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Sunday Sept.25th, 2005
Second Sunday after the Holy Cross
Gospel: Matthew 24: 1 – 14
Readings: 1Corinthians 15:19 – 34 In today’s Gospel, Jesus warns us about believing those who proclaim the coming of the Messiah.
He advises us to have a watchful eye for the false prophets who try hard to make the chosen ones lose sight of the true Messiah whose coming will be like a lightning.
Jesus invites us through this warning to avoid trying to create a messiah that fits our profiles. Before the sign of the Son of Man appears, Jesus gives natural signs: the sun will darken, the moon won’t be as bright, and the stars will fall from the sky. These signs aren’t a true description of what will happen. It is instead a symbolic writing.
Before God created the human kind, the earth was empty without the sun, the moon or the stars. The symbolic act of this picture means that the earth will go to its original state and the second coming will be a new creation and new birth for a new life.
Collection Last Week's Collection: $ 2,461.30
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 First Baptist Church
Masses & Celebrations During This Week Second Sunday after the Holy Cross
Sun. Sept. 25th, 2005
9:30AM: Taleb Nasr & Wife Rosa (Bakhos & Jamile Gebrael)
11:00AM: Jamil Sarkis (6 Mths. Mem. Mass) (Family)
1:00PM: Baptism: Antoine Gerard Batty.
3:00PM: Baptism: Luke James Najm.
Mon. Sept. 26th, 2005
5:00PM: St. Anne’s Prayers.
5:30PM: St. Theresa’s Novena.
6:00PM: Ghossen Jabbour (Mr. & Mrs. Bakhos Boutros)
Tue. Sept. 27th, 2005 5:00PM: St. Anthony’s Prayers.
5:30PM: St. Theresa’s Novena.
6:00PM: Hanne Gergi El Khoury (Jack Zakaria & Family)
Wed. Sept. 28th, 2005
4:45PM: Mother Mary Prayers.5:30PM: St. Theresa’s Novena.
6:00PM: Gergi Nakhle & Wife Haifa (Antoune Obeid & Family)
Thu. Sept 29th, 2005
5:00PM: St.Charbel's Prayers.
5:30PM: St. Theresa's Novena.
6:00PM: Theresa Sleiman (Mr. & Mrs. Khairalla Kantati)
Fri. Sept. 30th, 2005 5:00PM: Sacred Heart Prayers.
5:30PM: St. Theresa's Prayers.
6:00PM: Sarkis Jacobs (Mr. & Mrs. Tom Georges)
Sat. Oct. 1st, 2005 6:00PM: Antoinette Aoun (Family)
Sunday October 2nd, 2005
Third Sunday after the Holy Cross, Sunday of the Holy Rosary9:30AM: Available (Call 322-2282 to book)
11:00AM: Antonios & Frangie Jraige (Sarkis Kantarjian &Family)
5:00PM: Rosary Prayers.
Comunity News & Events During This Week St. Theresa's Novena:
As we prepare for the feast of St. Theresa, the Novena Prayers will take place every evening at 5:30PM, starting Monday, September 26th, 2005. All are welcome to attend.
Sunday of the Holy Rosary:
Sunday, October 2nd, we celebrate Sunday of the Rosary. The Rosary prayers will take place on Sunday October 2nd at 5:00PM. All are welcome to attend and pray asking the Virgin Mother to intercede for us before her Son, our Savior.
Marriage Preparation Courses:
The next Marriage Preparation Classes will be held in St. Michael's Church on October 20, 21 & 22, 2005:
Thursday & Friday: 7 - 10:00PM, Saturday: 12 - 6:00PM. Couples planning marriage in 2006 should fill out a registration form available at St. Michael's Church or in St. Anthony's Church Office. Cost is $ 75.00 per couple.
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:
Executive Meeting: Tuesday October 4th, 2005 at 7:00PM in the Church Hall.
1st Degree: October 23rd, 2005 in Kingsville.
2nd Degree: November 6th, 2005 in Harrow.
3rd Degree: November 27th, 2005 in Leamington.
Life Chain Canada October 2nd, 2005 from 2:00 to 3:00PM, corner of Talbot and Erie. Please join us in making a visual solidarity statement that abortion is grievously wrong and that the Church Christ founded is opposed to the unmerciful killing of pre-born children.
Local K o C Councils, St. Anthony and St. Michael will be positioned at Leamington downtown four corners from 2:00 to 3:00PM.
Annual Members Night Dinner at 7:00PM, Harrow Council, October 15, Kingsville Council November 5th, Amherstburg Council November 12, please contact Grand Knight Bechara Daher for a ticket.
Membership Dues: ($45/Year): All members who did not pay their dues please do so as soon as possible.
Candidates 18 years and older are encouraged to become a member, please contact Church Office for an application form.
Congratulations: to Antoine Gerard Batty & Vanessa Lauren Jacobs who received the Sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation on Sunday, September 18, 2005 in St. Anthony's Parish. May God bless them both with their families.
Joumana Moudawar: for the first time in Canada on October 9th, 2005 in St. Peter's Church, 166 Tecumseh Rd. West. Call 973-7240 for reservations. Tickets ($ 20.00 & 15.00) are available at St. Anthony's Parish Office, 322-2282.
St. Therese of the Child Jesus, October 1st
Marie-Françoise-Therese Martin, born on January 2, 1873 at Alençon, France, was the youngest of nine children born to Louis and Azélie-Marie Martin. Her father was a successful watchmaker and her mother a seamstress.
Therese was four when her mother died. She was cared for by two older sisters and an aunt. On Christmas Day, 1886, the young girl experiences a profound conversion. She developed a great love for the missionary life of the Church. By special dispensation she entered the Carmelites on April 9, 1888, and was professed on September 8, 1890.
For the next seven years, she lived a life of prayers. She guided the novices of her community for the last four years of her life until she died on September 30, 1897, from a painful condition of Tuberculosis.
Also known as "The Little Flower," Therese inspired millions of people by the spirit of her "little way." She became holy, Pope Pius XI said, "without going beyond the ordinary circumstances of life." Her love transformed everything she did, however small, into a pleasing gift for God.
Lord Jesus, I am not an eagle. All I have are the eyes and the heart of one. In spite of my littleness, I dare to gaze at the sun of love, and long to fly toward it.I want to imitate the eagles, but all I can do is flap my small wings. What shall I do? With cheerful confidence I shall gaze at the sun, till I die. Nothing will frighten me, neither winds nor rain. O my beloved sun, I delight in feeling small and helpless in your presence; and my heart is at peace.
"St. Therese of the Child Jesus"
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