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Sunday October 8th, 2006
Fourth Sunday after the Holy Cross
Thanksgiving
Sts. Sarkis & Bakhos
Gospel: Mathew 24: 45 – 51
Readings: 1 Thessalonians 5: 1 – 11 During the season of the Cross, the Church makes its people face the responsibility of the end of the age. Christianity is a way of life connected to Jesus, whom we idolize and follow his footsteps, until the day we leave this life to the heavenly kingdom leaving behind all the hardships of this life.
We follow Jesus’ example asking him for the strength to conquer temptations and be led to the Father through the Spirit. Jesus asks us to be sober and to put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.
This is connected to the parable of the faithful servant, whom was in charge of his master’s money. All these parables revolve around the end of times and the preparation for it patiently, faithfully and lovingly.
Collection Last Week’s Collection: $1,624.50
Please 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 North Leamington United Mennonite Masses & Celebrations during the week:
Sun. October 8th, 2006
Fourth Sunday after the Holy Cross
Thanksgiving
الأحد الرابع بعد عيد الصليب
عيد القدّيسين سركيس وباخوس
Ø 9:30AM: For all the generous contributors to St. Anthony’s Parish.
Ø 11:00AM: Sarkis Boula Boutros & Brothers Joseph & Elias & Uncles Bakhos & Sarkis (Boula & Alice Boutros)
Ø 2:00PM: Wedding: Scott Randall Vachon & Rita Sarkis.
Mon. October 9th, 2006
Thanksgiving Day
Ø 9:00AM: Rosary Prayers (4 Mysteries)
Ø 5:30PM: Devotion Prayers to St. Anne.
Ø 6:00PM: Simon Sarkis (Family)
Tue. October 10th, 2006
Ø 5:30PM: Devotion Prayers to St. Anthony.
Ø 6:00PM: Antonios Youssef Elbaresh (Family)
Wed. October 11th, 2006
Ø 5:00PM: Devotion Prayers to Mother Mary.
Ø 6:00PM: Hanna Sarkis & Wife & Deceased Children & Daughter-in-law Kounslia (Sadie Jabbour)
Thu. October 12th, 2006
Ø 5:30PM: Devotion Prayers to St. Charbel.
Ø 6:00PM: Hanna & Eugenie Yacoub (Family)
Fri. October 13th, 2006
Ø 5:30PM: Devotion Prayers to the Sacred Heart.
Ø 6:00PM: George Zouein (Family)
Sat. October 14th, 2006
Ø 3:00PM: Wedding: Tony Dahma & Annie Yacoub.
Sun. October 15th, 2006
Fifth Sunday after the Holy Cross
الأحد الخامس بعد عيد الصليب
Ø 9:30AM: Available. Call 322-2282 to book.
Ø 11:00AM: Elias Obeid (2 Yrs. Mem. Mass)(Family)
Ø 1:30PM: Baptism: Tatiana Maria Sarkis.
Community News & Events During This Week
Ø Welcome Back: We would like to welcome back to the Parish our Pastor Fr. Elie Zouein and his mother Mrs. Latife Zouein. May God bless them both and keep them safe.
Ø Thanksgiving: We celebrate Thanksgiving on Monday, October 9. The office will be closed on that day. Have a safe and happy holiday. We also would like to welcome all the visitors who came to spend the Holiday with their families.
Ø Masses in Memory: We received the Masses and donations in Memory of John Azar. Thank you for your generosity. May God rest his soul in peace and grant consolation to his family.
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 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 Mouris Nohra & Alice Saba who were united in the Holy Bonds of Matrimony on Saturday, October 7th, 2006 at St. Anthony’s Parish. May God bless them both and give them a long and happy life together full of love and respect for each other.
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 Knights of Columbus News:
- General Meeting: Tuesday, October 17th, 2006, 7:30PM at the Church Hall.
- K O C Bingo Sessions: Saturday, November 11th, 2006 at 1:00PM & Tuesday, December 5th, 2006 at 7:00PM.
History and Origin of Canadian Thanksgiving
In Canada Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday in October. Canadians give thanks for a successful harvest. The harvest season falls earlier in Canada compared to the United States due to the simple fact that Canada is further north.
The history of Thanksgiving in Canada goes back to an English explorer, Martin Frobisher, who had been trying to find a northern passage to the Orient.
He did not succeed but he did establish a settlement in Northern America. In the year 1578, he held a formal ceremony, in what is now called Newfoundland, to give thanks for surviving the long journey.
This is considered the first Canadian Thanksgiving. Other settlers arrived and continued these ceremonies. After the Seven Years War ended in 1763, the citizens of Halifax held a special day of Thanksgiving.
During the American Revolution, Americans who remained loyal to England moved to Canada where they brought the customs and practices of the American Thanksgiving to Canada.
ON January 31st, 1957, Parliament proclaimed: “A day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed to be observed on the 2nd Monday in October.”
Prayer to Sts. Sarkis & Bakhos
Saints Sarkis & Bakhos, the martyrs who knew the Christianity with the grace of the Lord, and believed in his Son Jesus Christ. You were the commanders in the Roman army, when you prayed to the Lord and your friends worshiped the pagan gods. And when they discovered that you were Christians, you were ordered to deny Jesus, you refused and you declared that you worship Jesus only and only him you adore, you died as martyrs for your love for Jesus.
We ask you to intercede for us with God our Lord. Be an example of courage and obedience, and teach us to long for heaven the same way you did.
Amen.
A Prayer of Thanksgiving
We thank thee for our daily bread, for faith by which the soul is fed, for burdens given us to bear, for help that lifts the heart’s despair.
We thank thee, Lord for eyes to see, the truth that makes, and keeps us free, for faults and for the strength to mend them, for dreams and courage to defend them.
We have so much to thank thee for, dear Lord, we beg but one boon more: peace in the hearts of all men living, peace in the whole world on this Thanksgiving.”
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