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Sunday June 5th, 2005
Year of the Eucharist
Fourth Sunday after the Pentecost
Gospel: 1 Corinthians 2: 6 - 11
Readings: John 15: 26, 16:4 When Jesus said to his disciples that he was soon returning to his Father who sent him, they were very distressed. The absence of Jesus from the hearts will fill the souls with emptiness, sadness and pain.
Jesus is the life, the resurrection, the happiness and the light of the world. Whoever loses him, will lose everything. Jesus felt their pain and he promised them that he will send them the Spirit to fill them with graces and to clear their consciences.
In today's Gospel, Jesus informs the disciples about what will happen to them after the Spirit because the Spirit testifies on his behalf too. The Holy Spirit is no stranger to Jesus.
He is with the Father and Jesus One God. Whatever is known by God is also known by the Spirit. We need the Holy Spirit. The Spirit of truth is lost days. The Spirit can't find a place to dwell in many hearts, because people are only interested in earthly things.
Let us pray to God to send his Spirit to change the face of the earth by giving us the strength to answer his call and carry the Cross of Jesus. By doing so, we will be worthy to be called God's children.
Collection Last Week's Collection: $ 1,473.67
Future Investment: $ 2,000.00Please Remember St. Anthony's Church In Your Will.
Leamington Ministerial Association invites all the Christians to pray for each other. This week we pray for Mersea United Church
Masses & Celebrations during the week ending: May 22, 2005 Sun. June 5th, 2005
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
9:30AM
Youssef Estephan Boutros Ghassibe & Wife & Deceased Children (Jawad Hanna Sarkis)
11:00AM
Antonios Youssef Elbaresh (5 Yrs. Mem. Mass) (Family)6:00PM
Mother Mary's Prayers at Our Lady of Lebanon Shrine.
Mon. June 6th, 2005
6:30PM
Sacred Heart Prayers.7:00PM
Badiha Iskandar Georges & Deceased Family Members (Mr. & Mrs. Sam Elias)
Tues. June 7th, 2005
6:30PM
Rosary & Litany.7:00PM
Louie Thomas (Paul & Adele Thomas)
Wed. June 8th, 2005 6:30PM
Sacred Heart Prayers.7:00PM
Nouhad Nassar (Gabe Samarah & Family)
Thu. June 9th, 2005
6:30PM
Sacred Heart Prayers.7:00PM
Boutros Yacoub Boutros (Annie Boutros & Family)
Fri. June 10th, 2005 St. Rafca's Feast
6:30PM
St. Rafca's Prayers.7:00PM
Special Intention (Donated)
Sun. June 12th, 2005 Fifth Sunday after Pentecost 9:30AM
Elizabeth Penner (Mr. & Mrs. Henry & Goldie Penner)11:00AM
Bakhos Jacobs (6 Mths. Mem. Mass) (Family)12:30PM
Baptism: Michael Bakhos Anthony Mouawad1:00PM
Baptism: Takota Donald Jeffrey Clark6:00PM
Mother Mary's Prayers @ Our Lady of Lebanon Shrine.
Comunity News & Events Week Ending Sunday June 12, 2005 Corpus Christi Procession:
We would like to thank each and every one of you who participated and helped during the Holy Eucharist Procession, which was held on Sunday May 29th, 2005. God bless you with your families.
Thank You:
We would like to thank all the volunteers, young and old who helped with the removal of the old pews and the installation of the new ones. May God bless you all. This is your Church and you are the future of this Parish. Keep going!!!
Parish Council Meeting:
Financial, Pastoral and Building Committees will meet today, Sunday, June 5th, 2005 at 7:00PM.
NAM Convention:
National Apostolate Maronite Convention will take place this year in St. Ephrem Church, San Diego, California, July 20th through July 24th, 2005. for more information or to register, visit www.namnews.org.
Thanks:
We would like to thank the Nassar Family for their donation in memory of Nouhad Nassar: new Gospel and readings and the Rites for marriage and engagement books. Thank you and may God you and rest his soul in peace.
Congratulations:
Congratulations to Noah Paul Charbel Hage who received the Sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation in St. Anthony's Parish on Sunday, May 22nd, 2005. May God bless him with his family.
50th Anniversary:
Congratulations to Rev. Father Al Williams who celebrates his 50th Priesthood Anniversary on June 12, 2005 at 2:30PM at St. Gregory's the Great Parish. May God bless him and give him the health and strength to continue his mission.
Mar Emmanuel III Delly:
His Beatitude Mar Emmanuel III Delly, Chaldean Patriarch of Babylon will visit Canada on June 12, 2005 at 6:00PM at the Holy Family Chaldean Church, 821 Wyandotte St. East, Windsor.
St. Michael's Fair:
St. Michael's Fair will take place on Friday, June 10th, 2005, from 4:00 to 7:00PM at St. Michel School. All are welcome.
Congratulations:
Congratulations to Michael Hindi & Melany Abraham who were united in the Holy Bonds of Matrimony in St. Anthony's Parish on Saturday June 4th, 2005.
Also we congratulate Marcel Gaspard & Christina Nehmetallah who were united in Marriage on June 4th, in St. Charbel's Parish, Detroit. May God bless them and give them a long and happy life together full of love and respect for each other.
Knights of Columbus News:
General Membership Meeting: Council Officers Election, June 9th, 2005 at 7:00PM at St. Anthony's Parish.
Our Deepest Sympathies:
Our deepest sympathies to the Sleiman Family for the loss of Haifa Sleiman who passed away in Leamington on Tuesday, May 31st, 2005 at the age of 69.
The Funeral Mass was held in St. Michael's Parish on Friday, June 3rd, 2005. May God rest her soul in peace and grant consolation for her family.
Erie Memorial Gardens:Erie Memorial Gardens Cemetery & Mausoleum is open to the public every Sunday, from Noon to 4:00PM, May thru September. 215 Erie St. South, Leamington. Call 324-0230 for a private viewing or in-home consultation.
St. Rafqa, June 10thSt. Rafqa was born in Himlaya, a village of Metn, on June 29, 1832. In 1847, Rafqa chose to enter the monastic life in Our Lady of Deliverance monastery in Bikfaya, to become a nun.
On St. Joseph's day on March 19, 1861 she wore the initiation robe. On March 19, 1862, Rafqa presented the monastic vows in the Monastery of Ghazir. On August 25, 1872, Rafqa presented her vows in the monastery of St. Simon El-Qarn in Aito and was named Rafqa. There, she spent 26 years.
She was a role model to other nuns. On the first Sunday of October 1885, she entered the convent Church and began to pray asking God to make her a part of his divine pains. God responded immediately, as the unbearable pains began in her head and move to her eyes.
All attempts to cure her failed. She returned to the monastery where she suffered from terrible pains in her eyes for 12 years. She remained patient, silent, praying in joy sharing the pain of Jesus.
When the Lebanese Maronite Order decided to build the monastery of St. Joseph in Jrabta, Batron in 1897, six nuns of St. Simon Monastery were sent to the new one under the supervision of Mother Ursula Doumit from Maad.
Rafqa was among them. In 1899, she lost the sight in her left eye and became blind. Rafqa lived the last phase of her life blind and crippled.
Only her face was spared and remained shining till the end. On March 23rd, 1914, Rafqa rested in peace, after a life of praying, service, and suffering. Pope John Paul II declared her:
Venerated on February 11, 1982, Beatified on November 17, 1985, Role Model in the adoration of the Eucharist in 2000, Saint for the entire Church on June 10, 2001.
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