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February 18th, 2007
Sunday of the Wedding at Cana
Gospel: John 2:1– 11
Readings: Romans 14: 13 – 23 This Sunday we are before the most holy of Sacraments. The Holy Spirit came upon the water and it was transformed into wine, just like during the Mass: Wine into Blood, Bread into the Body of Christ. We are invited to be transformed and be born anew in order to become the children of the kingdom which isn’t food and drink but righteousness, peace and rejoicing in the Holy Spirit.
The kingdom of God is being far away from division, it is being able to settle our matters nicely, be brothers in Jesus Christ, and be one body in Christ. We should not harm or judge one another. Just as Jesus’ word blessed the water transforming it into wine, here at the Last Supper the grace of Jesus blessed love and marriage.
Christ is the guarantee for our resurrection at the end of times. The Baptism transformed us to a new creation born of water and Spirit. Jesus’ sign today is a gradual inspiration which works in our lives through fasting, desisting and praying. Fasting is the wedding of the faithful and desisting is his festive table.
Collection Last Week’s Collection: $ 1,121.71
Fund Raising Goal: $ 250.000.00
$ 13,636.00 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 Knox Presbyterian Church Masses & Celebrations during the week:
Sun. February 18th, 2007
Sunday of the Wedding at Cana, Opening of the Lent Season
أحد عرس قانا الجليل
9:30AM: Linda Nohra (40 Days Mem. Mass) (Family)
11:00AM: Louis Thomas (Paul & Adele Thomas)
Mon. February 19th, 2007
Ash Monday اثنين الرماد
9:00AM: Nouhad Nassar (Mr. Henry Sassine)
10:00AM: Rosary Prayers (4 Mysteries)
5:30PM: Devotion Prayers to St. Joseph.
5:45PM: Devotion Prayers to St. Anne.
6:00PM: Alex Mouawad (Mr. & Mrs. George Bousaba)
Tue. February 20th, 2007
5:30PM: Devotion Prayers to St. Anthony.
6:00PM: Cathy Jacobs (Paul Jacobs & Family)
Wed. February 21st, 2007
5:00PM: Devotion Prayers to Mother Mary.
6:00PM: Youssef Estephan Boutros &Wife & Deceased Family members (Family)
Thu. February 22nd, 2007
5:30PM: Devotion Prayers to St. Charbel.
6:00PM: All Forgotten Souls (Hesne Isace)
Fri. February 23rd, 2007
5:30PM: Devotion Prayers to the Sacred Heart.
6:00PM: Philip Raffoul (Mr. Antonio Saba)
6:30PM: Stations of the Cross.
Sun. February 25th, 2007
Sunday of the Man with Leprosy
أحد الأبرص
9:30AM: Fouad Azar (5 Years Mem. Mass) & Son John (Family)
11:00AM: Boula Laba (1 Yr. Mem. Mass) (Family)
Community News & Events During This Week
Welcome Back: We would like to welcome back to the Parish, Rev. Father Elie Zouein and his mother. May God bless them both and keep them safe.
Ash Monday: Tomorrow Monday, February 19th, we celebrate Ash Monday, which marks the opening of the Great Lent Season. The Mass will be celebrated at 9:00AM and 6:00PM. All are welcome.
Stations of the Cross: During Lent Season, we pray the Stations of the Cross every Friday evening at 6:30PM. All are welcome to attend and remember the passion of Christ our salvation.
Happy Valentine’s Day: We would like to wish all the couples a very Happy Valentine’s Day. May God bless you all.
Fr. Elie’s 20th Anniversary: Fr. Elie Zouein, our Pastor celebrated his 20th Anniversary as priest on February 9th. We will all come together as one family to honour him on Saturday, February 24th, 2004 with a Solemn Mass at 5:00PM at St. Anthony’s Church followed by a reception at the Leamington Lebanese Club. Tickets ($ 25.00) are available at the Church Entrance after both Masses or at the Church Office, Monday to Friday from 8:00AM to 3:00PM. Thank you all for your support.
First Communion: The First Communion Courses, every Friday from 5:00 to 6:30PM. All are welcome.
Our Lady of Guadalupe Icon will visit this week: The residence of Louie and Laure Saad, 30 Sandy Lake Dr., Leamington, Phone # (519) 324-0185. All are welcome.
Bingo Sessions: Thursday, March 1st, 2007 at 1:00 & Friday, March 23rd, 2007 @ 7:00PM.
Catholic Family Services Foundation is hosting a Dinner and Dance: Friday Night at the Hop, “Fun from the fifties” on Friday, April 20, 2007 at Teutonia Club, 55 Edinborough St., Windsor. Doors open at 5:30PM. Dinner at 7:00PM. Entertainment at 8:30PM. Cash Bar. Chicken and ribs dinner. Tickets $ 30.00 per person. Prizes for best 50’s dressed. Dancing to the hot music of Kevin “Elvis” Bezaire of Starstruck Productions. Door and Raffle Prizes. For tickets, call Joe at 966-5551 or Teutonia Club at 969-3815.
2007 Mother – Daughter Program: Sunday, March 25th. 2007 at 1:00PM – 4:00PM. Cost $15.00 per family at St. John Vianney Parish, 385 Dieppe St., Windsor, Ontario. The Program explores God’s special gift of human fertility and the beauty and wonder of God’s plan for growing up and becoming women. Program is designed specifically for girls between the ages of 10 – 13. Limited space available, to register, contact: Nancy @ Family, Life and Youth Ministry Office at (519)254-3141.
Knights of Columbus News:.
- General Membership Meeting: Tuesday, February 20th, 2007 at 8:00PM at Church Hall.
- Tootsie Roll Fund Raising: February 23rd & 24th, 2007. Members of our council and St. Michael’s council will be offering Tootsie Roll Candles to the public at various major stores in town in exchange for a donation. This is an opportunity to maintain public awareness of the K of C in our community and the proceeds will benefit the Special Olympics Ontario and the Catholic Mission in Canada.
- St. Anthony’s Maronite K of C Council 13797 Cardinal Carter Secondary School Bursary: Eligibility and application are available from Students Services at Cardinal Carter for 4th Year graduating students in 2007.
The Chair of St. Peter, February 22
In ancient Rome, families remembered their dead relatives and friends at a feast during the latter part of February in which an empty chair represented their deceased. Since the early Christians did not know the date of St. Peter’s death, they remembered him with a feast around his empty chair on February 22. Later, the Church would see the Chair of St. Peter as a symbol of his authority as the first bishop of both Rome and Antioch. It was to Peter that Jesus said, “I have prayed for you, Peter that your faith may not fail; and when you have turned to me, you must strengthen the faith of your brothers and sisters.”
Jesus blessed the Sacrament of Marriage in Cana of Galilee. We pray for the married couples and for those who seek marriage in the Catholic Church.
Lord God, from you every family in heaven and on earth takes its name. Father, you are love and life. Through your Son, Jesus Christ, born of a woman, and through the Holy Spirit, fountain of Divine charity, grant that each family on earth may become for each successive generation a true shrine of life and love.
Grant that your grace may guide the thoughts and actions of husbands and wives for the good of their families and of all the families in the world. Through the intercession of the Holy Family of Nazareth, grant that the Church may fruitfully carry out her worldwide mission in the family and through the family. Amen.
Prayer to keep a true Lent
Is this a fast, to keep the larder clean from fat of veal or sheep?
Is it to quit the dish of flesh, yet still to fill the platter high with fish?
Is it to fast an hour, or ragged to go, or show a downcast look and sour?
No this is a fast to dole thy sheaf of wheat and meat unto the hungry soul.
To show a heart grief rent; to starve thy sin, not bin, and that’s to keep thy Lent.
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