VESTNIK 2022 | VESTNIK 2022 | 123 VESTNIK 2022 | 125 VESTNIK 2022 | 127 Za praznovanje praznika Gospodovega vstajenja - brez katerega, kot piše Pavel Kološanom - bi bila prazna naše oznanjevanje in naša vera - nam bogoslužje ponuja razlicno branje, razporejeno v razponu med velikonocno vigilijo, dnevom in vecernim slavjem. Ce pustimo nekoliko ob strani znano porocilo o potovanju ucencev v Emavs, ki ga beremo pri vecerni maši, si izberimo odlomek, ki opisuje velikonocno jutro, kjer je v središcu Jezusov prazen grob. V tej pripovedi bomo posebej pozorni na glagole, ki jih uporablja evangelist za oris nenavadne izkušnje, ki so jo doživele žene, ko so v svi-tanju jutranje zarje dospele do groba. Prvi glagol predstavlja temelj njihovega presenecenja: »Našle so odvaljen kamen ..., niso pa našle tele-sa Gospoda Jezusa.« Velikonocni Jezus ne more biti vec le neka »najde-na« stvar, temvec je treba vanj verovati. Ceprav je res, da je marsikaj mogoce »najti«, s pomocjo razuma in osebnih izkušenj - kar je predstav-ljeno s kamnom, ki je zapiral grob, je koncno vse to nekoristno in neu-cinkovito: razum pac ne more biti vec zadnji in dokoncni pecat v clove-škem dogajanju. Vendar pa prehod od tega znamenja k stvarnosti, ki jo nakazuje, vsekakor ni preprost. Luka tudi omenja negotovost žena, in za to uporabi grški glagol »aporein«, ki oznacuje zmedenost pred tem, kar se zdi samo v sebi nas-protno. Vse Sveto pismo poudarja, da verovati nikakor ni preprosto, ce že zacnemo z Abrahamom, »našim ocetom v veri«, in njegovo hojo na-proti srhljivi gori darovanja sina (1 Mz 22). Na tej poti smo pogosto sami. Bog se nam razodeva z znamenji, dopu-sti, da slišimo njegovo besedo, potem pa se zagrne z zaveso tišine. Žene niso imele nikogar, da bi z njim preverjale gotovost, kajti, kot ob kon-cu ugotavlja evangelist, so celo apostoli v njihovi dokaj skrivnostni izkušnji videli »blodnje«, fantazi-jo prevelike ženske custvenosti. Izaija ima zelo zgovoren opis takih okolišcin: »Ce pogledam okrog sebe, pa ni nikogar, med temi ni svetovalca, da bi jih vprašal in bi mi dali odgovor«. Na tej tocki pa se dogodki razpletejo, v »teofanijo«, to je javljanje Boga; Boga stopi v za-mraceno cloveško zgodovino. Ne gre za neposre-den prihod; Bog ostaja zavit v svojo neskoncnost, vendar stopa v odnos z nami prek znamenja ange-lov, poosebljenih v »dveh možeh v sijocih oblaci-lih«, znamenju nedostopne božje svetlobe. A za žene svetloba ni takoj nastopila, obdajal jih je še vedno dvom. Ko Luka opisuje reakcijo žena, pravi da so bile žene z obrazom, »uprtim k tlom«, pre-strašene in v veliki zadregi. Nato pa kar naenkrat neke vrste pozitivno oznanilo: »Kristusa ni tukaj. Vstal je!« Angel jih nagovori z besedami: »Spomnite se, kako vam je govoril... In one so se spomnile njegovih besed.« Svetopisemski »spomin« ni le klicanje sladkih in nostalgicnih spominov. »Zavedajte se, da ni prav nicesar višjega, mocnejšega, bolj zdravega in ko-ristnega za življenje v prihodnosti, kot so to prijet-ni spomini in to še posebej, ce se je to zgodilo v otroštvu in v ocetovi hiši,« zatrjuje F. M. Dostojev-ski v Bratih Karamazovih. Vendar je svetopisemski spomin drugacen. Za-objema namrec tudi sedanjost: pokaže, da se je obljuba, dana v preteklosti, sedaj uresnicila; raz-krije, da Jezusova beseda takrat, ko jo je izgovoril, ni bila mrtva, temvec je že zaživela in je sedaj pri-šla do nas kot že uresniceno dejstvo. Gre za isto izkušnjo kot tisti vecer, ko je ob kruhu in vinu Je-zus izrekel: »To delajte v moj spomin.« Spominjati se je torej glagol vere v navzocnost in je »oznan-jati« zato tudi zadnji glagol, ki ga Luka uvršca v svojo velikonocno pripoved in ga namenja ženam. Zanimivo je ugotoviti, da je Luka že ob Kristu-sovem rojstvu predstavil kot prve price pastirje, ljudi, ki so veljali za obredno neciste in zato tudi kot price nezanesljive; tako sedaj predstavlja žene, ki v judovskem svetu niso veljale za sodno opravil-no sposobne. One so prve, ki oznanjajo in pricajo svetu o Gospodovem vstajenju, o tem »božjem po-citku, ki prihaja k vernikom kot zarja brezkoncne-ga praznika« (Dietrich Bonhoeffer). (Prim. Oznanjevalec -leto C_2006/7, štev. 3) VELIKA NOC GOSPODOVEGA VSTAJENJA EASTER SUNDAY THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD SLOVENSKA ŽUPNIJA SV. GREGORIJA VELIKEGA | ST. GREGORY THE GREAT SLOVENIAN CHURCH 16/58 Številka - Number / Leto - Year 17.4. 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 GOSPOD JE ZARES VSTAL, ALELUJA! Hvala Olgi Glavac za lepo okrasitev cerkve. 122 | VESTNIK 2022 124 | VESTNIK 2022 126 | VESTNIK 2022 128 | VESTNIK 2022 EASTER SUNDAY Response: This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad. First Reading Acts 10:34. 37-43 Jesus was crucified, but God raised him on the third day and allowed him to appear to specially chosen witnesses. Second Reading Colossians 3:1-4 Paul tells us to set our minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. Or 1 Corinthians 5:6-8 Let us celebrate Easter, not with our old insights and understanding, but with what Paul calls “the unleavened bread of sinceri-ty and truth”. Gospel John 20:1-9 While it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed. “Very early on the first day of the week… Mary of Magdala came to the tomb.” Illustration Early on Easter Sunday morning, Mary Magda-lene headed towards the tomb in order to finish the anointing of Jesus’ body. She was the first to do so. Was it because she wanted to spend pri-vate time with Jesus? Was she trying to spare his mother the agony of seeing him before he was as presentable as she could make him? Was it a bit of both? On her arrival, Mary found the stone rolled back and the tomb empty. The Gospels all tell slightly different versions but agree that she hurried back to tell the disciples of her discovery. Mark and Luke tell us that they didn’t believe Mary and that, when he subsequently appeared to them in the Upper Room, Jesus scolded his followers for their disbelief. Mary Magdalene had accompanied Jesus to his crucifixion and, along with his mother and a few other women, had stayed there until he died. So often it’s women who stand alongside someone who is suffering, offering whatever support they can. Of all Jesus’ disciples, John was the only male representative. Perhaps embarrassment fuelled the men’s response now. Afraid for their own lives, they had run away and avoided Calvary. Mary had coura-geously witnessed horrors they had escaped. Mary’s faithfulness made her the first witness to the resur-rection. Gospel Teaching In ancient Israel, women participated in every aspect of community life except in the Temple priesthood. But by the time of Jesus, respectable women were required to live segregated from men in their private, public and religious life. Jesus was different. He treated women with respect, speaking to them in private and in public. In response, wom-en loyally travelled with him, staying with him at the foot of the cross when the men ran away. Who took Jesus down from the cross? John tells us it was Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea – was it also, perhaps, the women? It seems that the apostles were too afraid even to do that much for someone they loved. They knew that a stone was rolled across the entrance to the tomb but, knowing that the sabbath had interrupted the ritual anointing of Je-sus’ body, did the men consider that it might be too heavy for the women to move out of their way? Of the apostles, it was Peter and John that decid-ed to investigate the truth of Mary’s report. But they only fully began to believe her when they saw the evidence for themselves. Jesus had told them that he would rise from the dead, but they hadn’t under-stood what he was saying. They could not, of them-selves, predict the resurrection. Although Jesus had brought Lazarus back to life, it was not enough. They needed the evidence of their own senses. Application In 2016 Pope Francis declared Mary Magdalene to be the “apostle to the apostles” because “she is the witness to the risen Christ and announces the mes-sage of the Lord’s resurrection just like the rest of the apostles”. Interestingly, it was only then, two thou-sand years after the event, that her feast was official-ly given the same status as those of the apostles. Talk about a “glass ceiling” – it even applies to female saints! When we think about it, if the apostles had not expected a woman to tell them of the resurrection – which they had not really expected in any case – it also shows how the most unlikely people are able to turn our own lives upside down, inside out and back to front. God uses the most unexpected messengers to pass on the most important messages we are ever likely to hear. Sometimes it might be a child’s inno-cent remark that suddenly appears to have the most amazing profundity and stops us in our tracks. Jesus had told his disciples that he would rise on the third day, but they didn’t understand what he was saying. Even the raising of Lazarus does not seem to have sparked the idea that Jesus was prefiguring his own resurrection. Of course, it made sense in hindsight, but it’s easy to be wise after the event. Mary Magda-lene was the first witness to the resurrection, but she also teaches us that we should be alert and listening to all the unexpected messengers who, knowingly or unknowingly, reveal to us our amazing God. CVETNA NEDELJA V HAMILTONU IN LONDONU V nedeljo, 10. aprila smo v naši župniji, po dveh letih Covida, zopet zaceli z dvema ne-deljskima mašama, slovensko in angleško. Tokrat tudi nismo blagoslovili zelenje v dvo-rani, pac pa kar v cerkvi. Berila je prebral Frank Novak, za branje o Gospodovem tr-pljenju iz evangelista Luka, pa sta se pridru-žila še Ivan Antolin in Mirko Zorko. Gospa Olga je lepo praznicno okrasila cerkev in spletla butarico. Ostali pa so prinesli zelenje od doma, ali pa so si vzeli palmove liste v cerkvi, kot je to kanadska navada. Hvala tudi Jožetu Razpotniku, ki zvesto prihaja ob ne-deljah in vcasih tudi vmes, za prenos svetih maše na Facebook. Pri angleški sveti maši smo ravno tako blagoslovili zelenje v cerkvi, pel pa je zopet angleški zbor. Pri branju porocila o trpljenju Jezusa Kristusa so sodelovali: Mary Gentilco-re, Mary Ann Demšar in Sidonia Poppa. Popoldne sem se odpravil še k našim Slovencem v London, kjer smo imeli sveto mašo z blagoslovom zelenja v cerkvi St. John the Divine. Po maši pa smo se lahko zopet zbrali na ob dobrotah v dvorani in se ob veselem druženju zopet poveselili in izmenjali novice. Hvala vsem za sodelovanje pri maši - tudi tam smo brali porocilo o trpljenju, brali so: Joseph in Veronika Zadel in Ivan Horvat. Veliki teden smo zaceli s krizmeno mašo v kate-drali, tokrat ob prisotnosti velikega števila vernikov, redovnic, bogoslovcev, duhovnikov in dva od naših škofov. Sveta maša je bila zelo lepo pripravljena, ob petju in praznicnem zvenu orgel in trobent. Škof je med sveto mašo blagoslovil sveta olja, ki jih uporab-ljamo za podeljevanje zakramentov. Po maši, pa so laiki za vsako župnijo prevzeli sveta olja. Za našo župnijo jih je vzel Alojz Sarjaš in na Veliki cetrtek prinesel v cerkev. Duhovniki s škofi pa smo se po maši zbrali na kosilu v dvorani. Letos je bila maša že ob dveh popoldne, navadno je bila šele ob sedmih zvecer. Eden od razlogov je bil, da imajo nekateri duhovniki zelo dalec do doma. Na veliki petek smo zopet lahko se zbrali ob treh po-poldne k bogoslužju Velikega petka. Ob poslušanju božje besede - berila je v anglešcini prebrala Mary Ann, pasion po evangelistu Janezu je po vlogah pre-brala ista ekipa kot za cvetno nedeljo. Nadaljevali smo z velikimi prošnjami, cešcenjem križa in zakljucili s svetim obhajilom. Bogoslužje smo prenašali v živo po Facebooku. OBVESTILA - ANNOUNCEMENTS CIŠCENJE CERKVE - CLEANING OF THE CHURCH April 30th Gosgnach team 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 is happy to announce that we will be starting up the Tuesday social nights again on Tuesday April 19, 2022 from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. If there is enough inter-est, we will continue 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. POKOJNI - DECEASED V soboto, 9. aprila, 2022 je Bog poklical k sebi Emilijo Ferko, v njenem 84. letu starosti. Za pokoj njene duše smo se zbrali k moli-tvi rožnega venca v Do-nald V. Brown Funeral Ho-me v sredo, 13. aprila ob dveh popoldne. Od nje ste se lahko poslovili med 2. in 4. uro in med 6. in 8. uro zvecer. Pogrebno sveto mašo smo daro-vali v cetrtek, 14. aprila ob 10h dopoldne in nato jo položili k vecnemu pocitku na Our Lady of the Angels pokopališcu. Hvala za vse kar je naredila za našo župnijo. Iskreno sožalje možu Karlu in otrokom z družinami. Pokojna Milka pa naj uživa vecni mir in pokoj. V torek, 12 aprila 2022 je odšel k Bogu po vecno placilo naš faran Ivan Žižek. Pogrebna sveta maša se bo za pokoj njegove duše daro-vala v petek, 22. aprila 2022, ob 11:00 a.m. v naši cerkvi, nato ga bomo položili k vecnemu pocitku na Holy Sepulchre pokopališcu. Iskre-no sožalje ženi Rose in otrokom, pokojnemu Ivanu pa vecni mir in pokoj. V sredo, 13. aprila 2022, je Bog poklical k sebi našega farana Franka Mramor Sr. Od njega se boste lahko poslovili v petek, 22. apri-la v Smith Funeral Home na 454 Highway #8, Stoney Creek med 3. in 5. uro popoldne in 7. in 9. uro zvecer. Ob 3h popoldne se bomo zbrali k molitvi rožnega venca. Pogrebno sve-to mašo bomo darovali v soboto, 23. aprila ob 10:00 a.m. v naši cerkvi, nato ga položili k vec-nemu pocitku na pokopališcu Our Lady of the Angels, poleg pokojne žene. Iskreno sožalje sinu Franku in hcerki Victoriji, pokojni Frank pa naj uživa vecni mir in pokoj. DAROVI - DONATIONS Za gradbeni sklad so darovali: V spomin na pokojnega Frank Pinter: $300 Žena Ljudmila Pinter z družino $300 Kathy Simoncic $100 Kathy Tougher $100 Jean-Paul & Shelly Gauthier $50 Jerry Gauthier $100 Ryan & Sean Smith $50 Manja Erzetic V spomin na pokojno Milko Ferko: $50 Manja Erzetic $50 Ivan in Mary Miketic $130 N.N. V spomin na pokojnega Franka Mramor: $50 Društvo sv. Jožefa + 5 maš Za misijone je darovala $100 Elizabeth Gim-pelj. Društvo sv. Jožefa je darovali $1000 za potrebe naše cerkve. Hvala za vaše darove. SVETA DEŽELA Prihodnjo soboto (23.) in nedeljo 24. aprila) bo-do v atriju cerkve prodajali izdelke iz svete dežele. 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: 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 vestibule. Return your survey by regu-lar mail sending it to: St. Gregory the Great 125 Cen-tennial Pkwy. N. Hamilton Ontario L8E 1H8 or scan your survey and email it to: sgtgparish@gmail.com We thank you in advance for taking the time to participate in this survey and sharing your thoughts and opinions. Survay - Anketa Vajdetic Marko April 22, 1970 Slobodnik Justin Peter April 23, 2008 Nedelko Steve, Jr April 23, 2019 Na veliko soboto dopol-dne ob 10h smo v cerkvi St. John the Divine blago-slovili velikonocna jedila. Za blagoslov se je pridru-žil tudi kaplan iz župnije. Letos nas je bilo malo manj kot druga leta, pa vendar lepa skupina. Tudi nekaj mladih je prineslo svoje košarice z jedili. SVETE MAŠE - MASSES 17. 4. 2022 - 24. 4. 2022 VELIKA NOC GOSPODOVEGA VSTAJENJA EASTER SUNDAY 17. APRIL RUDOLF, MUCENEC † † †† † † † † Za žive in rajne župljane Jože Razpotnik, Sr. Milan Zakrajšek Pok. iz druž. Benc in Maslo Ignac Horvat Ana Ferencak Štefan Hozjan, obl. Jože Bajec 9:30 A.M. SLOVENIAN MASS & 11:00 A.M. ENGLISH MASS ------------- Anica Blas Vinko in Magda Benc Vinko in Magda Benc Emilia in Ivan Mertuk Milka Pavlicic z družino Žena Marija z družino Mia Goodfellow and Family PONEDELJEK - MONDAY 18. APRIL Velikonocni pon. † † † Marija Horvat Franc Gimpelj, obl. Elizabeth Ferko, obl. 7:00 P.M. Tony Horvat Brat Jože Družina Pinter TOREK - TUESDAY 19. APRIL, Leon IX., papež Po namenu 7:00 P.M. Dragica Đondraš SREDA - WEDNESDAY 20. APRIL, Teotim, škof † †† August Curic Štefan in Gizella Ray 7:00 P.M. Regina in John Bell Family CETRTEK - THURSDAY 21. APRIL, Anzelm, šk.-uc. † Ignac Korošec, obl. 7:00 P.M. Bernardina in Martin Mujdrica z družino PETEK - RIDAY 22. APRIL, Aleksandra, muc. † Ivan Žižek Bogu in Materi božji v zahvalo 11:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. Pogrebna maša Ivka Pašalic SOBOTA - SATURDAY 23. APRIL Jurij, mucenec † †† † †† † † † † Frank Mramor Pok. bratje Oberman Jože Raduha Ana Nedelko Michael in Megan Mes Marija in Franc Maric Frank Pinter Franc in Jožefa Majzelj 10:00 A.M. 5:30 P.M. Pogrebna maša Stanka Malevic z družino Anica Miklavcic Družina Raduha Družina Mes Družina Mes Kathy Simoncic Družina Majzelj 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