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Sunday of the Consecration of the Church, All Saints
November 1st, 2009أحد تقديس البيعة
1 تشرين الثاني سنة 2009
Gospel: Matthew 25: 31 – 46 Readings: Hebrews 12: 18 – 24
“The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree; he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.” As we conclude the liturgical year and before starting a new season, that of the coming of the Lord, the Church remembers today all the Saints who lived a special relationship with God.
We remember the Saints to honour them, follow their footsteps and receive graces through their intercession. The Lord reminds us through the readings that “The assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven.”
In today’s Gospel, St. Matthew draws for us a path to reach the life of the children of the light through the love of the less fortunate and the weak, and through the service and the sacrifice of oneself through God’s love.
The opinion of the old human being and the new on through faith in Christ is vastly different. The first one’s relationship with God is that of a slave.
The second one discovers that God, who is love, is inviting him to rejoice in knowing Him.The Lord for him, is not a god on top of a mountain, he’s rather incarnated in every one of those less fortunate. To be a saint is to be human being. And in order to be that, a human being should be able to balance between his mind, heart and will. The guide on this journey is God’s teachings.
Collection Last week’s Collection: $ 685.60
Fund Raising Goal: $ 250.000.00
Land Purchase: Our Goal: $ 105,000.00 Total Received: $ 15,305.50
$ 11,375.50: Total Received (After 3 loan payments)
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 St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Masses & Celebrations During The Week:
Sunday, November 1st, 2009
Sunday of the Consecration of the Church, All Saints
أحد تقديس البيعة، عيد جميع القدّيسين9:30AM: Hanna & Eugenie Yacoub & Daughter-in-law Denise & Granddaughters Cathy Jacobs & Betty Krndija (Family)
11:00AM: Paul Trad (40 Days Mem. Mass) (Family)
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
All Souls. تذكار الموتى10:00AM: Rite of Incense @ Evergreen Memorial Cemetery (Talbot St. West)
صلاة وضع البخور
10:30AM: Rite of Incense @ Erie Memorial Gardens (Erie St. South) صلاة وضع البخور
5:45PM: Faithfully Departed Prayers.
6:00PM: For the intentions of all Deceased Parishioners. Rite of Incense صلاة وضع البخور
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
5:45PM: Faithfully Departed Prayers.
6:00PM: Tony Badaoui (Family)
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
5:00PM: Devotion Prayers to Mother Mary.
6:00PM: Antonios Youssef Elbaresh & Daughter Cathy.
Thursday, November 5th, 2009
Blessed Sacrament Adoration Day8:30AM: John Eid (Paul & Norma Georges)
9:00AM: Blessed Sacrament Adoration Hour.
10:00AM: Devotion Prayers to St. Charbel.
10:30AM: Devotion Prayers to the Sacred Heart.
10:45AM: Rosary Prayers (4 Mysteries)
12:00PM: Blessing & Conclusion of the Day.
Friday, November 6th, 2009
5:45PM: Faithfully Departed Prayers.
6:00PM: Sayde Semaan (Family)
Sunday, November 8th, 2009
Sunday of the Renewal of the Church
أحد تجديد البيعة9:30AM: Taleb Nasr & Wife Rosa & Deceased Children (Family)
11:00AM: Semaan Sarkis (3 Yr. Mem. Mass) (Family)
2:00PM: Baptism: Miranda Alexandra Charles.
This Weeks News & Events
Welcome Back: We would like to welcome back to St. Anthony’s Parish our Pastor Rev. Father Elie Zouein and his mother Mrs. Latife Zouein. May God bless them both and keep them safe.
Bingo: Monday, November 9th, 2009 at 12 & 6 PM.
Knights of Columbus News:
- Upcoming Events: A) Saturday, Nov. 7 Kingsville Banquet. B) Saturday, Nov. 14 St. Michael’s (Leamington) Banquet.
We have 8 tickets available for each banquet, at no cost to members. Please contact Elias Khayat for tickets. And January 30, 2010, St. Anthony’s Council Annual Banquet. The whole community is invited. Tickets will be out soon.
- Please remember that individually YOU make our council important for our community. Please come out and participate.
Cardinal Carter News:
Cougar Lottery Winners:
Prize
Winner
Ticket #
Seller
$ 5000
Andy Resendes
7797
Paul Boutros
$ 1000
John Sabelli
3220
Matthew Sabelli
$ 1000
Margaret Weibe
3746
Gabriella Colasanti
$ 1000
Tim Rempel
5179
Kennedy Colasanti
$ 1000
Mike Diab
9147
Sawyer Diab
$ 1000
Susan Festa
4821
Lucas Festa
Saints, November 1st
This feast which has its beginnings in the Christian churches of the fifth and sixth centuries celebrates al those saints, canonized or not, who enjoy the happiness of the kingdom of heaven.
Our relatives and friends, multitudes unknown “which no one can number from all tribes and peoples and tongues,” stand before God’s throne in joyful praise. They are remembered this day. God’s amazing grace has brought them home.
And we are united to them. The feast of All Saints turns our eyes to that “great cloud of witnesses” who are with God, yet still with us. We share in their love and are inspired by their example. They attract us to journey to the Kingdom of God.
All Souls, November 2nd
The early Christians, like their pagan ancestors, remembered their dead on certain days of the year. The present date for our yearly commemoration of the dead was established in the tenth century.
We remember the dead prayerfully so that God will “strengthen our hope that all our departed brothers and sisters will share in Christ’s resurrection.”
In the words of Vatican Council II, “Fully conscious of the Mystical Body of Jesus Christ, the Church on earth honours with great respect the memory of the dead, and, because it is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead that they may be freed from their sins, she offers her suffrages for them.”