality is a practice of love that is much needed. Whether we look at our own cities and towns and the loneliness that is so often to be found there, or further afield, to the refugees fleeing war and suffering, the many thousands of displaced people of our time – wher-ever we look, there is a call to share and befriend. This call is also a challenge, as it was for Martha. We are not called to grand gestures or lavish actions that we can take some pride in as the giver or the brilliant host. Rather, our giving is always, like Mary’s, to be centred on meeting the person whom we welcome. We need to learn to sit still with those we are called to care for, and listen to them, and let them know they are heard. Too often our fretting over too many things, so as to “get it right”, gets in the way of loving; busyness is only really godly when it is a practice of love. In the week ahead let’s recognise the moments of hospitality that are opened up to us: buying a coffee for a workmate – and then spending some time chatting over it with them; inviting someone new to our homes – and getting to know them bet-ter; giving some food or money to the rough sleeper – and stopping to talk and listening to his or her story. If our generosity keeps the love of that person central, these moments of generosity will surely also be moments of meeting God. 17TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Response: On the day I called, O Lord, you an-swered me. First Reading Genesis 18:20-32 Abraham beseeches God to have mercy on the sinful city. Second Reading Colossians 2:12-14 Paul reflects on what God has done for us through our baptism. Gospel Luke 11:1-13 Prayer means trusting God to be a loving Father. “Give us each day our daily bread.” Illustration Years ago, when many more people smoked than do today, a certain priest finished his Sunday morning duties and realised he had run out of ciga-rettes. Panic! In those days shops closed on Sundays. The only answer was to find a vending machine. All afternoon he drove round town, and then round the entire county. He used up torrents of fuel. He be-came more and more exasperated by the lack of cigarette dispensers, and more and more deter-mined not to be defeated. In the end he found one on the forecourt of a remote petrol station, put his money in the slot, grasped the packet he’d been dreaming of and drove home contented. But in fact a better word would be “humiliated”. The priest suddenly realised to what extent he was enslaved by the need for tobacco: what a grotesque way to spend a Sunday afternoon! He reflected on his ad-diction, for that’s what it was. And he made a super-human effort and gave up smoking. He hasn’t touched a cigarette since. Gospel Teaching Jesus says to his disciples: “Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.” We serve a gener-ous and merciful Father. Today’s first reading is dra-matic. God loses patience with a sinful city, and is about to obliterate it, wipe it off the face of the earth. But then Abraham comes along and pleads with God. To our ears his pleading is artful and childish, like haggling in an eastern market, perhaps – Abraham wheedles more and more concessions out of God until it is clear that the place will be spared after all. The whole point of the passage is the power of prayer. A good person storming heav-en with prayers works wonders. In the book of Exodus, still in the Old Testa-ment, Moses fulfils the same role. The Israelites in the desert are not true to God, they worship false gods, they stop trusting the true God and complain about the lack of food and water. “Right,” says God, “I’ve had enough of these people, I shall abandon them.” “Oh no,” says Moses, “please don’t do that, please give them another chance. I’ll tell them what you've said, let me reason with them.” Moses’ main job, once he has escaped the clutches of the Egyp-tians, is to intercede with God for his unruly mob of followers. He becomes a professional man of prayer. Again and again he softens the heart of God, until he has brought his quarrelsome tribes to the verge of the promised land. Prayer works, is the message. It works, because God cares. Application It works, but in a context of love and trust. Abraham and Moses were loving sons of the Father, they treated him with profound respect, they were prepared to be patient. When Jesus talks to his friends about prayer, he is presuming that we too respect and cherish God as our Father, that we trust his judgement. If you know a family where the chil-dren rudely demand expensive presents, and shout and scream if they are frustrated, you may think to yourself, “I hope the parents don’t cave in, I hope they stand firm.” Wilful infants can treat their par-ents like vending machines: insert the demand, re-ceive the goods. God the Father is not about to be treated like that: after all, we already owe him so much. What he wants of me is my heart, my confi-dence, my patience. My relationship with him is far more valuable than the gifts he might give me. The biggest gift God can give us is the Holy Spirit. This gift will ensure that we live in union and communion with Jesus. We shall learn to share his passion, during which he appealed to his Father, “Father, if it be your will, let this chalice pass from me.” It seemed that his prayer was not heard, be-cause the next day brought him to his death on Cal-vary. But wait until Sunday morning, when the stone in the garden rolls away, and Christ steps out, risen, strong, immortal, saviour and lover of humankind, and, with the Father, giver of the Spirit. He under-stands our deepest needs, he has anticipated our worst sufferings and he has come through victori-ous. To him we can say, in the words of today’s psalm, “You stretch out your hand and save me, your hand will do all things for me.” OBVESTILA - ANNOUNCEMENTS DOGODKI V BLIŽNJI PRIHODNOSTI . 23. julij-sobota: Slovenski Park - Pečenkafest . 24. julij-nedelja: Bled-Beamsville - Proščenje; maša ob 12:30 p.m. - Picnic . 30. & 31. julij - Slovenski Park - Volleyball Tournament, Bocce Tournament-Kid's Olympics, Maša, Sunday 1:00 p.m. . 2. do 5. avg.: Sv. Gregorij Veliki - DAY CAMP . 7. avgust-nedelja: Lipa park - Music in the park - 12:00 to 8:00 p.m. PRINAŠANJE DAROV: GIFT BEARERS . 17. julij, 10:00 a.m.: Gizela Hauzar & Emilija Mertuk . 24. julij, 10:00 a.m.: Eva Erzetič & Jožica Vegelj . 31. julij, 10:00 a.m.: Jože in Jožica Groznik SUMMER SOCIAL FOR CWL MEMBERS Summer Social for CWL Members and Ladies of Our Parish. CWL members and ladies of our parish are cordially invited to our annual summer social which will take place at King's Buffet (200 Centennial Pkwy. N., Hamilton) on Wednesday, August 10th at 12:00 pm. Price is $20 for adults or $17 for seniors. This includes taxes, tips and beverage (coffee, tea, soft drink). Please confirm attendance at this event by contacting either Julie Matus (e-mail: Julie.matus@yahoo.com or phone: 905-975-0568) or Rosemary Šušteršič (e-mail: rsjsriba@gmail.com or phone: 905-512-2176) by August 1st. POKOJNI ------------------------------------------------------------------ V Bakovcih v Prekmurju je umrl Alojz Domša in se vrnil v Božje naročje. Star je bil 84 let. Pokojni je bil svak našega farana Franca Marič. Mašo za pokojnega Alojza smo darovali v naši cerkvi 30. junija 2016. Gospodu Mariču in vsem drugim sorodnikom izražamo iskreno sožalje v molitvenem spominu za pokojnega Alojza, kateremu pa želimo večni mir pri Bogu. ------------------------------------------- V Krogu pri Murski Soboti je 22. junija 2016 zaspala v Gospodu Marija Rajtar. Marca letos je dopolnila 91 let. Pokojna, ki je odšla k Bogu po svoje življenjsko plačilo, je bila mama naše faranke Kristine Mes. Tukaj bomo za njo darovali sveto mašo 22. julija, ki je 30. dan po smrti. Hčerki Kristini in vsem drugim sorodnikom izražamo iskreno sožalje v militvenem spominu, pokojni pa želimo večni mir in pokoj pri dobremu Bogu, v katero naročje se je vrnila. --------------------------------------------- V Švici je 4. julija 2016, zaspala v Gospodu Marija Grobelnik. Januarja letos je dopolnila 71 let. Pokojna je sestra Jožice Pavličič in brata Viktorja Grobelnik. Obema izražamo globoko krščansko sožalje in obljubljamo molitveni spomin. Mašo za pokonjo Marijo bomo pri nas opravili 20. julija zvečer ob 7 uri. Pokojni pa želimo, da bi v Bogu našla svoj večni počitek. ---------------------------------------------- DAROVI - DONATIONS Za rože oltarnemu društvu je v spomin na pokojnega Pavla Novak darovala $ 50 Milka Kastelic. Prisrčna hvala! SVETE MAŠE - MASS TIMES: Ponedeljek/Monday – Petek/Friday: 7:00 P.M. Sobota/Saturday: 8:00 A.M. – slovenska / in Slovenian 5:30 P.M. – slovenska / in Slovenian - Nedelja/Sunday: 9:30 A.M. – slovenska / in Slovenian - 11:00 A.M. – angleška / in English KRSTI / BAPTISMS: Po dogovoru, prijava 1 mesec prej. - For an app’t, call one month before. POROKE / MARRIAGE: Prijava eno leto prej. / For an app’t, call one year before the wedding date. SPOVED / CONFESSIONS: Vsak prvi petek ob 6:00 P.M. / First Friday of the month 6-7:00 P.M. (or by appointment) BOLNIKI - Sporočite, če je kdo bolan ali v bolnišnici, da ga obiščemo. You are welcome to call for a personal conversation (person counselling) with your priest – please call during business hours for an appointment. Tel: 905-561-5971. DON BOSCO SVETE MAŠE - MASSES Od 17. 7. 2016 Do 23. 7. 2016 16. NEDELJA MED LETOM 17. JULIJ Aleksij (Aleš), spokor. † † † Za žive in rajne župljane Mary Hochevar Pavel Novak John Tompa 10:00 A.M. Družina Groznik Mary Zabukovec Sestre in družina PONEDELJEK-MONDAY 18. JULIJ Elij, mučenec † † † Milan Štefanec, obl. Mary Hochevar, obl. Pavel Novak 7:00 P.M. Žena z družino Hči Goodfellow Manja Erzetič TOREK - TUESDAY 19. JULIJ Ambrozij, opat † Pavel Novak 8:00 A.M. Marianne Kutleša SREDA - WEDNESDAY 20. JULIJ Marjeta Antiohijska † † † † Vera Despoja Jugovič Pavel Novak Marija Pavličič Martin Malevič, (ml.) obl. 7:00 P.M. Martin in Dragica Tompa Frank in Lojzka Novak Sestra Jožica Pavličič z druž. Družina Malevič ČETRTEK - THURSDAY 21. JULIJ Danijel, prerok †† † Pokojni iz družine Kološa Laura Graham 7:00 P.M. Majda Salajko Manja Erzetič PETEK - FRIDAY 22. JULIJ Marija Magdalena,sp.ž † † † †† Pavel Novak Vid Kastelic Marija Rajtar (30 dan) Anton Benkovič in družina 7:00 P.M. Milka Kastelic Družina Kastelic Hčerka z družino Mary Mihalič SOBOTA SATURDAY 23. JULIJ Brigita Švedska, redov. † †† † †† † † Pavel Novak Starši Vlašič in Matija Vinko Cestnik Pokojni iz družine Madon Tomo Pašalić Franc Veksel 8:00 A.M. 5:30 P.M. Rosemary in družina Jožica in družina Francka Cestnik Družina Žigon Katarina Ivankovič Družina Veličevič 17. NEDELJA MED LETOM 24. JULIJ Krištof, mučenec †† †† †† † Za žive in rajne župljane Ana in Jože Coznar Ana in Ivan Selšek Pokojni člani društva Bled Vera Despoja Jugovič 10:00 A.M. 12:30 P.M. Jože Gimpelj z družino Jože Gimpelj z družino Žegnanje pri društvu BLED Tončka Horvat z družino PONEDELJEK-MONDAY 25. JULIJ Jakob starejši, apostol † † Tone Zrnec Pavel Novak 7:00 P.M. Manja Erzetič Dorithy Jezovnik TOREK - TUESDAY 26. JULIJ Joahim in Ana, starši M † Ana Zorčič 8:00 A.M. Jožica Vegelj SREDA - WEDNESDAY 27. JULIJ Gorazd in Kliment † † †† †† Marija Joželj, obl. Laura Graham Anton, Anica, Ivan Malevič Rezka in Martin Plut 7:00 P.M. Hči Sonja Langenfus Manja Erzetič Družina Malevič Družina Malevič ČETRTEK - THURSDAY 28. JULIJ Viktor I., papež † †† † Marija Grebenc Pokojni iz družine Kološa Matila Zorko, obl. 7:00 P.M. Lojze in Peter Grebenc Mojda Salajko Milan in Sandy PETEK - FRIDAY 29. JULIJ Marta, Lazarjeva sestra † † †† Vera Despoja Jugovič Jože Bukvič Anton Benkovič in družina 7:00 P.M. Martin in Dragica Tompa Fedele Scime Mary Mihalič SOBOTA SATURDAY 30. JULIJ Peter Krizolog, škof †† † †† †† † Za verne duše v vicah (31) Hugo Hapke Terezija in Rudi Hajdinjak Martin in Marija Veličevič Pavel Novak 8:00 A.M. 5:30 P.M. N.N. Žena in družina Martin in Regina Nedelko Družina Veličevič Francka Cestnik z družino 18. NEDELJA MED LETOM 31. JULIJ Ignacij Lojolski, ustanovitelj Jezuitov † † †† Za žive in rajne župljane George Madronich John Tompa Zygmund, Henrik, Piotr Pokojni člani Slovenskega parka 10:00 A.M. 1:00 P.M. Žena Ida Madronich z druž. Sestra Janiak Family SLOVENSKI PARK SVETE MAŠE - MASSES Od 24. 7. 2016 Do 31. 7. 2016