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Sunday February 5th, 2006
Sunday of the Priests
Gospel: Luke 12: 42 – 48
Readings: 1 Timothy 4 :6 – 16 “Who then is the faithful and prudent manager?” He is the one who knows that the Master is coming undoubtedly. He is the one who also knows that what he does now will be questioned later by the Master. The honor of the servant depends on the way he performs his duties, “Blessed is that slave whom his master will find at work when he arrives.”
The prudent servant is the one who lives and acts according to the knowledge that his Master is coming so he changes his daily human relationships and behavior. The prudent servant is the one who keeps watch during the night so the coming of his Master won’t surprise him. Instead it will mean for him that the promise of the Lord is going to be done as promised.
We are drowning in the earthly materialism that covers us in a way that makes us forget that we can’t wee and consequently eternity. We are facing the danger of letting ourselves go into the flow of money, authority, power and desire. God is inviting to fight against the theory of being powerful is having authority. The Master who is absent now will come soon. The power of wealth won’t help us then.
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Leamington Ministerial Association invites all the Christians to pray for each other. This week we pray for Evangelical Mennonite Church Masses & Celebrations during the week:
Sunday of the Priests
أحد الكهنة
Sun. February 5th, 2006
Ø 9:30AM: Elias Boulos Semaan (Family)
Ø 11:00AM: Romanos Boutros Eid (Mem. Mass) (Family)
Mon. Feb. 6th, 2006
Ø 10:00AM: Rosary Prayers (4 Mysteries)
Ø 5:30PM: St. Anne’s Prayers.
Ø 6:00PM: Emile Obeid (Youssef Boutros Obeid)
Tue. Feb. 7th, 2006
Ø 5:30PM: St. Anthony’s Prayers.
Ø 6:00PM: Sarkis & Joseph & Elias Boutros (Boula & Alice Boutros)
Wed. Feb. 8th, 2006
Ø 5:00PM: Mother Mary’s Prayers.
Ø 6:00PM: Antonios & Frangie Jraige (Sarkis Kantarjian & Family)
Thu. Feb. 9th, 2006
St. Maron’s Feast عيد مار مارون
Ø 5:30PM: St. Charbel’s Prayers.
Ø 6:00PM: For the Intentions of all Parishioners.
Fri. Feb. 10th, 2006
Ø 5:30PM: Sacred Heart Prayers.
Ø 6:00PM: Souls in Purgatory (Donated)
Sun, Feb. 12th, 2006
Sunday of the Righteous & Just
أحد الأبرار والصدّيقين
Ø 9:30AM: Available. Call 322-2282 to book.
Ø 11:00AM: Hanna Tannous Obeid & Wife & Deceased Children (Family)
Community News & Events During This Week
Ø Thank You: We would like to thank all the Rev. Priests who replaced Fr. Elie for the last two week. May God bless you all and give you the health and strength to continue your mission.
Ø Income Tax Receipts: All income Tax Receipts will be sent to you by mail. Thank you for your generous support.
Ø Our deepest sympathies to the Andary family for the loss of Michel Andary who passed away in Lebanon at the age of 54. A Memorial Mass was held for the rest of his soul on Sunday, January 29th, 2006 at St. Anthony’s Parish. May God rest his soul in peace and grant consolation for his family and relatives.
Ø Bingo Session: Sunday, February 12th, 2006 at 1:00 & 7:00PM.
Ø First Communion: Friday, 5 to 6:30PM.
Ø Kindergarten Registrations: Junior Kindergarten Registrations for École St. Michel, Leamington are now being accepted. If you would like your child to receive a French Education, please contact the principal at 326-6125. All English speaking families are invited to register their children and are eligible for this education. Parents should bring the child’s proof of age (Birth Certificate, Baptismal Certificate, Immunization record, Health Card and Tax Roll Number). Both, the Junior Kindergarten and the Senior Kindergarten Programs at École Saint Michel are Full day/Every day Programs. Bussing is provided.
Ø Women of the Vine Meeting: The Importance of Women’s Ministry and Reflections on the Sorrows of Mary. Speakers Mary DelPup and Mary Dudley, on Thursday, February 23, 2006 at Atonement Parish, 2940 Forest Glade Drive, Windsor, Ontario. Mass at 6:30PM, followed by guest speakers.
Ø Knights of Columbus News:
- Executive Meeting: Tuesday February 7, 2006 at 7:00PM at the Church Hall.
- General Membership Meeting: Tuesday, February 21st, 2006 at 7:00PM at Church Hall.
- Congratulation and Thank You: to All members and guests who attended and offered their help and support during our annual banquet on January 21st, 2006 and special thanks to all the sponsors and the ones who donated food, pastry and cash. Thank you to all the members of our community, especially the youth group for their generous support which was very much appreciated.
- Car Raffles, tickets are available with the KOC Members to purchase $ 2.00 per ticket, proceeds toward the Arthritis Society of Canada, and 20% goes toward the Church special project.
- Euchre Game: District Tournament, second round in Leamington St. Michael, Cost $12.00 includes Dinner at 7:00PM. The Game will start at 8:00PM. We need at least 12 players. We encourage all members to get involved. Final day of tournament is May 11, 2006 at Leamington Lebanese Club.
Cardinal Carter Catholic Secondary School News:
- Grade 8 Information Night, Thursday, February 9th, 2006 at 7:00PM at Cardinal Carter Auditorium.
- All Grade 8 Parents and Students welcome: Your son/daughter is invited to the Grade 7 Dance which will take place in the Cardinal Carter School Gymnasium, from 7:00 to 9:00PM, while parents have the opportunity to explore our school and its many exciting programs. We look forward to seeing you soon.
- Grade 8 Shadow Days; Grade 8 Students who have not had an opportunity to see our programs in action are invited to visit our school on February 14th and 15th, 2006 for an exciting shadow program. Students from local public and French Language elementary schools are most welcome to attend. Call the student services department at 322-2804 to schedule a visit.
This feast, celebrated by the Christian Churches of East and West at an early date, has also been called “Candlemas Day” because candles are blessed and lighted this day on which Simeon called Jesus “A Light to the Gentiles.”
St. Maron, February 9th
Saint Maroun, born in the middle of the 4th century was a priest who later became a hermit, retiring to a mountain of Taurus near Antioch. It is believed that he spent all of his life on a mountain in the region of Cyrrhus, in a place called kefar nabo on the mountain of Ol-Yambos.
The holiness of this saint and his miracles attracted many followers, and drew attention throughout the empire. St. Maroun is considered the Father of the spiritual and monastic movement now called the Maronite Church which had a profound influence on Lebanon. His followers, both monks and laity, always remained faithful to the teachings of the Catholic Church.
St. Maroun embraced the quiet solitude of the mountain life. He as a mystic who started this new ascetic-spiritual method that attracted many people to become his disciples. Accompanying his deeply spiritual and ascetic life, he was a zealous missionary with a passion to spread Christ’s message by preaching it to all he met. After his death in the year 410 AD, his spirit and teachings lived on through his disciples.
Prayer for Priests
Keep them, I pray Thee, dearest Lord, keep them, for they are Thine. Thy priests whose lives burn out before thy consecrated shrine.
Keep them, for they are in the world. Though from the world apart; when earthly pleasures tempt, allure, shelter them in Thy heart.
Keep them, and comfort them in hours of loneliness and pain, when all their life of sacrifice for souls seems but in vain.
Keep them, and O remember, Lord they have no one but Thee, yet they have only human hearts, with human frailty.
Keep them as spotless as the Host, that daily they caress; their every thought and word and deed, deign, dearest Lord, to bless.
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