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Fifth Sunday after the Holy Cross.
October 18th, 2009
الأحد الخامس بعد عيد الصّليب
18 تشرين الأوّل سنة 2009
Gospel: Matthew 25: 1 – 13 Readings: Philippians 2: 12 – 18
Ten Bridesmaids took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them entered the room of everlasting happiness with lamps that used oil which cannot be bought, sold, or borrowed. This parable can be found exclusively in St. Matthew’s Gospel and was inspired by the weddings that took place during Jesus’ era. If the lamps of the foolish bridesmaids went out, shouldn’t they have walked in the light of the wise bridesmaids’ lamps?
We notice the lack of sisterly love in the wise bridesmaids. They wouldn’t give the foolish ones any of their oil. After all these questions, can we say that this is a true human wedding? Of course not.
We are in front of a parable that was used by Jesus to explain to us the relationship between God and human beings and his sudden arrival.
Jesus’ position in the wedding was used to take us in the atmosphere of his second coming and through it he invites us to his heavenly wedding.
The lamp symbolizes the faith, the oil symbolizes the good deeds and the bridegroom is Jesus. The wedding is a symbol of all the graces that wait for those who are ready to meet Jesus.
Collection Last week’s Collection: $ 1,736.87
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 Salvation Army
Masses & Celebrations During The Week:
Sunday, October 18th, 2009
Fifth Sunday after the Cross
الأحد الخامس بعد الصليب9:30AM: Antonios Hanna Sarkis & Wife Kounslieh (Family)
11:00AM: Elias Obeid (5 Yr. Mem. Mass) (Family)
The Church will be open every day from: 8:00AM to 3:00PM.
The Rosary Prayers will take place every day during the month of October at 9:00AM.
Daily Devotion Prayers will take place every day at 8:30AM.
All are welcome.
Sunday, October 25th, 2009
Sixth Sunday after the Cross, Christ the King
الأحد السادس بعد الصليب، يسوع الملك3:00PM: Youssef Jabbour (Family)
This Weeks News & Events
Thank You: We would like to thank Rev. Father Al Williams for his presence in our Parish. May God bless him and keep him safe.
Masses in Memory: We received the Masses in memory of Paul Anthony Trad. We thank you all for your generosity. May God rest his soul in peace and grant consolation for his family and relatives.
Halloween Party: St. Anthony’s Parish will have a Halloween Party for all the children on Saturday, October 31st, 2009 from 2:00 to 4:00PM. Please sing up your names on the sheet provided at the Church entrance. All children are welcome.
Bingo: Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 at 6 PM.
Knights of Columbus News:
- Members are reminded that our next General Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday October 27 at 7:00PM. We need to get more members to come out and participate in the meetings, now that the summer break is over and the kids are back at school. We have important decisions to make and need your opinion and a quorum to vote on them. We also have to plan our banquet.
- 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.
Community Leaders Recognition and Prayer Breakfast:
Hosted by the Leamington Ministerial Association, this event will take place on Wednesday, October 28th, 2009, from 7:30AM to 9:00AM at the Roma Club, 19 Seacliff Dr. East, Leamington.
Come join our local community Leaders and Ministerial Association for a fabulous Buffet Breakfast with special guest speakers Mel & Susan Finlay, National Directors of “Nation at Prayer”. Tickets are $ 15.00 and they are available at St. Anthony’s Parish. Please call (519) 322-2282 for information.
Cardinal Carter News: Cardinal Carter Catholic Secondary School will hold a Free Dental Screening for all students on Tuesday November 24, 2009. Students will be called down alphabetically and there is no obligation for students to take part.
St. Luke, Evangelist, October 18
Born of a pagan family, St. Luke became a convert to the Christian faith. He accompanies St. Paul on his second missionary journey and was with the apostle during his final imprisonment in Rome. Paul calls him “My dear friend Luke” in one of his epistles.
Luke compiled the third Gospel. He describes at length the infancy of Jesus and emphasizes the Lord’s prayerfulness and his mercy. The great parable of the Prodigal Son is found in Luke. In the Acts of the Apostles Luke relates the beginnings of the infant Church as it develops under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
He saw clearly the continuity of the Church from the time of Jesus to its later expansion into the Gentile world. In his writings the Church’s roots go back to the traditions of Israel and its future will touch all the nations of the earth.
The Holy Spirit, descending at Pentecost, guides her with surprising wisdom and power, leading individuals and the Church herself to undertake new ventures despite human reluctance and fear.
One tradition says that Luke died at Boeotia, in Greece, at the age of eighty-four. He is patron of painters and physicians. In art he is represented by an ox because he begins his Gospel with the account of the priest Zachary sacrificing in the temple.
Prayer For Beatified Louis & Zélie Martin
God our Father, we praise You for Louis & Zélie Martin, a truly faithful husband and wife, who lived their Christian life in an exemplary way through their duties in life and practice of Gospel teaching. In bringing up a large family, in spite of trials, bereavements and suffering, they showed immense trust in You and obedience in Your will. Lord, deign to manifest Your will in their regard and grant me the favours I implore while praying that the father and mother of Saint Therese be presented as models of family life today. Amen.