OUR LADY OF BISTRICA PARISH BULLETIN

WEEK NO. 32 - EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - AUGUST 2, 2009  (VOL. 57)

* Sisters’ Convent - MASS INTENTIONS WEEK OF August 2, 2009

Saturday          August 1    :  5:00 p.m. = dec:    For all deceased and living members of Janostin family by Klementina Janostin Shroba.  Josephine

 (VIGIL MASS)                         Turkovich by Joseph Sobota.  (+2nd Mass at 6:30 on August 27.)

                          

Sunday                  August  2   :10:00 a.m. = dec:   No Croatian Mass during Father Chris’s absence.  Mass intentions rescheduled:

                                                                           (1)  Ana Katalinić by Regina Jurčević.  (Rescheduled to 10:00 a.m. on August 9.)

(18TH Sunday in Ordinary Time)

                                           :11:30 a.m. = dec: Annette Gaj (Birth Remembrance) by Brian and Sharon Stanton.  Filip and Ljuba Pericak by

                                                                                 Grgas family.  (+ 2nd Mass at 7:30 a.m. on August 21.)

                                          

Monday           August 3     :*6:30 a.m. =      :     FOR ALL OUR PARISHIONERS. Mass in Medjugorje by Father Chris.

 (Weekday)                           :  7:30 a.m. =___:     No intentions.        

 

Tuesday          August 4     :*6:30 a.m. = dec:    Fr. Chris will have Mass in Medjugorje.

 (John Mary Vianney, priest)   :  7:30 a.m. = dec:    No intentions.        

 

Wednesday      August 5   :*6:30 a.m. = dec:    Fr. Chris will have Mass in Medjugorje:

                                           :  7:30 a.m. = dec:    Mary Burnicki (Death Anniversary) by Doris Wodzinski. Rescheduled to August 12 at 7:30 a.m.

                                                                              (Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome)

 

Thursday          August 6    :*6:30 a.m. = dec:    Fr. Chris will have Mass in Medjugorje.

                                           :  7:30 a.m. = dec:    Fr. Chris will have Mass in Medjugorje: Joseph Gawlak by wife Sally.  Sylvester and Ida Kolenko  

                                                                             by daughter Barbara and Alex Druzbik and family. (Transfiguration of  the Lord)                

                        

Friday             August 7     :*6:30 a.m. = dec:     For all souls in Purgatory.

 (FIRST FRIDAY OF MO.)      :  7:30 a.m. = dec:    Mary Smerski and deceased members of Smerski family by Genowefa Czupryna.         

                                           :  7:00 p.m. = dec:    Adam and Emily Schenk by grandson Gregory Schenck.                       

                                                                             (Sixtus II, pope & martyr, &companions, martyrs; Cajetan, priest)

 

Saturday        August  8     :*6:30 a.m. = dec:    Drina Ćorić by John and Anne Bahun.

(Dominic, priest) :  7:30 a.m. = dec:                       For all deceased members of Reisch family by daughter Phyllis and Ken Petre.                                                                        

                (VIGIL MASS):    :  5:00 p.m. = dec:    Gary MacLaughlin (Birth Remem.) by wife and family.  Ann Bartokvich by Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Yeager.

                                                                             Nicole Abraham by Aunt Mary Grgas and family. 

                                                                             (+ 2nd Mass at 6:30 a.m. on Aug. 8; and 3rd Mass at 7:30 a.m. on September 10.)

                          

Sunday          August  9      :10:00 a.m. = dec:    Ana Katalinić by Regina Jurčević.  Anna and Michael Klemenich by daughter Mary Grgas and family.

 (19th Sunday in Ordinary Time)                                Ivica Njavro by Vlado and Perka Krešić and family.  (+ 2nd Mass at 7:30 a.m. on August 25; and

                                                                             3rd Mass at 6:30 a.m. on September 9.)

                                            :11:30 a.m. = dec:    For all deceased members of Rukavina family by Mary Rukavina Budzynski.                        

 

 

 

 

TODAY, 18TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME: Jesus uncovers the mystery of His mission: «I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE!»  Each of us feels a hunger and thirst for God.  Only in Christ, who is the Bread of Life and the well of living water, can our thirst and hunger be quenched.  Jesus said openly to His contemporaries: «You are looking for Me because you ate the loaves and were filled.»  He is reprimanding them because they were looking for earthly bread only.  They were looking for the Messiah of Bread of Life.  «Do not work for food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life.  You are victims of your time, understanding of your time.»  The Lord likes knocking on their hearts and saying to them: «Work for the food that endures for eternal life.  In your encounters with the Son of Man, have you not experienced that this life is passing.. . have you not felt the need for eternal life?»  Again He said to them openly: «It was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven; My Father gives you the True Bread from heaven.»  Faith was born in their hearts, for they began saying: Sir, give us this Bread always!  Faith in Jesus Christ is a condition in order to undertstand His life and His actions.  In that faith we have to accept that Jesus is the True Bread which comes down from heaven, and gives life to the world.  Let us approach the Bread of Life and we will not hunger nor thirst.  Through this faith we will have eternal life.

 

 

 

DANAS: 18. NEDJELJA KROZ GODINU: Isus otkriva tajnu svog poslanja:  «Ja sam kruh života. . .»»  Svaki čovjek, a da to i ne zna, osjeća glad i žeđ za Bogom.  Samo u Kristu, koji je Kruh života i izvor žive vode, može tu svoju žeđ i glad utažiti.  Isus je svojim suvremenicima morao otvoreno reći: «Tražite me . . . zato što jedoste od onih hljebova i nasitiste se.»   Prigovara im, što očekuju i traže samo zemaljski kruh, Mesiju kruha i života.  «Radite, ali ne za propadljivu hranu.»  Žrtve ste svog vremena, shvaćanja svog naroda.  I Gospodin kao da tiho kuca na njihova srca govoreći: «Radite za hranu, koja ostaje za život vječni.»  Zar niste u svom susretu sa Sinom čovječjim, zatim u sudbonosnim neprilikama prolaznog života osjetili glad za drugim, vhečbun životom?  Sad im govori posve otvoreno: Nije vam Mojsije dao kruh s neba, nego Otac daje vam kruh s neba. . . koji daje život svijetu...»  Da li se u njihovim srcima probudila vjera, kad počeše govoriti: «Gospodine, daj nam uvijek toga kruha.»  Vjera u Krista uvjet je da bismo shvatili njegov život i njegovo djelovanje.  U toj vjeri moramo prihvatiti, da je Isus «kruh istiniti, koji silazi s neba i daje život svijetu».  Onaj, koji tu završnu tvrdnju današnjeg Evanđelja prihvati i vjerom pristupi Kruhu života, doista neće ogladnjeti, niti ožednjeti.  Imat će po toj vjeri život vječni.

 

 

 

'MESSAGE FROM MEDJUGORJE JULY 25, 2009

 

«Dear children!  May this time be a time of prayer for you.  Thank you for having responded to my call.»  BVM

 

 PORUKA, 25. SRPNJA 2009

 

«Draga djeco!  Neka vam ovo vrijeme bude vrijeme molitve.  Hvala vam što ste se odazvali mome pozivu.» BDM

 

N O T I C E

 

Msgr. Richard T. Nugent will celebrate our 5:00 p.m. Vigil Mass this Saturday, and the 11:30 a.m.

Mass on Sunday. This is the last weekend that Msgr. Nugent will be with us.

We are very grateful to Msgr. Nugent for celebrating our Masses during the four weeks that

Father Chris was in Croatia.  God bless you Msgr. and we will remember you in our prayers.

Father Chris is expected to return late Thursday, August 6th and will celebrate our Masses starting

with the 6:30 a.m. in the Convent and the 7:30 a.m. Mass in our church on Friday, August 7th.

 

MONTH OF AUGUST: is dedicated to the Blessed Sacrament.

 

SUNDAY, AUG. 2: Altar Society Sunday observed.  Members are encouraged to go to Confession and receive Holy Communion.

 

TODAY: The August issue of Western New York Catholic newspaper  is available.  It’s free . . . please take a copy home.

 

TUESDAY, August 11th:  Eucharistic Adoration from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., with Rosary recitation at 6:00 p.m. and Benediction.

 

FIRST FRIDAY, Aug. 7: Holy Mass at 7:00 p.m. and Benediction.

 

NEXT SUNDAY:  Second collection will be for the CATHOLIC LEAGUE FOR RELIGIOUS ASSISTANCE TO POLAND.  The Catholic League was organized in May 1943 in the diocese of Buffalo after the ravages of World War II.  At this time, Joseph Cardinal Glemp and the Bishops of Poland request that the League in the United States help subsidize three seminaries outside of Poland where talented priests are sent for higher studies.  This will help strengthen the role of the Church and its leadership in the present and future.  These seminaries have already produced many saintly priests and great leaders like John Paul II.  All contributions, large or small, are greatly appreciated.

 

 

 AREA  ACTIVITIES

 

August 2: Pennies to Heaven and Chicken Barbecue at OLV Basilica from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.  Dinners from 1:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

 

August 7 & 8: Sts. Agatha & Ambrose Parish Community announce their “Summerfest” on Friday, Aug. 7th from 6 to 11 p.m.

and Saturday, Aug. 8th from noon to 11:00 p.m.  Entertainment, children’s games/prizes, bounce house, Bingo/prizes, raffle,

 food, drinks, desserts, BW chicken dinner $8.00/$9.00 on Saturday from 4 to 7 p.m.  

 

August 10: Blood Drive at Father Baker Knights of Columbus Hall, 2838 South park Ave, Lackawanna from 12:30 p.m. thru 5:30 p.m.

 

August 15: Father John Corapi at HSBC Arena in Buffalo (his only appearance in 2009).  For details call 1-888-223-6000.

 

YEAR FOR PRIESTS - - JUNE 19, 2009 TO JUNE 19, 2010

(Please Pray for Priests)

 

Dear Lord, we pray that the Blessed Mother wrap her mantle around your priests and through her intercession

strengthen them for their ministry.  We pray that Mary will guide your priests to follow her own words:

“Do whatever He tells you”  (Jn 2:5).  May your priests have the heart of St. Joseph, Mary’s most chaste spouse.

May the Blessed Mother’s own pierced heart inspire them to embrace all who suffer at the foot of the cross.

May your priests be holy, filled with the fire of your love seeking nothing but your greater glory,

and the salvation of souls  AMEN.

 

Saint John Vianney, pray for us.

 

PRAY FOR THE SICK: Mrs. Mary Guyette (Mercy Hospital).

 

LECTORS August 8 & 9:  

                                                            5:00 P.M. Vigil Mass: Richard Moretti

                                                            10:00 a.m.: Philip Rados

                                                            11:30 a.m.: Terence Stanton