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September 30, 2007
Third Sunday after the Holy Cross
Gospel: Matthew 24: 23 – 31
Readings: Philippians 3: 17, 4:1 The Church invites us this week to reflect on the end of age through the Gospel of St. Matthew which leads us to the summit of times, the day when Jesus becomes all in all, when the evil is done and we all greet the King of life, as the Son of God.
A new world will begin full of hope and love. As the disciples, preoccupied by the new world, waited for it, we, too, are waiting anxiously for the new world. Jesus’ answer to the disciples’ question about the end of time was calming. He taught them a lesson from the fig tree which he damned because it didn’t bear fruit.
It was a sign of the beginning of winter, the season of death. Jesus gives this parable a new meaning. It has tender branches that announce the coming of the spring and summer, the season of life.
Jesus announced his definite coming and that the new life begins with him. For this reason, he invited them and us through them to be strong and to have courage because the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Collection Last Week’s Collection: $ 1,727.47
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. September 30th, 2007
Third Sunday after the Holy Crossالأحد الثالث بعد عيد الصليب
9:30AM: Taleb Nasr & Wife Rose & Daughter Badiha (Family)
11:00AM: Antonios Kaysar Yacoub (Tamine Yacoub)
12:30PM: Baptism: Christopher Charbel Jraige.
Mon. October 1st, 2007
Feast of St. Therese of the Child Jesus
9:00AM: Rosary Prayers (4 Mysteries)
5:30PM: Novena Prayers to Sts. Sarkis & Bakhos.
6:00PM: Mass or Liturgy of the Word.
Sister Clautilde Issa (Donated)
Tue. October 2nd, 2007
5:30PM: Novena Prayers to Sts. Sarkis & Bakhos.
6:00PM: Mass or Liturgy of the Word.
All Forgotten Souls (Donated)
Wed. October 3rd, 2007
5:00PM: Devotion Prayers to Mother Mary.
6:00PM: Mass or Liturgy of the Word.
Antonios & Frangie Jraige (Sarkis Kantarjian & Family)
Thu. October 4th, 2007
Blessed Sacrament Adoration Day
9:00AM: Rosary Prayers (4 Mysteries)
10:00AM: Devotion Prayers to St. Charbel.
10:45AM: Devotion Prayers to the Sacred Heart.
11:00AM: Blessed Sacrament Adoration Day.
12:00PM: Blessing & Conclusion of the Day.
5:30PM: Novena Prayers to Sts. Sarkis & Bakhos.
6:00PM: Mass or Liturgy of the Word.
Elias Obeid (Marie Obeid)
Fri. October 5th, 2007
3:00PM: Divine Mercy Chaplet.
5:30PM: Novena Prayers to Sts. Sarkis & Bakhos.
6:00PM: Mass or Liturgy of the Word.
Sarkis Boula Boutros & His uncles Sarkis & Bakhos Jacobs
(Boula & Alice Boutros)
Sun. October 7th, 2007
Fourth Sunday after the Holy Cross, Feast of Sts. Sarkis & Bakhos
Sunday of the Holy Rosary
الأحد الرابع بعد عيد الصليب، عيد القدّيسين سركيس وباخوس
أحد الوردية المقدّسة
9:30AM: For the Intentions of all Parishioners.
11:00AM: For the Intentions of all Parishioners.
1:00PM: Baptism: Gabriella Mikhail
Community News & Events During This Week
Bingo: Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007 @ 1:00PM.
Arabic School: Registration for Arabic School will take place at St. Louis School on Saturday, October 6th, 2007, 10:00AM to 12:00PM. J.K. to Grade 8 are welcome.
Knights of Columbus News:
- Executive Meeting: Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007 at 7PM at Church Hall.
- 1st & 2nd Degree: October 14, 2007 at 2PM, District 39, Riverside Council, Lauzon Rd.
- General Meeting: October 16th, 2007 at Church Hall at 7PM.
Sunday of the Holy Rosary: Next Sunday, October 7th, we will celebrate Sunday of the Rosary. We will pray the 4 mysteries of the Holy Rosary, next Sunday, October 7th, 2007 at 8:30AM. All are welcome.
Sts. Sarkis & Bakhos: We celebrate the Feast of Sts. Sarkis & Bakhos on October 7th. The Novena Prayers will take place every evening at 5:30PM starting tomorrow, Monday October 1st. Everyone is welcome to attend.
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.
Guardian Angels, October 2nd
“He has given his angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways.” (Ps. 91) Both the Old and New Testament recognize that God gives each person born into this world a guardian angel. Jesus, calling a little child to him, said that the angels in heaven watch over children such as this one. By a loving providence God reaches into human life to guard, protect and lead us on our way to salvation.
In the presence of the angels,
I will sing to you, my God.
St. Therese of the Child Jesus, October 1st
Marie-Françoise-Therese Martin, born on January 2, 1873 at Alençon, France, was the youngest of nine children born to Louis and Azélie-Marie Martin. Her father was a successful watchmaker and her mother a seamstress. Her mother died when she was four years old and the child suffered a deep sadness and sense of loss that affected her for the next eight years of her life.
After the death of her mother in 1877, Mr. Martin moved the family to Lisieux, Therese was cared for by two older sisters, and an aunt. On Christmas day, 1886, the young girl experienced a profound conversion.
She developed a great love for the missionary life of the Church, her desire for prayer increased, and she began to make plans to enter the Carmelite Convent in Lisieux, where her two older sisters, were members. By special dispensation, she entered the Carmelites on April 9, 1980.
For the next seven years, she lived a life of prayer, fulfilling her routine duties with extraordinary faithfulness and love. She guided the novices of her community for the last four years of her life until she died on September 30, 1897, from a painful condition of tuberculosis.
After her death her spiritual autobiography, The Story of a Soul, revealed to the world her remarkable interior life of which even many of her remarkable interior life of which even many of her own sisters in the convent were unaware. Also known as “The Little Flower”, Therese inspired millions of people by the spirit of her “little way”. Her love transformed everything she did, however small, into a pleasing gift for God.
Prayer
Lord Jesus, I am not an eagle.
All I have are the eyes and the heart of one. In spite of my littleness, I dare to gaze at the sun of love, and long to fly toward it.
I want to imitate the eagles, but all I can do is flap my small wings what shall I do?
With cheerful confidence I shall stay gazing at the sun, till I die. Nothing will frighten me, neither wind nor rain.
O my beloved sun, I delight in feeling small and helpless in your presence; and my heart is at peace.
“St. Therese of the Child Jesus.”
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