Friday, November 14, 2014

Parish UPDATE: Sunday, November 16

Beloved of God, 

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Here is what is making news in our parish:

1THIS WEEKEND  AT ST. MARY
    • Saturday, November 15: Rummage Sale from 8 am to 2 pm. Open to the public.
    • Sunday, November 16: Rummage Sale from 9 am to 1 pm. 
    • Sunday, November 16: Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost. Join us for our Masses at 10 am (English) and 1 pm (Spanish). 
2.   UPCOMING EVENTS
      • Feast of Christ the King: Sunday, November 23
      • Advent Quiet Days: Saturday, November 29, December 13 and December 20. 10 am to 12 pm each Saturday.
      • Diocesan Convention (Ontario Convention Center): Friday, December 5 and Saturday, December 6.
3.  FASTING OPPORTUNITIES IN PREPAREDNESS FOR CHRISTMAS:  
      • Take some time for "inscaping" - tending your interior spiritual life by observing the following days of fasting.
        • Wednesday, December 10:  Meditate on Hymn 657 (1982 Hymnal)
        • Thursday, December 11: Meditate on Hymn 84 (1982 Hymnal)
        • Friday, December 12: Meditate on the following hymn: 

    • Thou didst leave Thy throne and Thy kingly crown,
    • When Thou camest to earth for me;
    • But in Bethlehem’s home was there found no room
    • For Thy holy nativity.
Refrain
O come to my heart, Lord Jesus,
There is room in my heart for Thee.

When the heav’ns shall ring, and her choirs shall sing,
                               At Thy coming to victory,
                               Let Thy voice call me home, saying “Yet there is room  
                              There is room at My side for thee.”


4.    OF YOUR CHARITY, PLEASE, PRAY FOR:
  • Continued healing for Gerda, Anthony Jo, Fr. Anderson
  • all travelling at this time: Sean. Angela
  • a cure for the Ebola disease. God's blessings on the work of Health Care professionals working in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. For all who have died in the Ebola pandemic and for their families as they mourn.
  • Our youth: Natasha, Vincent, Simone, Audrey, Michelle, Larry Jr, Jeffrey, Yasmine
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See you at Mass. Bring a friend and your family to church.

Fr. Vincent