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Sunday December 11th, 2005
Sunday of the Announcement to Joseph
Gospel: Matthew 1: 18 - 25
Readings: Ephesians 3:1 - 13 The announcement to Joseph is a saving event, celebrated by the Liturgy as a preparation for Jesus' birth. Joseph, who will adopt Jesus and provide for him and his mother the protection and help, has the right to be informed by God about the secret of His Son's incarnation.
The Gospel of Matthew describes for us the personality is clarified from few words said about him. He was righteous and he was looking for a solution to Mary's situation without disobeying the laws which prevent him from adopting a child that he is not his.
He is from the family of David. He understands the prophecies about the Messiah: He is Emmanuel who is born from a Virgin. He is the man chosen to accompany Mary and care for her Son. He is ready to obey all the angel of the Lord's orders. He is invited to remember the promise given to his father David a thousand years ago, that the Messiah was to be born from his offspring.
Joseph, who was confused, is transformed after the angel's words, to Mary's partner in the secret she carries. Joseph became committed to what the Lord has ordered. When he woke up, he did what was ordered by the Lord.
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Leamington Ministerial Association invites all the Christians to pray for each other. This week we pray for North Leamington United Mennonite Church
Masses & Celebrations During This Week Sunday of the Announcement to Joseph
Sun. December 11th, 2005
9:30AM: Youssef Jraige & His parents & Deceased Family Members (Sadie Jraige)
11:00AM: Bakhos Jacobs (1 Yr. Mem. Mass) (Family)
Mon. Dec. 12th, 2005
10:00AM: Rosary Prayers (4 Mysteries)
5:30PM: St. Anne's Prayers.
6:00PM: Emile Obeid (Mrs. Agnes Jacobs)
Tue. Dec. 13th, 2005 5:30PM: St. Anthony's Prayers.
6:00PM: Sadie Assad Gebriel (Najib Gebriel & Family)
Wed. Dec. 14th, 2005
5:00PM: Mother Mary's Prayers.6:00PM: Tony Badaoui (Family)
Thu. Dec. 15th, 2005 5:30PM: St. Charbel’s Prayers.
6:00PM: Souad Haifa (Mrs. Harba Youssef)
6:30PM: Christmas Novena.
Fri. Dec. 16th, 2005
5:30PM: Scared Heart Prayers.
6:00PM: Nouhad Nassar (Sarkis Jraige & Family)
6:30PM: Christmas Novena.
Sunday Dec. 18th, 2005
Sunday of the Genealogy9:30AM: Semaan Sarkis (40 Days Mem. Mass) (Family)
11:00AM: Fr. Louis Iskandar Georges (1 Yr. Mem. Mass) (Family)
1:00 to 3:00PM: Children's Christmas Party @ St. Anthony's Parish.
Comunity News & Events During This Week Christmas Novena will start on Thursday, December 15th, at 6:30PM following the 6:00PM Mass. All are welcome to attend as we prepare for the birth of our Lord.
Thank you: We would like to thank all the ladies who prepared the food for the Leamington Ministerial Association lunch held in St. Anthony's Parish. May God bless you all with your families.
Confessions: Thursday, December 15, 2005 during Mass.
Envelopes: Please pick up your 2006 Envelops from the Church Lobby. Thank you for your support.
Christmas Party: All children are invited to a Christmas Party on Sunday, December 18th, 2005 at St. Anthony's Church Hall. Please sign up your names on the sheet provided at the Church entrance.
Bingo Session: Today, Sunday December 11th, 2005 at 1:00PM.
New Altar Servers Practice: Monday, 4:30 to 5:30PM.
Knights of Mary: The Knights of Mary will meet every Saturday from 5 to 6:00PM with Mrs. Ghada Kantati. Thank you.
Congratulations to Rebecca Nicolas & Reginald Evans who received the Sacraments of Baptism & Confirmation in St. Anthony's Parish on December 4th & 6th, 2005. May God bless them with their families.
Please inform the priest if someone is sick at home or at the hospital. Leamington hospital has a new policy for clergy visitation: You will have to inform the admittance desk that if you want a priest to visit you. Thank you.
We would like to welcome to our Parish all the Pastors & Ministers from the Leamington area who will attend the Ministerial Association Luncheon in our Parish on Thursday, December 8th, 2005. Have a wonderful time.
Our deepest sympathies to the Yacoub family for the loss of Yacoub Yacoub who passed away in Australia. A Memrial Mass was held in St. Anthony's Parish on Friday, December 9th, 2005. May God rest his soul in peace and grant consolation for his family and relatives.
St. Peter's Raffle Tickets Sale: St. Peter's Maronite Catholic Church is having a Car Raffle. 1st Prize: Mini Cooper (Valued at $ 28,370.50), 2nd Prize: $ 1,000.00 cash, 3rd Prize: $ 500.00 cash. The draw will be held at the Mini Windsor, 9425 Tecumseh Rd. East, Windsor on Tuesday, December 20, 2005 at 7:00PM. Tickets are available at St. Anthony's Parish at $ 10.00 each. of her Immaculate Conception.
Knights of Columbus News:
Executive Meeting: Tuesday, February 3rd, 2006 at 7:00PM at the Church Hall.
Our Council First Annual Membership Banquet: January 21st, 2006 at the Leamington Lebanese Club. Cocktails 6:00PM, Dinner 7:00PM. Tickets are $ 25.00 each; children under 12 are $ 10.00.
We invite our community to join our members and their families for an evening of social and fun. D. J's entertainment, Raffle and Door Prizes.
Car Raffles, proceed goes toward Arthritis Society, Tickets are $ 2.00 each.
We need your support and assistance to have our fist anniversary celebration a successful one.
Donations of door prizes, pastry, etc… are very much appreciated, or you can sponsor any of the items with a cash donation.
To purchase a ticket or offer donation, please contact: John Semaan at 322-0609 during the day, 322-5747 in the evening, or 322-0609, Joe Raffoul at 326-7444, or Rima Nohra at 322-2282.
Members of our council will be at the Church entrance selling tickets every Sunday.
St. Nehmetallah Hardini, December 14thYoussef Kassab was born in the year 1808. His father was George Kassab and his mother Mariam Raad. He entered the school of the monks of St. Anthony at Hboub from 1816 to 1822.
He adopted the name Fr. Nehmetallah Kassab Hardini. He professed his first vows on November 14, 1830. After he finished his theological studies, he was ordained a priest in the monastery of Kfifan on December 25th, 1833.
He lived a very holy life. He was a man of prayer, totally "enraptured by God." He spent days and nights in meditation, prayer and adoration of the Eucharist.
The Virgin Mary was his patron and he prayed her Rosary. He took his monastic vows of "obedience, chastity and poverty" to perfection. One of his students was St. Charbel, 1853 - 1858.
St. Hardini died in the monastery of Kfifan on December 14, 1858. He was fifty years of age. His last words were: "O Virgin Mary between your hands I submit my soul."
People who were nearby at the moment of his death witnessed a heavenly light illuminated his room for a number of days afterwards.
Some time later, the Monks opened his tomb and to their surprise they found his body intact. He was then removed and placed in a coffin near the Church where his boy stayed intact until 1927.
Saint Hardini was transferred to a little chapel where Masses are celebrated for visitors. Through his intercession many cures occurred: blind, paralyzed in a chair, child raised from the dead, cure of another child, cure of nervous system, cure of cancer. Fr. Nehmetallah was canonized Saint to the whole Catholic Church in Rome on May 16, 2004.
Our Lady of Guadalupe, December 12On December 9, 1531, ten years after the Spanish conquest of Mexico, the Blessed Virgin appeared on the Tepeyac Hill, three miles from Mexico City, to Juan Diego, an Indian convert who was on his way to catechetical instructions.
She told him she wished a shrine to be built there. When Juan told Bishop Zumarraga what had happened, he refused to believe him. Three days later, on December 12, the Blessed Mother appeared again to Juan and told him to gather in his coarsely woven cloak, roses which she arranged.
When they were presented to the Bishop he saw a picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe impressed on the cloak. The Shrine is one of the great Marian Shrines in the world.
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