VESTNIK 2023 | VESTNIK 2023 | 135 VESTNIK 2023 | 137 VESTNIK 2023 | 139 VESTNIK 2023 | 141 VESTNIK 2023 | 143 CVETNA NEDELJA PASSION - PALM SUNDAY SLOVENSKA ŽUPNIJA SV. GREGORIJA VELIKEGA | ST. GREGORY THE GREAT SLOVENIAN CHURCH 14/59 Številka - Number / Leto - Year 2.4. 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 Na današnjo cvetno nedeljo, nam berili ponujata pogled na Jezusovo trpljenje, ki je v luci pokoršcine in sinovske vdanosti Ocetu. V prvem berilu je receno: »Gospod Bog mi je odprl uho in jaz se nisem upiral, nisem se umaknil nazaj. Svoj hrbet sem nastavljal tistim, ki so me bili, svoje lice tistim, ki so mi pulili brado. Svojega obraza nisem skrival pred sramotenjem in pljunki.« V drugem berilu Pavel opisuje celotni lok Kristusove skrivnosti. On, ki je božje narave, je slekel samega sebe s tem, da si je privzel nara-vo hlapca; postal je ponižen vse do križa. Poleg tega, da nam ta odlomek, iz pisma Filipljanom, predstavlja sinovsko vdanost, nam kaže tudi solidarnost z brati: Kristus je postal podoben ljudem, privzel si je naše skromne razmere; še vec, postal je solidaren s kriminalci, z obsojenimi na smrt na križu. Dvojna vrednost trpljenja se kaže v popolni sinovski vdanosti Ocetu in popolni bratski solidarnosti z ljudmi. To spoznamo predvsem v njegovem smrtnem boju. Tu se bojuje z muko, ki jo povzroca bližina trpljenja in smrti in kot pravi pismo Hebrejcem, se, v nekem pomenu, uci pokoršcine (prim. Heb 5,8). Namrec, na zacetku prosi Oceta, da bi šel kelih trpljenja in smrti dalec proc od njega, a takoj doda: »Vendar ne tako, kot hocem jaz, temvec kot hoceš ti!« Jezus tako svojo željo, da bi bil rešen trpljenja, podredi pokoršcini Ocetu. In ko je dolgo molil, je vedno ponavljal le to drugo prošnjo: »Moj Oce, ce ta kelih ne more mimo mene, ne da bi pil iz njega, naj se zgodi tvoja volja.« To Jezusovo sprejemanje Ocetove volje se pokaže tudi takrat, ko so Jezu-sa prijeli. Peter ga skuša zašcititi in rešiti: poseže z mecem in udari služab-nika velikega duhovnika. Vendar Jezus takoj naredi konec taki vrste odpora in rece Petru: »Spravi mec v nožnico ...« Glavni razlog vsega tega je Jezuso-va sinovska pokoršcina. Sicer pa, kako bi se lahko izpolnila Pisma, po kate-rih se je moralo vse to zgoditi. Ocetova volja je izražena v Pismih in Jezus hoce to izpolniti v sinovski pokoršcini Ocetu. To pove tudi mno-žici: »Kakor nad razbojnika ste prišli z meci in koli, da bi me prijeli. (...).' Vse to pa se je zgodilo, da so se izpolnila Pisma prerokov.« Jezus se je zavedal, da mora izpolniti Pisma; privolil je v popolno pokoršcino Ocetovi volji, ki hoce odrešiti celotno cloveštvo. Tako vidimo, da je sinovska pokoršcina zelo tesno povezana z bratsko solidarnostjo. Iz pokoršcine Ocetu Jezus žrtvuje svoje življenje za brate. Ta vidik se še po-sebno izpricuje pri postavitvi evharistije, ki že vnaprej ponavzocuje vse o Jezusovem trpljenju. Preden so Jezusa prijeli, sodili in obsodili, je vzel kruh, ga blagoslovil in se s tem zahvalil Ocetu, potem je dal kruh ucencem in rekel: »Vzemite in jejte; to je moje telo.« Potem je vzel kelih in rekel: »Pijte iz njega vsi, to je moja kri zaveze, prelita za mnoge, v odpušcanje gre-hov.« Tako Jezus preoblikuje svoje trpljenje v daritev. Daje svoje telo in kri za odrešenje vseh ljudi in celo uka-že, naj se to dejanje ponavlja. Jezus pa s tem sprejema popolno solidarnost z naj-bolj preizkušanimi ljudmi na svetu. Ne sprejema zgolj splošne cloveške usode, temvec tisto, ki je polna poniže-vanj in trpljenja. Kot pravi Pavel, postane podoben lju-dem, pojavi se v cloveški podobi, da bi se ponižal vse do smrti na križu. Sprejema usodo ljudi, ki so krivicno obso-jeni in morajo umreti kot hudodelci. V tem je Jezusova solidarnost, ki jo izkazuje po svojem trpljenju. Sicer pa noben clovek ne more biti obsojen in usmr-cen, ne da bi imel ob sebi križanega, ki daje svoje življe-nje v odpušcanje grehov in v zavezo, saj želi vnovic vzpo-staviti globoko edinost med ljudmi in nebeškim Ocetom. Ne moremo se zamisliti vecje solidarnosti, kot je ta. Na drugi strani pa se Jezus zaveda, da sprejetje take solidarnosti do cloveštva ne bo imelo negativnih posle-dic; ve, da bo božja moc preobli-kovala trpljenje v pot, ki vodi k vstajenju od mrtvih. Seveda tudi ve, da mora to pot sprejeti. Ko ga veliki duhovnik vpraša o njegovi iden-titeti: »Rotim te pri živem Bogu, da nam poveš, ali si ti Mesija, Božji Sin, « mu Jezus odvrne: »Ti sam si rekel. Toda povem vam: poslej boste videli Sina clovekovega sedeti na desnici Vsemogocnega in priti na oblakih ne-ba.« Jezus ve, da je njegovo trpljenje - ta popolna soli-darnost z nami in ta popolna pokoršcina Ocetovi volji - le pot k vstajenju od mrtvih in povelicanju. - (Prim.: Oznanjevalec 2, 2008) 134 | VESTNIK 2023 136 | VESTNIK 2023 138 | VESTNIK 2023 140 | VESTNIK 2023 142 | VESTNIK 2023 144 | VESTNIK 2023 PASSION (PALM) SUNDAY Response: My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? First Reading Isaiah 50:4-7 Trust in God enables us to be eloquent in our witness. Second Reading Philippians 2:6-11 Humility allows God our Father to achieve his plan for us. Gospel Matthew 26:14-27:66 The faithfulness and trust of Jesus are not in vain. “Every tongue should acclaim Jesus Christ as Lord.” Illustration The “fight or flight response”, also known as the acute stress response, is a physiological reaction that occurs in the presence of some-thing that is terrifying, either mentally or physically. The response is triggered by the release of hormones that prepare the body either to stay and deal with the threat or to run away to safety. The term “fight or flight” represents the choices that our ancient ances-tors had to make when faced with danger in their environment. First described in the 1920s by American physiologist Walter Can-non, a chain of reactions inside the body helps to mobilise the body’s resources to deal with threatening circumstances. We can all proba-bly think of a time when we experienced this phenomenon: in the face of something fright-ening, the heartbeat quickens, breathing in-creases and the body becomes tense and ready to act. It is normally an automatic reac-tion, but it can be overcome with training or determination. Gospel Teaching St Matthew’s account of Jesus’ passion draws heavily on the account given in St Mark’s earlier version, yet St Matthew re-casts the narrative in order to highlight his own distinct themes: that the Jewish scrip-tures foreshadow the death in which Jesus fulfils his God-given destiny to bring about a new period of history filled with resurrection life. Jesus is also shown to be the obedient Son of God, utterly faithful and trusting even when confronted by appalling suffering, proving that his trust in God, having passed the ultimate test of death, is not in vain. The message of complete confidence in God, heard in our first reading from Isaiah, is viv-idly lived out in the non-resistance of Jesus, who offers his back to be scourged, his face to be slapped and spat upon. His trust in God allows him to go to his death knowing that he shall not be shamed. St Paul, writing to the Philippians, quotes what many scholars believe to be the oldest piece of Christian prose in the New Testament; namely that Jesus showed utter trust in God, emptying himself of his own will to allow the will of the Father to be accomplished. He accepted that this was his fate, not for himself but on behalf of us and out of pure love for us. Humility of the first order is displayed by Christ as, during his passion, he moves inexora-bly to the point of feeling utterly alone: “My God, my God, why have you deserted me?” Jesus’ absolute obedience and complete trust lead to the point where he breathes his last, that final breath imitating the first breath of Genesis when God breathed over the cha-os to bring about the new order of creation. St Matthew an-ticipates that new order of resurrection life by evoking Ezeki-el’s great vision of the dry bones in an explosion of triumph as the veil of the Temple is torn in two, the earth shakes, rocks split and tombs are opened. A triumphal procession of the saints who had been trapped in death enters the new Jerusalem, and the whole pagan empire – symbolised by the Roman soldiers – is astonished and can acclaim Jesus as the true Son of God. Application Trust is almost the precursor of humility; it is only when we trust that we can accept that our own reactions, fears and interpretations contain within them a space which, if filled with the grace of God, has the potential to transform our desire to run away or to fight. Humility is not some kind of self-abasement, but rather an inherent strength that comes from knowing that the outcome is not in our hands alone. Miracles are not always spectacular; often miracles are silent transformations where we are not sure why we acted or reacted as we did. All we know is that something guides us forward. Trust and obedience lead us to hope in some-thing outside of ourselves. The compassion we exercise, the forgiveness we offer, the sacrifices we make often happen not as fight or flight, but rather as obedient solidarity where we hope the out-come will be one of grace, not desertion; of silence, not empty words; of life, not death. Hope enables us to proclaim that Jesus Christ is Lord, and that death can never have the final word. Inspired by the obedience of Christ, we echo the words of the great Czech statesman Václav Havel: “Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense regardless of how it turns out.” BRESLAU - MAŠA Navadno smo se zbrali pri sveti maši na cvetno nedeljo. Odkar ni vec dvorana v lasti društva Sava, se je potrebno prilagodit in pri-rediti urnik maš dnevom, ki so na razpolago. Lepa skupina se je zbrala za to sveto mašo, verjetno je tudi lepo vreme pripomoglo. Z mo-litvijo in pesmijo smo se razpoložili za obhaja-nje pete postne-tihe nedelje. Po maši pa smo se še zaustavili ob kavi in dobrotah in vmes poklepetali. Hvala vsem, ki ste sodelovali pri maši in pripravili oltar in ga okrasili. Na koncu smo še dodali »gasilsko« sliko. - Naslednja sve-ta maša bo v nedeljo 21. maja ob 1:00 p.m. Heart to Heart - Most Rev. Douglas Crosby Na racun »Eno Srce, Ena Duša« - »One Heart, One Soul« ste za našo slovensko župnijo sv. Gregorija Velikega do 31. marca 2023: - $152,270. - Obljubili / Pledged - $147,290. - Vplacali / Paid Hvala vsem, ki ste že prispevali. Naš cilj je, da dosežemo vsoto 200.000,- FOUR SEMINARIANS from the Hamilton Diocese were called this week to Priestly Ordination follow-ing the supportive recommendations of their semi-naries. Deacon Carlos Diaz, Deacon John Ha, Deacon Paul Niesiobedzki and Deacon Jonathan Reitzel, will be ordained during Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of Christ the King at 11:00 a.m. on May 6, 2023. We are grateful for the zeal and desire of these young men to serve with us in the Diocese of Hamilton! THE 2023 PASTORAL APPOINTMENTS FOR PRIESTS serving in the Diocese of Hamilton were announced this week. Most are effective on June 28, 2023, although there are a few with earlier appoint-ment dates. Thank you for the openness of the Priests to accept these appointments. May your pastoral service be richly blessed! BAPTIZED “FRANK”, Archbishop Leo, recently installed as Archbishop of Toronto, wishes to be called “Francis”! From the earliest of days, a change of name reflected a new calling from God in one’s life – a new covenant – a deeper relationship with the Lord. So, “Francis” it is! Dear Archbishop Francis Leo, you will always find a warm welcome among us in the Diocese of Hamilton! ST. MARY’S GENERAL HOSPITAL and Grand River Hospital are beginning the exciting process of iden-tifying a preferred site to build a new joint hospital in Kitchener-Waterloo. A panel of skilled profession-als is being assembled to evaluate potential sites, leading to a final recommendation. Have some ex-perience to share? Email your CV to info@ futureof-caretogether.ca with the subject line “Application: Site Selection Panel”. Closes this Sunday, April 2nd, at 5:00 p.m. Act quickly. GRIEF RELIEF is a program offered by the Office of Family Ministry for those who may be experienc-ing grief in their life – whatever the cause. Join us online (ZOOM) on Thursdays from 7:00-8:30 p.m., from April 13th to May 18th, to learn more about what you are feeling and how to gently move for-ward. You are not alone! Register on our Diocesan website. THE DICASTERY for Interreligious Dialogue has published a Message for Mahavir Janma Kalyanak Diwas, celebrated by Jains on April 4, 2023. The title of the message is Christians and Jain: In solidarity with human suffering. Cardinal Miguel Angel Ayuso Guixot, MCCJ, Prefect of the Dicastery signed the message. JOIN US ON MONDAY, April 3rd, at 2:00 p.m. at the Cathedral Basilica of Christ the King for the cele-bration of the Mass of Chrism. Thomas Cardinal Col-lins, Bishop-emeritus Anthony Tonnos and Auxiliary Bishop-emeritus Matthew Ustrzycki will join over 160 Priests who serve in the Diocese. It is always an uplifting and joyful event. Cvetna nedelja in naša cerkev je res lepo okrašena. Sem poslikal, da boste lahko tudi tisti videli, ki ne boste ta vikend v cerkvi. Naša gospa Olga Glavac vsako leto najde nove ideje. Njene spretne roke spletejo cudo-vite šopke, posebej še, ce pogledaš vsak de-talj, ki je skrbno izdelan, pravo umetniško de-lo. Hvala za ves njen trud in prizadevanje, da je naša cerkev iz nedeljo v nedeljo lepo liturgic-no okrašena. OBVESTILA - ANNOUNCEMENTS KOLEDAR DOGODKOV - April 2, 2023 - St. Gregory the Great - Cvetna nedelja - Palm Sunday - Slovenian Mass 9:30 a.m. - English Mass: 11:00 a.m. - London: Mass at 3:00 p.m. at St. John the Divine Church - April 3, 2023 - Hamilton Cathedral - Mass of Chrism at 2:00 p.m. - April 7, 2023 - Slovenska Šola - Fish Fry at 4:00 p.m. - April 8, 2023 - London - Easter Food blessing 10:00 a.m. - St. Gregory - Easter Food blessings: 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 p.m. - Easter Vigil: 8:00 p.m. - April 9, 2023 - St. Gregory - Easter - Slovenian Mass: 9:30 a.m. - English Mass: 11:00 a.m. - April 11, 2023 - SCON meeting - 7:30 p.m. - April 23, 2023 - St. Gregory - Spring Ban-quet - Mass 10:00 a.m. - April 29, 2023 - Slovenski park - Banquet - April 30, 2023 - St Gregory - Obcni zbor -Annual General Meeting: Mass 10:00 a.m. READERS - BRALCI BERIL: APRIL 2ND Slovenian Mass - Terezija Sarjaš, Pasion: Mirko Zorko, Ivan Antolin in Frank Novak English Mass - Mary Ann Demšar, Sidonia Poppa, Mary Miklavcic GIFT BEARERS - SLOVENIAN MASS April 2nd - Jožica Vegelj & Terezija Sarjaš April 9th - Milena Volcanšek & Majda Lukežic April 16th - Aranka Dundek & Danny Fujs CLEANING OF THE CHURCH - CIŠCENJE CERKVE April 5th- Special Easter cleaning Any team members who are available. VELEPOSLANIŠTAVO OTTAWA - KONZULARNE URE V ponedeljek, 3. aprila 2023, bodo zopet konzularne ure v Burlingtonu, 5096 South Service Road, Burlington, ON L7L 5H4. Imel jih bo Blaž Slamic, prvi svetovalec. Pri njem boste lahko uredili, ce potrebuje-te potni list, osebno izkaznico ali druge zade-ve. Za vsa vprašanja lahko prej poklicete na: 1-613-565-5781 ali pišete na e-mail: sloembassy.ottawa@gov.si. FIRST COMMUNION - PRVO OBHAJILO Our date for First Commun-ion is the last Sunday of May, this year it is May 28, 2023. There will be only one Mass at 10:00 a.m. Parents, please register your children by calling office (905-561-5971, ext. 1), or by e-mail: drago.gacnik@gmail.com. CWL - KŽZ Our next general CWL meeting will take place on Wed. April 5th after 7:00 PM Mass. All members welcome! - Rosemary DAROVI - DONATIONS Za gradbeni sklad ali OHOS (One Heart One Soul) so darovali: - $ 100 v spomin na pok. oceta Lojzeta in starše Prilesnik darujeta sinova Robert in Tony z družino - $100 v spomin na pok. Štefana Kricaj da-ruje Frances Stegne - $50 v spomin na pokojno Rozino Doma daruje N.N. Hvala vsem za vaš velikodušni dar. POKOJNI - DECEASED Bog je v cetrtek, 30. marca 2023, poklical k sebi po vecno placilo našo faranko Rozino Do-ma. Pogreb pokojne bo v sredo, 12. aprila ob 10h dopoldne. Od nje se boste lahko poslovili v Donald V. Brown Funeral home v torek, 11. aprila med 2. in 4. uro ali med 6. in 8. uro zve-cer. Molitve bodo ob 3:30 p.m. Iskreno sožalje družini pokojni Rozini pa vecni mir in pokoj. VELIKI TEDEN Vsako leto, v pripravi na Veliko noc, je po-membno, da ni to samo zadnji dan, ampak da se nanj tudi pripravimo. Velikonocno tridnevje zacnemo na Veliki cetrtek z Zadnjo vecerjo. Sveta maša bo ob 7h zvecer in po maši bo tudi kratka molitev z Jezusom na Oljski gori. Na Veliki petek imamo ob 3h popoldne bogoslužje pri katerem beremo opis Jezuso- vega trpljenja po evangelistu Janezu in potem pocastimo križ. Letos bo po koncanem bogo-služju zopet Firsh Fry (kar organizira Slovenska šola). Na Veliko soboto popoldne imamo blago-slov velikonocnih jedil: ob 3h, 4h in 5h popol-dne. Oh 8h zvecer pa je Velikonocna viglilija pri kateri beremo vec beril iz stare zaveze. Zo-pet se zapoje Slava in Aleluja. Med mašo bo-mo obnovili krstne obljube. Na velikonocno nedeljo bo pri vstajenjski maši ob 9:30 zacetek z vsajenjsko alelujo, krat-ko procesijo po cerkvi in sveto mašo. Sveta maša je še v Anglešcini ob 11h, pri kateri poje Angleški zbor. 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 V tem tednu so naslednje obletnice smrti faranov, ki so zapisani v naših knjigah: CVETNA NEDELJA PASSION PALM SUNDAY 2. APRIL Irenej, škof in muc. † †† † † † † †† † † †† Za žive in rajne župljane Štefan Krampac Pok. iz druž. Arko in Simrajh Franc Ferencak Frank Verdinšek Štefan Gabor Jože Gacnik Ana in Frank Ferencak Franc Raduha John Tompa Pokojni Slovenci iz Londona 9:30 A.M. 11:00 A.M. 3:00 P.M. - - - - - - - Stanko in Elizabeth Petek Magda in Joe Razpotnik Milena Pavlic z družino Joe Fotivec Jože in Albina Antolin Jože in Albina Antolin Ljudmila in Franc Zadravec Ljudmila in Franc Zadravec Alojz in Agata Sarjaš z družino Maša v St. John the Divine Church Svete maše - Masses Zelko Marija April 3, 1997 Pinter Frank April 4, 2022 Prša Olga April 5, 1987 Lukšic Frank April 5, 1994 Langenfus Thomas Francis April 7, 2001 Gorenc Peter April 7, 2020 Žonta Ivanka April 8, 1997 Rožman Alojz April 9, 1973 SVETE MAŠE - MASSES 27. 3. 2023 - 2. 4. 2023 PONEDELJEK - MONDAY 3. APRIL, Rihard, škof Mass of Chrism 2:00 P.M. Cathedral-Basilica Hamilton TOREK - TUESDAY 4. APRIL Izidor, šk.uc. † † Po namenu Rozina Vucko Ivan Doma 7:00 P.M. Ana Tadic Marija Hocevar Društvo sv. Jožefa (2) SREDA - WEDNESDAY 5. APRIL Julijana, redovnica † † Frank Lukšic, obl. Julijana Sagadin 7:00 P.M. Jožica Hapke CWL - KŽZ VELIKI CETRTEK HOLY THURSDAY 6. APRIL, Viljem, opat † † †† † † Tomaž Langenfus, obl. Jože Gacnik Pok. iz družine Karlin Casilda Ferreira Steve Geric (Cleveland) 7:00 P.M. Mama Sonja Ana Gergyek Jožica Novak z družino Alojz in Agata Sarjaš Terezija in Ignac Sarjaš z družino VELIKI PETEK GOOD FRIDAY 7. APRIL, Kornelija Bogoslužje Velikega petka 3:00 P.M. Celebration of the Passion of the Lord Fish Fry after celebration VELIKA SOBOTA HOLY SATURDAY 8. APRIL Julija, redovnica Valter, opat †† † † † † †† † †† †† † † Anka in Marica Fabina Frank Pinter, obl. Frank Pinter, obl. Martin Simoncic Veronika Gimpelj Frank in Slavka Mramor Štefan Gabor Jože in Marija Zelko Terezija Bohar in Jože Kucan Martin Simoncic Frank Pinter 8:00 P.M. Jožica Vlašic z družino Žena Ljudmila z družino Kathy Simoncic Žena Kathy Sin Jože Družina Miklavcic Lojze in Dragica Ferencak z družino Hci Bernarda Bernarda Milosavljevic Audrey Hawthorne Audrey Hawthorne GOSPODOVO VSTAJENJE VELIKA NOC EASTER SUNDAY RESURRECTION OF THE LORD 9. APRIL Hugo, škof †† †† † † † † † †† †† † † † †† † Za žive in rajne župljane Paula in Franc Pelcar Jože in Marija Zelko Milka Ferko, obl. Milka Ferko, obl. Frank Mramor Cecilia Sobocan Tomaž Langenfus Vinko in Katarina Antolin Ana, Franc & Frank Jr. Ferencak Ante Cule, obl. Ivan Žižek, obl. Ante Cule, obl. Vinko in Katarina Antolin Eddy Kodarin, obl. 9:30 A.M. 11:00 A.M. - - - - - - - Stan Pelcar & Josie Dubé z družino Marija in Toni Franc Mož Karel z družino Zora Hull Stanko in Elizabeth Petek Slavko Miklavcic Mama Sonja in sestri Jože in Albina Antolin Albina in Jože Antolin Jože in Albina Antolin Jože in Albina Antolin Žena Rozalija z družino Rozalija Cule z družino Žena z družino