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August 19th, 2007
Thirteenth Sunday of the Pentecost Season
Gospel: Luke 8: 1– 15
Readings: 1 Corinthians 3: 1 – 11 This Sunday’s Gospel focuses on preaching the good news. The parable of the sower is a tool to make the mystery of the kingdom more comprehensible.
St. Paul insists on mentioning that he and all the apostles are not philosophers with great theories. They are servants of Christ the Lord and his word. The disciple works hard but is awarded by the Lord.
The disciple’s missionary work doesn’t end with his own will and tiredness but with the Lord’s will and grace. The base of the disciple’s life is Jesus who is the cornerstone. We are in a real partnership with the Father and his Son Jesus and his Holy Spirit.
The laws of this partnership are: avoid sin, live the commandments, especially love, keep away from the earthly riches and the false Messiah. The center of the Christian Church is: Jesus who preached in the cities and towns and the twelve disciples and some ladies.
In this parable we have four kinds of soil: the path, the rock, the thorns and the good soil. Four destinies face these kinds of soil: the seed that fell on the path and was trampled on and the birds of the air ate it up, the seed that grew and then withered for lack of moisture.
The seed that fell among the thorns and the thorns grew with it and choked it, the seed that fell into good soil, and when it grew, it produced a hundredfold.
We are asked to hear the Lord’s word and live according to it and be saved by it. By doing so, we become known as the faithful disciples to the apostles and children of Christ’s Church.
Collection Last Week’s Collection: $ 4,538.37
Fund Raising Goal: $ 250.000.00
$17,326.08 Total Received For the next phase of our plan.Church Roof Donations: $ 9,690.00
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 Calvary Baptist Church Masses & Celebrations during the week:
Sun. August 19th, 2007
Thirteenth Sunday of the Pentecost Season
الأحد الثالث عشر من زمن العنصرة
9:30AM: Youssef Gebrael & Wife Sarah & Deceased Children (Family)
11:00AM: Hanna & Eugenie Yacoub & Daughter-in-law Denise & Granddaughter Cathy Jacobs (Agnes Jacobs & Family)
Mon. August 20th, 2007
8:15AM: Devotion Prayers to St. Anne.
8:30AM: Sarkis Mikhail Elbaresh & Deceased Children Antonios & Theresa & Granddaughter Cathy (Marie Youssef)
9:00AM: Rosary Prayers (4 Mysteries)
Tue. August 21st, 2007
8:15AM: Devotion Prayers to St. Anthony.
8:30AM: All Forgotten Soul (Donated)
Wed. August 22nd, 2007
7:30AM: Devotion Prayers to Mother Mary.
8:30AM: Bakhos Iskandar Georges (Family)
Thu. August 23rd, 2007
8:00AM: Devotion Prayers to St. Charbel.
8:30AM: Semaan Sarkis (Mr. & Mrs. Louie Raffoul)
Fri. August 24h, 2007
8:00AM: Devotion Prayers to the Sacred Heart.
8:30AM: Boula Gebrael (Mr. & Mrs. Tom Georges)
3:00PM: Divine Mercy Chaplet.
Sun. August 26th, 2007
Fourteenth Sunday of the Pentecost Season
الأحد الرابع عشر من زمن العنصرة
9:30AM: Antonios Tannous (Sam & Laura Tannous)
11:00AM: Denise Jacobs (6 Mths. Mem. Mass) (Family)
Community News & Events During This Week
Thank You: We thank each and every one of you for your generous support in the completion of the Church Roof Project. May God bless you with your families.
Bingo: Monday, August 20, 2007 @ 1:00PM.
Children Fun Day: St. Anthony’s Parish will have a day of fun for all the children on Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007 from 10:00AM to 1:00PM. All children are welcome. Volunteers are needed. Thank you in advance for your help.
“Genial” Library on 24779 Howard Ave., Windsor, Ontario. Practical language learning materials for all ages and levels in French, English, Spanish & Arabic. A one stop resource centre for all your language needs.
Noted local educator and author Antoine Khoury invites you to inquire about our variety of services including: free informative sessions for parents and children in French or French Immersion schools, free informal workshops for French teachers at all levels, free informative session for home-schooling parents, free reading sessions and visits to
Day-care centres, free weekly French lessons to seniors, highly intensive French and Arabic courses for professionals and government employees (4 per group). For more information, contact Antoine Khoury
at: (519)817-4763 or via email: akhoury@cogeco.ca or visit the authors’ website: www.ezfsl.com.
Knights of Columbus News:
- Raffle Tickets: Knights of Columbus Members will be selling raffle tickets after Mass, on August 19th, 2007. Proceeds from the raffle will benefit Holy Family Retreat House in Oxley. Please support this fund raising effort. Tickets are $ 2.00 each or 3 for $ 5.00.
- General Meeting: Tuesday August 21st, 2007 cancelled for summer.
Congratulations to Jesse Johnathan Sleiman who received the Sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation at St. Anthony’s Parish on Saturday, August 18th, 2007. May God bless him with his family.
L’Arche London: L’Arche London is celebrating its 10th Anniversary with a picnic on Saturday, September 8th, 2007, 11:00AM to 4:00PM at 125 Woodward Ave., London. L’Arche London is a member of the community of the International Federation of L’Arche founded by Jean Vanier.
Our deepest sympathies to the Tannous family for the loss of Yvette Tannous who passed away on Friday, August 10, 2007 at the age of 64. The Funeral Mass for the rest of her soul was held at St. Anthony’s Parish on Tuesday, August 14, 2007. May God rest her soul in peace and grant consolation for her family and relatives.
St. Bartholomew, Apostle, August 24
St. Bartholomew, one of the twelve apostles, was born in Galilee and is probably the same person as Nathaniel, whom Philip brought to see Jesus of Nazareth.
“Can anything good come from that place?,” Nathaniel asked. (John 1: 45 – 51) Jesus called him an Israelite incapable of deceit, an honest, straightforward man, and promised that heaven would open for him and the mysteries of God would be revealed before his eyes.
Like some other apostles, little is known about St. Bartholomew’s activity after Pentecost. According to some reports, he preached the Gospel in Armenia and India and was beaten and beheaded by King Astyages for his faith in Christ.
The Queenship of Mary, August 22nd
Following the feast of Mary’s Assumption into heaven on August 15th, the feast of her Queenship celebrates her place among the angels and saints as the Queen of Heaven and earth.
Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of mercy, our life our sweetness and our hope. To you do w send up our sighs mourning and weeping in this vale of tears. Turn then, most gracious advocate, your eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile show us the blessed fruit of your womb, Jesus.
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
Prayer for Peace
O God, open our eyes that we may see the needs of others; open our ears that we may hear their cries; open our hearts that we may feel their anguish and their joy.
Let us not be afraid to defend the oppressed, the poor, the powerless, because of the anger and might of the powerful. Show us where love and hope and faith are needed, and use us to bring them to those places. Open our ears and eyes, our hearts and lives that we may in these coming days be able to do some work of justice and peace for you. Amen.
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