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Sunday Sept.11th , 2005
Year of the Eucharist Eighteenth Sunday after the Pentecost
Gospel: Mark 12:15 - 12
Readings: 1 Peter 22:8-25 The celebration of the last Sunday of Pentecost Season is usually forgotten almost every year, because it is connected to the changing Resurrection season.
The subject of today's Gospel is God's infinite love, and his faithfulness to this love in the person of His only begotten Son and His Holy Spirit. The brotherly love coming from pure souls must be associated with human fervor, to be a true love.
This Gospel is the last of Jesus' parable before his death. In it, he hints to his death and his triumphal Resurrection. This Gospel teaches us that God is always faithful to his saving will and his endless love, regardless of human treachery.
The vineyard represents God's deceitful people. The first slave represents the first prophets; the second slave is John the Baptist. The Beloved Son is Jesus himself. Our love for God and our neighbor resembles God's love for us. The Pentecost season is absolute and our commitment to this season is complete.
Collection Last Week's Collection: $ 1,320.00
Fun Fair 2005 Sponsors $ 500.00
Total Donation for Future Investment: $ 57,700.00Please 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 This Week Sun. Sept. 11, 2005
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
9:30AM: Souad Haifa (40 Days Mem. Mass) (Family)
11:00AM: Bachir Jemayel (Lebanese Forces)
Mon. Sept. 12, 2005
5:30PM: St. Anne's Prayers
6:00PM: Nouhad Nassar (Mrs. Josephine Georges)
Tue. Sept. 13, 2005 5:30PM: St. Anthony's Prayers
6:00PM: Sarkis Iskandar Boutros & Deceased Family Members (Theresa Boutros & Family)
Wed. Sept. 14, 2005 Triumph of the Cross
5:00PM: Mother Mary Prayers6:00PM: Youssef Aziz & Wife Badiha & Deceased Family Members (Family)
Thu. Sept 15 ,2005
5:30PM: St.Charbel Prayers
6:00PM: Elias Obeid (Marie Obeid & Family)
Fri. Sept. 16, 2005 5:30PM: Sacred Heart Prayers
6:00PM: Melanie Abraham (Family)
Sat Sept.17, 2005 6:00PM: Fouad Azar (Mr. Joseph Youssef)
Sunday Sept.18, 2005
First Sunday after the Holy Cross9:30AM: Youssef Jabbour (Sadie Jabbour)
11:00AM: Sarkis Boula Boutros & Helen Isaac & Madeleine & Elias Boutros (Agnes Jacobs & Family)1:00PM: Baptism: Antoine Gerard Batty
3:00PM: Vanessa Lauren Jacobs
Comunity News & Events During This Week Bingo:
Please mark your calendars for our next Bingo Session which will be held on Sunday, September 18,2005 at 7:00PM. Thank you for your support. For more information, please contact Mrs. Gladys Tannous at 326-7642.
Knights of Columbus News:
General Meeting: Tuesday, September 20th, 2005 at 7:00PM in the Church Hall.
1st and 2nd Degree Meetings: September 18th in Amherstburg and September 25th, in Tecumseh.
Volunteers: are very much appreciated to assist us in Church Projects. Please contact the Church Office, or any executive member.
Membership dues: ($ 45.00/Year): All members who did not pay their dues, please do so as soon as possible.
Candidates: 18 Years and older are encouraged to become a member, please contact church office for an application form.
Congratulations :
Congratulations to Charbel Yammine who received the Sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation in St. Anthony's Parish on Sunday, September 4th, 2005. May God bless him with his family.
The Triumph of the Cross September 14 St. Paul the Apostle spoke of the power of Christ's Cross. According to tradition, the Empress Helena discovered the Lord's Cross in Jerusalem on September 14, 320.
Five years later, a great Church was built on Mount Calvary by Emperor Constantine to shelter the Holy Relic.
Parts of the wood of the Cross were sent to the major cities of Christendom, where they were shown to the faithful on this special feast.
We worship you, O Christ, and we praise you, because by your Cross you have redeemed the world. By this holy tree you gave your people victory, and put aside the tree of our defeat. Our Lady of the Sorrows September 15 The Feast, popular in the Middle Ages, follows the feast of Mary's birth on September 8. It recalls the special bond between Jesus and Mary and reminds us of the torment and suffering of Christ.
Mary suffered greatly as the Mother of God, and the pain she felt was real.
The feast of our Lady of Sorrows recalls the succession of sorrows Mary experienced during her life: the prophecy she heard from Simon in the temple, the flight into Egypt, the three-day loss of Jesus on the pilgrimage to Jerusalem, meeting Jesus on the way to Calvary, the hours she stood beneath the Cross, the removal of Jesus from the Cross and the burial of Jesus in the tomb.
Holy Mother, pierce me through; in my heart each wound renew of my Savior crucified. The Cross is… The Cross is the hope of Christians
The Cross is the resurrection of the dead
The Cross is the way of the lost
The Cross is the Savior of the lost
The Cross is the staff of the lame
The Cross is the guide of the blind
The Cross is the strength of the weak
The Cross is the doctor of the sick
The Cross is the hope of the hopeless
The Cross is the water of the seeds
We thank you , Father, for the Cross.
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