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Fifteenth Sunday of the Pentecost Season
St. Romanos’ Feast.
September 6th, 2009
الأحد الخامس عشَر من زمن العنصرة، عيد القدّيس رومانوس
6 أيلول سنة 2009
Gospel: Luke 7: 36 – 50 Readings: 1 Thessalonians 1: 1 – 10
The Gospel we heard today on the fifteenth Sunday of the Pentecost Season in one of the most beautiful texts in Luke’s Gospel. The Pharisee who had invited him, thought to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him” and he wouldn’t have let her wash his feet with her hair.
She is a sinner; she is a low life according to Simon the Pharisee. Jesus answered John’s question with miracles that showed that he was a great prophet in the midst of the crowds. Luke didn’t want to show Jesus as a prophet only but as a mystery that he can only accept as the friend of sinners and tax collectors.
We notice that Luke didn’t mention the woman’s name or her social class. She represents each person who lived in human weakness and now is asking for forgiveness.
Luke gathered in one place Jesus and the Pharisee who considers himself as above sin and a woman who is shunned by the Pharisees. This woman enters the Pharisee’s house asking for forgiveness and love. Her sins were forgiven because she loved unconditionally.
Collection Last week’s Collection: $ 2,617.18
Fund Raising Goal: $ 250.000.00
Land Purchase: Our Goal: $ 105,000.00 Total Received: $ 12,515.50
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 First Baptist Church
Masses & Celebrations During The Week:
Sunday, September 6th, 2009
Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, St. Romanos’ Feast.
لأحد الخامس عشَر من زمن العنصرة، عيد القديس رومانوس.9:30AM: Saadé Taleb Nasr (40 Day Mem. Mass) (Family)
11:00 AM: Bachir Gemayel & Martyrs (Lebanese Forces)
4:30PM: Baptism: Noah John Nassar.
Monday, September 7th 2009
5:30PM: Devotion Prayers to St. Anne.
6:00PM: Madem Youssef & Najib Nehmetallah & Daughter Hind & Hanna Nehmetallah & Wife (Nehmetallah Nehmetallah & Family)
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
The Birth of Mother Mary. عيد ميلاد العذراء5:30PM: Devotion Prayers to St. Anthony.
6:00PM: Hanna & Eugenie Yacoub & Betty Krndija (Family)
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
5:00PM: Devotion Prayers to Mother Mary.
6:00PM: Elias & Claude Obeid (Antoune Obeid) (Tony & Gloria Abraham)
Thursday, September 10th, 2009
8:00AM: Devotion Prayers to St. Charbel.
8:30AM: Alec Mouawad (Mr. Younan Sleiman)
Friday, September 4th, 2009
5:30PM: Devotion Prayers to the Sacred Heart.
6:00PM: John Azar (3 Yr. Mem. Mass) (Family)
Sunday, September 13th, 2009
Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
الأحد السادس عشَر من زمن العنصرة.9:30AM: (Family)
12:00PM: Joe Khalil Peters (40 Day Mem. Mass) (Family)
This Weeks News & Events
Congratulations to the Knights of Columbus, St. Anthony’s & St. Michael’s Councils 13797 & 4501 on their installation at St. Anthony’s Parish on Sunday, August 31st, 2009. May God bless you all.
We received the Masses and Building Fund Donations to St. Anthony’s Parish in memory of Sarkis Obeid. We thank you all for your generosity. May God rest his soul in peace and grant consolation for his family and relatives.
Labour Day: The office will be closed on Monday, September 7th for Labour Day and will reopen on Tuesday, September 8th. Have a safe and happy Holiday.
Please inform our pastor, by calling 322-2282 if someone is sick or at home and in need of communion. Thank you.
Children Choir Practice: Tuesday from 5 to 6 PM.
Group Prayers: Tuesday, 6:30PM @ St. Anthony’s Parish.
Bingo: Thursday, September 17, 09 @ 12 & 6PM.
The Lebanese Forces Windsor – Leamington Chapter cordially invites you to the second Annual BBQ, today, Sunday September 6th, 2009 at the Leamington Lebanese Club, Hwy. 77, Leamington from 12:30 to 4:00PM. The menu includes: Kafta, chicken, Hamburger, hot dogs, hummus, Soft drinks. We also have fun activities for the children. All are welcome.
The Birth of Mary, September 8th
Along with the birth of Jesus and St. John the Baptist, Mary’s birth has been celebrated by the Church from early times. In fourth-century Jerusalem a feast of her birth was celebrated at the Church of St. Ann, probably inspiring the Church of Rome also to celebrate too, this event. Mary’s birth is seen always as part of God’s plan for the salvation of the world through Jesus Christ.
O Mary, you are blessed, for the mysteries of the prophets are fulfilled in you. You were in the burning bush and in the cloud that Moses saw; You were on the ladder rising up to heaven that Ezekiel saw; You were in the ark of the covenant, that David saw. At your birth these mysteries are fulfilled. Glory to the Father, who sent his only Son through you.