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April 15th, 2007
Second Sunday of the Easter Season
Gospel: John 20: 26 – 31
Readings: 2 Corinthians 20: 26 – 31 This Sunday was called “Sunday of Thomas”, because Jesus appeared to his disciples and Thomas was with them. It was also called the New Sunday, due to the fact that the saving Resurrection happened on the eighth day, the beginning of a new week.
It is a new era in the disciples’ lives and that of the Church faithful to Jesus the Risen Lord. In today’s epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians, he invites them to understand the secret of Jesus was loved us and died for us. God created everything.
God renewed his creation after it was spoiled by sin. Jesus became the median of all creations. St. John’s main focus today is the truth of Jesus’ apparition to his disciples after his death on the Cross. He triumphed over death and sat at the right hand of the Father.
This is a faith built on the testimony of the disciples, which is not less significant than that of the apostles. The body of the Risen Lord became the heart of the new worship.
Collection Last Week’s Collection: $ 7,305.84
Fund Raising Goal: $ 250.000.00
$ 13,936.00 Total Received For the next phase of our plan.
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 St. Anthony’s Maronite Church Masses & Celebrations during the week:
Sun. April 15th, 2007
Second Sunday of the Easter Season
الأحد الجديد
9:30AM: Assad Gebriel & Deceased Family Members (Nagib Gebriel & Family)
11:00AM: Denise Jacobs (40 Days Mem. Mass) (Family)
Mon. April 16th, 2007
9:00AM: Rosary Prayers (4 Mysteries)
5:30PM:Louie Youssef & his aunt Alia (Family)
Tue. April 17th, 2007
5:30PM: Devotion Prayers to St. Anne.
6:00PM: Madem Youssef & Deceased Children Youssef Younan & Hind Obeid (Family)
Wed. April 18th, 2007
5:00PM: Devotion Prayers to Mother Mary.
6:00PM: Youssf Aziz & Wife Badiha & Deceased Family Members (Family)
Thu. April 19th, 2007
5:30PM: Devotion Prayers to St. Charbel.
6:00PM: Abboud & Hanna Tahesh (Family)
Fri. April 20th, 2007
5:30PM: Devotion Prayers to the Sacred Heart.
6:00PM: Youssef Assad Eid & Wife Najiyi & Deceased Family Members (Family)
Sat. April 21st, 2007
2:00PM: Wedding: Ryan Georges & Suzanne Dainty
Sun. April 22nd, 2007
Third Sunday of the Easter Season
الأحد الثالث من زمن القيامة
9:30AM: Nouhad Nassar (2 Yrs. Mem. Mass) (Family)
11:00AM: Bakhos & Fadi & Fahed Saliba (Joe & Marie Mikhail)
Community News & Events During This Week
Thank you: We would like to thank Rev. Father Boulos Oneid for his presence with us. May God bless him and keep him safe.
Once again we express our most sincere thanks to all of you who made the Easter Season a very blessed one: all the volunteers, readers, ushers, decorators, Eucharist Ministers… May God bless you all with your families.
Bingo Session: Monday, April 30th, 2007 at 1:00 & 7:00PM.
Third Banns Between:
Ryan Georges
&
Suzanne Dainty
First Communion: First Communion Courses, every Friday from 5:00 to 6:30PM. All are welcome.
Silver Jubilee: Please join us for a Parish Celebration in honour of Father Joseph Nevett’s 25 years with the Roman Catholic Diocese of London, celebrating the Ordination to the Priesthood, at Blessed Sacrament Church, 145 Victoria Ave., Chatham, Ontario, on Sunday April 29th, 2007. Mass at 2PM. Reception to follow in the Church Hall.
Golden Jubilee: Please join us for a Parish Celebration in honour of St. Mary Diane Cahill’s 50 year Jubilee as Sister of St. Joseph, at Blessed Sacrament Church, 145 Victoria Ave., Chatham, Ontario, Sunday April 29th, 2007. Mass at 2PM. Reception to follow in the Church Hall.
Knights of Columbus News:
- General Membership Meeting: April 17th, 2007 at 7:00PM at Church Hall.
- St. Anthony’s Maronite K of C Council 13797 Cardinal Carter Secondary School Bursary: Eligibility and application are available from Student Services at Cardinal Carter for 4th Year Graduating students in 2007.
- Membership dues $ 45/Year: All members who did not pay their annual membership dues, please contact Brother John Semaan at (519) 322-0609 or (519) 322-5747 or you can pay after Sunday Masses.
Ø Silent Walk & Vigil: On Sunday, April 22nd, 2007, Leamington Area Right to Life is sponsoring a peaceful walk to Leamington District Memorial Hospital to express concern for abortion. Meet at 3:00PM at the South Point Community Church, 55A Talbot St. West (next to Gabriele’s). Pastor Brad Wilson will give a short talk. Walk begins at 3:30PM. Rain or Shine. Inquiries please call: 519-325-0929.
The Feast of the Divine Mercy, the Sunday after Easter
Saint Faustina Kowalska was born on April 25, 1905 in Poland. At the age of 19 she entered a convent near Krakow and joined the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy.
Her new name was Sister Maria Faustina of the Blessed Sacrament. In 1934, at the request of her spiritual director, Faustina began keeping a diary of her mystical experiences and visions. She died of tuberculosis on October 5, 1938.
Subsequently the diary was published and translated into numerous languages. The Church elevated Faustina to sainthood on April 30, 2000, making her the first saint of the new millennium.
Pope John Paul II conducted the ceremony of canonization. The Divine Mercy Chaplet is based on the spiritually of Saint Faustina. It is associated with a holy image and the motto, “Jesus, I trust in you.” The feat day of the Divine Mercy is the Sunday after Easter.
The key revelation to Saint Faustina was that God’s mercy is infinite and unfailing. The Divine Mercy message for the entire world, to be merciful and forgiving towards others, and to trust in God completely. At the time of Faustina’s death in 1938, the Divine Mercy message was little known outside Poland. During the Second World War, 1939 – 1945, the chaplet gained popularity in both Poland and Lithuania. It also reached the United States.
There was a temporary ban on the devotion from 1958 to 1978 while Vatican officials reviewed Faustina’s writings in light of Church doctrine. The ban was lifted in April 1978 with the help of the Archbishop of Krakow, Cardinal Karol Wojtyla. He became Pope John Paul II later that same year.
Prayer
Almighty God, may the Easter Sacrament we have received, live forever in our minds and hearts. Lord, look upon your people with kindness and by these Easter mysteries bring us to the glory of the Resurrection.
Father, eternal shepherd, watch over the flock redeemed by the blood of Christ may lead us to the Promised Land.
Merciful Father, may these mysteries give us new purpose and bring us to a new life in you. Almighty and ever-living Lord, you restored us to life by raising Christ from death. Strengthen us by this Easter Sacrament.
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