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Seventh Sunday of the Pentecost Season
June 22nd, 2008
Gospel: Luke 10: 1 – 7 Readings: 2 Corinthians 3: 1 – 6
The mission of the Gospel is not confined to the twelve disciples. The preaching in Palestine spread to the pagan world. Jesus today, on the seventh Sunday of the Pentecost Season, invites the seventy-two disciples like the apostles to their mission of preaching.
The same way Moses called his seventy-two helpers in the desert. God wrote the Ten Commandments and he created the Churches served by the apostles. St. Paul insisted in his letter to the Corinthians on God’s grace. Jesus provided them with his commandment: “Greet no one on the way.”
It is like telling them: “The time is drawing near. The preaching about God’s kingdom doesn’t allow delays or time wasting in this house or the other.” The Church’s journey accompanied by Jesus is like an infant reaching out to be held.
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Leamington Ministerial Association invites all the Christians to pray for each other. This week we pray for Calvary St. Mary’s Anglican Church
Masses & Celebrations during the week:
Sunday. June 22nd, 2008
Seventh Sunday of the Pentecost Season.
الأحد السابع من زمن العنصرة.9:30AM: Mikhail Makhlouf & Adele & Tannous Daoud (Fouad Makhlouf & Family)
11:00AM: Jamal Gaspard (Mem. Mass) (Family)
Monday, June 23rd, 2008
8:15AM: Devotion Prayers to St. Anne.
8:30AM: Youssef Batty & Wife & Deceased Family Members (Antoine Batty)
9:00AM: Rosary Prayers (4 Mysteries)
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
8:15AM: Devotion Prayers to St. Anthony.
8:30AM: Special Intention (Latife Zouein)
Wednesday, June 24th, 2008
7:30AM: Devotion Prayers to Mother Mary.
8:30AM: Iskandar Boutros & Wife Ghazali & Deceased Family Members (Bakhos Boutros & Family)
Thursday, June 25th, 2008
8:00AM: Devotion Prayers to St. Charbel.
8:30AM: Youssef Saleh Abbas & Wife & Deceased Daughters & Sons (Sadie Jraige)
Friday, June 27th, 2008
8:00AM: Devotion Prayers to the Sacred Heart.
8:30AM: Boula Gebrael (Family)
3:00PM: Divine Mercy Chaplet.
Saturday, June 28th, 2008
1:30PM: Wedding: Richard Jacobs & Lisa George.
Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
Eighth Sunday of the Pentecost Season.
الأحد الثامن من زمن العنصرة.
9:30AM: Boula & Theresa Jabbour (Family)
11:00AM: Susanne Andary (6 Mths. Mem. Mass) (Family)
This Weeks News & Events
We would like to welcome Rev. Fr. Charbel Antonios, Pastor of Sts. Sarkis & Bakhos in Tourza. May God bless him with his family.
Father Yacoub’s Beatification took place this morning in Beirut. May God bless you all through the intercession of Lebanon’s new Saint.
Graduations:
- Queen of Peace: Monday, June 23rd, 2008 @ 5:30PM @ St. Joseph’s Church.
- Cardinal Carter: Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 @ 6:00PM @ Cardinal Carter’s Gym.
Leamington Lebanese Club: Waiters, waitresses, cleaning staff are needed to work at the Lebanese Club. If you are interested, please call (519) 326-3883, Monday to Friday, 11:0AM to 4:00PM. Thank You.
Bingo: Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 @ 12:00PM & 6:00PM.
Knights of Columbus News:
- June 25, 2008: Cardinal Carter Awards Night.
- Bursary: St. Anthony’s K of C 13797 will be awarding two bursaries this year to two different students, one from Cardinal Carter and one from any other school. Applications are available at Cardinal Carter and at St. Anthony’s Parish.
Our deepest sympathies to the Gaspard Family for the loss of Jamal Gaspard who passed away in Lebanon at the age of 88. The Memorial Mass for the rest of her soul is held today, Sunday June 22nd, 2008 at St. Anthony’s Parish. May God rest her soul in peace and grant consolation for her family and relatives.
Third Banns Between:
Richard Jacobs
&
Lisa George.
St. Peter’s Fifth Annual Festival 2008: St. Peter’s Fifth Annual Festival will take place on Thursday June 26th, 2008, Friday June 27th, Saturday June 28th and Sunday June 29th, 2008, starting at 7:30PM, on the Church Property, 166 Tecumseh Rd. West, Windsor.
Join us for various displays of religious artifacts, traditional music, dance, Lebanese Food and many more surprises and games. For more information, please call (519)973-7240,
Congratulations to T. J. Saba & Christina Jraige who were united in the Holy Bonds of Matrimony at St. Anthony’s Parish on Saturday, June 14th, 2008. May God bless them both and give them a long and happy life together full of love and respect for each other.
Iona College: Iona College is in need of donations such as costumes, arts and crafts, wading pools and indoor and outdoor games for our Children’s Summer Camps. For more information, please call (519) 253-3000 ext. 3442 or ext. 7039. Thank you for your help.
The Birth of John the Baptist, June 24th
The birthday of John the Baptist, six months before the birth of Jesus, has been celebrated on June 24 from the earliest days of the Church. Jesus himself called John, who prepared the way for him by his preaching, the greatest of men.
A “voice in the desert,” John, as the final prophet of the Old Testament, told the people of his time that their Lord was near. The announcement of John’s birth by the angel Gabriel to Zachary, his father, was received with disbelief because Zachary’s wife, Elizabeth, was beyond childbearing age.
Yet the angel insisted, “You shall call his name John for he will be great before the Lord and filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.” In the wastelands of Judea, people from all ranks of society, soldiers and priests, tax collectors and workers came to hear John and their hearts were moved by his call to repent.
Many were baptized by him in the River Jordan as a sign of their conversion; some remained to live with him as his disciples. His denunciation of King Herod’s immoral conduct shocked the king’s court, and John eventually suffered death for speaking truth to the powerful.
Jesus began his own mission by being baptized by John. Recognizing the Son of God, whose “sandals he was not worthy to untie,” John said, “He must increase and I must decrease.” John’s life prepared for Jesus who was eternal life.
Early commentators never failed to note that after June 24, the feast of St. John the Baptist, the sun’s light began to decrease until December 25, the birth of Jesus, when the light of the sun increases again.
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being.”
Prayer to the Holy Spirit
Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful; and rekindle in them the fire of your love.
Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created, and you shall renew the face of earth.