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October 31st, 2004

Seventh Sunday after the Holy Cross Christ the King

Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.” (Matthew 25:32)

Gospel: Matthew, 25: 31 – 46

Readings: Romans 12: 9 – 21

This Gospel concludes Jesus’ life as a teacher and it is used by the Church to close the Liturgical Year. It is the best learning tool on how to prepare to meet the Lord upon his second coming and the final judgment. This scene is not a parable; it is in fact a prophetic event. Jesus invites us through this event to be ready to answer the final question of the final judgment: “Did you really love me?” St. John of the Cross notices that we will only be judged by love, which is general and is deeds. If we focus on the face of the Son of Man, we notice that he is the subject in this Gospel. He is the glorified one, surrounded by angels, the King, the Judge, the Shepherd, the Son, and the incarnate in all cases of the human kind specially the hardest situations: hungry, thirsty, naked, stranger, sick, prisoner. What shocks us is the discovery that the subject becomes suddenly the object. He is not only all the least ones, he is instead the center for gathering and waiting for God’s mercy. He accepted willingly to live humbly. We too are asked to live like Him. This Gospel reading, in accordance with the epistle, explains the new ascendant life with Jesus. The faithful is more aware day after day, until he reaches through life and its matters, the Kingdom and the matters of the Spirit.

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Leamington Ministerial Association invites all the Christians to pray for each other. This week we pray for St. Michael’s Parish

Masses & Celebrations during the week: Week Ending Sunday November 7, 2004

Sun. October 31st, 2004 - Seventh Sunday after the Holy Cross Christ the King 9:00AM Maronite Synod 11:00AM Our Country Lebanon 2:00PM Baptism: Anna Khoury Mon. November 1st, 2004 5:30PM St. Anne’s Prayers 5:45PM All Saints Litany. 6:00PM Youssef Khalil Sarkis (Mr. & Mrs. Sarkis Gaspar) Tue. November 2nd, 2004 All Souls 10:00AM Rite of Incense @ Erie Memorial Gardens 10:30AM Rite of Incense @ Evergreen Memorial Cemetery. 5:30PM St. Anthony’s Prayers 5:45PM Faithful Departed Prayers. 6:00PM For the Intentions of all Deceased Parishioners Wed. November 3rd, 2004 5:00PM Mother Mary’s Prayers/Faithful Departed Prayers 6:00PM Antonios Youssef Elbaresh (Family) Thu. November 4th, 2004 Blessed Sacrament Adoration Day. 9:00AM Rosary Prayers (4 Mysteries) 10:00AM St. Charbel’s Prayers. 10:45AM Meditation 11:00AM Blessed Sacrament Adoration Hour. 12:00PM Blessing & Conclusion of the Day. 5:45PM Faithful Departed Prayers. 6:00PM Fr. Boutros Obeid & Deceased Family Members (Antoune Obeid) Fri. November 5th, 2004 5:45PM Faithful Departed Prayers. 6:00PM Nohra Daoud Nohra & Wife & Deceased Children & Daughter-in-law Shamma (Family) Sat. November 6th, 2004 2:00PM: Wedding: David Crawford & Jasmine Youssef. Sun. November 4th, 2004 Sunday of the Renewal of the Church 9:30AM Khalil Youssef Abraham & Wife & All Deceased Family Members (Family) 11:00AM Youssef Tannous Obeid & Wife & Deceased Children & Grandchildren (Family) 1:30PM Baptism: Jonathan George Raffoul

Comunity News & Events Week Ending Sunday November 7, 2004

Third Banns Between: David Crawford & Jasmine Youssef   Sunday Masses: Starting Sunday, November 7, the Masses will be celebrated at 9:30 & 11:00AM. All are welcome to attend. Thanks: We would like to thank all the volunteers for organizing and preparing the Halloween Party for all the Children. May God bless you all. The Month of November: November is the month consecrate for prayers for all the faithful departed. Rosary and prayers will take place every evening at 5:45PM. All are welcome to remember in prayers the faithful departed. Rite of Incense: On Tuesday November 2nd, we celebrate All Souls Feast. We will pray the Rite of Incense @ Erie Memorial Gardens at 10:00AM and 10:30AM @ Evergreen Memorial Cemetery. All are welcome to remember in prayers all the faithful departed. Lighting Sytems: We are updating the lighting system in our Church. You can participate in this project by donating $ 25.00 for each light. Thank you in advance for your help and support. Noursat: Noursat is available on Pan Sat 120º west or on Dish Network Super Dish same direction, 61º west but you will have to update the system Channel 771. Knights of Columbus: Our new project is to found Knights of Columbus group in our Parish. A Presentation will be held on Sunday November 14, 2004 during both Masses. Thank you in advance for your collaboration. Congratulations: Congratulations to Angelo Sam Coppola who received the Sacraments of Baptism & Confirmation in St. Anthony’s Parish on Sunday, October 24th, 2004. May God bless him with his family. Coats for Kids: If you plan to buy your family new outdoor winter clothing, remember the children and adults of your community. Help to keep your neighbour warm this winter by taking extra coats to your local dry cleaners. The coats will be cleaned free of charge and held in storage until distribution, November 18 – 21, 2004 at the Sun Parlour Home. For more information, call 326-8629. Thank you in advance. Our Deepest Sympathies: Our deepest sympathies to the Sarkis Family for the loss of Cenira Sarkis who passed away in Leamington on Sunday, October 24, 2004 at the age of 69. The Funeral Mass was held for the rest of her soul in St. Michael’s Parish on Tuesday, October 26, 2004.May God rest her soul in peace and grant consolation for her family and relatives. All Saints, November 1st This feat which has its beginnings in the Christian churches of the fifth and sixth century celebrates all those saints, canonized or not, who enjoy the happiness of the kingdom of heaven. Our relatives and friends, multitudes unknown “which no one can number from all tribes and peoples and tongues,” stand before God’s throne in joyful praise. They are remembered this day. God’s amazing grace has brought them home. The feast of All Saints turns our eyes to that “great cloud of witnesses” who are with God, yet still with us. We share in their love and are inspired by their example. They attract us to journey to the kingdom of God. For all the saints who from their labours rest, Who thee by faith before the world confessed, thy name, O Jesus, be forever blest! All Souls, November 2nd The early Christians, like their pagan ancestors, remembered their dead on certain days of the year. The present date for our yearly commemoration of the dead was established in the tenth century. We remember the dead with prayers so that God will “Strengthen our hope that are our departed brothers an sisters will share in Christ’s resurrection. “ in the words of Vatican Council II, “Fully conscious of the Mystical Body of Jesus Christ, the Church on earth honors with great respect the memory of the dead, because it is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead that they may be freed from their sins, she offers her suffrages for them.” Lord God, Maker of all, Maker of life and death, guard and gift of our souls, receive those who go before us on the pilgrimage of death; in due time receive us too when our days are done. Amen.

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