Sunday Missal

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CHURCHoftheRESURRECTIONNEWSNr.1(3265)January6th2019

THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD - C

Sunday’s Mass intentions are for :

9 a.m. †Juzefa and Pranas Dovidaitis (V.Dovidaitis) 11 a.m. For living and deceased parishioners †Joana and Algimantas Zubrickas (family) †Ona (5th anniv.) and Zigmas (8th anniv.) Girdauskas (family) †Dr.Ona Gustainis (D.A.Nausedas) †Egle, Aldona (10th anniv.) and Ceslovas Gudaitis (son and family) †Donatas and Juozas Zemaitis (G.Kobelskis) †Elena Firavicius and Romas Monkelevicius (A.R.Krasauskas) For Urbonas and Rusinas deceased family members (family) requesting the grace of health for Parish priests (G.J.) †Anicetas and Elena Prialgauskas (by bequest)

The visit of the Magi occurs directly before the story of the Holy Family’s f l ight i n t o E g y p t . Matthew’s Gospel tells a version of Jesus’ birth that is different than the

one in Luke. Of the actual birth of Jesus, Matthew tells us little more than, “When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of King Herod . . .” The story of the census is found only in Luke’s Gospel, but we hear about the visit of the Magi only in Matthew’s Gospel. We know little about the Magi. They come from the East and journey to Bethlehem, following an astrological sign, so we believe them to be astrologers. We assume that there were three Magi based upon the naming of their three gifts. The Gospel does not say how many Magi paid homage to Jesus. In Matthew’s Gospel, they represent the Gentiles’ search for a savior. Because the Magi represent the entire

world, they also represent our search for Jesus. We have come to consider the gifts they bring as a foreshadowing of Jesus’ role in salvation. We believe the meaning of the gifts to be Christological. Gold is presented as representative of Jesus’ kingship. Frankincense is a symbol of his divinity because priests burned the substance in the Temple. Myrrh, which was used to prepare the dead for burial, is offered in anticipation of Jesus’ death. T h e w o r d E p i p h a n y m e a n s “manifestation” or “showing forth.” Historically several moments in Christ’s early life and ministry have been celebrated as “epiphanies,” including his birth in Bethlehem, the visit of the Magi, his baptism by John, and his first miracle at Cana. (loyolapress.com)

"Lord Jesus Christ, we thank you for bringing salvation to all the nations. May the gospel of salvation be proclaimed to every nation today and to every person on the face of the earth. Help me to be a good witness of the joy of the gospel to all I meet." (dailyscripture.net) R.R.

Lord,everynationonearthwilladoreyou. (CBWp.37)

2019CALENDARFebruary24

MardiGraseventMarch3

St.CasimirFair

March6AshWednesday

March(dateTBD)LentenRetreat(inLithuanian)

April7ParishAnnualGeneral

Meeting

April12-13SpringRummageSale

April19GoodFridayApril21EasterMay65

FirstCommunion

May26Confirmation

June8RunforHope

CampKretingaJuly7-20(English)

July21–August3(Lithuanian)

October25-26FallRummageSale

November9AnnualParishDinner

December(dateTBD)AdventRetreat(inLithuanian)

December834thAnnual

ChristmasConcert

December24ChristmasEve

December25Christmas

“Foritisingivingthatwereceive”.PrayerofSt.FrancisofAssisi

Collections: on December 30th

80envelopes-$2,170Withoutenvelopes-$251.80

Directdeposit-$965Attendance230

“Children’senvelopes”:AlexandrasandMeda-$5Renovationfund-$3,515

on January 1st

55envelopes-$1,535Withoutenvelopes-$124.35

Attendance200THANK you for your generosity

THIS WEEK’S HOLY MASSES: MONDAY (January 7): 7 p.m. †Kotryna Taujanis (A.Ledas); †Balys and Gene Cizikas and deceased family members (G.Kobelskis); TUESDAY (January 8): 7 p.m. living and deceased benefactors; †Elena Bersenas (G.Matukas); WEDNESDAY (January 9): 7 p.m. †Eugenijus Cuplinskas (T.A.Kazlauskas); THURSDAY (January 10): 7 p.m. †Ilona Smalenskas (V.Puzeris); FRIDAY (January 11): 7 p.m. †Terese Grazulis (Buozis family); SATURDAY (January 12): 9 a.m. in thanksgiving (A.D.Nausedas); 5 p.m. “Vilnius Manor” †Albinas Slivinskas (B.Tamosiunas); SUNDAY (January 13): 9 a.m. †Petras Jurenas (family); 11 a.m. for living and deceased parishioners; †Juozas and Gene Kaulius (grandchildren); Elena Bersenas (A.A.Vaiciunas); †Balbina and Juozas Tamulionis (Nausedas family); †Jurgis Savickas (Prakapas family); †Aldona Smailys (5th anniv.) (family); †Jura Businskas (Ratavicius family); †Anicetas and Elena Prialgauskas (by bequest).

DonationstotheCapitalFund-$123,645

(S.Brough,J.Kuras,A.K.Gataveckas,A.Sirvinskas,N.N.,N.N.,N.N.-$8,025).

“Capitalfund”candle-$100

Theyear-end(12.31)total,includinginterestis$143,027.73

THANKYOU…

“Agoodperson’sheartisGod’ssanctuaryonEarth”. /Mad.Neckar/

Wewholeheartedlyappreciateyourgenerousgifts,donationsandprayersduringthepast2018year

andespeciallyonChristmas…

Fr.JonasŠileika,OFM,PastorandtheFranciscanFathers

Valentine’sdance-onFebruary9th,7p.m.inResurrectionParishHall.

Dinnerwithwine.Openbar.Tickets:santaka@yahoo.com

IN MEMORIAM †JURA BUSINSKAS, 66

buried on January 4th.

She is survived by her husband Antanas, daughter Emilija (Greg), sons Tomas (Laura) and Paulius (Jessica),

grandchildren Stella, Lucy, Tyler and Joshua, sister Audra Gimzauskas and family.

a.a. VALTERIS DAUGINIS, 86

Visitation: Redeemer Lutheran church (1691 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON M6P 1B1)

Friday, January 11th, 11 a.m. Funeral Mass: Redeemer Lutheran church 12 noon

He is survived by his sons Wally (Loreta) and Richard (Kathy), grandchildren Alicija, Natasha, Andrių and Ryan.

Sincere condolences to their families. Please remember them in your prayers.

CHOIR SCHEDULE for JANUARY 6th- Congregation 13th -Occasional

20th - Congregation 27th - Children

„Whatsoever you do unto the least of these, you do it unto me.“ St.Francis prayer

Sincerely THANKS TO ALL OF YOU for your generous donations to the

Soup kitchen in Lithuania. You donated - $. 4,570

ThroughthesacramentofBaptism,wewelcomeDanieliusDirvonskisinto

ourcommunityoffaith.Werejoicewithhisparents,asking

God’sabundantblessingstohisfamily.

ThisSundayourResurrectionParish’schildrenandyouthchoirwillbeginrehearsalsagain,after11a.m.HolyMass.Theywillhavetheabilitytocontribute

toagrowingchoirandparticipateinseveralperformances.Childrenoftenlearnlanguagethroughsong,sothiswouldbeanopportunity

tolearnLithuanianaswell.

Pope at Audience: Trust in the Father who knows what we need Pope Francis continues his catechesis on the Lord’s Prayer at the Wednesday General Audience, reminding us that we need to avoid hypocrisy and remain open to God’s will. By Vatican News Pope Francis began his catechesis by saying how St. Matthew’s Gospel strategically places the text of the Our Father “at the centre of the Sermon on the Mount, which begins with the Beatitudes”. This location is significant because it condenses the fundamental aspects of Jesus’ message, he said. The Beatitudes - In the Beatitudes, Jesus awards the gift of happiness to categories of people who in His time, and our own, “were not very highly regarded”, said the Pope: “the poor, the meek, the merciful, the humble of heart”. The peacemakers who, until then, were on the margins of history, become “builders of the Kingdom of God”. It is from here, said Pope Francis, that “the newness of the Gospel emerges”. The Law is not to be abolished, but requires a new interpretation, finding its fulfilment in the Gospel of love and reconciliation. “The Gospel challenges us”, said the Pope, “the Gospel is revolutionary”. Love has no boundaries - This is the “great secret” behind the Sermon on the Mount, continued Pope Francis: “Be children of your Father who is in Heaven”. God asks us to invoke Him with the name of “Father”, to let ourselves be renewed by His power, “to reflect a ray of His goodness for a world thirsting for good news”. As sons and daughters, brothers and sisters of our Heavenly Father, Jesus invites us to love our enemies, because “love has no boundaries”. Beware the prayer of the hypocrites - Before giving us the “Our Father”, said Pope Francis, Jesus warns us of two obstacles to prayer. He does so by distancing Himself from two groups of His time: the hypocrites and the pagans. We do not pray in order to be “admired by others”, said the Pope. Rather than just an outward show without inward conversion, Christian prayer has “no credible witness other that its own conscience”. It is a continuous “dialogue with Father”. Beware the prayer of the pagans - The second group is that of the pagans, who pray with formality and wordiness, presenting their petitions without a spirit of quiet openness to God’s will. Pope Francis suggested that silent prayer is often enough, placing oneself “under the gaze of God, remembering His love as a Father”. Jesus tells us to pray like children to a Father “who knows what we need before we even ask”. God needs nothing - “It is beautiful to think that our God does not need sacrifices to win His favour”, concluded Pope Francis. “Our God needs nothing: in prayer He asks only that we keep open a channel of communication with Him so we can recognize we are always His beloved children. Because He loves us so much”.

Pope Francis indicates a way forward The Editorial Director of the Dicastery for Communication, Andrea Tornielli, describes how Pope Francis’ Letter to the Bishops of the United States, indicates a path forward for the whole Church. The letter that Pope Francis sent as a sign of his personal closeness to the American Bishops, gathered in spiritual retreat in Chicago, offers a key to understanding his perspective on the abuse crisis, with a view also to the February meeting in the Vatican. In his speech to the Roman Curia on December 21st, the Pope expressed himself in a wide-ranging, determined, and powerful way on this subject. Now, in his message to the Bishops of the United States, he does not dwell on examining the phenomenon of abuse of power, conscience, and sexuality against minors and vulnerable adults, but goes to the root of the problem by indicating a way forward. "The Church’s credibility”, says the Pope, “has been seriously undercut and diminished by these sins and crimes, but even more by the efforts made to deny or conceal them". But the central point of the Letter must be sought in the answer that he suggests. Pope Francis warns against trusting too much in actions that appear "helpful, good and necessary", and even "correct", but which, if they tend to reduce the response to evil to an organizational problem only, do not have "the ‘flavor’ of the Gospel". A Church transformed into a "human resources department" does not always have "the ‘flavor’ of the Gospel". Such a Church simply puts its faith in strategies, organizational charts and best practices, instead of trusting, above all, in the presence of the One who has guided it for two thousand years, in the saving power of grace, in the silent day-to-day workings of the Holy Spirit. For several years now, the Popes have introduced more fitting and stricter rules to combat the phenomenon of abuse: further guidelines will come from the collegial gathering of the Bishops of the whole world united with Peter. But the remedy could prove ineffective if it is not accompanied "by a change in our mind-set (metanoia), our way of praying, our handling of power and money, our exercise of authority and our way of relating to one another and to the world around us". Credibility is not rebuilt with marketing strategies. It must be the fruit of a Church that knows how to overcome divisions and internal conflicts; a Church whose action springs from its reflection of a light that is not its own, but that is continually given to it; a Church that does not proclaim itself and its own abilities; a Church composed of pastors and faithful who, as the Pope says, recognize themselves as sinners and are called to conversion, precisely because they have experienced, and continue to experience within themselves, forgiveness and mercy.

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Web:www.prisikelimas.caEmail:resparish@prisikelimas.ca

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Pastor: Fr. Jonas Sileika, OFM Associate Pastor: Fr. Aurelijus Kazimieras Kasparavicius, OFM

Parish economist: Fr. Raimundas Bukauskas, OFM Serving Priests: Fr. Augustinas Simanavicius, OFM

Msgr. Edmundas Putrimas Rev. Kazimieras Kaknevicius

Deacon: Dr. Kazimieras Ambrozaitis Parish office administrator: Gitana Judvytyte

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