6TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME— February 15th, 2015
Embracing those rejected is the first step towards healing them
February 16th – February 22nd 2015
Monday: February 16th – FAMILY DAY
8:00am- NO MASS
7:00pm- NO MASS
Tuesday: February 17th
8:00am- +John Henry Fernandes
7:00pm- St. Padre Pio
Wednesday: February 18th – ASH WEDNESDAY
8:00am- + Florentina Flores
9:00am7:00pm- +Nestor D’Souza
Thursday: February 19th
8:00am- +Vicenta Marion Ladrido
7:00pmFriday: February 20th
8:00am- +Diego +Esperance D’Costa
7:30pm- +Mathias Mendonca
Saturday: February 21st
8:30am- +Franco Bartolomucci
5:00pm- +Damien Drake
Sunday: February 22nd
9:00am- +Stephanie Marshall Thornton
10:30am - +Carmela & Mario Monaco
12:00pm – For the Community of OLA
STATIONS OF THE CROSS
JOIN US
Every Friday at
6:30pm—Italian
7:30pm—Holy Mass
8:00pm—English
.What
do you do for Lent?
Few Suggestions:
Daily Prayers, Holy Rosary, reading the Scriptures, Daily Masses, Charitable acts, Sacrament of Confession. Visiting the Blessed Sacraments and charitable acts.
PRAYER–FASTING
ALMS GIVING
2014 INCOME TAX RECEIPTS
and annual Parish Financial
Reports
are available for pick up!
“To touch the unclean made one unclean. As
John J. Pilch noted in his book, The Cultural
World of Jesus (pp. 35), ancient Jews concerned
themselves with the notion of pollution, not of
infection. They made little distinction between a
cultural and a natural source of the pollution, as
long as they kept the source of the pollution at a
distance.
“In a culture that had a firm mistrust of change,
they had an obligation to reject anything that
changed what they believed was a God-given
lifestyle. When Jesus touched the diseased man,
he ‘took’ the disease upon himself. He changed the status of the ‘unclean’ to
‘clean’ and became polluted. He made himself rejected, so the leper could
become accepted. And he did it willingly. In this sense, Mark foreshadowed
Jesus' ultimate act of accepting pollution from nature and society. He took
death upon himself, so all might have eternal life with God.”
WHAT IS ASH WEDNESDAY?
Ash Wednesday (from the Latin Dies Cinerum, meaning "Day of Ashes") is the first
day of Lent. On this day, Christians focus
intensely on their utter and complete sinfulness and the necessity of Christ's suffering
and death to earn their salvation. Ashes are
referred to many times in the Old Testament
as a sign of sorrow, mourning, repentance,
and mortality (see 2 Samuel 13:19; Esther 4:1-3; Job 42:6; and Jeremiah
6:26). Many churches use ashes during Ash Wednesday worship as
part of a rite called the Imposition of Ashes. According to this ancient
custom, ashes (traditionally made by burning palm fronds used on
Palm Sunday of the previous year) are mixed with a small amount of
olive oil and applied to the forehead of each worshipper. This mark, in
the sign of a cross, can be a powerful reminder of our depraved and sinful nature and total dependence on God for forgiveness and salvation.
ASH WEDNESDAY
SCHEDULE OF MASSES
February 18Th, 2015
8:00am—English
9:00am—Italian
1:00pm—St. Raphael Sch.
1:00pm– Holy Cross Sch.
7:00pm—English
A BIG Thank
YOU!
We would like to thank Monica
Perera for many years of service as a choir director for Saturday 5:00pm Mass. The children’s choir will miss you terribly! Zabrina Villasanta will
take over as choir Director.
“Super Pennas Ventorum” “Upon the Wings of the Wind”
VOCATION CORNER…..
Today’s Gospel says that “Jesus was moved with
pity when He saw a leper”. Are you moved with
love and compassion when you see the outcasts of
today’s society? Today, Jesus continues to call forward men and women to minister as he did. If you
think God is calling you to a Church vocation, call
Fr. Chris Lemieux, Vocation Director, Archdiocese of Toronto 416-968-0997
email
vocations@archtoronto.org
www.vocationstoronto.ca
START BOOKING YOUR
SPACE NOW!
PILGRIMAGES THIS YEAR
Under the Spiritual Leadership of Fr. Lorenzo
Salandanan, (Tel. 905-677-4615)
HOLY LAND AND JORDAN
Tour Coordinator:
Therese Baduria (Tel. 416
-887-6703)
September 21st- October 2nd, 201 (12 days /
Tour Cost $ 2,895.00)
TOUR OF CZECH REPUBLIC, POLAND, HUNGARY, SLOVAKIA &
AUSTRIA
May 30th to June 13th,
2015
TOUR COST $ 3,395.00
Tour Co-ordinators: Ernie
and Sofie Buenaventura *
Tel: Home 416-752-8692
* Ernie cell 416-788-0800
GIDEON TRAVEL AGENCY,
TEL: (905) 949-5533
Flyers are available at the foyer
LET US PRAY!
for those who are sick
members of our parish
and those who love and minister to
them:
WEEKLY OFFERINGS
Sunday Collection $ 4,432.00
Maintenance $ 1,035.00
Cardinal Collins Invites Feedback in Preparation for
2015 Synod of Bishops
Cardinal Collins is inviting Catholics throughout the Archdiocese of
Toronto to offer insights and feedback on issues that will be considered as part of the 2015 Synod of Bishops on “The Vocation and the
Mission of the Family in the Church and in the Contemporary
World.” Full details including background documents can be found
at: www.archtoronto.org/synod - deadline for feedback is February
16, 2015.
PLEASE PARK YOUR CAR AT THE
DESIGNATED PARKING SPOT
ONLY !
VI DOMENICA DEL TEMPO ORDINARIO
Il profeta Isaia proclamava che il Messia
sarebbe venuto per annunciare la buona novella ai poveri. Gesù, commentando questo
testo nella sinagoga di Nazaret, dice solennemente: “Questa parola della Scrittura... si
adempie oggi” (Lc 4,18-19). Ma Gesù è venuto
per guarire le malattie dei poveri, spesso in
modo straordinario o prodigioso? Certo Gesù
dà spesso prova della sua misericordia di
fronte alle sofferenze umane. Ma, in ogni caso,
questi sono segni del potere che il Figlio
dell’uomo ha ricevuto da colui che lo ha mandato per liberare da
una schiavitù più profonda, da una lebbra più cronica, per liberare
dal peccato. Chi può perdonare i peccati, se non Dio? “Ora, perché
sappiate che il Figlio dell’uomo ha il potere in terra di rimettere i
peccati: alzati disse al paralitico, prendi il tuo letto e va’ a casa
tua” (Mt 9,6).Cos’ha Gesù, che cosa irradia il Maestro per provocare nel lebbroso questa supplica colma di fiducia: “Se vuoi, puoi
guarirmi”? Gesù si avvicina al lebbroso: “Lo toccò”; il lebbroso
manifesta la sua fiducia, la sua gioia, la sua testimonianza, non può
tacere. E noi? Noi siamo la Chiesa di Gesù che prolunga la sua presenza e la sua opera nel mondo. In tutti i settori dove è in gioco il
dolore di un qualsiasi uomo, dove la sua dignità di figlio di Dio è in
pericolo, dove c’è emarginazione, qualunque essa sia, là si gioca la
nostra credibilità in quanto Chiesa che porta la salvezza di Gesù.
SAN PADRE PIO
Ricordiamo a tutti che la serata per il gruppo di
preghiera di San Pio nella nostra parrocchia é
Maratedi, 17 Febbraio. Come al solito, la serata
incomincerá con il santo rosario e coroncina alle
6:30pm, seguito dalla santa messa. Tutti sono
invitati a partecipare.