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First Sunday after the Resurrection, New Sunday, Divine Mercy Feast
Arpril 19 2009
الأحد الجديد، عيد الرحمة الإلهية
Gospel: John 20: 26 – 31 Readings: 2 Corinthians 5: 11 – 21
This Sunday was called “Sunday of Thomas”, because Jesus appeared to his disciples and Thomas was with them. It was also called the New Sunday, due to the fact that the saving Resurrection happened on the eighth day, the beginning of a new week.
It is a new era in the disciples’ lives and that of the Church faithful to Jesus the Risen Lord. In today’s epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians, he invites them to understand the secret of Jesus who loved us and died for us. God created everything.
God renewed his creation after it was spoiled by sin. Jesus became the median of all creations. St. John’s main focus today is the truth of Jesus’ apparition to his disciples after his death on the Cross.
He triumphed over death and sat on the right hand of the Father. This is a faith built on the testimony of the disciples, which is not less significant than that of the apostles. The Body of the Risen Lord became the heart of the new worship.
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Masses & Celebrations During The Week:
Sunday, April 19th, 2009
First Sunday after the Resurrection, New Sunday, Divine Mercy Feast.
الأحد الجديد، عيد الرحمة الإلهية.9:30AM: Nouhad Nassar (Family)
11:00AM: Tom Badaoa (Mary Badaoa)
1:00PM: Baptism: Tania Tannous.
Monday, April 20th, 2009
9:00AM: Rosary Prayers (4 Mysteries)
5:45PM: Divine Mercy Chaplet. مسبحة الرحمة الإلهية
6:00PM: Estephan & Alia Ghassibe (Donated)
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
5:45PM: Divine Mercy Chaplet. مسبحة الرحمة الإلهية
6:00PM: Louie Youssef & Aunt Alia Boutros & Akl Georges (Youssef Youssef & Family)
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
5:30PM: Devotion Prayers to Mother Mary.
6:00PM: Souls in Purgatory (Maria Santos)
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
St. George’s Feast. عيد مار جرجس5:45PM: Divine Mercy Chaplet. مسبحة الرحمة الإلهية
6:00PM: Fr. Antoune Obeid (Antoune Obeid)
Friday, April 24th , 2009
8:30AM: Boutros Yacoub Boutros (Annie Boutros & Family)
9:00AM: Divine Mercy Chaplet. مسبحة الرحمة الإلهية
Sunday, April 26th, 2009
Third Sunday of the Easter Season.
الأحد الثالث من زمن القيامة.9:30AM: Assad Haifa (2 Yr. Mem. Mass) (Family)
11:00AM: Jamil Youssef Hanna Sarkis (40 Day Mem. Mass) (Family)
This Weeks News & Events
Once again we express our most sincere thanks to all of you who made the Easter Season a very blessed one: all the volunteers, readers, ushers, decorators, Eucharist Ministers… May God bless you all with your families.
Fr. Elie would like to thank you for your generosity and kindness this Easter Season. May the Risen Lord bless you with your families.
Maronite Catholic Women’s League: All the ladies, 16 years old and up, interested in joining St. Anthony’s Maronite Catholic Women’s League, please call Mrs. Barbara Gaspard at (519) 326-8461. Thank you.
Knights of Columbus News
- The Ontario K of C Bursary Program 2009: Our Council is offering its Annual Bursary to students of Cardinal Carter Secondary School. Applications and requirements can be picked up at C. C. Student Services.
- General Meeting: April 21st, 2009 at 7PM. Please keep that time available to attend. Lots to discuss.
The Feast of the Divine Mercy, First Sunday after Easter
Saint Faustina was born on April 25th, 1905 in Poland. At the age of 19 she entered a congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy. Her new name was Sister Maria Faustina of the Blessed Sacrament. In 1934, at the request of her spiritual director, Faustina began
keeping a diary of her mystical experiences and visions. She died of tuberculosis on October 5, 1938. Subsequently the diary was published and translated into numerous languages.
The Church elevated Faustina to sainthood on April 30, 2000, making her the first saint of the new millennium. Pope John Paul II conducted the ceremony on canonization.
The Divine Mercy Chaplet is based on the spirituality of Saint Faustina. It is associated with a holy image and the motto, “Jesus, I trust in you.” The feast day of the Divine Mercy is the Sunday after Easter. The key revelation to Saint
Faustina was that God’s mercy is infinite and unfailing. The Divine Mercy message for the entire world, is to be merciful and forgiving towards others, and to trust in God completely. At the time of Faustina’s death in 1938, the Divine Mercy message was little known outside Poland.
During the Second World War, 1939 – 1945, the Chaplet gained popularity in both Poland and Lithuania. It also reached the United States. There was a temporary ban on the devotion from 1958 to 1978 while Vatican officials reviewed
Faustina’s writings in light of Church Doctrine. The ban was lifted in April 1978 with the help of the Archbishop of Krakow, Karol Cardinal Wojtyla. He became Pope John Paul II later that same year.
Earth Day: April 22nd, will mark the beginning of the Green Generation Campaign which will also be the focus of the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day in 2010.
With negotiations for a new global climate agreement coming up in December, Earth Day 2009 must be a day of action and civic participation, to defend the Green Generation’s core principals:
A carbon-free future based on renewable energy that will end our common dependency on fossil fuels, including coal, An individual’s commitment to responsible, sustainable consumption, Creation of a new green economy that lifts people out of poverty by creating millions of quality green jobs and transforms the global education system into a green one.
St. George, Martyr April 23rd
Historically, very little is known of St. George’s life. According to tradition, he was a Christian soldier who suffered martyrdom about the year 303 in Palestine, sometime before the reign of the Emperor Constantine.
A legend beginning in the twelfth century and later popularized in the thirteenth century by a book called the Golden Legend tells of George as a Christian soldier born in Cappadocia. In Sylene, Libya, he rescued the king’s daughter from a dragon and in turn killed it. As a result, thousands of people were baptized and led to God.
Devotion to George spread to the West during the Crusades when he was invoked for protection by King Richard I of England and his army. George is the patron saint of England as well as Portugal, Germany, Aragon, Genoa and Venice.