VESTNIK 2024 | VESTNIK 2024 | 155 VESTNIK 2024 | 157 VESTNIK 2024 | 159 VESTNIK 2024 | 161 VESTNIK 2024 | 163 3. VELIKONOCNA NEDELJA 3RD SUNDAY OF EASTER SLOVENSKA ŽUPNIJA SV. GREGORIJA VELIKEGA | ST. GREGORY THE GREAT SLOVENIAN CHURCH 15/60 Številka - Number / Leto - Year 14.4. 2024 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 Kristus je naš zagovornik v nebesih Danes nam bogoslužje nadaljuje pripoved o vstajenju Jezusa Kristusa - in še posebej o prikazanju Vstalega apostolom v dvorani zadnje vecerje. Prvo berilo je del Petrovega govora po ozdravljenju hromega; v tem govoru razglaša Jezusovo vstajenje. Skupna znacilnost teh današnjih liturgicnih besedil je odpušcanje grehov, ki jo je doseglo Jezusovo trpljenje in nam ga podarja vstali Gospod. Jezus nas znova pripelje v dvorano zadnje vecerje, kjer se Jezus poja-vi pred enajsterimi in jim nameni predvsem ta pozdrav: »Mir z vami!« Kot v Janezovem evangeliju, nam Vstali prinaša mir, prav zato, ker nam podarja odpušcanje grehov, spravo z Bogom. Ne gre le za notranji mir, temvec za mir med posameznimi ljudmi. Luka v tem odlomku potrjuje, da tu ne gre zgolj za prikazovanje Je-zusove duše, temvec pravo prikazovanje Jezusovega vstalega telesa. Jezus je opazil, da so apostoli zbegani in dvomijo, zato jim Jezus pravi: »Poglejte moje roke in moje noge: jaz sem! Dotaknite se me in poglejte.« In ker vse to ni zadostovalo, jih prosi: »Ali imate tu, kar bi lahko je-del?« Ucenci mu ponudijo kos ribe; Jezus jo vzame in jo zaužije. Jezusovo vztrajanje pri realizmu svojega vstajenja osvetljuje svetopisemsko gle-danje na telo. To je zelo razlicno od grškega. Grki pojmujejo telo kot oviro za dušo, zato se ga mora duša osvoboditi, kajti samo tako bo lah-ko dosegla svoje castno mesto. Biblicno gledanje je drugacno. Za Sveto pismo telo ustvari Bog in clovek ni popoln, ce nista telo in duša združena. Zato Jezusova zmaga nad smrtjo ne more biti samo v tem, da je le njegova neumrljiva duša združena z Bogom - temvec da je na novo sprejel svoje telo, združeno z dušo, v bivanju, ki je zelo razlicno od našega zemeljskega obstoja. Tako je zmaga nad smrtjo nekaj resnicno popolnega: Jezus je obudil telo in dušo. To nam daje razumeti, da moramo na telo gledati pozitivno. Res je sicer, da je telo lahko priložnost za greh; vendar pa je res tudi, da ne povzroca greha telo, temvec je to naša psihološka in moralna slabost. Telo je samo po sebi cudovito orodje, ki nam ga je dal Bog v uporabo, da bi lahko svoje življenje živeli v vsej polnosti. Zato moramo biti do telesa zelo spoštljivi. Zanj moramo skrbeti uravnovešeno in resnicno pri-znati, da clovek ni pravi, ce ni celota telesa in duše. Potem je ucence spomnil na besede, ki jih je rekel pred smrtjo, in na božjo besedo iz stare zaveze: »Mora se izpolni vse, kar je pisano o meni v Mojzesovi postavi, v prerokih in psalmih.« Jezusovo zemeljsko poslanstvo se je omejevalo na izgubljene ovce Izraelove hiše, vendar se je po njego-vem trpljenju in vstajenju od mrtvih poslanstvo apo-stolov razširilo na ves svet. Vstali zatrjuje: »Vsem ljudstvom bodo oznanjali spreobrnjenje in odpušca-nje grehov.« To spreobrnjenje in to odpušcanje bo doseženo zaradi vere v vstalega Kristusa. V prvem berilu se Peter obrne k judovskemu ljud-stvu, ljudstvu, ki je zahtevalo obsodbo Jezusa na smrt na križu. Z mocnimi besedami in z veliko vztrajnostjo jih apostol spominja na to sramotno dejanje: »Zatajili ste Svetega in Pravicnega; vi ste ga izrocili in zatajili pred Pilatom, medtem ko se je on odlocil, da ga osvo-bodi:« »Ubili ste zacetnika življenja.« Vendar pa hkrati tudi kaže na božje usmiljenje: »Vem, da ste ravnali v nevednosti, tako kot vaši voditelji.« Peter tu skuša zmanjšati izraelsko krivdo: delali so v nevedno-sti; okolišcine so jih oslepile; niso vedeli, kaj pocnejo, kot je sam Jezus to povedal na križu (prim. Lk 23,34). Peter potem ljudstvo povabi h kesanju, da bi lahko prejelo odpušcanje grehov: »Bog je tako izpolnil tisto, kar je napovedal po ustih vseh prerokov, cetudi bi njegov Kristus lahko bil tudi mrtev. Skesajte se torej in spremenite življenje, da bodo lahko izbrisani vsi vaši grehi.« Tu gre za sporocilo o osebnem vstajenju, duhovnem, zaradi kesanja, o spreobrnjenju in odpu-šcanju grehov. Zaradi svojega trpljenja in vstajenja je Jezus dobil moc, da lahko podarja odpušcanje grehov in ocišcuje duše morebitnih grehov. Vendar to ne velja le za naše grehe, temvec za grehe vsega sveta. Zato nas bogoslužje vabi k utrditvi vere v vstalega Kristusa, v njegovo zmago nad silami zla in k pridru-žitvi njegovi odrešitveni volji. Jezus nam hoce posre-dovati svojo zmago nad slabim in nam pomagati na-predovati v svoji ljubezni.- (prim. Oznanjevalec 2009, št. 2) 154 | VESTNIK 2024 156 | VESTNIK 2024 158 | VESTNIK 2024 160 | VESTNIK 2024 162 | VESTNIK 2024 164 | VESTNIK 2024 34D SUNDAY OF EASTER Response: Let the light of your face shine on us, O Lord. First reading Acts 3:13-15. 17-19 God glorified Jesus by raising him back to life. Second reading 1 John 2:1-5 True love of Jesus means listening to him and obeying his word. Gospel Luke 24:35-48 Jesus appears to the disciples hiding in the Upper Room and, instead of condemning their Good Friday cow-ardice, offers a greeting of peace. “Peace be with you.” Illustration It's beautiful and broken. Using stones and fire as their tools, Ancient Egyptians created the huge, 1200-ton, granite monument, now known as the Unfinished Obelisk. Before its completion, the huge stone, bigger than Cleo-patra's Needle in London, broke, and 7–10 years of hard work were abandoned. How did the workmen feel? Had they wasted their time in Aswan or did they just shrug their shoulders and move to the next project, unaware that, 3500 years later, visitors from across the world would marvel at their achievements? Aswan’s granite quarry had supplied many Ancient Egyptian monuments, but centuries of labour were almost forgotten as desert sand covered the site. The Unfinished Obelisk was only dis-covered in 2005 because someone wanted to build a house and, in laying the foundations, found previously unsuspected and immensely im-portant archaeology. As a result, the hot, back-breaking work of our anonymous ancient ancestors now enriches modern lives in ways that they could never have imagined. The broken stone is a beauti-ful, living witness to commitment, skill and perse-verance despite hardship. Its very brokenness was also its healing. Gospel teaching Today's Gospel opens in the Upper Room. The two disciples who met Jesus at Emmaus tell their companions – who were still in hiding – the good news of Jesus’ resurrection. One of the Emmaus returnees, Cleophas, was apparently St Joseph’s brother. So why, on Good Friday, was he missing from his nephew’s crucifixion and his sister-in-law’s side? Why did his wife stand with Mary at the foot of the cross and help with Jesus’ burial – and he did-n’t? Why did he and another disciple head off to Emmaus, leaving his wife and the other women to complete their heartbreaking anointing of Jesus’ body? Was he embarrassed? Did he feel guilty? Was he too upset – but what about the care he should have shown – and apparently didn’t – towards Mary, the mother of Jesus? Most of today's Gospel focuses on Jesus’ unex-pected visit. The disciples had fled from Jesus in his hour of greatest need. Afraid for their own safety, they ran away. They didn’t visit Jesus’ tomb, but instead hid in shared grief, fear and shame. They knew their cowardice and betrayal. When the wom-en returned from Calvary and the tomb, did they voice their opinions of the men’s behaviour, or did they find them too crushed to need to say anything? When Jesus appeared in their midst, the disciples thought they saw a ghost. They deserved his anger but he didn’t criticise them or make them feel any worse than they already did. He didn’t condemn their weakness or highlight the women’s courage. Instead, Jesus surprised them with a greeting of peace and a request for food. Their brokenness was-n’t terminal. Jesus started the healing process. Application Throughout Jesus’ public ministry, he nurtured his disciples, giving of himself in ways beyond their understanding and expectations. His followers often muddled along, following Jesus because they recog-nised that, in their limitations, they needed him. Following Good Friday, the disciples felt broken, but they couldn’t turn back the clock and undo the flaws they had discovered in themselves. Jesus had died and they had done nothing to protect him. But we’re like that, aren’t we? It’s easier to see our brokenness than our loveliness and yet, to Jesus, it’s that loveliness which he sees first. He knows the cracks that we try to hide even from ourselves, knows that they can hold the clue to recovery and wholeness. The ancient Egyptians working on the huge obelisk didn’t see the tiny cracks which would eventually grow and potentially destroy their efforts. Yet those cracks would highlight something beauti-ful: brokenness needn’t destroy. New and unimag-ined beginnings are possible. Someone who is unaware of their own imperfec-tions doesn’t learn from experience and can be very insensitive towards others. Their brokenness cannot be healed because they can’t see the flaws – and so small cracks grow bigger. Some of the world’s most beautiful people are those who have learned humili-ty, compassion and understanding through their own difficult experiences. Their struggles have opened their eyes and hearts to the goodness in others. They have room for growth. There’s room for Jesus. The disciples were very different people after meeting the post-resurrection Jesus. He offered them the possibility of a fresh start and so they start-ed to grow through their weaknesses. Their broken-ness became something beautiful and a lasting ex-ample of healing and new beginnings. Jesus’ invita-tion to his disciples is offered to us. Let’s celebrate our own brokenness and the loveliness which Jesus can repair and make even more beautiful. V torek, 9. aprila je bilo v prostorih društva sv. Jožefa znova veselo. Tokrat je bil razlog praznovanje rojstnega dneva Lojzeta Ferencaka. Poleg družine so se zbrali še redni obiskovalci torkovih vecerov. Nekdaj dobrot, tak-ih in drugacnih, je pripomo-glo k veselemu razpoloženju. Od 16. do 23. maja 2024 bo v Kanadi gostoval Ljutomerski oktet. V našI cerkvi bodo nastopi-li v soboto, 18. maja. Peli bodo pri vecerni maši, po maši pa bodo v kratkem koncertu zapeli še nekaj narodnih pesmi. Vabljeni, da prisluhnete lepemu petju. Through the year we preparing to recognize our 60th anniversary celebration of St. Gregory the Great parish. We are asking everyone to bring a photo or two that is sentimental to you so that we can post it on our wall - who knows, a special memory for you, may also be a special memory for someone else from our community. Along with this, your parish council has been discussing what we can do to celebrate this diamond milestone and as announced earlier in March, we have decided to host a spe-cial and significant 60th anniversary raffle. Sales for our raffle tickets will open at our Spring Banquet on April 14th. The cost for each ticket will be $60 and the prize is a $6,000 travel voucher. This could cover a trip to Slovenia! Only 500 tickets will be printed to be sold, so your odds of winning are high. Tickets will be available at all our events with ticket sales closing on December 31st at 11:59pm. The winning ticket will be drawn on January 1st, 2025 at 12:30am right here at our parish at our New Year's eve celebration right after we ring in the New Year! We hope that everyone will make 2024 a special year, remembering our beginnings in 1964 and the journey we have made to get to being 60 years strong! See you at the Spring Banquet. - Heidy Novak 60th Anniversary of our Parish Letos nismo imeli maše v Breslavu za slovensko skup-nost pred Veliko nocjo, smo jo pa obhajali v soboto 6. aprila. Kot vidite iz slike, se nas je zbrala lepa skupina. Po maši so zadaj pripravili še nekaj za pod zob. Hvala vsem, ki ste pripravili vse za mašo in prinesli dobrote. OBVESTILA - ANNOUNCEMENTS KOLEDAR DOGODKOV - April 14th - St. Gregory - Mass at 10:00 a.m. - April 20th - Slovenski Park - Clean up, AGM 2:30 p.m. - April 27th - Slovenski Park - Spring Banquet - April 28th - St. Gregory - Mass 10:00 a.m. - Obcni zbor - AGM after Mass - April 28th - Lipa Park - Ambassador - Mother’s Day luncheon - May 1st - Bled SCC - Annual Golf Tournament - May 5th - Bled SCC - Mother’s Day Luncheon - May 11th - Bled SCC - Park Clean up Day - May 12th - St. Gregory - Mother’s Day - Mass at 10:00 a.m. - May 17th - Slovenski Park - Victoria Day Long Weekend - Mass with procession: May 19 at 1:00 p.m. - May 20th - Lipa Park - “Open House” Picnic - May 26th - St. Gregory - First Communion & Confirmation - Mass at 10:00 a.m. CLEANING OF THE CHURCH - April 27th: Lukežic M. & Volcanšek M. BRALCI - READERS: - Slovenian: Frank Novak - English: Mary Miklavcic GIFT BEARERS - April 14th - Milena Volcanšek & Majda Lukežic - April 21st - Pamela Gosgnach & Mary Miketic - April 28th - Albina & Jože Antolin LETNI OBCNI ZBOR - AGM Letošnji letni Obcni zbor bo v nedeljo, 28. aprila. Tudi takrat bo sveta maša ob 10h dopol-dne in nato obcni zbor v dvorani. CWL -KŽZ Our CWL invites you to attend Our Lady of Good Counsel Mass on Friday, April 26th at 7:00 PM. At this Mass we welcome new members and recognize those with notable years of service. A brief reception will take place after the Mass. Small pecivo donations are wel-come. Thank you. - Rosemary Š. ZAHVALA - THANK YOU To the church Saint Gregory The Great, thank you for all you have done for us and the community. You have been so kind and helpful to our family. Recently our family ex-perienced the loss of Martin Tompa, a mem-ber of this church. Everyone here has shown us so much kindness and compassion. The Mass you have provided for him was so com-forting and welcoming. The kind and com-forting words from Father Drago helped bring our family peace, and the angelic voices singing throughout the Mass were such an amazing experience. We just want to thank everyone involved for everything you have done for our family and everything you have done for Martin. We appreciate everything and all the support you have given and con-tinue to give us. Sincerely, The Tompa Family DAROVI - DONATIONS Za gradbeni sklad sta Agata in Alojz Sarjaš darovala $500.- v spomin na pokojne iz druži-ne Tompa. - Hvala za vse vaše darove. 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 Svete maše - Masses V tem tednu so naslednje obletnice smrti faranov, ki so zapisani v naših knjigah: 3. VELIKONOCNA NEDELJA 3RD SUNDAY OF EASTER 14. APRIL Valerijan, mucenec †† † † † † † †† †† † Za žive in rajne župljane Paula & Franc Pelcar Rozalija Kolenko Ante Cule Štefan Lovrencec Milka Ferko, obl. Florian Miklavcic za žive in pok. iz druž. Frank Novak za žive in pok. iz druž. Pavel Novak Marija Maric za zdravje Uršule 10:00 A.M. - - - - - - - Stan Pelca & Josie Dubé z druž. Milka Pavlic z družino Štefan in Francka Antolin Alojz Sarjaš z družino Karol Ferko z družino Marija Miklavcic Jožica Novak z družino Jožica Novak z družino Amalija Š. in Mirko Z. Marija Prilesnik FIRST COMMUNION & CONFIRMATION This year First Communion and Confirma-tion will take place on Sunday, May 26, 2024 during the 10:00 a.m. Mass. Preparation for Confirmation will start after Easter. On April 14th, during the 10:00 a.m. Mass, will be presentation-enrolment celebration for children of Confirmation. Preparations for First Communion will start in the beginning of May. If you come to the church there is a Form to fill up for whoever would receive First Communion or Confirmation. Or send email to drago.gacnik@gmail.com and I will send you a Form. Kozlovic Ilka Olga April 15, 1974 Jarc Alojz April 15, 1984 Stegne Vinko Vince April 15, 1988 Veselic Magda April 15, 1994 Ferko Elizabeth April 15, 2014 Granic Marija (Jeric) April 15, 2018 Šlebic Marija April 17, 1997 Hozjan Štefan April 17, 2006 Total Solar Eclipse April 8, 2024, 3:18 p.m. SPRING BANQUET SVETE MAŠE - MASSES PONEDELJEK - MONDAY 15. APRIL Helena, kneginja † Eileen MacKenzie 7:00 P.M. N. N. TOREK - TUESDAY 16. APRIL Bernardka, red. †† Pok. iz družine Karlin 7:00 P.M. Jožica Novak z družino SREDA - WEDNESDAY 17. APRIL Rudolf, mucenec †† †† Elizabeta (obl.) in Tony Ferko Joseph Ivan Prša 7:00 P.M. Children CETRTEK - THURSDAY 18. APRIL Evzebij, škof † Jože Bajec 7:00 P.M. Mia Goodfellow z družino PETEK - FRIDAY 19. APRIL Leon IX., papež † † Joseph Ivan Prša Jack Šapiro Judiš 7:00 P.M. Ana Plosinjak H. K. SOBOTA - SATURDAY 20. APRIL Teotim, škof Bernika, muc. † † †† †† † † † † † Frank Leopold Gimpelj Jr. Branko Ježovnik Jurij in Marija Rajbar Franc in Marica Majzelj Ignac Korošec Joe Ivan Prša Daniel Nedelko Joe Hanc Jože Zadravec 5:30 P.M. Mama z družino Jožica Vlašic z družino Ana Gergyek Družina Malevic Marija Korošec z družino Družina Raduha Družina Raduha Marija in Jože Magdic Martin in Regina Nedelko 4. VELIKONOCNA NEDELJA 21. APRIL Nedelja dobrega pastirja 4TH SUNDAY OF EASTER Good Shepherd Sunday † † † † † † † † † Za žive in rajne župljane Jože Zadravec Marija Berden Tony Ferko Martin Tompa Štefan Lovrencec Marija Horvat (Cayuga) Joža Šušteršic Milka Ferko, obl. Martin Tompa 9:30 A.M. 11:00 A.M. - - - - - - - Franc in Ljudmila Zadravec Ljudmila in Franc Zadravec Sestra Anica (Windsor) Ignac Dorencec Brat Janez Janez Lovrencec Tone Ferkul (TO) Mož Karol z družino Rose Žižek z družino