Sunday of Zacchaeus, Encounter of our Lord with Simeon & Anna
Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory Forever!
Sunday of Zacchaeus, Encounter of our Lord with Simeon & Anna
February 2, 2025
Sat 2/1/2025 4pm Vigil Divine Liturgy The Meeting of Jesus with Simeon & Anna +Abbot Leo Schlosser by Bob & Betsy Sychak & Jenn
Sun 2/2/2025 9:30am Divine Liturgy The Meeting of Jesus with Simeon and Anna +Susan Herman by Tim and Pam Gagen
Wed 2/5/25 7:00pm Liturgy for Healing +Mitchell Habil (82nd Birthday) by Anna and Greg Habil
Fri 2/7/25 7:00pm Moleben to Mary
Sat 2/8/2025 4pm Vigil Divine Liturgy +Horacio Tisera (in memory of his B-Day) by Tina Soley
Sun 2/9/2025 9:30am Divine Liturgy +Susan Herman by Rick and Irena Reeder
Variable Parts Tone 4 - Pages 141 - 142; Mtg. w/Simeon Pgs. 321 - 323
Epistle 1 Timothy 4:9-15 & Hebrews 7:7-17
Gospel Luke 19:1-10 & Luke 2:22-40
Memorial Candle Request - + Joseph Eugene Ford by Fizer family
Epistle Readers 1-Feb John Baycura/Mary Motko 2-Feb Kathy Moyta 8-Feb Mary Troyan 9-Feb Shari Allen
Please Pray for: Ole J. Bergh, Erik Bergh, Liz Moyta, Fr. Michael Huszti, Fr. Laska, Susie Curcio, Teresa Milkovich, Robert Saper, Anna Habil, Martha Sapar, Mike Dancisin, Karen Smaretsky Vavro, Diane Sotak, Anna Pocchiari, Larry Hamil, Beverly Jones, Marilyn Book, Maryann Russin Schyvers, Nick Russin, Ken Konchan
Attendance: 1/25 — 16; 1/26 — 90; 1/29 — 12; 1/30 — 8; Collection: 1/25 & 1/26 — $1,700.10
Gibsonia Schedule
Sun 2/2/25 11:30am Divine Liturgy Sunday of Zacchaeus Encounter of our Lord with Simeon and Anna
Thu 2/6/25 7:00pm Divine Liturgy
Sun 2/9/25 11:30am Divine Liturgy Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee
Ladies Guild: There will be a Ladies Guild meeting TODAY after the Sunday Liturgy.
Rosary Recitation: A reminder to all that the Rosary is prayed on Sundays at 9:00am before the Divine Liturgy. Our Lady promises Amazing Graces!
The Catholic Alumni Club is a non-profit organization providing a framework for single Catholics to meet and socialize. CAC also provides programs of spiritual development and community service.
SOFTBALL & TENNIS PLAYERS WANTED for CO-ED Singles' leagues. Must be 21 or over. Softball is played in O'Hara Twp, Tennis at Moore Park in Brookline. The Catholic Singles Club of Pittsburgh is looking for players of all abilities. The group also offers dinners, spirituality events, trips, mini golf, canoeing, volleyball, cultural and many other great events. For more information, go to their website: www.cacpittsburgh.org, or contact CAC.Softball@yahoo.com, or Gary.Urbatis@verizon.net, or leave a message at 412-341-4070, option 4.
Christmas Flower Memorials and Donations:
$25 in memory of Michael F Fizer; Micheal & Mary Fizer; Sophia & Donald Elliott
$25 in Memory of Rosalie and John Wondolkowski—Given by Lorri and Jeff Pakutz
$25 in Memory of Nick Pakutz and Denise Peace—Given by Lorri and Jeff Pakutz
$25. In memory of deceased members of Beitch and Habil family
$40 In Memory of Pete and Martha Sychak by Betsy and Bob Sychak
$20 In Memory of John Fiechuk from Betsy and Bob Sychak
$20 In Memory of Sally, Olga, Amy, Julia, Eugenia, Christina Zavacky. Luigi and Anna Pocchiari, Giovanni, Philomena Fantozzi by Lou Pocchiari
Our Lady of Medjugorje - On June 24th, 1981, Our Lady of Medjugorje began appearing to six young children from a small, unknown church in Bosnia and Herzegovina (formerly Yugoslavia) in a small town called Medjugorje. These apparitions continue to this day. On the 25th day of every month, Our Lady of Medjugorje delivers a special message for the world through Visionary Marija, and now once a year on March 18th, Our Lady of Medjugorje delivers a message through Visionary Mirjana Soldo. In June 1981, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to six children in a small mountain village in Bosnia-Hercegovina named Medjugorje. Identified as the Queen of Peace, she came on a mission of Peace with a message for the world. "I have come to tell the world that God exists. He is the fullness of life, and to enjoy this fullness and peace, you must return to God". Since then, Our Lady has been appearing and giving messages to the world through these six visionaries, Marija, Vicka, Ivan, Mirjana, Jakov, and Ivanka. She has told them that God has sent Her to our world and that these years She is spending with us, are a time of Grace granted by God. She has come to guide us to Her Son, Jesus, and invites us to convert our lives back to God and to urgently pray for Peace with all our hearts. "Peace, peace, peace, and only peace. Peace must reign between man and God, and between all people!" She leads us by walking with us and guiding us step by step, message by message. In addition to Her public messages, Our Lady is to give each of the six visionaries a total of ten secrets of happenings that will occur on Earth soon. Some of the secrets pertain to the whole world while others concern the visionaries themselves or the local village. Only one of the secrets has been revealed by the visionaries so far. In the third secret, Our Lady has promised to leave a supernatural, indestructible, and visible sign on the mountain where she first appeared. Our Lady said: "This sign will be given to the atheists. You faithful already have signs and you have become the sign for the atheists. You faithful must not wait for the sign before you convert; convert soon. This time is a time of grace for you. You can never thank God enough for His grace. The time is for deepening your faith and for your conversion. When the sign comes, it will be too late for many."
When each of the six visionaries has received all ten secrets, Our Lady will stop appearing to them daily. Our Lady continues to appear and give daily messages to three of the original six visionaries, Marija, Vicka, and Ivan, all of whom have received nine secrets. Mirjana, Jakov, and Ivanka have received all ten secrets, and Our Lady appears to them once per year for the rest of their lives. For Ivanka who received her 10th secret on May 7, 1985, Our Lady appears to her every year on June 25, the anniversary of the apparitions. For Jakov who received his 10th secret on September 12, 1998, it is on Christmas day each year. And for Mirjana who received her 10th secret on Christmas 1982, it is on her birthday, March 18 each year. Our Lady has also appeared to Mirjana on the 2nd of each month from August 2, 1987, until March 2, 2020, to pray for all unbelievers. Mirjana tells us that it is very important that all of us pray for the unbelievers in the world, who are described as those who have not yet experienced God's love. No one knows when Our Lady will give the tenth secret to Marija, Ivan, and Vicka.
Once Our Lady stops appearing there will be three warnings given to the world. These warnings will be in the form of events on Earth. They will occur within Mirjana's lifetime, and Mirjana will be a witness to them. Ten days before each of the warnings, she will advise the priest she chose for this task (Father Petar Ljubicic), who will then pray and fast with Mirjana for seven days. Then, three days before each warning is to take place, Fr. Petar will announce to the world what, where, and when the warning will take place. Fr. Petar has no choice and must reveal each warning. After the first warning, the other two will follow in a rather short period. That interval will be a period of great grace and conversion. After the permanent, visible, supernatural, and indestructible sign appears on the mountain where Our Lady first appeared in Medjugorje, there will be little time for conversion. For that reason, the Blessed Virgin invites us to urgent conversion and reconciliation. The permanent sign will lead to many healings and conversions before the secrets become reality. According to Mirjana, the events predicted by the Blessed Virgin are near. By this experience, Mirjana proclaims to the world: 'Hurry, be converted; open your hearts to God.'
The ninth and tenth secrets are serious. They concern chastisement for the sins of the world. Punishment is inevitable, for we cannot expect the whole world to be converted. The punishment can be diminished by prayer and penance, but it cannot be eliminated. Mirjana says that one of the evils that threatened the world, the one contained in the seventh secret, has been averted, thanks to prayer and fasting. That is why the Blessed Virgin continues to encourage prayer and fasting: "You have forgotten that with prayer and fasting you can ward off wars, and suspend natural laws."
Over 50 million people of all faiths, from all over the world, have visited Medjugorje and have left spiritually strengthened and renewed. Many bring back stories of miracles in the form of healings (of mind, body, and spirit), supernatural visual signs, and deep conversions of Faith.
