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Eighth Sunday of the Pentecost Season June 29th, 2008
Gospel: Matthew 12: 14 – 21
Readings: Romans 8: 1 – 11
The main focus this Sunday is the spirituality of the apostle, according to Isaiah who described in details Jesus’ joy in the Holy Spirit, the power of God, Jesus the merciful heart.
These virtues which are the trade mark of the Christian existence, and the work of the Holy Spirit in the true Christian’s heart. The Spirit transforms the heart of Christians into an instrument of obedience to God’s will.
Jesus alone is the life and the eternal salvation. He conquered the sin by being crucified. Jesus didn’t want the Pharisees to be treated with the law “Eye for an eye.”
He continued his mission with the apostles in a loving joyful spirit. He didn’t want to be recognized or famous. When the hour came, he surrendered willingly to the Cross.
His Gospel carries the good to those who lost hope. The sinner will repent and the paralyzed will walk. The spirituality of the apostle is a divine work.
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Masses & Celebrations during the week:
Sunday. June 29th, 2008
Opening of the Pauline Year.
افتتاح السنة البولسية.Eighth Sunday of the Pentecost Season.
The Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul
الأحد الثامن من زمن العنصرة.
عيد الرسولين بطرس وبولس.9:30AM: Boula & Theresa Jabbour (Family)
11:00AM: Susanne Andary (6 Mths. Mem. Mass) (Family)
Monday, June 30th, 2008
8:15AM: Devotion Prayers to St. Anne.
8:30AM: Elias & Claude Obeid (Youssef Obeid)
9:00AM: Rosary Prayers (4 Mysteries)
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Canada Day.8:15AM: Devotion Prayers to St. Anthony.
8:30AM: Nohra Daoud & Wife & Wife & Deceased Family Members (David Nohra & Family)
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
7:30AM: Devotion Prayers to Mother Mary.
8:30AM: Denise Jacobs (Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Youssef)
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Blessed Sacrament Adoration Day.8:30AM: John Eid (Malke Azar)
9:00AM: Rosary Prayers (4 Mysteries)
10:15AM: Devotion Prayers to St. Charbel.
10:45AM: Devotion Prayers to the Sacred Heart.
11:00AM: Blessed Sacrament Adoration Hour.
12:00PM: Blessing & Conclusion of the Day.
Friday, July 4th, 2008
8:30AM: Milani Abraham (Family)
3:00PM: Divine Mercy Chaplet.
Sunday, July 6th, 2008
Ninth Sunday of the Pentecost Season.
الأحد التاسع من زمن العنصرة.9:30AM: Ghazi Keirouz (Michael & Antoinette Jraiche & Family)
11:00AM: Tony Badaoui (Family)
This Weeks News & Events
Canada Day: The office will be closed on Tuesday July 1st, 2008 for Canada Day. Have a safe and happy Holiday.
Choir: This year marks the 25th Anniversary of Our Lady of Lebanon Shrine. For this occasion, we would like to form a Choir. Please sign up your name on the sheet provided if you are interested. Thank you and may God bless you through the intercession of Mother Mary.
Bingo: Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 @ 12:00PM & 6:00PM.
Congratulations to Richard Jacobs & Lisa George who were united in the Holy Bonds of Matrimony at St. Anthony’s Parish on Saturday, June 28th, 2008. May God bless them both and give them a long and happy life together full of love and respect for each other.
Babysitter Needed: A Leamington Family is looking for a middle-aged babysitter who could be available on short notice to baby-sit 2 young children between the ages of 7 and 12. If you are interested, please contact the Church at 322-2282. Thank you.
Pauline Year: A special year will be dedicated for the bi-millennium celebrations of the birth of the Apostle. This PAULINE YEAR will begin from June 28, 2008 to June 29, 2009. For more information please visit: www.annopaolino.org. His All Holiness also declared that those who visit a Church of St. Paul or St. Peter and participate in Communion and Confession will receive abundant graces.
O Canada!
O Canada! Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons commend.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The true North strong and free!
From far and wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
St. Peter and St. Paul, (d. 64), Apostles, June 29
A feast honouring these two great saints has been celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church since the third century. There is sound evidence that both Sts. Peter and Paul preached in the city of Rome and were martyred there under the Emperor Nero about the year 64. Simon, a fisherman on the Sea of Galilee, was one of the first whom Jesus called to follow him.
Changing his name to Peter, “Rock,” the Lord promised to build his Church on him and gave him power in heaven and on earth. A natural spokesman for the other disciples, Peter called Jesus, “the Christ, the Son of the Living God.”
When Jesus was arrested, Peter denied him three times and afterwards wept bitterly over his enormous betrayal for the one he promised to die for. When he rose from the dead, Jesus asked Peter three times if he loved him and, hearing the disciple’s simple answer, “Yes, Lord, you know I love you,” gave him again a privileged place at his side.
“Come, follow me.” Filled with the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, Peter began to preach about Jesus Christ to the crowds in Jerusalem and Samaria and later made his way to Rome where he died a martyr’s depth as leader of that Church. Tradition says he died crucified head down, since he considered himself unworthy to die as his Lord had done.
Saul of Tarsus was a zealous Jew, a Pharisee who after his dramatic conversion on the way to the city of Damascus, became a fervent apostle of Jesus. After a three-year period in Arabia, where he assimilated his new faith, Paul journeyed to the cities of Damascus, Jerusalem and Antioch. Because of his activity he suffered constant harassment from his enemies, enduring shipwreck, imprisonment, and beatings.
At the same time he was greatly loved by those Christians to whom he ministered; Corinthians, Ephesians, Galatians, Romans. To them St. Paul wrote his powerful letters of consolation and instruction which the Church still reads today as inspired by God himself. After imprisonment in Rome, he was beheaded along the Ostian Way where his burial place is still venerated.
In his letter to Timothy he wrote, “The time has come for me to go. I have fought the good fight; I have run the race; I have kept the faith. Now I wait the crown of justice which the Lord, the just judge, will give to me on that day, and not only to me but to all who long for his coming.
Heavenly Father,
Teacher of harmony and peace,
Keep all of us true to your name and help u s to live as one.