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SHARELIFE 2011: TODAY
LENTEN MISSION
From April 11 to 14, 2011 with introduction at every
weekend Mass.
7:00pm Rosary, followed by Mass and Sermon.
Preacher: Fr. Shane Varghese, Redemptorist.
Please inform other people; be ready to make a good
confession with Fr. Shane and pray that this Lenten
Mission will bring many spiritual fruits in our parish.
Every Mission is always a grace from God.
“We can work wonders.”
Many thanks to all those who have donated to ShareLife. If
you were not ready for your donation, think to give it in
May or June when there will be a second collection for
ShareLife.
Jesus said: “I was hungry, thirsty…”
“Give me a drink”; “Give some food…”
“In the poor it is the hungry Christ we are feeding”.
(Mother Teresa)
“I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable
man which has pleased me very much. I cannot recollect
the words, but here is the sense of it: ‘What I spent I lost;
what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains
with me’”. (Joseph Addison)
This is the “picture” of our parish ShareLife 2010:
Total letters mailed
2,969
Total donors:
655
Average donation: $
99.89
Participation:
22.06%
Have donated less than $10.00
From $10 to $50
From $50 to $100
From $100 to $250
From $250 to $500
From $500 to $1,000
Greater or Equal to $1,000
40
312
141
108
28
18
8
Top donations $1000 and greater
$1,000.00 (3) - $1,050.00 (1) - $1,100.00 (1)
$1,600.00 (1) - $1,650.00 (1) - $5,000.00 – (1)
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
These are the steps we should follow for a good Confession.
-Examination of Conscience (take time; go over the
Commandments, the precepts of the Church, the
corporal and spiritual works of mercy, etc…)
-Contrition (repentance, sorrow for the sins)
-Resolution (determination not to sin)
-Confession (telling of one’s sins)
-Satisfaction (acts of penance to make up, to repay the
damage caused by sin)
Remember what the prophet Isaiah says: “Though your
sins are like scarlet, they shall be like snow; though they
are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.”
During Lent and especially during the Mission make a good
confession so that Easter would be even more joyful and
blessed. We all need to be reconciled with God; don’t think
and don’t say, like many say and think today, that we have
no sins. We are sinners. This is the reason Jesus died on
the Cross for us.
READINGS FOURTH WEEK OF LENT
Mon. Is. 65.17-21
= Ps 30 = John 4.43-54
Tues. Ezekiel 47.1-9, 12 = Ps 46 = John 5.1-16
Wed. Is. 49.8-15
= Ps 145= John 5.16-30
Thurs. Exodus 32.7-14 = Ps 106 = John 5.18, 31-47
Fri. Wisdom 2.1-12-22 = Ps 34 = John 7.1-2, 10, 25-30
Sat. Jeremiah 11.18-20 = Ps 7 = John 7.40-53
SUNDAY: Ezekiel 37.12-14 = Ps 130 = Romans 8,8-11
John 11,1-45
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TAKE NOTE!
Because of the Mission in Italian the evening Masses this
week will be in Italian. Next week, during the Mission in
English, the evening Masses will be in English.
EIGHT-WEEK BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT
Sponsored by the Newediuk Funeral Home every Thursday
April 7 – 14 – 21 – 28 and May 5 – 12 – 19 – 26
From 7:00pm to 9:00pm
This 2011 Spring Group is held in the “Well-Come” Room
at Martin Grove United Church, 75 Pergola Road (SW
corner of Martin Grove Road and Mercury Road). For
information or to register call: 416-745-7555.
HELP, PLEASE, OUR ST. VINCENT DE’ PAUL
This great organization needs our help. When you can, drop
a looney or a tooney in the poor boxes on Sundays: it’s a
great help!
FOR LENT, A LIST OF ‘GIVE-UPS’
What should you give up for Lent? Well, if you’re 10 years
old or under, candy might be just the right thing. However,
if you’re 11 years old or older, you might want to reflect
more deeply. It seems to me to be a question of
concentrating on what you really want to do with your life.
Who are you becoming?
Here are a few suggestions, if you’d like to be a better
human being:
-Give up complaining; focus on gratitude.
-Give up pessimism; become an optimist.
-Give up harsh judgments; think kindly thoughts.
-Give up worry; trust Divine Providence.
-Give up discouragement; be full of hope.
-Give up bitterness; turn to forgiveness.
-Give up hatred; return good for evil.
-Give up negativism; be positive.
-Give up anger; be more patient.
-Give up pettiness; become mature.
-Give up gloom; enjoy the beauty around you.
-Give up jealousy; pray for trust.
-Give up gossiping; control your tongue.
-Give up sin; turn to virtue.
St. Paul encouraged us to “fill our minds with everything
that is true, good and pure...” because he knew that
holiness is possible.
It is the one truth you must never abandon. No matter how
unworthy or sinful your life may be, Jesus died to save you.
He will lead you to repentance and holiness, if you ask.
Holiness is possible. Go for it.
MISSIONE QUARESIMALE
Dal 4 al 7 aprile con introduzione la domenica 3 aprile alla
messa delle 10:30am.
Orario:
7:00pm Rosario, seguito dalla Messa e Predica.
Predicatore: P. GABRIELE CINGOLANI , C.P.
Temi: La situazione in cui viviamo – La fede che
professiamo – Il Salvatore in cui crediamo –
La testimonianza da offrire al mondo. Eucaristia.
Ci sara’ sufficiente tempo per le confessioni e
approfittiamone.
Ogni Missione e’ tempo di grazia. Ringraziamo il
Signore perche’ la Missione porti molti frutti spirituali
nella parrocchia e nelle famiglie. Siamo fortunati di
avere con noi P. Gabriele molto conosciuto come
predicatore, scrittore e giornalista.
Cerchiamo di venire ogni sera e che questi giorni
servano a tutti come una specie di “ritiro” , dando piu’
spazio alle cose dell’anima e della nostra vita spirituale.
Che siano giorni di piu’ raccoglimento, anche se
dobbiamo accudire a tutte di piu’; facciamo piu’ silenzio
per “ascoltare” la voce di Dio.
Invitiamo altri a venire, specialmente i lontani dai
sacramenti e che il Signore benedica questa nostra
Missione Quaresimale.
TEMPO DI QUARESIMA
Cosa stiamo facendo in questo tempo santo? Arricchiamo
la nostra vita spirituale con la S. Messa e la Comunione,
anche ogni giorno. Priviamoci di qualcosa e diamola ai
piu’ bisognosi. Aiutiamo la S. Vincenzo con qualche extra
“looney o tooney”. Partecipiamo alle Stazioni della Via
Crucis ogni venerdi.
SHARELIFE 2011
Abbiamo fatto la nostra offerta? Siamo stati piu’ generosi
del solito? Abbiamo altre occasioni, maggio e giugno, per
farlo. Non abbiamo paura di essere generosi. Come diamo
cosi’ ci sara’ dato. “Nel povero e’ Gesu’ che ha fame che
stiamo sfamando.” (Madre Teresa)
RITIRI SPIRITUALI PER LAICI
1)Ritiro per i Gruppi di Padre Pio: il 9 aprile al Seminario
Ardorino (200 Pine Grove) dalle 9:30am alle.3:00pm
Terra’ il Ritiro P. Portella Ermolao, Sup. Gen. Dei
Missionari Ardorini.
2)La Commissione Pastorale Italiana:
organizza un ritiro per i laici il 9 aprile p.v. dalle 10:00am
alle 3:00pm nella Chiesa di S. Jane Frances.