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26.11. 2023
34. NEDELJA
MED LETOM

KRISTUS KRALJ

34TH SUNDAY IN
ORDINARY TIME
OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST,
KING OF THE UNIVERSE
Fr. Drago Gačnik, SDB
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Na zadnjo nedeljo cerkvenega leta obhajamo praznik Kristusa, Kralja vesoljstva. V
Kristusu bo ves svet dosegel polnost, on ima
pravico, da so mu pokorni vsi ljudje. Po drugi strani je on kralj, ki skrbi za dobro vseh.
Prvo berilo, vzeto iz preroka Ezekijela,
nam predstavlja Boga kot pastirja, ki gre
iskat svoje ovce in skrbi zanje, pa tudi kot
sodnika, ki bo sodil med »ovco in ovco, med
ovni in kozli«. Evangelij te poglede povzame
in poglobi. V drugem berilu Pavel pravi:
Kristus »mora kraljevati, dokler ne položi
vseh sovražnikov pod njegove noge.«
Evangelij se začne z veličastnim prizorom. Jezus je prepričan o svoji moči, svoji
oblasti, ker pravi: »Ko pride Sin človekov v
svojem veličastvu in vsi angeli z njim, takrat bo sedel na prestol svojega
veličastva.« Gre za slovesno ustoličenje. Sin človekov, ki je bil v zemeljskem življenju ponižen, ki pa je v resnici Božji Sin in ima pravico do najvišje slave, prihaja v svoji slavi z vsemi svojimi angeli, saj je njegova slava nebeška. Sede na prestol svojega veličastva.
Potem ko je trpel, je bil Jezus poveličan in povabljen, da sede na Očetovo desnico. Psalmist pravi: »Gospodov govor mojemu Gospodu: 'Sêdi
na mojo desnico!'« (Ps 110,1; Mt 22,42-45).
Oblast poveličanega Kristusa se kaže v njegovi moči, da izvrši vesoljno sodbo, ki konča vso človeško zgodovino. Pred njim so zbrani vsi narodi in on bo ločil ene od drugih, kakor pastir loči ovce od kozlov. Jezus
svojo oblast postavlja v službo najbolj ponižnih, najbolj trpečih, najbolj
potrebnih. To je razodetje Kristusovega kraljestva. Jezus se poistoveti z
vsemi tistimi, ki so v potrebi, ki trpijo, ki so v življenju v težavah, da bi
spodbudil tudi nas, da bi bili pozorni in požrtvovalni do vseh teh ljudi.
Kristusova oblast ni v zatiranju ampak v služenju ponižnim in potrebnim in to je nekaj izrednega za kralja.
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Nato sledi tisto najbolj presenetljivo. Jezus pravi:
»Lačen sem bil in ste mi dali jesti, žejen sem bil in ste
mi dali piti...« Pravični so presenečeni. Ne spominjajo
se, da bi bili tako velikodušni do Jezusa, da so ga srečali v takih razmerah, zato vprašajo: »Gospod, kdaj smo
te videli lačnega in te nasitili ali žejnega in ti dali piti? ...« Jezusov odgovor je preprost: »Kar koli ste storili
enemu od teh mojih najmanjših bratov, ste meni storili.«
V prvem berilu Bog po preroku Izaiju obljublja, da
bo poiskal svoje ovce, da bo poskrbel zanje: »Sam bom
pasel svoje ovce in sam jim bom dajal počitek.« Tako
se kaže vsa njegova dobrota. Ta dobrota, ki je bila obljubljena, je bila uresničena z Jezusovim prihodom in z
njegovim načinom poistovetenja z ljudmi, ki so v težavah in potrebah.
Še vedno po preroku Ezekijelu Bog obljublja:
»Izgubljene bom poiskal, razgnane pripeljal nazaj...«
Jezus izpolnjuje to božjo obljubo s svojo skrbjo za vse
najmanjše, najbolj slabotne, najbolj prezirane.
Potem smo v evangeliju priča drugemu delu kraljeve sodbe: »Proč izpred mene, prekleti, v večni ogenj, ki
je pripravljen hudiču in njegovim angelom! Kajti lačen
sem bil in mi niste dali jesti.«
Tudi v tem primeru so ljudje presenečeni in pravijo:
»Gospod, kdaj smo te videli lačnega ali žejnega ... in ti
nismo postregli?» Vendar jim odvrne: »Resnično, povem vam: Kolikor niste storili enemu od teh najmanjših, tudi meni niste storili.«
Ob koncu sveta bomo sojeni po ljubezni, po ljubezni
do Jezusa, ki smo jo pokazali njegovim bratom in sestram. Jezusovo kraljestvo je kraljestvo ljubezni, kraljestvo, ki hoče ljubezen razširjati povsod: dejansko
ljubezen, ne čustvene ali površne ljubezni; ljubezen, ki
v resnici služi potrebnim; ljubezen, ki na vse načine
spreminja svet s pomočjo velikodušnega služenja.
V drugem berilu Pavel pravi: »Kajti on mora kraljevati, dokler ne položi vseh sovražnikov pod njegove
noge.« Glavni sovražnik je človekova sebičnost, ki nasprotuje Kristusovemu kraljestvu ljubezni. Kristus nenehno deluje v človeški zgodovini, da bi nas osvobodil
sebičnosti in nas napolnil z ljubeznijo. V srcih resnično
kraljuje samo takrat, kadar so osvobojena sebičnosti
in živijo v resnični ljubezni, ki jih priganja, da služijo
najbolj ubogim.
(prim. Oznanjevalec 2008, št 4)
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34TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
R: The Lord is my shepherd; I shall
not want.
First Reading Ezekiel 34:11-12. 15-17
The Lord promises to look after the
flock himself.

Second Reading 1 Cor. 15:20-26. 28
All shall be brought to life in Christ.

Gospel Matthew 25:31-46
The last judgement of the nations.
“In so far as you did this to one of the least of
these… you did it to me.”

Illustration
In his sermon at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey in September
2022, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin
Welby, took as his theme the servant leadership that had marked the life of the late
Queen.
The fact that this resonated so well with
millions of those who listened was that her
commitment to her Christian faith and to a life
of service was a theme marking her whole life.
Her service of her Lord was revealed in her
service of others; the power she exercised was
not that of might. It was something she publicly committed to on her twenty-first birthday.
That same commitment to service was
made by or for each one of us at our baptism
and confirmation. Today we are invited to
reflect on our personal commitment to the
Lord, serving him in others.

Application

Gospel Teaching
The account of the last judgement given towards the end of Matthew’s Gospel is interesting in
both its contemporary use of example and its offering of a clear moral imperative for the future. The
separating of sheep from goats would have been a
frequent task for the shepherds of Christ’s day; the
animals were herded together and separated when
it came time for market or stocktaking. Matthew
uses an everyday image to convey an easy-tounderstand principle to his hearers. We too shall
face judgement; it is a certainty of our faith. It is a
simple judgement, not complicated by questionnaires or examinations; the Lord – to whom all
hearts are open – will point us one way or the other.
Matthew reminds us in the story that when that
separation of the “sheep” from the “goats” takes
place, it will be too late to do anything about it.
There is no opportunity to put our side of the story,
no bargaining or appeals process, no jury of our
peers. If we want to influence the decision, we had
better do it now, while we still have the chance. St
Benedict puts it eloquently in his Rule: “Run while
you still have the light of Christ!”

The Gospel gives clear, unequivocal examples of
how to make sure we are the right side of the line.
Our judgement depends on how we live our lives
now. Every day, as we pray the Our Father, we ask:
“Thy kingdom come.” This is not an appeal for God to
get on with it and complete the work of creation so
we can all live in peace and harmony. It is a presenting of ourselves to become the instruments of that
kingdom-building in offering our own lives in imitation of Jesus, whose kingdom-building comes to its
climax in the power of the cross. Our commitment to
the kingdom is to be of total self-giving in a life of
Christian service – feeding those who are hungry,
giving drink to those who are thirsty, making the
stranger welcome, clothing those who are naked,
visiting those who are sick and those in prison. Our
faith is a faith of service, and it is that which will determine whether we stand on the right or the left
hand of the Lord.
Judgement is both something that will take place
in the future and – at the same time – something
that takes place at every moment of every day of our
life. A shepherd is constantly faced with decisions to
make about the care of the sheep, to find food, water, shelter; for so many in our world today those
human rights are limited, withheld or denied. We
shall be judged on our responses now, not on our
aspirations or desires. The American civil rights campaigner and priest Philip Berrigan said: “If they come
for the innocent without walking over your body and
mine, then a curse on our life and a curse on our religion.”
The celebration of Christ the King is far from cosy
and comfortable; it is a renewed challenge for us to
act now, through our lives of service, for the building
of God’s kingdom, a kingdom of truth and life, a kingdom of holiness and grace, a kingdom of justice, love
and peace. If we listen to scripture and act on it in
lives lived in imitation of Christ, the servant king, we
too shall reveal our love of the Lord in the service of
others; we shall have no need to fear judgement.
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CWL & SOD
Thank you to everyone who prepared and
participated in our annual Memorial Mass
dedicated to remembering and praying for
deceased members of our Catholic Women’s
League and Slomšek Altar Society. We hold
close to our hearts the memory of these women who have gone before us and we are
grateful to them for blessing our lives.
- Thank you. Rosemary

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Hvala gospodu Pascalu Sarjašu za angleško
mašo prejšnjo nedeljo. Želimo mu veliko trdnega zdravja na delu in poslanstvu, ki ga
opravlja v Franciji na devetih župnijah, ki jih
upravlja s še dvema duhovnikoma.
Torkovi večer pri sv. Jožefu se nadaljujejo. Ta zadnji je
bil nekaj posebnega, saj je Frank Novak praznoval svoj
80. rojstni dan in navada je, da se za tako obletnico
poskrbi za nekaj posebnega - tokrat je bila tudi posebna
torta. Pa zapeli smo tudi: »Kokor kapljic ...«

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It is hard to believe that Christmas is coming
quickly. We would like to share the Christmas tradition of potica for those who may not have the time
make it for the season festivities. I will be hosting a
potica baking session for those who would like
to make their own this year, and there will be an
opportunity to order potica ready made to take
home and share with family and friends. The details
of cost and timing will be shared
next week, however, we wanted
to let everyone know that this
will be available to you. - Heidy
Novak, 905-317-6002
New Year's is also in the works and planning
has begun. In order to make it the best New Year's
ever, we will be selling tickets at each Mass for your
convenience, or you can contact Heidy to make reservations and you can pay by e-transfer. We have
decided to provide the early bird option with tickets
selling for only $100 until December 17th. After
that, the ticket prices will increase to $120 with no
exceptions. We are also very excited to be highlighting Slo Beat playing their first New Year's event
ever. They never let us down in the entertainment
department, so be sure to secure your tickets and
join us as we ring in 2024 here at our parish with
family and friends.
Wishing you a wonderful Sunday, Heidy Novak on behalf of your parish council. 905-317-6002

Na račun »Eno Srce, Ena Duša« »One Heart, One
Soul« ste za našo
slovensko župnijo
sv. Gregorija Velikega do 24. novembra
2023 pripevali: $187,112.Hvala vsem, ki ste že prispevali.
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WITH GRATITUDE
We are humbled and
grateful by the love
and generosity the
Slovenian community
have shown us.
Frank’s service was a
beautiful tribute to his
life and it wouldn’t
have been possible
without the support from so many of you.
We would like to offer our sincere
thanks to the hands that helped with the
funeral. From the people that spent many
hours looking for and preparing the pictures (we narrowed it down to 500!), setting up and cleaning up the hall, preparing and cooking the delicious meal we
shared, the livestream video, serving at
the bar, and so many more that anonymously contributed in their own way, we
thank you. Special thanks to Father Drago
who made himself available to our many
questions and his extraordinary mass service that touched our hearts. Also, a special thanks to Heidi Novak. Frank may
have had the last laugh by having you
cook for his celebration but you couldn’t
have done a more magnificent job. Thank
you.
Frank was a great supporter of this
beautiful community. He was right, Slovenians really do have the biggest hearts.
With gratitude,
Pam Gimpelj, Silvia Stankovič, and Elizabeth Gimpelj

Children’s Liturgy of the Word
We are excited to welcome the children of St. Gregory the Great
Slovenian Church to our first Children’s Liturgy of the Word!
This is a special time for children ages 3-11 to gather together
to celebrate the Word of God in a caring and kid-friendly way.
Our first Children’s Liturgy of the Word will take place on
Sunday, December 10th, 2023.
Where? St. Gregory the Great Slovenian Church
When? Sundays at 11:00 a.m. mass
Ages? 3-11 years old

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O BVESTILA - A NNOUNCEMENTS
KOLEDAR DOGODKOV

MIKLAVŽ - DECEMBER 3RD, 2023

- Nov. 26 - Slovenski Park - Fall AGM
- Dec. 02 - Lipa Park - Tree DecorationExecutive Social
- Dec. 03 - Lipa Park - Santa Clause & Festive
luncheon
- Dec. 03 - Slovenska Šola -St. Gregory the Great Miklavževanje - Mass: 10:00 a.m.
- Dec. 10 - Bled - Christmas Social & Cookie
Sale
- Dec. 10 - Slovenski Park - Members Christmas Party
- Dec. 17 - Breslau - Mass 1:00 p.m.
- Dec. 17 - London - Mass 4:00 p.m.
- Dec. 31 - St. Gregory the Great - New Year’s
Eve
- Jan. 1 - Lipa Park - New Year’s Day Luncheon

Šola has received
good news from Miklavž! He will visit our
parish on December 3rd,
2023. We will start the
day with Mass at 10:00
a.m., followed by a delicious homemade lunch
in our upper hall at
12:00 noon. Miklavž and
his angels will visit and
out on a special show after lunch.
I hope you will all join us in celebrating
Miklavž, so we can continue this beloved Slovenian tradition.
For reservations, please contact Sandy at
sferletic@gmail.com or 905-977-8464

CLEANING OF THE CHURCH
- Dec. 10th - Lojzka Novak & team

BRALEC - READER
Slovenian - Olga Glavač
English -

GIFT BEARERS AT SLOVENIAN MASS
- Nov. 26th - Milena Volčanšek & Majda Lukežič
- Dec. 3rd - Slovenian School family
- Dec. 10th - Jose Hapke & Mary Holder

DRUŠTVO SV. JOŽEFA - TORKOVI VEČERI
»Torkovi večeri« so vsak torek od
7:00 p.m. do 10h zvečer v prostorih
društva sv. Jožefa - Villa Slovenia.
Villa Slovenia - Tuesday’s night
social gatherings started and they
go from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
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PRVI PETEK
Ta teden bomo stopili v mesec December.
In 1. December pade ravno na prvi petek v
mesecu. Kot običajno bo priložnost za sveto
spoved ob 6:00h zvečer, molitev pred Najsvetejšim, molitev rožnega venca ob 6:30 in sveta
masa ob 7h zvečer. Lepo vabljeni.

VEČNA LUČ
V mesecu decembru bo večna luč gorela
po namenu Rose Marie Gage - Vengar za pokojnega Antona in Tilko Vengar.

OGNJIŠČE
Naročnina za revijo Ognjišče ostane enaka
kot lansko leto in sicer $91.- Če ne boste odpovedali računam, da boste še naprej naročniki na revijo za leto 2024.

IZ SLOVENSKE KARITAS

DAROVI - DONATIONS

Spoštovani, Iskreno se vam zahvaljujemo za dosedanjo podporo pomoči ljudem v stiski ob poplavah. Ob
vseslovenski nabirki se je zbralo 945.539,93 EUR.
Zahvala tudi vsem, ki ste zavihali rokave in zastavili
svoje moči neposredno v kraju, kjer so se zgodile poplave ter tudi še vedno dajete veliko podporo sodelavcem župnijske karitas.
Škofijske karitas so ob pomoči župnijskih do sedaj
razdelile dobrih 6 mio EUR iz darov posameznikov in
podjetij. V celoti je razdeljena tudi nabirka. Tako je
Karitas skupaj z državnimi sredstvi do sedaj razdelila
11,5 mio EUR pomoči. Pomoč na Karitas je v različni
obliki iz teh sredstev prejelo 4.064 gospodinjstev po
vsej Sloveniji. Na voljo imamo še manjši del sredstev
zbranih v Sloveniji v novembru in mednarodna sredstva, predvsem čakamo na 1,2 mio EUR iz nabirke na
Poljskem, s katero bomo v naslednjem mesecih in letu
spremljali ter pomagali najbolj prizadetim 150 družinam. Še enkrat hvala za vaš trud in veliko blagoslova
pri vašem delu!
Lep pozdrav, Peter Tomažič
generalni tajnik Slovenske karitas

Svete maše - Masses
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34. NEDELJA
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MED LETOM
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KRISTUS KRALJ
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26. NOVEMBER
Valerijan Oglejski, šk. ††
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Our Lord Jesus Christ, ††
King of the Universe ††
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DON BOSCO

Za gradbeni sklad so darovali:
V spomin na pok. Viktorijo Zamuda:
- $100 - Toni in Marija Franc
- $100 - Viktor in Kim Franc
- $100 - Marija in Peter Markeš
V spomin na pok. Matija Škerl:
- $200 - Peter in Linda Novak
- $100 - Družini Marija Žvan in Watson
- $200 - Janez Cestnik
- $ 74 - Stan Pelcar
V spomin na pok. Frank L. Gimpelj:
- $100 - Marco Osso
Hvala vsem za vaše darove in podporo.

V tem tednu so naslednje obletnice smrti
faranov, ki so zapisani v naših knjigah:
Mesiček Franc
November 27, 2005
Dim
Ivan
November 27, 2013
Hočevar Ivan Janez November 30, 2012
Tacalsky Elvira Lucia November 30, 2021
Farkaš
Elizabeth December 1, 2006

Za žive in rajne župljane
9:30 A.M.
Julijana Sagadin
Ann Božnar
Pok. starši Svoljšak
Štefan Mlinarič, obl. In družina
Jože Zadravec
Pok. bratje in sestra
Pok. iz družine Sarjaš
Pokojni iz družine Kolarič
Paula in Rudy Levstek
11:00 A.M.
Pavel in Paul Richard Novak
Joe Lackovič

------Marija Volf
John Božnar z družino
Družina Svoljšak
Matilda Prša
Francka in Štefan Antolin
Ljudmila in Franc Zadravec
Ignac in Terezija Sarjaš z družino
Terezija in Ignac Sarjaš z družino
Levstek & McLean Families
Helen Špiler
Žena Vera z družino

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 - Sporočite, če je kdo bolan ali v bolnišnici, da ga obiščemo. 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
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SVETE MAŠE - MASSES
PONEDELJEK - MONDAY ††
Pavel in Paul Richard Novak
27. NOVEMBER
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Kline Leopold
Virgil in Modest, šk.

7:00 P.M. Jožica Novak
Društvo sv. Jožefa (3)

TOREK - TUESDAY
28. NOVEMBER

† Mariella Celeste
† Ermanno Lanari

7:00 P.M. Friend
Wife

SREDA - WEDNESDAY
29. NOVEMBER

† Anka Recek
† Eileen MacKanzie

7:00 P.M. Marija Hočevar
N.N.

ČETRTEK - THURSDAY
30. NOVEMBER

† Janez Hočevar, obl.
† Anton Vinčec

7:00 P.M. Žena Marija Hočevar
Marija Korošec z družino

Katarina Labouré, red.

Saturnin, muč.

Andrej, apostol

PRVI PETEK - FIRST FRIDAY
† Franc Verdnik
1. DECEMBER
† Elizabeth Donko
Marija Klementina, muč.
† Jakob Muhič Jr.
† Marija Bukvič
SOBOTA - SATURDAY
Za duše v vicah
† Joe Kolenko
2. DECEMBER
† Gina Miklavčič
Silverij, papež
† Cecilija Sobočan
Bibijana (Vivijana) muč. † Martin Simončič
†† Pok. prijatelji in sorodniki
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†
1. ADVENTNA NEDELJA †
1ST SUNDAY OF ADVENT ††
†
1. DECEMBER
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Frančišek Ksaver, red.

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7:00 P.M. Marija Košir
Olga Glavač z družino
5:30 P.M. Družina Muhič
Anton Bukvič z družino
Marija košir
Anica Miklavčič z družino
Anica Miklavčič z družino
Kathy Simončič
Žena Kathy
Amalija Štadler z družino

Za žive in rajne župljane
Alojzija Novak, obl.
Anton Vinčec
Jože Zadravec
Štefan in Marija Kovač
Izidor Fujs
Frank L. Gimpelj

------Sin Frank z družino
ONLY AT Vera Lackovič z družino
10:00 A.M. Fran in Ljudmila Zadravec
Hči Ljudmila in Franc Zadravec
Aranka z družino
Mary in Robert Kure

Miklavževanje

12:00 NOON Upper Hall - Slovenska šola

MASS IS