VESTNIK 2023 | VESTNIK 2023 | 295 VESTNIK 2023 | 297 VESTNIK 2023 | 299 VESTNIK 2023 | 301 VESTNIK 2023 | 303 13. NEDELJA MED LETOM 13TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME SLOVENSKA ŽUPNIJA SV. GREGORIJA VELIKEGA | ST. GREGORY THE GREAT SLOVENIAN CHURCH 27/59 Številka - Number / Leto - Year 2.7. 2023 Fr. Dra go 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 905-561-5971, ext. 2 E-MAIL hallrental@ stgregoryhamilton.ca VESTNIK Današnja Božja beseda, bi lah-ko rekli, govori o gostoljubnosti, sprejemanju. »Tujec, ki biva med vami, naj vam bo kakor domacin, kakor eden izmed vas. Ljubite ga kakor sebe, kajti tujci ste bili v egiptovski deželi; jaz sem Gospod, vaš Bog« (Mz 19,34). V odlomku Matejevega evangelija, ki je vzet iz Jezusovega »misijonarskega govora« apostolom, odmeva kar šestkrat beseda »sprejeti«. Na motiv sprejema sta uglašena prvo berilo in evangelij: hebrejska žena, ki sprejme preroka Elizeja, vnaprej izpolni Jezusovo povabilo, po katerem bo, »kdor sprejme preroka kakor preroka, pre-jel placilo preroka«. V sprejemu, kakor je predstavljen v Svetem pismu, lahko razliku-jemo vec odtenkov. Predvsem je to tenkocuten in spontan sprejem ubogega in osamljenega brata. Prav to je smisel prizora, rahlocutno opisanega v Knjigi kraljev: v sveži in cisti sobi stara zakonca v Šune-mu z ljubeznijo pripravljata vsako podrobnost, od postelje do mize, od sedeža do Svetilke, da bi se mogel nomadski prerok zateci v tišino za razmišljanje in si pridobil duševnih in telesnih moci za nadaljnjo misijonsko pot. To je gostoljubnost, ki ne bo ostala neopazna, ne da bi pustila znamenje: za zakonca v Šunemu bo to dar tako pricakova-nega sina. »Laže je dajati, kot prejemati,« je rekel sv. Pavel starešinam Cer-kve v Efezu, navajajoc Jezusov rek, ki evangelijem ni znan (prim. Apd 20,35). Je še drug primer sprejema, ki ne izhaja iz clovekoljubne pobu-de ali cloveške in socialne socutnosti, ampak iz prepricanja, da je za vidno podobo vsake stvari skrito samo oblicje Kristusa. Matejev evangelij nas predvsem spomni na tri skupine oseb, ki nosijo v sebi neko drugo podobnost z Gospodom. To so preroki, pravicni in mali, trije izrazi, ki so po evangelistu opis Kristusovega ucenca. Že rabinski rabinski aforizem zatrjuje: »Kdor sprejme ucenca, je, kakor da bi sprejel ucitelja.« Ni pomembno, ce jih mi ne prepoznamo takoj kot podobo Kristusa. V 25. poglavju evangelist Ma-tej zatrjuje, da se bodo pravicni cudili, ko bodo zve-deli, da se za propadajocimi telesi bolnih, jetnikov, lacnih in izrinjencev skriva Kristus sam. Ti niso tega storili, ker bi pricakovali nebeško placilo, ampak so to dejanje naredili iz ciste ljubez-ni. Šele ob koncu življenja, ob sodbi, bodo zvedeli, da so v malem in ubogem cloveku služili Gospodu. Pa ni pomembna VELIKOST dejanja ali DARU. Tudi navaden kozarec sveže vode, kar je najnuj-nejša potreba palestinskega popotnika, postane dragoceno dejanje, vredno božjega placila. Kristusov ucenec je le tisti, ki sprejema svoj križ. O križu kot znamenju trpljenja veckrat govorimo. Nositi svoj križ pomeni biti pripravljen na odpoved, odpoved svetu, vsemu tistemu, kar je v svetu slabe-ga in grešnega. Pri odpovedi gre v bistvu za to, da se odrecemo necemu nižjemu, da lahko dosežemo nekaj višjega, trajnejšega, dragocenejšega. Odpove-dujemo se zemeljskemu, da bi dosegli nebeško. Zdi se, da današnji clovek postaja vedno manj sposoben za odpoved. To ima svoje korenine že v družini, ker starši ne navajajo svojih otrok k odpo-vedovanju. In vendar brez odpovedovanja ni du-hovne rasti. Beseda odpoved nam ponavadi zveni negativisticno in odbijajoce. Vendar je odpovedo-vanje vse prej kot negativno. Saj gre pri njem za duhovno rast, za notranje osvobajanje. S tem ko se necemu odrekam, cloveško rastem postajam du-hovno bolj živ, bolj trden, mocnejši in cistejši, skrat-ka notranje svobodnejši, s tem pa sposobnejši za resnicno ljubezen. - (Prim.: Oznanjevalec 3, 2008) 294 | VESTNIK 2023 296 | VESTNIK 2023 298 | VESTNIK 2023 300 | VESTNIK 2023 302 | VESTNIK 2023 304 | VESTNIK 2023 13TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Response: Forever I will sing of your steadfast love, O Lord. First Reading 2 Kings 4:8-11. 14-16 The prophet Elisha receives hospitality and repays it with the promise of new life. Second Reading Romans 6:3-4. 8-11 By baptism, we come to share in the divine life of Christ. Gospel Matthew 10:37-42 To be worthy of Christ, we must take up our cross and follow him. “Anyone who loses his life for my sake will find it.” Illustration In one of C.S. Lewis’ Narnia books, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the rather un-likeable character Eustace Scrubb finds him-self transformed into a dragon when he wakes up after falling asleep on a hoard of treasure and dreaming of riches. He soon comes to realise that the worst thing about being a dragon is that he is cut off from the everyday fellowship of his travelling companions. So he longs to be turned back into a human again, and one night, weeping silently alone, he finds himself in the company of Aslan, the Christ-like lion, who tells him that he can be cured if he washes in the nearby well and then peels off his dragon scales. After bathing, he scrabbles away at his skin, but only a few bits flake off. Then Aslan comes to the rescue: he sinks his own claws into Eustace’s skin and peels it off in great chunks. Telling the story afterwards, Eustace says to his companions that it was a bit like peeling off a scab: “it hurts like Billy-oh, but it’s such fun to see it coming away!” Gospel Teaching Our attachment to the things of this life can be a bit like that scaly dragon skin. We build up around ourselves an ugly armour of sin – pride, fear, envy, anger – that we hope will protect us from being hurt, but in truth only cuts us off from one another. Even the love of things that are good in themselves, whether it is food or work or mon-ey, or even friends and family, if that love is not properly ordered, can become something harmful and destructive. What does it mean for love to be “properly ordered”? It means loving more those things that are more worthy of love. The first of these, of course, is God, who is pure love, the fountain of love, a love that is stronger than death. So when Christ, in today’s Gospel, claims that it is he who must be loved more than anything else, he is making a bold claim indeed: we must love Christ as God. Only by making Christ the focus of our lives will those lives be well ordered. But the reward promised us is remarkable too. If we love Christ more than anything, making of our whole lives a sacrifice in imitation of his own sacrifice on the cross, then we ourselves will become the pres-ence of Christ to our fellow human beings: “Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me.” Just as bold as Christ’s claim to be worthy of the love that belongs only to God is our claim that, by sharing in Christ’s mission, in a certain way we share in his very divinity: “and those who welcome me welcome the one who sent me”. We must be realistic about what this invi-tation means. As Eustace says, “it hurts like Billy-oh”. To let go of everything that separates us from God might well feel like losing our very lives. But our life without Christ is not our real life, it is something fake. As St Paul says in our second reading, “you must con-sider yourselves to be dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus”. Application To be “dead to sin” requires great courage. Firstly, we need the courage to look hard at our lives and ask ourselves what are the ways in which we have cov-ered ourselves in a hard and scaly skin of sin. What have I allowed to cut me off from true companion-ship with my brothers and sisters? Is it pride in my own status or achievements? Is it fear, or anger, that stops me from being truly vulnerable? The next stage is to allow Jesus to really get his claws into us. This means becoming vulnerable to the power of his call, and daring to let him rip off that scaly armour. Today is the day to let go of anger, to laugh at our foolish pride, to be happy for, instead of envious of, people who seem better off than ourselves, to be open and generous with all those we meet. Then, when we have dared to let in the warmth of divine love, we will need yet more courage, the courage to bear witness to our own transformation – even though as yet it has only just begun. Offering our testimony to Christ’s love for all the world, whether aloud or in the silence of deeds, we will bring Christ’s rewards to everyone we meet. Cute Lurking Sun Sunglasses Vector Illustration Stock Vector (Royalty Free) 31457605 | Shutterstock Slovenian Summer Day Camp August 15-18 2023 Our Slovenian Summer Day Camp is back! After a bit of a break, I am happy to announce that we will again be hosting our Annual Summer Day Camp! PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF DATE! Because of a conflict in dates, our camp will be held one week later than usual. Parents, Grandparents, Friends this is a great op-portunity to get your kids involved in our Sloveni-an community. For those who already have many friends, let’s re-connect and for those who may be a little new to our parish, come out and meet other children your age and get ready for a week of Crafts, Sports and a little culture! Mark your calendars Tuesday August 15-18 And remember to book off your Friday evening for our annual SSDC BBQ and campers vs. parents Soccer Game! Stay tuned - More information to follow! Contact Heidy Novak novakhsn@gmail.com or 905-317-6002 SLOVENSKI DAN 2023 - BLED Dear Father Drago Gacnik, On behalf of the Board Council and all the members of our club, we wanted to thank you for your participation and in-volvement in the 32nd Annual Slovenski Dan hosted by the Bled Slovenian Cultur-al Club in conjunction with the Slovenian Cultural Committee Niagara. Such loyalty and devotion on the part of our extended Slovenian community have been two of the main reasons for the success of Slovenski Dan over the years. We were pleased to have hosted this year’s event and hope everyone en-joyed the day! The Holy Mass was lovely and a great start to the celebration of our Slovenian heritage. Since we cannot possibly reach out to every one of your congregation personal-ly, we would appreciate you forwarding our thanks to all members of St. Gregory the Great Slovenian Parish who took the time to attend. Regards, Frank Sampl, President and Sylvia Grah-Battersby, Secretary Board Council, Bled Slovenian Cultural Club Photo: Mary Ann Demšar Na dan pred praznikom slovenske držav-nosti, 24. junija 2023, je Slovenski Koordina-cijski Odbor Niagara praznoval svoj 32. Slo-venski Dan, ki ga je tokrat gostilo Društvo Bled. Medtem, ko so se vse naokoli dogajale nevihte, je okrog 400 obiskovalcev uživalo idealen soncen Slovenki dan v Beamsvillu. Svecano sveto mašo je ob 11h dopoldne daroval gospod župnik Drago Gacnik ob so-delovanju 12. predstavnikov slovenskih orga-nizacijah s tega obmocja. Bogoslužje je obo-gatilo petje in glasbena spremljava družine Stankovic. Ob koncu maše smo v procesiji odnesli Marijin kip h kapelici in tam prejeli blagoslov in se še skupno slikali. Po kosilu je sledil kulturni program, ki sta ga zabavno vodila Sylvia Stankovic (Gimpelj) in Ivan Krušic mlajši. Dobrodošlico je izrekel predsednik društva Bled, Frank Sampl, nakar je sledil pozdravni nagovor koordinatorke Mary Ann Demšar. Slavnosti so dodali posebno obeležje gos-tje dneva s svojimi kratkimi pozdravi: Amba-sador Andrej Rode, castni konzul John Doma, Sonya M. Rosenwirth ( Izvršni direktor pri CSCC), Marjan Kolaric (predstavnik Slovencev v Kanadi pri vladi republike Slovenije) in Ve-ronika Margutsch (VSKO). Ambasador Rode je ob tej priliki predal državno priznanje Druš-tvu Bled ob njihovi 90 letnici delovanja. Pravo navdušenje kulturnega programa pa so uprizorili najmlajši in tudi starejši ple-salci folklornih skupin Nagelj in Mladi Glas z njihovim izvirnem izvajanju. Program se je bil zakljucil s predajo slo-venske zastave, ki vsako leto potuje k nasled-njemu gostitelju Slovenskega dne, ki bo dru-go leto društvo Lipa park. Veselo druženje rojakov je nato prevzel slo-venski ansambel Prava Stvar iz okolice Novega mesta, ki je na polno navduševal obiskovalce. Popoldne pa je bila tudi priložnost za ogled zanimive razstave, ki jo je v dvorani društva pri-pravilo Kanadsko Slovenskega Zgodovinsko Društvo. Kot vedno, je tudi to pot gostitelj Slovenske-ga dneva, društvo Bled, odlicno pripravilo in iz-vedlo tako duhovno, kulturno kot tudi družabno poslanstvo tega vsakoletnega praznovanja. Še posebej pa velja izpostaviti tu rojene clane druš-tva kot sta Frank Sampl in Sylvia Grah-Battersby; namrec pridobila sta množico klubskih prosto-voljcev vseh generacij, ki so poskrbeli za brez-hibno izpeljavo in pocutje obiskovalcev Sloven-skega Dneva 2023. Predsednik društva Lipa Park, ki bo gostitelj Slovenskega dneva prihodnje leto, je že zdaj vse povabil, da se ga udeležijo. Poroca Frank Novak Slovenski Dan 2023 na Niagarskem polotoku Thank you to Tony Horvat, from his camera he got some beautiful details. OBVESTILA - ANNOUNCEMENTS KOLEDAR DOGODKOV - June 30 - July 2, 2023 - Slovenski Park - Canada Day Long weekend - Sunday: Mass at 1:00 p.m. - July 9, 2023 - Lipa Park - Summerfest Picnic - July 15, 2023 - Slovenski Park - Pecenkafest - July 23, 2023 - Bled - Prošcenje, Mass: 1:00 p.m. - August 4 - 7, 2023 - Slovenski Park - Civic Holiday Weekend - Sunday, Au-gust 6, Mass 1:00 p.m. - August 6, 2023 - Lipa Park - Music in the Park Picnic - August 13, 2023 - Breslau - Sava - Maša in Picnic - 1:00 p.m. READER - BRALEC Mirko Zorko CLEANING OF THE CHURCH July 8th - Lukežic, Volcanšek team July 22nd - Gosgnach team Aug. 5th - Jozica Vegelj and team Aug. 19th - Lojska Novak and team PRVI PETEK Stopili smo v mesec julij. Ta teden bo tudi prvi v mesecu. Kot navadno bo ob 6h zvecer priložnost za spoved, osebno molitev pred Najsvetejšim, skupno moli-tev rožnega venca in sveto mašo. VELEPOSLANIŠTVO REPUBLIKE SLOVENI V OTTAWI 150 Metcalfe Street, Suite 2200 Ottawa, ON, K2P 1P1, Kanada Posamezniki, ki potrebujejo konzularno pomoc prosimo, da nam interes sporocijo na 1-613-565-5781 ali na e-mail: sloembassy.ottawa@gov.si Kontaktna oseba: Blaž Slamic, prvi svetovalec in Margerita Potocco Drakulic, konzularna asistentka. POKOJNI - DECEASED V Torek, 27. junija 2023, je po daljši bolezni odšel k Bo-gu po vecno placilo naš faran Maksimilian Pavlicic. Pokoj-ni je aprila letos dopolnil 86 let. Od njega ste se lahko poslovili v cetrtek, 29. junija, v Donald V. Brown Funeral Home med 2. in 4. uro, in 6. in 8. uro zvecer. Ob dveh po-poldne pa smo se zbrali k molitvi rožnega venca. Pogrebno sveto mašo smo darovali v petek, 30. junija ob 10h dopoldne po-tem pa ga položili k vecnemu pocitku na pokopali-šce Our Lady of the Angels. Iskreno sožalje ženi Jožici in hcerki Monici z možem Paulom in vsej družini. Pokojni Maks pa naj uživa vecni mir in pokoj. V Prekmurju, v Sloveniji, je nenadoma umrl Šte-fan Kramar, necak Angele Antolin. Pogrebna maša in pogreb bo v torek, 4. julija na Bistrici. Pri nas bo ta isti dan zvecer ob 7h v naši cerkvi po-grebna sveta maša. Iskreno sožalje Angeli in druži-ni. Pokojnemu pa vecni mir in pokoj. 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 - Sporocite, ce je kdo bolan ali v bolnišnici, da ga obišcemo. You are welcome to call for a per-sonal conversation with your priest – please call for an appointment. Tel: 905-561-5971 or Cell: 905-520-2014 DON BOSCO Sunday Masses from July 2nd to Sept. 17th at 10:00 a.m. Svete maše - Masses Na racun »Eno Srce, Ena Duša« - »One Heart, One Soul« ste za našo slovensko župnijo sv. Gregorija Velikega do 30. junija 2023: - $157,273. - Obljubili / Pledged - $161,601. - Vplacali / Paid Hvala vsem, ki ste že prispevali. Naš cilj je, da dosežemo vsoto 200.000,- 13. NEDELJA MED LETOM 2. JULIJ Izseljenska nedelja Ptujskogorska Mati Božja † † † † † † †† †† †† † Za žive in rajne župljane Jože Vuk, obl. Jožef Vori Ivan Petek Jože Tompa Ana Ferencak, obl. Ivanka Hafner, 30. dan Pok. clani Slovenskega Parka Jože in Marija Kuzma Janko in Veronika Broz Jože Kuzma 10:00 A.M. 1:00 P.M. - - - - - - - Marija Hocevar Rozina Petek z družino Žena Rozina z družino Ignac in Terezija Sarjaš z družino Jože in Albina Antolin z družino Sestra Jožica Novak z družino SLOVENSKI PARK Tone in Katica Kuzma Katica in Tone Kuzma Tone in Katica Kuzma V tem tednu so naslednje obletnice smrti faranov, ki so zapisani v naših knjigah: Vrenjak Josephine Wednesday, July 3, 1968 Simoncic Martin Friday, July 3, 2020 Zupancic Ivan Monday, July 5, 1993 Letnik Anton Tuesday, July 7, 1992 Žekš William Monday, July 8, 1985 Zrim Marija Wednesday, July 8, 2009 Molitev za nove duhovne poklice Gospod Jezus, Božji Pastir duš, ti si pokli-cal apostole, da bi postali ribici ljudi. Priteg-ni tudi danes k sebi gorece in plemenite fante iz naših družin ter jih naredi za svoje ucence in služabnike. Zbudi v njih željo po odrešenju vseh ljudi, za katere na naših oltarjih vsak dan obnavljaš svojo daritev na križu. Pokaži jim, Gospod, vse pokrajine, kjer toliko naših bra-tov in sester prosi za luc resnice in goreco ljubezen. Naj odgovorijo tvojemu klicu, postanejo sol zemlje in luc sveta. Na zemlji naj nada-ljujejo tvoje delo odrešenja in gradijo tvoje skrivnostno telo, ki je Cerkev. Tudi številna in velikodušna srca deklet milostno poklici, Gospod. Vlij jim hrepene-nje po evangeljski popolnosti in zbudi v njih željo, da se bodo službi za tvojo Cerkev ter za uboge in bolne žrtvovale z vsem ža-rom in vso mocjo tvoje ljubezni. - Amen. (po papežu Pavlu VI.) PONEDELJEK - MONDAY 3. JULIJ Tomaž, apostol † Martin Simoncic, obl. Po namenu Za nove duhovne poklice 7:00 P.M. Ljudmila Pinter z družino Ivka Pašalic Slomškovo oltarno društvo TOREK - TUESDAY 4. JULIJ Urh, škof †† † Norma in Ivan Tompa Na cast sv. Antonu Štefan Kramar 7:00 P.M. Kathleen, Tony in Ethan Ana Tadic Angela in Ivan Antolin z družino SREDA - WEDNESDAY 5. JULIJ Ciril in Metod, slov. apostola † † †† Ivan Zupancic, obl. Sonya Rosmus Pavel in Paul Richard Novak Za duhovne poklice 7:00 P.M. Žena in družina Mama Helen Špiler CWL - KŽZ CETRTEK - THURSDAY 6. JULIJ Marija Goretti, mucenka † † Jože Tompa Mary Moravac 7:00 P.M. Sestra in brat Helena K. PRVI PETEK - FIRST FRIDAY 7.JULIJ Anton M. Zaharija, duh. † †† † †† Tony Letnik, obl. Starši, teta, sestra in bratje Zlatica Šajnovic Jure in Marija Rajbar 7:00 P.M. Anica Letnik z družino Anica Letnik z družino Anica Letnik z družino Ana Gergyek SOBOTA - SATURDAY 8. JULIJ Gregor Grassi, škof Prokopij, mucenec † †† †† † † † † † †† Metod Kuzma Anton in Ana Stanko Ignac in Marija Stanko Capl Pavel Milka Ferko Jože Tompa Norma Tompa Štefan Prša Ana in Franc Ferencak 5:30 P.M. Sestra Jožica Vlašic z družino Sestra Olga Hanc z družino Sestra Olga Hanc Hanc z družino Marija Košir Jožica Novak z družino Olga Hanc z družino Mary Hanc z družino Žena Terezija z družino Angela in Ivan Antolin z družino 14. NEDELJA MED LETOM 9. JULIJ Avguštin Z. Rong in kitajski mucenci †† † †† † †† † †† †† Za žive in rajne župljane Paula in Franc Pelcar Julijana Sagadin Pok iz družine Zelko Janka Mihelcic Katarina (obl.) in Vinko Antolin Za zdravje Franc Raduha Štefan in Terezija Marinic Bratje in sestre Marinic 10:00 A.M. - - - - - - - Stan Pelcar & Josie Dubé z družino Družina Kisner (Slovenija) Matilda Bratuž Ancka Jože in Albina Antolin z družino Sue Augustin Žena z družino Družina Raduha Družina Raduha SVETE MAŠE - MASSES