ir SIA Ili Slovenska župnija sv. Gregorija Velikega | St. Gregory the Great Slovenian Church 19/51 Številka - Number / Leto - Year 10. 5. 2015 6. VELIKONOČNA NEDELJA 6th SUNDAY OF EASTER MOTHER'S DAY Fr. Drago Gačnik, sdb župnik - pastor Naslov - Address 125 Centennial Pkwy N Hamilton, ON L8E 1H8 Tel.: 905-561-5971 Fax: 905-561-5109 E-mail Gregory_sdb@ stgregoryhamilton.ca Web page www.carantha.com Hall rentals Cell: 905-518-6159 E-mail Hallrental@ stgregoryhamilton.ca Ljubezen na trdnih temeljih Božja beseda današnje nedelje nas najprej postavlja pred veliko spoznanje: za Boga niso veliki ali majhni tisti, ki jih imamo mi za take. Bog sodi človeka le po njegovi notranjosti. Tako presoja On, ki je neskončno ljubeče bitje in vsakega človeka ljubi. Naloga kristjana je torej nenehna hoja v šoli ljubezni, ki se seveda kaže v dejanjih, včasih tudi zelo zahtevnih. Velikonočni čas, v katerem živimo, je klic tudi k večjim dejanjem ljubezni. V Apostolskih delih srečamo Petra, ki ga je k sebi povabil stotnik rimske kohorte, Kornelijus. V molitvi je ta častnik rimske vojske po notranjem spoznanju začutil potrebo, da poišče moža Simona. Stotnik mu je padel pred noge in ga počastil. Začutil je, da gre za nekaj velikega in je to pokazal s svojim poklonom. Peter pa ga je takoj usmeril k tistemu, ki je edini vreden češčenja, k Bogu. Peter nadaljuje: »Bogu je všeč človek, ki se ga boji in dela po pravici.« Bati se Boga pa ne pomeni pred njim trepetati in od njega kaj hudega pričakovati. Pač pa pomeni, imeti ga za tisto, kar je - neskončno bitje, naš stvarni in odrešenik. To prelivanje božje dobrote, usmiljenja in odrešenja čez naš planet je delo Boga, ki »je ljubezen«, kot nam zatrjuje apostol Janez v drugem berilu. Tudi veličina človeka more biti edino v življenju Ljubezni, ki ga je povzročila in poslala na pot ljubezni. Zato nas vabi znana Janezova beseda: »Ljubimo se med seboj, ker je ljubezen iz Boga.« Še krepkejše so seveda Jezusove besede in zgled: »Kakor je mene ljubil Oče, sem tudi jaz ljubil vas, ostanite v moji ljubezni!« Ostati v njegovi ljubezni pomeni predvsem izpolnjevati njegovo prvo zapoved ljubezni do Boga in do sočloveka. A da nas lepo zveneče besede ljubezni ne bi zanesle v sanjski svet, kar trdo postavlja ljubezen na preizkušnjo: »Nihče nima večje ljubezni, kakor je ta, da kdo svoje življenje da za svoje prijatelje.« Velikonočni kristjani niso ljudje praznih besed, ampak polnih dejanj, žrtev za soljudi, najprej že kar doma in to začenši v malih stvareh, ne v velikih. - Gospod, zadnji čas je, da postanemo velike priče dejavne ljubezni. Usposabljaj nas za to! PRVO SVETO OBHAJILO FIRST COMMUNION SUNDAY, May 30th, 2015 Procession from the statue of Mary Help of Christian at 10:00 a.m. than Mass in the Church. Keep a ll child ren that will receive Jesus for the first time in prayer. UREJANJE OKOLICE Pomlad prihaja v deželo, končno. Novakovi so očistili okolico, da bo urejeno za Materinski dan. Te dni smo zopet pognojili vrt - gnoj nam je pripeljal Glavač Vlado. Gizela je že nekaj posadila, da bo čimprej zraslo, saj je te dni kar lepo toplo. Prav tako sta z Jožico Vegelj kupile rože in jih nasadile okrog kipa Marije. Tudi pred župniščem in ob dvigalu smo nasadili rože, da bo lepše urejeno. Hvala Nancy Taylor (Dundek), ki nam je kupila nekaj rož in prav tako Gizela Hauzar. Tudi naša cerkev je vedno lepo okrašena. To pa, kot vedno, gre zahvala Olgi Glavač. Z otroci Slovenske šole smo se prejšnjo soboto slikali - niso bili vsi navzoči, vseeno smo naredili »gasilko sliko« za spomin na šolsko leto 2014-1015. S praznovanjem materinskega dneva se skoraj zaključi letošnje šolsko leto za Slovesnko šolo. Skupaj pridemo še 23. maja, ko bomo imeli zaključno sveto mašo in nato še kratek izlet ali druženje. 6th Sunday of Easter Response: The Lord has revealed his victory in the sight of the nations. First Reading Acts 10:25-26. 34-35. 44-48 Peter visits the house of a Roman, Cornelius, and learns that God does not have favourites. Second Reading 1 John 4:7-10 It is through the experience of love that we can come to know God. Gospel John 15:9-17 The Lord commands us to love and so to bless the world. "A man can have no greater love than to lay down his life for his friends." Illustration It was an athletics meeting in Glasgow, Scotland, and a certain Eric Liddell was competing in the 440 yards race. He was trailing the others into the second half of the race and a visitor remarked that he would hardly catch the others now. A native Glaswegian turned to him and simply said, "His head's no' back yet." Sure enough, Liddell threw his head back and, with his mouth open and his arms clawing the air, he passed his opponents and won the race. His style was not beautiful, but his speed was like lightning. At the Paris Olympics of 1924, Liddell won the 400 metres, and his achievement, together with his famous refusal to run on the sabbath day, was captured for posterity in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire. Born in China, to Scottish missionary parents, Eric Liddell returned to the land of his birth to spend his life as a Christian missionary. He lived and worked there for twenty years. He married and had three daughters, and devoted his life to spreading the love of God, which he had found in Jesus, everywhere he went. Someone who knew him in those years said of him, "He was overflowing with good humour and love for life, and with enthusiasm and charm. It is rare indeed that a person has the good fortune to meet a saint, but he came as close to it as anyone I have ever known." Liddell described his own life as a "complete surrender" to God, and here is a key for helping us to understand what love means and what love asks of us. We cannot all be fast runners like Liddell, but we can learn the love of God, as he did, for love is not a human achievement. It is the gift of God. Gospel Teaching Today, in the first reading, we hear one of the most important teachings that we will ever learn, and that St Peter needed to learn. God does not have favourites. Everyone who does what is right is acceptable to God. There are no barriers, no dividing lines that separate us from one another. Not race, not colour, not creed. In Jesus' teaching in the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord tells us that not even enemies are to be treated differently. Love your enemies, he tells us, and do good to those who treat you badly. This teaching can be seen in practice on every page of the Gospels, where Jesus is confronted regularly by his opponents. He treats them all with fairness, openness and honesty. This fair dealing with difficult people is love in action. It comes to its high point on Calvary, when the dying Lord asks the Father to forgive those who crucify him: "They know not what they do." At the Last Supper Jesus gives us the commandment to "love one another, as I have loved you". For love is not a feeling. It is a response to God's loving us first, and a grace of Christ to love others. It is because we know love that we are able to love. The love of God for us inspires us to love others and to make no exceptions. Application In 1943 the Japanese invaded China, and Eric Liddell, with many others, was interned in a camp. Liddell's wife and family had already gone to Canada for safety, while Liddell himself went to help at another Christian mission at a rural station. Confined in the camp, Liddell made the best of it and devoted himself to old and young, helping others to cope with their straitened circumstances. Overwork and malnourishment probably contributed to shortening his life. He died in 1945, aged just forty-three. Today, in the Scottish city of Edinburgh, there is a centre dedicated to the memory of Eric Liddell, and to his devotion to community service. Its purpose is to inspire, empower and support people of all ages, cultures and abilities, as an expression of Christian compassionate values. God has no favourites. Liddell's strict observance of the sabbath was baffling to many people, and many of us would not look at sabbath observance in the way he did, but he was respected for his beliefs, and at the Paris Olympics the US team masseur passed a note to Liddell saying, "Those who honour me I will honour." We honour the Lord by the simple and faithful observance of his commandment - "love one another". Obvestila - Announcements PEVSKI ZBOR - VAJE Nalednje vaje za mešani pevski zbor bodo v četrtek 14. maja po večerni maši. Pripravili se bomo za praznik prvega sv. obhajila, ki bo v nedeljo 31. maja. Takrat bo zopet sveta maša samo ob 10:00h dopoldne. DOGODKI V BLIŽNJI PRIHODNOSTI ♦ 10. maj: Materinski dan - Mother's Day -maša ob 10:00 a.m., 12:00 kosilo v dvorani - nato nastop otrok Slovenske šole ♦ 17. maj: Slovenski park - maša ob 1:00 pm ♦ 18. maj-ponedeljek: Lipa park - Open house - glasba: Goled keys; nastopata plesni skupini Mladi Glas in Planika ♦ 31. maj-nedelja: Prvo sveto obhajilo -sveta maša bo samo ob 10:00 a.m. ♦ 7. junij-nedelja: Procesija sv. Rešnjega Telesa in Krvi - 10:00 a.m.; ob 1:30 p.m. -Katedrala: maša za obletnice porok; ob 2:00 p.m. - London-Triglav, maša in procesija sv. Rešnjega Telesa in Krvi. ♦ 21. junij: Bled-Planica 13 - Father's Day -maša ob 12:30 p.m. ♦ 27. junij - sobota: SLOVENSKI DAN v Slovenskem parku - maša s procesijo ob 10:00 a.m., 12:00 kosilo, 2:00 p.m. Kulturni program - Otroške igre - Zabavni večer BARAGOVI DNEVI 2015 Letošnji Baragovi dnevi bodo v Clevelandu in sicer za »long weekend« v septembru, t.j. V soboto 5. in v nedeljo 6. septembra. Tudi naša župnija organizira avtobus za to romanje in če bi želeli iti z nami, se prijavite Tereziji Sarjaš. Za začetek je dovolj, da vemo, če bomo imeli dovolj interesentov. Odhod bo v soboto zjutraj, ker je samo dobre štiri ure vožnje in nekaj časa računamo za prehod meje. Svete maše bodo v slovenskih cerkvah sv. Vida (v soboto zvečer -v angleščini) in pri Mariji vnebovzeti (v nedeljo popoldne v slovenščini). Trenutno gledamo za primeren hotel in tudi razmišljamo, če bodo organizirali kakšno prireditev na kateri od pristav, da bi se morda zaustavili še tam v ponedeljek, sicer bomo prišli domov v nedeljo zvečer. PRVO SVETO OBHAJILO Praznik prvega svetega obhajila je zadnja leta vedno zadnjo nedeljo v maju. Letos bo to tudi zadnji dan meseca, 31. maja. Liturgično obhajamo praznik sv. Trojice. Na dan prvega svegega obhajila bo samo ena sveta maša ob 10:00 dopoldne. Začeli bomo, kot je navada, pri kipu Marije Pomočnice (če bo le ugodno vreme) za našo dvorano in nato nadaljevali s sveto mašo v cerkvi. Priporočamo v molitev prvoobhajance in tudi njihove starše. DAROVI_ Zalka Pušič je darovala $40 za misijone v spomin na +Ivanko Brinovčar. Marija Bregar je darovala $50 za cerkev s pomin na pokojnega moža Jožeta Bregarja. Romarji za Marmoro so darovali za cerkev $120, Gizela Hauzar darovala $110 za rože. Katoliška ženska zveza je od letošnjega Bazarja darovala $3200 za potrebe cerkve. Hvala vsem za vaše darove. SLOVENIA CREDIT UNION Slovenia Credit_____ Union would like to SIOVeflÌQ remind all members ^^fll Credit Union of the summer office WWW.sloveniacu.ca hours. All SCU offices will be closed Saturdays starting May 16th, 2015 until after the Labour Day weekend. For further information about branch hours, special rates or community news, visit our website at www.sloveniacu.ca Thank you for your valued membership. Have a safe and enjoyable summer SOUNDS OF JOY_ The first annual talent show "Sounds of Joy" celebrates the musical talents of high school students from the seven Catholic School Boards in the Diocese of Hamilton. A choir, band or group representing each school board will perform on stage at the Hamilton Convention Centre on Tuesday May 26, 2015, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Come celebrate with us! For tickets visit our Diocesan Website: www.hamiltondiocese.com. If you have any questions, please contact the Chancery Office: (905) 528-7988. OGNJIŠČE_ Te dni je prišla je nova, majniška številka Ognjišča. Naročniki jo lahko vzamete v zakristiji. Prejšnji teden sva z Mirkom Zorkom v kapelici redila prezračevanje. Kar zahtevna naloga je bila spraviti v strop cevi in na podstrešju pritrdi -ti ventilator, ne da bi razkopali strop kapelice. Vse je stlačeno in na ozko, pa se je le uredila. Takoj se čuti, da, če nas je več v kapelici je tudi boljši zrak, ker ventilator pri stropu nad angeloma vleče slab zrak ven na podstrešje. Majnša dela, pa vseeno potrebna za boljše počutje. Ш svete mase - mass times: Ponedeljek/Monday - Petek/Friday: 7:00 p.m. Sobota/Saturday: 8:00 a.m. - slovenska / in Slovenian 5:30 p.m. - slovenska / in Slovenian - Nedelja/Sunday: 9:30 a.m. - slovenska / in Slovenian - 11:00 a.m. -angleška / in English KRSTI/BAPTISMS: Po dogovoru, prijava 1 mesec prej. - For an app't, call one month before. POROKE/ marriage: Prijava eno leto prej. / For an app't, call one year before the wedding date. spoved / confessions: Vsak prvi petek ob 6:00 p.m. / First Friday of the month 6-7:00 p.m. (or by appointment) bolniki - Sporočite, če je kdo bolan ali v don bosco bolnišnici, da ga obiščemo. You are welcome to call for a personal conversation (person counselling) with your priest -please call during business hours for an appointment. Tel: 905-561-5971. svete maše - masses 6th Sunday of Easter 6. Velkonočna 10. Maj Job, svetopisemki mož Mother's Day za žive in rajne župljane 10:00 a.m. f Janez Kosednar Žena Hema z družino tt Frank in Vera Staniša Sin Frank z družino MATERINSKI DAN - Mother's Day 12:00 noon ZGORNJA DVORANA Ponedeljek Monday 11. Maj Zvezdana, mučenka ff Katarina in Mihael Štefanec f Milan Štefanec ff Marta in Ignac Kolarič f Jože Vuk 7:00 p.m. Marina Štefanec Žena Alojz Sarjaš z družino Marija Hočevar Torek - Tuesday 12. Maj Leopold, redovnik ff Lojzka in Ciril Novak ff Vsi pokojni Sobočan f Verona Balažic f John Madronič 7:00 p.m. Pavel in Jožica Novak Cecilija Sobočan Sestra Terezija in nečak. z dr. Manja Erzetič Sreda - Wednesday f Sidonija Drvarič 7:00 PM Friend 13 Maj f Štefan Gonza Matija and Joice Tompa ' . j Za zdravje v čast Materi Božji Agica Guštin FatimskaMati Božja „ ■ » Po namenu društva CWL Četrtek - Thursday ff Jože in Marija Zelko 7:00 p.m. Hči Milosavljevič z družino ff Ignac in Marija, Jožef in Marta Terezija Sarjaš z družino 14. Maj f Janez Košir Manja Erzetič Bonifacij, mučenec f Jožefa Majzelj Družina Malevič ff Stanko, Janez, Marko in Jože Sestra Stanka Malevič z druž. Petek - Friday ff Maksimilijan in Max Sagadin 7:00 p.m. Julija Sagadin z družino 15. Maj f Jožefa Majzelj Frank Kapušin z družino Zofija (Sonja), mučenka ff August in Marija Smodiš Gizella in Štefan Ray Sobota Saturday 16. Maj Janez Nepomuk, mučenec f Vera Murn f Jožefa Majzelj ff Vsi pokojni sorodniki f Stanko Bratuž ff Peter Mihalič & family f Rick Tozer 8:00 a.m. Sorodniki 5:30 p.m. Slavko in Olga Slbodnik Družina Gašpar Žena Matilda Marija Mihalič Herman Gomboc z družino Ascension of the Lord Gospodov vnebohod 17. Maj za žive in rajne župljane 9:30 a.m. ff Teodor in Ana Franc Toni in Marija Franc ff Štefan in Marija Zelko Marija in Toni Franc f Štefan Gonza 11:00 a.m. Ana Utroša puščavnik f Jožef pust / v Slovenskem parku/ 1:00 p.m. Družina Pust