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Sunday of the Priests
January 24th, 2010
أحد الكهنة.
24 كانون الثاني سنة 2010
Gospel: Luke 12: 42 – 48 Readings: 1 Timothy 4: 6 – 16
“Who then is the faithful prudent manager?” He is the one who knows that the Master is coming undoubtedly. He is the one who also knows that what he does now will be questioned later by the Master. The honour of the servant depends on the way he performs his duties, “Blessed is that slave whom his master will find at work when he arrives.” The prudent servant is the one who lives and acts according to the knowledge that his Master is coming so he changes his daily human behaviour.
The prudent servant is the one who keeps watch during the night so the coming of his Master won’t surprise him. Instead it will mean for him that the promise of the Lord is going to be done as promised. We are drowning in earthly materialism that covers us in a way that makes us forget and consequently become unable to see eternity.
We are facing the danger of letting ourselves go into the flow of money, authority, power and desire. God is inviting us to fight against the theory of “being powerful is having authority.” The Master who is absent now will come soon. The way of service requires patience and courage to get oneself used to righteousness and to execute the will of God.
Collection Last week’s Collection: $ 2,702.53
Fund Raising Goal: $ 250.000.00
Land Purchase: Our Goal: $ 105,000.00 Total Received: $ 19,950.00
$ 2,000.00: Total Received (After 4th loan payment)
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 Leamington Evangelical Mennonite Church
Masses & Celebrations During The Week:
Sunday, January 24th, 2010
Sunday of the Priests
أحد الكهنة9:30AM: Antonios khalil Abraham & Wife Ghalyi (Family)
11:00AM: Betty Semaan (6 Mths. Mem. Mass) (Family)
Monday, January 25th, 2010
9:00AM: Rosary Prayers (4 Mysteries)
5:45PM: Devotion Prayers to St. Anne.
6:00PM: All Forgotten Souls (Donated)
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
5:45PM: Devotion Prayers to St. Anthony.
6:00PM: Fr. Boutros Obeid & Deceased Family Members (Youssef Obeid)
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
5:00PM: Devotion Prayers to Mother Mary.
6:00PM: Bakhos Chahid Raffoul (Maria Imperioli & Sadie Azar)
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
5:30PM: Devotion Prayers to St. Charbel.
6:00PM: Boutros Yacoub Boutros (Annie Boutros & Family)
Friday, January 29th, 2010
8:30AM: Antonios Estephan & Wife & Son Hamid & Brother Estephan & Wife Alia (Boula & Alice Boutros)
9:00AM: Devotion Prayers to the Sacred Heart.
Sunday, January 31st, 2010
Sunday of the Righteous & Just
أحد الأبرار والصدّيقين.9:30AM: Available. Call 322-2282 to book.
11:00AM: John Eid (2 Yr. Mem. Mass) (Family)
This Weeks News & Events
Youth Group Dance Practice: Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 from 7 to 8:30 PM.
First Communion: Practice for the First Communion takes place every Friday from 5:00 to 6:30PM.
Bingo: Monday, January 25, 2010 at 12 & 6PM.
Parish Council & Eucharist Ministers: If you are interested in being a member of the Parish Council or Eucharist Ministers for the next three years, 2010 – 2013, please sign up your name on the sheet provided at the Church entrance.
French Immersion Program at Cardinal Carter Catholic Secondary School: Would you like to continue your French Immersion studies in High School with the added benefit of being close to home? Cardinal Carter offers an extensive program designed to provide students with the opportunity to excel in French. For more information, contact Jerry Schiller @ (519) 322-2804.
Knights of Columbus News:
-The Council will be holding our 5th Annual Banquet on January 30th, 2010. Tickets are $25.00/Adult and $ 15.00/Children under 12. We hope to have the support of the entire community, to come out and have a family evening, with good food and lots of fun and prizes.
Farewell Reception for Joseph Edward: After 17 years with the Diocese of London, Joseph Edward is leaving to pursue a career with the City of London as Chief Technology Officer.
You are cordially invited to a farewell reception for Joseph Edward on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Parish Hall), 4401 Mount Royal Dr., Windsor from 3:30 to 6:00PM. For more information call Carol East at (519)433-0658 Ext. 300.
The Conversion of St. Paul, January 25th
The Church celebrates today the conversion of St. Paul because of its extraordinary nature. Paul, who was known as Saul before his conversion, was born at Tarsus in Cilicia, to Jewish parents. He became an avowed enemy of the infant Church and engaged in the persecution of Christians. Between the years 34 and 36, Paul was on his way to Damascus to arrest Christians and bring them back to Jerusalem.
Paul set out with the intention of bringing the prisoners he would arrest back to Jerusalem for punishment. As he was traveling along, approaching Damascus around noon, a great light from the sky suddenly flashed all about him. ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?’
He answered, ‘Who are you, Sir?’ He said to him, ‘I am Jesus the Nazarene whom you are persecuting.’ His companions saw the light but did not hear the voice speaking to him, ‘What is it I must do, Sir?’
He asked, and the Lord replied, ‘Get up and go into Damascus. There you will be told about everything you are destined to do.’ But since he could not see because of the brilliance of the light, he had to be taken by hand and led into Damascus by his companions.
There, he met Ananias who said to him, ‘Saul, my brother, recover your sight. Be baptized at once and wash away your sins as you call upon his name.’ profoundly influenced by this grace of God, the converted apostle preached Christ to the nations.
Today the feast of Paul’s conversion ends the Church Unity Octave, an annual eight-day period of prayer for Christian Unity. Inspired by Father Paul Watson, founder of the society of the Atonement, this observance has spread from the United States to various lands and is celebrated in many Protestant and Orthodox as well as Catholic Churches.
Prayer for the Priests
Keep them; I pray you, dearest Lord, keep them, for they are yours. The priests whose lives burn out before your consecrated Altar. Keep them, for they are in the world, though from the world apart; when earthly pleasures tempt, shelter them in your heart.Keep them and comfort them in hours of loneliness and pain, when all their life of sacrifice for souls seems but in vain. Keep them as spotless as the Host that daily they caress; their every thought and word and deed, deign, dearest Lord, to bless. Amen.