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Sunday October 30th, 2005
Year of the Eucharist Seventh Sunday after the Holy Cross, Christ the King
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 hi 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 especially 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.
Collection Last Week's Collection: $ 1,572.50
Total Donation for Future Investment: $ 60,000.00Total Donations for Kneelers: $ 826.00 Please 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 South Point Community
Masses & Celebrations During This Week Seventh Sunday after the Holy Cross, Christ the King
Sun. Oct. 30th, 2005
9:30AM: Youssef Gebrael & Wife & Deceased Children & Family Members (Georges Raffoul & Family)
11:00AM: Youssef Jraige (Elias Jraige & Family)
3:00PM: Merhi Mouawad (Mem. Mass) (Family)
5:30PM: Halloween Party at the Church Hall.
Mon. Oct. 31st, 2005
10:00AM: Rosary Prayers (4 Mysteries)
5:30PM: St. Anne's Prayers.
6:00PM: Emile Obeid (Mr. & Mrs. Paul Raheb)
Tue. Nov. 1st, 2005
All Saints5:30PM: St. Anthony's Prayers.
6:00PM: Jamil Sarkis (Mr. & Mrs. Joe Andary)
Wed. Nov. 2nd, 2005
All Souls10:00AM: Rite of Incense @ Evergreen Memorial Cemetery.
10:30AM: Rite of Incense @ Erie Memorial Gardens.
5:00PM: Mother Mary's Prayers/Faithfully Departed Prayers.
6:00PM: For the Intentions of all Deceased Parishioners.
Thu. Nov. 3rd, 2005
Blessed Sacrament Adoration Day
9:00AM: Rosary Prayers.
10:00AM: St. Charbel's Prayers.
10:45AM: Sacred Heart Prayers.
11:00AM: Blessed Sacrament Adoration Hour.
12:00PM: Blessing & Conclusion of the Day.
5:45PM: Faithfully Departed Prayer.
6:00PM: Antonios Youssef Elbaresh (Family)
Fri. Nov. 4th, 2005 5:45PM: Faithfully Departed Prayers.
6:00PM: Souls in Purgatory (Maria Santos)
Sunday Nov. 6th, 2005
Sunday of the Renewal & Consecration of the Church9:30AM: Youssef Tannous Obeid & Wife & Deceased Children & Grandchildren (Family)
11:00AM: Nohra Daoud Nohra & Wife & Deceased Children & Daughter-in-law Shamma (Chaker Nohra & Family)
1:00PM: Baptism: Dawson Raheb
Comunity News & Events During This Week Welcome:
We would like to welcome to our Parish, His Excellency Mgr. Joseph Khoury, who will be visiting us on November 1st and 2nd, 2005.
We ask the Lord to bless him and keep him safe. His Excellency will celebrate at Solemn Mass on Tuesday, November 1st for All Saints Feast. All are welcome.
Rite of Incense:
On Wednesday, November 2nd, we celebrate All Souls Day.
We will pray the Rite of Incense @ Evergreen Memorial Cemetery at 10:00AM & 10:30AM @ Erie Memorial Gardens blessed by the presence of His Excellency Mgr. Joseph Khoury.
All are welcome to remember in prayers the faithfully departed.
The Month of November:
November is the month consecrated for prayers for the faithfully departed. Rosary & Prayers will take place every evening in November at 5:45PM. All are welcome to attend.
Bingo Session:
Saturday, November 5th, 2005 at Leamington Bingo Country, 14 Mill St. East.
Our Deepest Sympathies:
Our deepest sympathies to the Mouawad Family for the loss of Merhi Mouawad who passed away in Lebanon at the age of 65.
A Memorial Mass is held for the rest of his soul in St. Anthony's Parish today at 3:00PM. May God rest his soul in peace and grant consolation for his family and relatives in Canada and Lebanon.
Congratulations:
Congratulations to Marc Anthony Gaspar who received the Sacraments of Baptism & Confirmation on Saturday, October 29th, 2005 in St. Anthony's Parish. May God bless him with his family.
Haddad Entertainment:
Middle Eastern Even Organizers proudly presents Super Star Fares Karam & Jacqueline Francis and Belly Dancer Show at the Serbian Center, 6670 Tecumseh Rd. East, Windsor (519) 944-4884 on Friday, November 18, 2005.
Doors open at 7:30PM. Dinner at 8:30PM. $ 55.00 CND no dinner, $ 75.00 with dinner. VIP & Platinum Available.
For reservations call: Windsor: (519)919-3151, (519) 919-4478, (519) 971-9075. All are welcome.
Knights of Columbus News:
Congratulations: to our new members who received the First Degree on October 23rd, 2005: Elias Khayat, Sarkis Gaspar, Louie Saad & Joseph Ibrahim. We welcome you to the largest Catholic Family in the world.
Executive Meeting: Tuesday, November 1/2005 at 7:00PM at Church Hall.
Second Degree Ceremony: November 6/2005 at the K of C Hall on 62 King St. East, Harrow.
Membership Awareness Campaign: Every Sunday our members will be at the Church entrance handing out forms for K of C pamphlets, also answering any questions that you may have. Please stop by and see us. Every Catholic man 18 yrs and older is eligible to become a member to assist us in serving our community.
Annual Membership Banquet: is scheduled for January 21st, 2006. Everyone is welcome to attend.
All Saints, November 1st This feast which has its beginning in the Christian churches of the fifth and sixth centuries 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 people 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 witness" 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 all our departed brothers and 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 suffrage to them."
Lord God, Maker of all, Master 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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