VESTNIK 2022 | VESTNIK 2022 | 131 VESTNIK 2022 | 133 VESTNIK 2022 | 135 V ozadju današnjega velikonocnega bogo-služja se dviguje velicastni lik Kristusa, ki ga Razodetje že na prvih straneh, ki jih danes prebiramo, upodablja kot Prvega, Zadnjega in Živega. Tri opredelitve, ki razodevajo pristni obraz Vstalega: on je izvir in konec zgodovine, on je vir življenja, ki ga smrt ne more izbrisati. On nam, razdraženim zaradi življenjskih peripetij, nakazuje neskoncna obzorja: »To življenje je lepo, ceprav še ni pravo življenje,« piše duhovnik. Ob takem temelju, ki je tudi središce življenja vseh vernih nas, današnje bogoslužje vabi k dvojnemu kršcanskemu odgovoru - o ljubezni in o veri. K prvemu odgovoru nas spodbuja odlomek iz Apostolskih del. Gre za enega izmed »povzetkov«, ki jih je Luka uvrstil znotraj svojega Apostolskih del. Cudeži, izjemna dejanja, bolniki na tr-gih ob Petrovi navzocnosti, množica, ki prinaša telesne in duševne bolni-ke, ljudje, ki se jih je dotaknilo zlo - vsi ti se razvršcajo pred nami in Lu-ka svoje pripovedovanje sklene kratko in jasno: »Vsi so bili ozdravljeni.« V ozadju takega povzetka pa se skriva globoka resnica. Vstali Kristus zaznamuje preobrat v obnašanju do vernega bolnika. To, kar je prej veljalo za cloveško pokveko, vcasih celo za metanje v gorska brezna, kot so to s pohabljenimi otroki poceli Špartanci, je sedaj postalo središce zanimanja vse kršcanske skupnosti. V te žalostne in propadajoce razmere je vstopila nova moc in s tem pridobivajo neprica-kovano dostojanstvo. Ceprav so v zgodovini s pomocjo zdravstva in me-dicine ozdraveli le redki, so »bili vsi ozdravljeni« v polnosti daru Kristu-sovega odrešenja in v spoznanju cilja, ki je namenjen vsemu odrešene-mu cloveštvu. Kršcansko prizadevanje za dobrodelnost ima predvsem namen razkriti to skupno in velicastno dostojanstvo vsakega cloveka. Ceprav se sedaj zapleta v klobcicu svojih slabosti, njegov koncni cilj ni nic drugacen kot tistega, ki živi veselo in sprošceno. In ta cilj ni nekaj prazne-ga, temvec je polnost. Janezova pripoved, v kateri ima glavno vlogo Tomaž, prica o pravi drami verovanja. Do preci-šcene vere je mogoce priti tudi po poti preizkušnje in negotovosti. V pustolovšcini vere je tudi prostor za nekoga, ki je kot Tomaž, malo »judovski«, ker potrebuje »znamenj« za svoje verovanje: »Judje zahtevajo znamenja.« Ali pa tudi po Jezusovih iz-javah njegovim poslušalcem: »Ce ne vidite zna-menj in cudežev, ne verujete« (Jn 4,48). Tomaž rece dobesedno: »Ce ne vidim in ne položim ro-ke ..., ne bom veroval.« Vendar je Jezus naklonjen in potrpežljiv tudi ob taki obliki vere, ceprav je v enem od blagrov raz-glašal sijaj ciste in korenite vere: »Blagor tistim, ki bodo verovali, ceprav niso videli!» Tomaževa do-godivšcina, skromnega v veri, je tolažilna za vse tiste, ki so skušani s pogosto temacnim iskanjem Boga. Vendar mu na koncu preizkušnje, v katero ga klice Kristus, Tomaž z neverjetno kristalnostjo izprica svojo vero: »Moj Gospod in moj Bog!« Ta se izrazito in neposredno nanaša na Jezusa in je ena izmed starozaveznih izpovedi vere, ki jih je Izrael izpovedal Jahveju: »Gospod, moj Bog« (Ps 35,23). V Cerkvi je torej prostora ne le za uboge in tele-sno bolne, temvec tudi za vse tiste, ki prebolevajo krizo vere ali pa je ta še vedno nedozorela in nepo-polna. Obstajajo tisti, ki jih Pavel imenuje »slabot-ni« in se z lahkoto »pohujšujejo»; obstajajo tisti, ki jih Matej imenuje »preprosti« v veri, katerih ne smemo pohujševati, temvec jim pomagati in jih prebuditi. Dovolj je, da ne onemogocimo njihovega iskanja in njihovih pricakovanj. Prej ali slej bodo tudi oni doživeli, kar se je tistega vecera pripetilo Tomažu. Kristus se jim bo približal skozi špranjo njihove notranje kamrice in tudi njim namenil pozdrav miru in povabilo, da se zazrejo vanj in v njegovo srce. In tudi njihove ust-nice bodo izpovedale veroizpoved, ki bo koncno popolna in vedra. (Prim. Oznanjevalec -leto C_2006/7, štev. 3) 2. VELIKONOCNA BELA NEDELJA BOŽJE USMILJENJE 2ND SUNDAY OF EASTER DIVINE MERCY SLOVENSKA ŽUPNIJA SV. GREGORIJA VELIKEGA | ST. GREGORY THE GREAT SLOVENIAN CHURCH 17/58 Številka - Number / Leto - Year 24.4. 2022 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 HALL RENTALS CELL: 905-518-6159 E-MAIL hallrental@ stgregoryhamilton.ca VESTNIK PRVI, ZADNJI IN ŽIVI 130 | VESTNIK 2022 132 | VESTNIK 2022 134 | VESTNIK 2022 136 | VESTNIK 2022 2ND SUNDAY OF EASTER Response: Give thanks to the Lord for he is good; his steadfast love en-dures forever. First Reading Acts 5:12-16 Luke gives us a picture of the early commu-nity of disciples in Jerusalem and how peo-ple were attracted to come to them for blessing and healing. Second Reading Apocalypse 1:9-13. 17-19 John recounts the vision that led to his writing this book, the Apocalypse or Reve-lation. The risen Jesus speaks to him and commissions him to set down all that he sees regarding the present and the future. Gospel John 20:19-31 The risen Jesus makes himself present to his disciples on two occasions. He commis-sions them to continue his work. Then Thomas makes the supreme confession of faith. “Happy are those who have not seen and yet believe.” Illustration Detective series are very popular on television at the moment. We, the viewers, often have the advantage of knowing exactly what has hap-pened and we then watch the less informed po-lice trying to work out who committed the crime. Sometimes, when confronted with reports of what a witness has said, the officer in charge will exclaim in exasperation something along the lines of “That’s only hearsay. It’s not evidence.” Witnesses have to have been present and have reliable information about what they have ob-served. It is not enough to mention what some-one else has told them, even if that turns out, in the end, to be accurate. That, in a nutshell, is what the resurrection ap-pearance stories in the Gospel are all about. Hearsay is not enough. Elsewhere, the Gospels tell us that the male apostles at first did not believe the testi-mony of the women who visited the tomb of Jesus and reported that he was risen. But today’s story makes the point that to be a true witness to, not of, the resurrection, the person has to have had a per-sonal experience of the risen Jesus. Gospel Teaching In John’s Gospel account, there are no apostles. An apostle means “one who is sent”. In John’s ver-sion of the Jesus story, Jesus is the sole actor: his followers do not share in his ministry. For example, in the story of the feeding of the crowd, it is Jesus who distributes the bread. Jesus does not send out others to preach and heal. There are no apostles, only disciples. It is this group who are locked away, fearful that what happened to Jesus might happen to them as his followers. The risen Jesus makes him-self present among them and bestows on them peace, which removes the fear of the Jewish author-ities that has locked them away. To overcome any remaining doubt, Jesus shows them his wounds from the crucifixion. Fear turns to joy and Jesus sends them as the Father sent him. It is at this point that disciples become apostles. Jesus then breathes the Holy Spirit on them: those who receive their message and confirm this publicly by being bap-tised will have their sins forgiven; those who do not will remain as they were. The second scene occurs a week later when Thomas, the sceptic, is present. There is an im-portant point here that, in the Gospel tradition, no one comes to believe in the risen Jesus purely on the word of other people. The official witnesses to the resurrection all have to experience the risen Lord for themselves. Hearsay is not enough. Thomas repre-sents all those who have heard about the resurrec-tion but are not yet sure. It is this questioning, this desire to know for himself, which brings him to his personal encounter with Jesus and leads to his mak-ing the ultimate declaration about who Jesus really is: “My Lord and my God!” Application The last words Jesus utters in today’s Gospel story are, “Happy [or Blessed] are those who have not seen and yet believe.” This is known as the “Johannine Beatitude” and applies to all of us today. Thomas the sceptic stands for all those who want to know more, who are reluctant simply to take other people’s word in matters of faith. It is Thomas’ personal integrity and search that bring him to a personal experience of the risen Jesus. This should encourage all those who want to know more, who are not satisfied with easy answers, to keep on asking questions, because, very often, the questions are more important than the answers. This episode is sometimes called “Little Pente-cost”. There is no dramatic manifestation of the Holy Spirit; Jesus simply breathes on the disciples and sends them out. We are Jesus’ disciples today and are called, not just to continue Jesus’ mission of bringing knowledge of God’s love for human beings to others, but also to continue Jesus’ presence in our world, in our local community. This does not have to be any-thing dramatic or even explicit. The people men-tioned in the reading from Acts recognised that the first disciples of Jesus had something special and they wanted part of it, so they came for blessing and healing. Perhaps if we live, quietly, more as disciples of Jesus, those around us might notice that we have something special and be attracted. In this way we could fulfil our calling to be missionary disciples, lis-tening to what the Spirit is telling us in our daily lives. VELIKA NOC V NAŠI ŽUPNIJI Na veliko soboto popoldne smo imeli trikrat blagoslov jedil, ob 3h, 4h in 5h. Ob treh popoldne smo blagoslov prenašali tudi na Facebook, tako, da so nas lahko spremljali tisti, ki niso mogli priti v cerkev. Ob 8h zvecer pa smo se zbrali za veliko-nocno vigilijo. Najprej smo blagoslovili ogenj, ki ga je zakuril Toni Franc in od njega prižgali veliko-nocno sveco in jo ponesli v cerkev. Po hvalnici velikonocni sveci smo bogoslužje nadaljevali s poslušanjem treh beril iz Stare zaveze (prvo, trtje in cetrto) in enega iz Nove zaveze. Zopet smo zapeli slavo, oglasili so se zvonovi, trikrat smo zapeli velikonocno Alelujo in potem kip vstalega ponesli v procesiji po cerkvi. Halton Alive presents the Life Talks Confer-ence: an in-person event featuring Canadian lead-ers, experts and advocates for Life. Become a more effective am-bassador for life this year by at-tending Life Talks and/or sponsor-ing a young person! Don’t miss it! Date: April 30, 2022 Cost: $35 Adults/$20 Students (lunch & re-freshments included) Location: St George's Church, 4691 Palladium Way, Burlington Details and registration: www.haltonalive.ca/lifetalks or call/text Elea 365.366.323 Na racunu »Eno Srce, Ena Duša« - »One Heart, One Soul« za našo sloven-sko župnijo sv. Gre-gorija Velikega je on April 21, 2022: $128,543. - Pledged $105,343. - Paid Hvala vsem, ki ste že prispevali. Med vigilijo smo obnovili tudi krste obljube, zopet so prinašali darove pa tudi orgle so done-le pod prvi Carla Veglja. Tudi zbor, kolikor jih je lahko prišlo, je povzdignil slovesnost s petjem. V nedeljo dopoldne smo imeli slovensko mašo z vstajenjsko procesijo in ob 11h angle-ško mašo pri kateri je pel angleški zbor. OBVESTILA - ANNOUNCEMENTS CIŠCENJE CERKVE - CLEANING OF THE CHURCH April 30th Gosgnach team May 14th - Groznik, Erzar, Lukežic DRUŠTVO SV. JOŽEFA Na mizi v cerkveni veži so ku-verte za clane društva sv. Jožefa. V kuverti je izkaznica za leto 2022. Dajte denar za clanarino ($15) v kuverto in kuverto oddajte v nabi-ralnik za nedeljsko nabirko. St. Joseph Society restarted Tuesday social nights on Tuesdays from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. If there is enough interest, we will con-tinue the Tuesday social night until the end of May. - Peter Novak CONFIRMATION & FRIST COMMUNION This year our celebration of both sacra-ment will take place on Sunday, May 29th, 2022, at 10:00 a.m.. The Most Rev. Bishop Douglas Crosby will be the celebrant. Please let us know ASAP which children would like to be part of cele-bration. You can email to me, drago.gacnik@gmail.com or Lorie Mramor: princesslorie2000@hotmail.com GIFT BEARERS Now that we are able to worship together in person, without restrictions, we will restart the Gift Bearer tradition at St. Gregory’s on Palm Sunday at the 9:30am Slovenian Mass. If you would like to volunteer, please sign up on the chart in the foyer, or give your name to Pamela. CWL - KŽZ - MAŠA Our CWL cordially invites members and parishioners to Our Lady of Good Counsel Mass on Tuesday, April 26th at 7:00 p.m. At this Mass we will recognize CWL mem-bers for their notable years of service. Vljudno vabljeni! ZAHVALA Ob zelo kratki bolezni nas je za vedno zapustil dragi mož, oce in grandpa, Ivan Žižek. Družina Žižek se zahvaljuje vsem za tola-žbe, sožalja od sorodnikov, prijateljev in da ste se ude-ležili pogrebne svete maše. Iskreno se zahvaljujemo gospodu Dragotu Gacniku, da je prišel v bolnico, daroval sveto mašo in pogreb. V soboto, 23. aprila 2022 smo položili k vecnemu pocitku, na pokopališcu Our Lady of the Angels, Franka Mramor. Družina Mramor se za-hvaljuje vsem, ki ste prišli v Funeral Home, se poslovili od pokojnega Franka, druži-ni izrazili sožalje in podpo-ro, prinesli rože ali darovali za svete maše in za cerkev; hvala tudi za vašo prisot-nost pri pogrebni maši in na pokopališcu; hvala pevcem za petje pri maši, kuhinji za dobro pripravlje-no pogostitev v dvorani in vsem za darovano pecivo. Hvala tudi gospodu župniku za moli-tve, in pogrebno mašo. Hvala vsem, ki ste se nam pridružili po pogrebu v dvorani. Ob smrti Milke Ferko se može Karol in družina zahvaljuje vsem, ki ste jim stali ob strani v casu njene bolezni, posebej pa še ob pogrebu; hvala clanicam Katoliške ženske zve-ze in Slomškovega oltarnega društva, pevcem za lepo petje, vsem, ki ste prišli v Funeral Ho-me, se poslovili od Milke in izrazili družini so-žalje; hvala vsem, ki ste se udeležili pogrebne maše in slovesa na pokopališcu; prav tako hvala Elizabeth in pomocnicam za dobro kosi-lo in vsem, ki ste prinesli pecivo. Hvala župni-ku za molitve in pogrebno sveto mašo. DAROVI - DONATIONS Za gradbeni sklad so darovali: - $500 Marija Krenos - $200 Jože in Albina Antolin namesto cvetja na grob pok. Ivana Žižek - $50 - Audrey Hawthorne v spomin na pok. Franka Pinter V spomin na pok. Franka Mramor so darovali: - $ 200 Marija Krenos - $100 Hema Kosednar - $100 Frank Pavlakovic z družino - $50 Jakob Truden z družino V spomin na pokojno Milko Ferko so darovali: - $50 Hema Kosednar - $50 Jožica Recek V spomin na pokojno Milko Ferko so dru-žini za cerkveni gradbeni sklad darovali $1080: Elda DiDomenico, Flavio & Diana Battilana, Dorinda Battilana, Sonya & John Podrebarac, Ermando & Ilda Novelli, Sam & Erina Furlano, Emma Ragonetti, Barbara Rozich, Nada Ro-zich, Štefica Ceholj, Norina DiStefano, Maria & Frank DiFrancesco, Anges & Mater Sutlic, Jerry & Vera Bajus, Loretta DiDomenico, Sonja Lan-genfus, Mario & Linda Fratarcangeli, irma Ca-pretta, Massimo & Anna Cretaro, Regina & emil Cresnjovec, Jožica & Ivan Geric, Jožica Paclik, Irena & Tone Polak, Annie Seminuk & family, Irena & Mirko Kolmanic. Za novo platno in projektor v cerkvi smo dobili dar $500 od N.N. Hvala za vse vaše darove. With your Easter letter, everyone will be receiving a Survey from our Parish. The intent of this survey is to ensure that we are aware of what our parishioners are interested in and looking for from their Parish. Once completed you are welcome to bring your survey when you come to mass and drop it in the box provided in the vesti-bule. Return your survey by regular mail send-ing it to: St. Gregory the Great 125 Centennial Pkwy. N. Hamilton Ontario L8E 1H8 or scan your survey and email it to: sgtgpar-ish@gmail.com We thank you in advance for taking the time to participate in this survey and sharing your thoughts and opinions. Survay - Anketa 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: Puscher Marija April 25, 2013 Kranjc Frank April 28, 1996 Sagadin Maximiljan April 28, 2004 Dim Vladimir April 30, 2020 SVETE MAŠE - MASSES 24. 4. 2022 - 1. 5. 2022 2. VELIKONOCNA BELA NEDELJA 2ND SUNDAY OF EASTER DIVINE MERCY 24. APRIL BOŽJE USMILJENJE † † †† † †† †† † † † † †† †† Za žive in rajne župljane Ana Božnar Ivan Glavac Maks in Maximilijan Sagadin Ana Zorcic, obl. Jože in Marija Zelko Marija in Franc Šlebic Za zdravje in mir v družini Alojzija Novak Nadica Lenarcic Dragica Genorio Marija Bukvic Pavla in Janez Horvat Albina in Toncka Genorio 9:30 A.M. SLOVENIAN MASS & 11:00 A.M. ENGLISH MASS ------------- John Božnar in družina Štefan in Francka Antolin Milan in Sandy Ferletic Jožica Vegelj z družino Marija in Toni Franc Marija in Toni Franc Aranka Dundek Frank Novak z družino Elizabeth Gimpelj z družino Elizabeth Gimpelj z družino Elizabeth Gimpelj z družino Elizabeth Gimpelj z družino Elizabeth Gimpelj z družino PONEDELJEK - MONDAY 25. APRIL, Marko, evangelist Za duhovno prenovo župnije Bogu in Materi Božji v zahvalo 7:00 P.M. Slomškovo oltarno društvo Jožica Vegelj TOREK - TUESDAY 26. APRIL Marija mati dobrega sveta Po namenu V cast Materi Dobrega sveta 7:00 P.M. Dragica Đondraš CWL-KŽZ SREDA - WEDNESDAY 27. APRIL, Hozana, devica † Frank Pinter 7:00 P.M. Sonja Langenfus CETRTEK - THURSDAY 28. APRIL Ludvik Monfortski, duhovnik † †† Maximilijan & Maks Sagadin obl. Pokojni iz družine Sobocan 7:00 P.M. Julija Sagadin z družino Marija Hocevar PETEK - RIDAY 29. APRIL, Katarina Sienska †† Nikola in Angela Bukovac 7:00 P.M. Družina Majzelj SOBOTA - SATURDAY 30. APRIL Pij V., papež Jožef Cottolengo, red. ustan. † † † † † †† † † † Ignac Horvat Vladimir Dim, obl. Vladimir Dim, obl. Janez Košir, obl. Joe Lackovic Pok. iz druž. Klepec (Joliet) Joseph Pleša Frank Pinter, 30. dan Frank Pinter 5:30 P.M. Rozina Horvat Žena Francka z družino Mia Goodfellow and Family Tomaž in Alenka Košir Žena Vera z družino Družina Malevic Anica Miklavcic Žena Ljudmila z družino Audrey Hawthorne 3. VELIKONOCNA NEDELJA 3RD SUNDAY OF EASTER 1. MAJ SV. JOŽEF, DELAVEC † † †† †† † † † Za žive in rajne župljane Teodora Antonia Petrella Franc Raduha Terezija in Štefan Marinic Marija in Alojz (obl.) Mes Ifko Marija Frank Saje Fr. Franc Kodila 9:30 A.M. SLOVENIAN MASS & 11:00 A.M. ENGLISH MASS - - - - - - - - Milka Pavlic z družino Družina Raduha Hci Družina Mes Brat Ignac in Terezija Sarjaš Žena z družino Milosavljevic Bojan z družino