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Sunday October 1st, 2006
Third Sunday after the Holy Cross Sunday of the Holy Rosary St. Theresa’s Feast
Gospel: Mathew 24: 23 – 31
Readings: Philippians 3: 17, 4:1 The Church invites us this week to reflect on the end of age through the Gospel of St. Matthew which leads us to the summit of the times, the day when Jesus becomes all in all, when the evil is done and we all greet the king of life, as the Son of God. A new world will begin full of hope and love. As the disciples, preoccupied by the new world, waited for it, we, too, are waiting anxiously for the new world.
Jesus’ answer to the disciples’ question about the end of the time was calming. He taught them a lesson through the fig tree which he damned because it didn’t bear fruit. It was a sign of the beginning of winter, the season of death. Jesus gives this parable a new meaning. It has tender branches that announce the coming of the spring and summer, the season of life.
Jesus announced his definite coming and that the new life begins with him. For this reason, he invited them and us through them to not be afraid but to have courage because the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
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Leamington Ministerial Association invites all the Christians to pray for each other. This week we pray for Family FGT Masses & Celebrations during the week:
Sun. October 1st, 2006
Third Sunday after the Holy Cross
Sunday of the Rosary, St. Theresa’s Feast
الأحد الثالث بعد عيد الصليب
أحد الوردية المقدّسة، عيد القديسة ترازيا الطفل يسوع
Ø 8:30AM: Rosary Prayers (4 Mysteries)
Ø 9:30AM: Taleb Nasr & Wife Rosa & Daughter Badiha (Bakhos Gebrael & Family)
Ø 11:00AM: Antonios Kaysar Yacoub (Tamine Yacoub)
Mon. October 2nd, 2006
Ø 9:00AM: Rosary Prayers (4 Mysteries)
Ø 5:30PM: Novena Prayers to Sts. Sarkis & Bakhos.
Ø 6:00PM: Antonios & Frangie Jraige (Sarkis Kantarjian & Family)
Tue. October 3rd, 2006
Ø 5:30PM: Novena Prayers to Sts. Sarkis & Bakhos.
Ø 6:00PM: Youssef Gerges Obeid & Wife Anjoule (Mary Badaoui)
Wed. October 4th, 2006
Ø 5:00PM: Devotion Prayers to Mother Mary.
Ø 6:00PM: Saleh Jraiche & Wife Foudah (Peter Daraiche)
Thu. October 5th, 2006
Blessed Sacrament Adoration Day
Ø 9:00AM: Rosary Prayers (4 Mysteries)
Ø 10:15AM: St. Charbel’s Prayers.
Ø 10:45AM: Meditation.
Ø 11:00AM: Blessed Sacrament Adoration Day.
Ø 12:00PM: Blessing & Conclusion of the Day.
Ø 5:30PM: Novena Prayers to Sts. Sarkis & Bakhos
Ø 6:00PM: Fr. Boutros Obeid & Deceased Grandchildren Elias & Claude (Marie Obeid)
Fri. October 6th, 2006
Ø 5:30PM: Novena Prayers to Sts. Sarkis & Bakhos.
Ø 6:00PM: Special Intention (Chaldean)
Sat. October 7th, 2006
Ø 2:00PM: Wedding: Mouris Nohra & Alice Saba.
Sun. October 8th, 2006
Fourth Sunday after the Holy Cross
Sts. Sarkis & Bakhos Feast
الأحد الرابع بعد عيد الصليب
عيد القديسين سركيس وباخوس
Ø 9:30AM: Zouein & Abi Nakhoul Deceased Family Members (Family)
Ø 11:00AM: Sarkis Boula Boutros & Brothers Elias & Joseph
(Boula & Alice Boutros)
Ø 2:00PM: Wedding: Scott Randall Vachon & Rita Sarkis.
Community News & Events During This Week
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Ø Sts. Sarkis & Bakhos: We celebrate the Feast of Sts. Sarkis & Bakhos on October 7th, 2006. The Novena Prayers will take place every evening at 5:30PM, starting tomorrow. All are welcome.
Ø Update information: We are in the process of updating our Parish list. Please write your name and correct address on the Church Envelope, so we can change or correct the info on the Parish List. Thank you all for your cooperation.
Ø Masses in Memory: We received the Masses in memory of Cathy Jacobs. We thank you for your generosity. May God rest her soul in peace and grant consolation for her family and relatives.
Ø Third Banns Between: Mouris Nohra & Alice Saba
Scott Randall Vachon & Rita Sarkis.
Ø Our Lady of Guadalupe: The Statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe will visit our Parish starting October 9th, 2006. If you are interested in having Mother Mary visit your home for one day, please sign up your name on the sheet provided at the Church entrance.
Ø Congratulations to Joe Achille Jraige who received the Sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation on Sunday, September 24th, 2006. May God bless him with his family.
Ø Coats for kids: Help keep our community warm this winter! Collection has begun for the 2006 Annual coats for Kids Campaign and runs until October 31st, 2006. Coats in good condition can be dropped off at Fletchers Cleaners, Canopy Cleaners or Kennedy Cleaners. Distribution of coats will take place November 2,3 and 4 at the Sun Parlour Home in Leamington.
Ø Bingo Sessions: Please mark your calendars for our next Bingo session, which will take place on Thursday, October 5th, 2006 at 1:00PM. For more information, please call Gladys Tannous at 519-326-7642.
Ø Knights of Columbus News:
- Executive Meeting: Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006, 7:30PM at the Church Hall.
- General Meeting: Tuesday, October 17th, 2006, 7:30PM at the Church Hall.
K O C Bingo Sessions: Monday, October 3rd, 2006 at 1:00PM & Saturday, November 11th, 2006 at 1:00PM & Tuesday, December 5th, 2006 at 7:00PM.
Our Lady of the Rosary, October 1st
This feast was established by St. Pius V to commemorate the victory of the Christian naval fleet, commanded by Don Juan of Austria, against the Turks at Lepanto in 1571.
Don Juan attributed the great victory to the intercession of the Blessed Mother, which was invoked by the praying of the Rosary. The Rosary was revealed to St. Dominic by the Blessed Virgin about the beginning of the thirteenth century, and is one of the most beautiful of all devotions.
The Rosary, a summary of the Christian faith, has always enabled Christians to approach Jesus with Mary who “kept all these things in mind, treasuring them in her heart.”
As one recent pope has said, “The recitation of the Rosary helps the individual to meditate on the mysteries of the Lord’s life as seen through the eyes of her who was closest to the Lord.”
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. Her mother died when she was four years old and the child suffered a deep sadness and sense of loss that affected her for the next eight years of her life. After the death of her mother in 1877, Mr. Martin moved the family to Lisieux. In Lisieux, Therese was cared for by two older sisters and an aunt. On Christmas Day, 1886, the young girl experienced a profound conversion.
She developed a great love for the missionary life of the Church, her desire for prayer increased, and she began to make plans for entering the Carmelite convent in Lisieux, where her two older sisters, were members. By special dispensation, she entered the Carmelites on April 9, 1890.
For the next seven years, she lived a life of prayer, fulfilling her routine duties with extraordinary faithfulness and love. 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.
After her death her spiritual autobiography, the Story of a Soul, revealed to the world her remarkable interior life of which even many of her sisters in the convent were unaware. Also known as “The Little Flower,” Therese inspired millions of people by the spirit of her “little way.” Her love transformed everything she did, however small, into a pleasing gift for God.
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