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Sixth Sunday after the Holy Cross, Christ the King
October 25th, 2009
الأحد السادس بعد عيد الصّليب، عيد يسوع الملك
25 تشرين الأوّل سنة 2009
Gospel: Matthew 25: 31 – 46 Readings: Romans 12: 9 – 21
This Gospel concludes Jesus’ life as a Teacher and it is used by the Church to close the Liturgical Year. It is the best learning tool on how to prepare to meet the Lord upon his second coming and the final judgment.
This scene is not a parable; it is in fact a prophetic event, Jesus invites us through this event to be ready to answer the final question of the final judgment. “Did you really love me?”
St. John of the Cross notices that we will only be judged by love, which is generally about good deeds. If we focus on the face of the Son of Man, we notice that he is the subject in this Gospel.
He is the glorified one, surrounded by angels, the King, the Judge, the Shepherd, the Son, and the incarnate in all cases of human kind especially the hardest, hunger, in prison…What shocks us is the discovery that the subject becomes suddenly the object. He is not only all the least ones, he is instead the center for gathering and waiting for God’s mercy. Jesus accepted willingly to live humbly.
Collection Last week’s Collection: $ 1,389.08
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 Meadow Brook Fellowship
Masses & Celebrations During The Week:
Sunday, October 25th, 2009
Sixth Sunday after the Cross, Christ the King
الأحد االسادس بعد الصليب، عيد يسوع الملك3:00PM: Sadie Abbas (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
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
5:00PM: Devotion Prayers to Mother Mary
6:00PM: Yosusef Mansour Jabbour (Family)
Thursday, October 29th, 2009
5:30PM: Devotion Prayers to St. Charbel
6:00PM: Manuel Carvalho (Maria Ferreira)
Friday, October 30th, 2009
5:30PM: Devotion Prayers to the Scared Heart
6:00PM: Victoria Semaan (1 Yr. Mem. Mass) (Tony Daher & Family)
Sunday, November 1st, 2009
All Saints Day
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)
This Weeks News & Events
Daylight Saving Time Ends, Fall Back: Next Sunday, November 1st, Daylight Saving Time ends. Please set back the clock one hour. Thank You.
Prayers at the Cemeteries: Monday November 2nd, we celebrate All Souls Day. We will pray the Rite of Incense at Evergreen Memorial Cemetery (Talbot St. West) @ 10:00AM & at Erie Memorial Gardens (Erie St. South) @ 10:30AM. All are welcome to attend.
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: Monday, November 9th, 2009 at 12 & 6 PM.
Our deepest sympathies to the Family and relatives of Bakhos Sarkis Tannous who passed away in Lebanon at the age of 70. The Memorial Mass was held for the rest of his soul at St. Anthony’s Parish on Saturday, October 24th, 2009. May God rest his soul in peace and grant consolation for his family and relatives.
Our heartfelt sympathies go out to the family and relatives of Sadie Abbas who passed away in Australia on Friday October 23, 2009. The Memorial Mass for the rest of her soul is held at St. Anthony’s Parish, Sunday October 25, 2009. May God rest her soul in peace and grant consolation for her family and relatives.
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. Simon & St. Jude, Apostles, October 28th
Little is known of Sts. Simon & Jude except that they were chosen by Jesus as apostles and appear well down on the list of the twelve. They do not figure prominently in the Gospel stories, as do some other apostles.
After Jesus’ Ascension there is no reliable account of what happened to them. Stories of their founding the Church in Syria and Egypt are groundless.
Unlike Sts. Peter and Paul, whose words and deeds are widely reported in Scripture and whose achievements dramatically affected the society of their day, Simon and Jude appear to have done little in their lives that was notable.
Yet the Church celebrates them among her founders, seeing their preaching revealing God to us and their prayers aiding their preaching revealing God to us and their prayers aiding their growth.
The apostles were not all of one mould. Some, like Peter and Paul, were active public figures immersed in the controversy and changing movements of their time. Others, perhaps like Simon and Jude, may have taken a quieter path. Yet their voices too have been heard through all the earth.
Lord, may we follow and serve You.