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October 14th , 2007
Fifth Sunday after the Holy Cross October
Gospel: Matthew 25: 1 – 13
Readings: Philippians 2: 12- 18 Ten Bridesmaids took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them entered the room of everlasting happiness with lamps that used oil which cannot be bought, sold or borrowed.
This parable can be found exclusively in St. Matthew’s Gospel and was inspired by the weddings that took place during Jesus era. If the lamps of the foolish bridesmaids went out, shouldn’t they have walked in the light of the wise bridesmaids’ lamps? We notice the lack of brotherly love with the wise bridesmaids.
They wouldn’t give the foolish ones any of their oil. After all these questions, can we say that this is a true human wedding? Of course not. We are in front of a parable that was used by Jesus to explain to us the relationship between God and human beings and his sudden arrival.
Jesus position in the wedding was used to make us understand as humanly as possible and to take us in the atmosphere of his second coming and through it he invites us to his heavenly coming and through it he invites us to his heavenly wedding. The lamp symbolizes the faith, the oil symbolizes the good deeds and the bridegroom is Jesus. The wedding is a symbol of all the graces that wait for those who are ready to meet Jesus.
Collection Last week’s Collection: $ 1,379.12
Fund Raising Goal: $ 250.000.00
$ 17,326.08 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 Living Word Lutheran Church Masses & Celebrations during the week:
Sun. October 14th , 2007
Fifth Sunday after the Holy Cross
9:30AM: Jamie Sarkis (Jeannette Sarkis &Family)
11:00AM: Hanna Baeini (1 Year Mem. Mass.)
12:30PM: Baptism: Bianca Isabel Coppola.
Mon. October 15th , 2007
9:00AM: Rosary Prayers (4 Mysteries)
5:30PM: Devotion prayers to St. Ann.
6:00PM: Mass or Liturgy of the Word.
Tony George (Mr.& Mrs. Philip Youssef)
Tue. October 16th , 2007
5:30PM: Devotion prayers to St. Anthony.
6:00PM: Mass or Liturgy of the Word.
Souls in Purgatory (Maria Santos)
Wed. October 17th , 2007
5:00PM: Devotion Prayers to Mother Mary.
6:00PM: Mass or Liturgy of the Word.
Antonios Youssef Elbaresh & Daughter Cathy (Family)
Thu. October 18th, 2007
5:30PM: Devotion Prayers to St. Charbel.
6:00PM: Mass or Liturgy of the Word.
Assad Haifa (Mr. & Mrs. Max Jabbour)
Fri. October 19th , 2007
3:00PM: Divine Mercy Chaplet.
5:30PM: Devotion Prayers to the Sacred Heart.
6:00PM: Mass or Liturgy of the Word.
Hiyam Campagna (Mr. & Mrs. Peter Diab)
Sat. October 20th 2007
3:00PM: Baptism: Kylie Clark.
Sun. October 21st , 2007
Sixth Sunday after the Holy Cross.
9:30AM: Louie Thomas & Grandparents Youssef & Badiha Aziz(Paul & Adele Thomas)
11:00AM: Elias Obeid (3Year Mem. Mass.) (Family)
1:00PM: Baptism: Juliana Miecz.
Community News & Events During This Week
Bingo: Today, Sunday, October 14th, 2007 @7:00 PM.
St. Michael’s Breakfast Bistro Menu: 2 Eggs any style, bacon or sausage, home fries and toast, 3 egg Omelette ham and cheese or western with home fries and toast, pancakes with bacon on sausage. All orders servers with coffee, tea or juice. All orders $ 5.00, children under 5 $ 2.00, Sunday October 21st, 2007, 9AM to 1PM at St. Michael’s Church Basement, 29 Elliott St., (519) 2643.
Congratulations to Gabriella Mikhail who received the Sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation on Sunday, October 7th, 2007 at St. Anthony’s Parish. May God bless her with her family.
Knights of Columbus News;
- General Meeting: October 16th, 2007 at Church Hall at 7PM.
- October 20th, 2007: Harrow Banquet, Mass at 5PM, Social at 6PM, Banquet at 7PM, $ 24.00 (K of C Members contact Elias Khayat at 322-2187 for ticket availability)
- October 27th, 2007: Amherstburg Banquet, Cocktail at 69PM, Dinner at 7PM, $ $ 22.50 (K of C Members contact Elias Khayat at 322-2187 for ticket availability)
- October 27th, 2007: Kingsville K of C Octoberfest at Lakeside Pavilion, Queen St., Dinner at 6:30PM. $ 20.00/ticket, music at 8PM. (Contact Joe Raffoul at 326-7444 to purchase tickets)
- October 18th, 2007: Thursday, Bingo Session at 7PM. If anyone is available to help, please contact Bechara Daher at 326-0113. Regular helpers are needed once a month.
Mom’s Hour Away: All the mothers are invited to an hour away on Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007 at the Church Hall, from 6:30 to 7:30PM. Join us for an hour of discussion of the issues that really matter to every Catholic family.
Marriage Preparation Courses: All couples planning on getting married in 2008 at St. Anthony’s Parish are asked to attend Marriage Preparation Courses. The first available sessions for this fall are scheduled at St. Michael’s Parish, Leamington on Thursday and Friday, November 1st & 2nd, 2007 from 1:00PM to 6:00PM.
To register for the Fall courses at St. Michael’s Parish, please contact St. Michael’s Parish, please contact St. Michael’s Parish at 326-2643. Fee $ 75.00 per couple.
Kids Night: St. Anthony’s Parish is having the first ever Kids Night on Monday October 14th, 2007,6:00 to 7:30 P.M. Fun activities for all Children age 4 and up.
St. Teresa of Avila, Virgin & Doctor, October 15
St. Teresa was born at Avila, Spain, on March 28, 1515, the daughter of an influential family in that town. Lively and affectionate by nature, she made friends easily and adapted readily to any circumstance.
As a child she was drawn to religion. She and her small brother avidly read the lives of the saints and once even attempted to leave home to die for their faith among the Moors in Africa. They were quickly returned home.
Teresa’s religious values weakened in her teenage years. In 1531, however, she suddenly decided to enter the Carmelite monastery at Avila over her father’s objection. She was professed in 1538.
After a period of sickness and religious mediocrity, she began to experience great graces of prayer in her later thirties. She described her experiences with remarkable skill in writings that have become spiritual classics. Her Autobiography, “the way of Perfection,” and “The Interior Castle” have inspired and guided countless people in their spiritual lives.
Teresa decided to reform her own Carmelite community with the help of Sts. Peter of Alcantara and John of the Cross and she established new monasteries throughout Spain. Despite much opposition she went about her task with a good disposition and great common sense.
As she lay dying, the Holy Eucharist was brought to her bedside. “O my Lord, now it is time that we may see each other,” she exclaimed. She died at Alba de Tormes, Spain, on October 4, 1582, Surrounded by her sisters who had been enriched so much by her wisdom and example. She is a Doctor of the Church.
Prayer
Strengthen and prepare my soul, good Jesus, and help me do something for you. For no one could possibly receive as much as I have and give nothing in return.
Whatever it takes, Lord, may I not come before you with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds. Here is my life, my honor, my will; I give all to you. Do with me what you will. I can do little, but approaching you I can do all things, if you do not leave me.
“St. Teresa of Avila.”
St. Luke, First Century Evangelist, October 18
Born of a pagan family, St. Luke became a convert to the Christian faith. He accompanied St. Paul on his second missionary journey and was with the apostle during his final imprisonment in Rome. Paul calls him “my dear friend Luke” in one of his epistles.
Luke compiled the third Gospel. He describes at length the infancy of Jesus and emphasizes the Lord’s prayerfulness and his mercy. The great parable of the Prodigal Son in found in Luke.
The evangelist writes sensitively of Jesus’ regard for women as well as his interest in the underprivileged and the outcasts of his society. In the Acts of the Apostles Luke relates the beginnings of the infant Church as it develops under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
He saw clearly the continuity of the Church from the time of Jesus to its later expansion into the Gentile world. In his writings the Church’s roots go back to the traditions of Israel and its future will touch all the nations of the earth.
The Holy Spirit, descending at Pentecost, guides her with surprising wisdom and power, leading individuals and the Church herself to undertake new ventures despite human reluctance and fear.
One tradition says that Luke died at Boeotia, in Greece, at the age of eighty-four. He is patron of paints and physicians. In art he is represented by an ox because he begins his Gospel with the account of the priest Zachary sacrificing in the temple.
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