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Sunday Sept.18th , 2005
Year of the Eucharist First Sunday after the Holy Cross
Gospel: Mark 10: 35 - 45
Readings: Readings:2 Timothy 2:10 Jesus acknowledged on many occasions his passion and his death. He also connected them to his Resurrection and his glory on the right hand of the Father. Jacob and John, the sons of Zebedee, asked to be seated in glory with Jesus one on his left and the other on his right, without mentioning his passion or death.
Jesus reminded them that the price of glory is the cup of passion and pain. This Sunday introduces the season of the Holy Cross, preparing us, through our life, for the Resurrection with the Lord. St. Paul asked through his disciple Timothy, all responsible Christians, to the faithful and to carry on this faith among other people.
The two disciples asked Jesus to be seated on each side. He repeated again that the passion will take them to the glory. They accepted and proclaimed their will to suffer and die with Jesus, who agreed to their wish confirming that the first place is reserved to the Father alone.
Collection Last Week's Collection: $ 1,070.53
Total Donation for Future Investment: $ 58,700.00Please 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 Faith Mennonite Church
Masses & Celebrations During This Week First Sunday after the Holy Cross
Sun. Sept. 18th, 2005
9:30AM: Youssef Jabbour (Saide Jabbour)
11:00AM: Sarkis Boula Boutros & Helen Isaac & Madeleine & Elias Elias Boutros (Agnes Jacobs & Family)
1:00PM: Baptism: Antoine Gerard Batty.
3:00PM: Baptism: Vanessa Lauren Jacobs.
Mon. Sept. 19th, 2005
5:30PM: St. Anne's Prayers
6:00PM: Alia Raheb (Mr. & Mrs. Nohra Y. Nohra)
Tue. Sept. 20th, 2005 5:30PM: St. Anthony's Prayers
6:00PM: Hanna & Eugenie Yacoub (Family)
Wed. Sept. 21st, 2005
5:00PM: Mother Mary Prayers6:00PM: Sarkis & Joseph Boutros (Boula & Alice Boutros)
Thu. Sept 22nd ,2005
5:30PM: St.Charbel Prayers
6:00PM: Antonio Tannous (Mr. & Mrs. Joe Youssef)
Fri. Sept. 23rd, 2005 5:30PM: Sacred Heart Prayers
6:00PM: Melanie Abraham (Family)
Sat. Sept. 24th, 2005 2:00PM: Baptism: Lucas Joseph Penner
Sunday Sept. 25th, 2005
Second Sunday after the Holy Cross9:30AM: Taleb Nasr & Wife Rosa (Bakhos & Jamile Gebrael)
11:00AM: Jamil Sarkis (6 Mths. Mem. Mass) (Family)
1:00PM: Baptism: Luke James Najm
Comunity News & Events During This Week Bingo:
Please mark your calendars for our next Bingo Session which will be held on Thursday, September 29th,2005 at 1:00 & 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.
Our Deepest Sympathies
Our deepest sympathies to the Sassine Family for the loss of Michel Badaoui Sassine who passed away in Windsor on Friday September 9th, 2005 at the age of 63.
The Funeral Mass was held for the rest of his soul on Monday, September 12, 2005 at St. Charbel's Parish, Oldcastle. May God rest his soul in peace and grant consolation for his family and relatives.
Also our heartfelt sympathies go out to the Obeid Family for the loss of Emile Francis Obeid who passed away in Windsor on Sunday, September 11, 2005 at the age of 56.
The Funeral Mass was held at St. Peter's Parish on Wednesday, September 14, 2005. May God rest his soul in peace and grant consolation for his family and relatives.
Grand Theater Main Stage:
St. Peter's Seminary Foundation proudly presents: Thursday, November 10, 2005 The Grand Theater - Main Stage - 8:00PM.
Featuring: Mac Graham with Mark McAuley on vocals & Tara O'Connor and Jessie Ross.
Tickets: $ 30 per person + GST. Tickets available at the Grand Theater Box Office, 471 Richmond St., London (519) 672-8800
or
St. Peter's Seminary, 1040 Waterloo St., London (519) 432-1824, or you may visit our website for more information: www.stpetersseminary.ca. All proceeds to Support Student Bursaries.
Canvassers Needed:Help complete the building of the Hospice Village! The next 2 houses, each with 4 beds for palliative & respite care will be built in the spring.
Join the Face to Face Campaign. Pick up a kit at the Hospice any day between 8:00AM and 5:00PM, or call Pauline Boyle for more information at (519)974-7100 ext. 250.
St. Matthew, September 21st, Apostle and Evangelist The call of St. Matthew, the tax collector, to be one of the twelve apostles of Jesus is described in the Gospel which bears his name. "Jesus saw a man named Matthew at his post where taxes were collected.
He said to him, 'Follow me!' And Matthew got up and followed him." It is hard to imagine a more unlikely person for Jesus to call as a companion than Matthew to follow him and then ate at his house, where Matthew's friends, outsiders like himself, were gathered, he heard the outraged comments of Capernaum's local leaders.
Jesus answered simply, "Those who are well have no need of a doctor; sick people do." By calling Matthew, Jesus invited an outcast to enjoy the healing friendship of God. In a lesson of love, he showed that God wants all, no matter who they are, to share his life.
According to tradition, Matthew wrote down the stories and words of Jesus in Aramaic, the ancient language of Palestine. The first Gospel had its origins in him.
Among the evangelists he is symbolized by the figure of a man, because Matthew's Gospel begins with the human origins of Jesus. There are reports that Matthew left Judea and preached in the East, where he was martyred in Ethiopia.
"O God, may we follow your call."
Prayer before a CrucifixBehold, O kind and most sweet Jesus, before your face I humbly kneel, and with the most fervent desire of soul, I pray and beseech you to impress upon my heart lively sentiments of faith, hope and charity, true contrition for my sins and a firm purpose of amendment.
With deep affection and grief of soul, I ponder within myself, mentally contemplating your five wounds, before my eyes the words which David the Prophet spoke concerning you:
"They have pierced my hands and my feet, they have numbered all my bones."
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