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Living the Word of Christ Together Pastor: Deacons: Office Administrator: Rectory Phone: Office Phone: Fax: e-mail: website: Father Bruce Riebe Bill Fredrick, Robert Kirschner Michele Wiltshire 440-526-1818 440-526-0016 440-526-6464 stjoebyz@sbcglobal.net www.stjoebyz.com SUNDAY OF THE RESTORATION OF HOLY ICONS In the year 843 A.D. the Empress Theodora officially restored the Holy Icons for veneration in the Church of Constantinople after a century of their absence. Those who opposed the veneration of Holy Icons claimed that the honor shown to icons was equal to idolatry and that the making of icons violated God s commandment against graven images. St. John of Damascus and St. Theodore of Studion, claimed that the icon is not a graven image of the invisible God, but a living witness to the central fact of the Christian faith that the Divine Son of God, Light of Light and True God of True God, came down from heaven and was Incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became man. (Nicene Creed) If indeed, for us men and for our salvation, the divine Word of God became flesh as the Apostle John has said (John 1:14), then this man Jesus Christ is indeed the Icon of the invisible God as the Apostle Paul has said (Colossian 1:15). For according to the Lord Himself, he who has seen Him has seen the Father. (John 14:9) The Son of God, invisible and eternal, has taken on the visible form of man. He, therefore, can be depicted in a human form.
March 10, 2019 Glory to Jesus Christ! Liturgy Schedule Monday March 11 8:00 a.m. Lenten Devotions with Supplication to the Blessed Sacrament Tuesday March 12 8:00 a.m. Lenten Devotions with Sermon Wednesday March 13 7:00 p.m. Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts (Health of Ron Kwiatkowski by Picnic Committee) Thursday March 14 8:00 a.m. Lenten Devotions with Sermon Friday March 15 7:30 p.m. Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts ( Joseph Klinkovsky by Joseph P. Klinkovsky) Saturday March 16 9:00 a.m. 2nd All Souls (Requiem Liturgy, Panachida, Hramoty) Vigil Liturgy 4:00 p.m. Health of Sandy Family by Bill/Carol Sandy Sunday March 17 10:30 a.m. Intention of the Parishioners Altar Servers Lectors Greeters March 16 4:00 p.m. S. Lupia & C. DeCapua J. Foreman G. & J. Huntz March 17 10:30 p.m. G Karaffa, J. P. Masters, N. Fredrick K. Lambourne & M. Cohn A. Masters & D. Tytko (Volunteer Altar Servers needed for Lenten Services and All Souls Saturday.) Preaching moves men...prayer moves God. The schedule, topic and discussion leader for the I Believe Faith Formation Program is listed below. Lesson #3 March 13 The Ascension (Deacon Bill Fredrick)* Lesson #4 March 20 The Second Coming (Deacon Robert Kirschner) Lesson #5 March 27 The Final Judgment (Deacon Robert Kirschner) Lesson #6 April 3 The General Resurrection (Deacon Bill Fredrick) Lesson #7 April 10 The Church (Fr. Bruce Riebe) Lesson #8 April 17 Baptism (Fr. Bruce Riebe) *On March 13 the video presenter will be Father Andrew Summerson (Pastor of St. Mary Church in Whiting, Indiana). (All sessions will be held in the choir loft immediately following the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts which begins at 7:00.) Second All Souls Saturday The second All Souls Saturday is this week. The 9:00 Requiem Liturgy will be followed by a Panachida (prayer service for the dead) and the reading of the Hramoty (names of our deceased family members and loved ones). Forty Days for Life started on March 6. In conjunction with this we will once again offer the rosary prior to the weekend liturgies for the intention of the unborn. Consider attending a weekday Lenten Service. On Monday, Tuesday and Thursday mornings you can participate in Lenten Devotions (a half hour in duration with Supplication to the Blessed Sacrament on Monday and a sermon on Tuesday and Thursday). The evening opportunities include the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts on Wednesday and Friday (this is a combination Vesper/Communion Service sung with special Lenten melodies).
We enter into week number two of our Lenten Fish Fries. Lunch is served from 11:30-1:00. You can grab dinner between 4-7. Carryouts are available. Help spread the word by telling your friends, co-workers and family members! Make sure to patronize a meal or two. (We know for most of you there s a fish fry closer to home, but with all the competition out there we can use your business!) The Week Ahead The A-OK Club will meet on Monday at 7:00. The Men s Fellowship/Book Club will meet on Monday at 7:00 in the Education Center. The Men s Club will meet on Tuesday at 7:00. Sandwich making will take place on Saturday at 9:30 in the Education Center. Breakfast Fundraiser The Garfield Heights Knights of Columbus is holding a breakfast to benefit our ECF Program on March 24 right after liturgy. The menu includes scrambled eggs, sausage, all you can eat pancakes, juice, coffee and tea. The cost is $7 for adults and $4 for children ($25 max per family). Serving will be until 1:00. Please Pray Please remember all the sick/suffering in your prayers, especially Al Holocker (University); Dan Kattler (Mt. Alverna; rehab); John Valus (Altenheim; rehab); Bea Chrustic (home), Mike Prishchak (home) and Dorothy Sabo (home). Also remember in your prayers Ron Kwiatkowski, our long-time custodian, who as of the press deadline was still in ICU at Parma hospital. Your Weekly Offering March 3, 2019 Sunday: e-giving: 13 Student Envelopes: Cash: Candles: Fuel: Building Fund: Total: $4,531.00 440.00 16.60 101.00 155.00 10.00 150.00 $5,403.60 Interested in e-giving??? Our First Fry Day Fish Fry brought 218 diners to our complex. The Outreach earned just under $1,500.00. Thanks to those who came to eat and to the hardworking volunteers! Lenten Afternoon of Reflection Mother Cecilia (Hritz) from Christ the Bridegroom Monastery in Burton will lead a Lenten Afternoon of Reflection on March 31. She will present Who, me? Contemplative Prayer. A light lunch will precede the talk. RSVP by signing the sheet posted on the vestibule bulletin board or by calling Darlene Hritz (440-237-5237) by March 28. ABOUT THE TALK (from Mother Cecilia): Contemplative prayer may sound like something that s only for monastics, but it s not. We re all called to this type of prayer, but I find that many people have misconceptions about what it is or worry about doing it right. I would like to share with you what I have learned and the joy I have found in it. The Ladies Auxiliary would like to thank everyone who patronized last Sunday s Pasta Dinner. Lenten Alms Banks Almsgiving containers can still be found in the vestibule (the St. Joseph Outreach will be the beneficiaries). Lenten Days of Abstinence Our Diocesan regulations call for abstaining from meat on Wednesdays and Fridays. Spiritual Reading The parish library, located in the choir loft, is loaded with excellent spiritual reading for your Lenten consumption.
Iconographic Perspectives Byzantine icons preserve an austere and other-worldly appearance. In general the faces are gaunt, representing the popular idea of holiness, namely, strict asceticism such as was traditionally associated with severe fasting. The Eastern monastic fasting is still very difficult by Western norms: nothing may be eaten that comes from an animal. That ruling alone excludes milk, butter, eggs and cheese as well a meat. Vegetable and cereal products, with olive oil as the chief cooking agent, were the standard Lenten fare. Besides favoring gauntness of features, the iconographers paid scant attention, by and large, to perspective. It did not seem to disturb either the artist or their patrons if the large center figure was surrounded by small figures of angels, saints or secondary characters. Sometimes a whole scene in miniature was depicted at the side or above the icon s main characters. Because so many Byzantine icons saints looked almost the same most men, for example, were bearded and gaunt of visage it became customary to mark the identity of the figures with letters usually abbreviations of the saint s names. The most common place for these letters was beside the head. Usually the first few letters (cfr. Penn.) or the first and last letters (cfr. Pa.) served as the abbreviation. Sometimes the name was written out vertically at the side and often the letters of the full name were combined in curious monograms that shortened the space needed. Students of iconography prefer to see great symbolism in the colors used by the artists. Everyone seems to agree that a flat gold background, very frequent in icons, represents the richness and splendor of heaven. Very often, instead of shading the color of a garment to show folds, the outline of the folds will simply be done in gold. Saints heads are often surrounded with an aureola or golden halo and frequently between the inner and outer rings of the halo, intricate filigree work appears. In the course of time many icons of popular veneration were crowned with golden diadems and jewels were imbedded in the crowns and clothing. Sometimes the whole image was covered with gold and only the face and hands of the original painting were allowed to appear. PARISH INFORMATION ACTIVITY CENTER & HALL RESERVATIONS: 440-526-0016 CONFESSIONS: One half hour before liturgies for fifteen minutes and by request MEN S CLUB: 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. LADIES AUXILIARY: 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. A-OK CLUB: 2nd Monday of the month at 7:00 p.m. COFFEE SOCIAL: Every Sunday after liturgy EASTERN CATHOLIC FORMATION (ECF) CLASSES: Sundays 9:00 a.m. 10:20 a.m. BULLETIN INFORMATION DEADLINE: Tuesday noon
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