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WEEKLY BULLETIN: SEASON OF PENTECOST—ST. ANTHONY MARONITE CHURCH - JUNE 7, 2020
OUR CHURCH AT PRAYER
Hours of Liturgical services changed due to COVID-19
Weekday Liturgies Mon - Thu: 9:00 AM
Saturday Liturgies: 4:00 PM Vigil (English) 6:00 PM Vigil (Arabic)
Sunday Liturgies: 9:00 AM (English) 11:00 AM (English & Arabic)
Holy days of obligation: Vigil Liturgy @ 7 PM
OFFICE HOURS M-TH: 9:00 AM -4:00 PM Friday: 9:00 AM-2:00 PM Saturdays: By Appointment
PARISH SECRETARY: [email protected]
MEET OUR DEACONS Deacon Nadim B. Daou Deacon Michael Charchaflian Sub-Deacon James T. Demers Sub-Deacon Antoine Nammour
PARISH MISSION STATEMENT You are welcomed and loved by St Anthony Community. We are trans-formed through prayer, acts of love, forgiveness, service and steward-ship.
MEET OUR PRIESTS Pastor Fr. Elie Mikhael .... 305.807.9087 [email protected]
Parochial Vicar Fr. Andrawos El Tabchi .... 978-241-2977 [email protected]
SACRAMENTS Baptism & Confirmation: 1 month in advance with the Pastor Donations: Church & Priest: $200
Matrimony: Couples should make arrangements six months prior to the wedding date Donations: Church $500—Priest : Free Will
Reconciliation One hour Before Thursday & Saturday Liturgies, or by appointment
Anointing of the Sick Please notify the Rectory if a member of your family is ill, hospitalized, or unable to come to Church and would like to receive communion at home
Please refer to our website for more Sacrament Celebrations Guidelines
www.facebook.com/SaintAnthonyLawrence
MOST HOLY TRINITY SUNDAY
ألثالوث أألقدس أحد
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LITURGICAL SCHEDULE AND INTENTIONS
MOST HOLY TRINITY SUNDAY ألثالوث أألقدس أحد
Sat June 6 4:00 PM
English
For: In Honor of Evelyn and Leonard Ramey (Anniversary)
6:00 PM Arabic
For: In Honor of Wahib & Marie Charabati - (Anniversary)
Sun June 7 9:00 AM For: In Honor of Maryann and Edward Hatem (Anniversary)
11:00 AM
(Church)
For: + 1st Anniversary -Boutros Merheb By His children: Jeanette, George, Elie, Jack , Mona, their spouses and their families
11:00 AM
(Hall)
For: In Honor of Jason Bouchrouche (Birthday) By His Parents
For: + Renee Chahine By Her Son Robert Chahine
Mon June 8 9:00 AM For: Good Health of Amer Fakhoury By His family
Tue June 9 9:00 AM For: + Pat McKeever By Fr. Elie and Fr. Andrawos
Wed June 10 9:00 AM For: + Semaan Mikhael (1st Anniversary) By The Pastor
Thu June 11 9:00 AM For: In Honor of Mark Bejjani (Birthday) By His Parents
Fri June 12 NO Liturgy
THIRD SUNDAY OF PENTECOST-CORPUS CHRISTI- أ لثالث من زمن ألعنرصة أحد FEAST OF ST ANTHONY OF PADUA - ي
مار أنطونيوس البادوان
Sat June 13 4:00 PM
English
For: + Diane Hatem By Her Husband Tuffic and Family
6:00 PM Arabic
For: In Honor of Our Parishioners - Feast of St Anthony
Sun June 14 9:00 AM For: In Honor of Mike & Janice Solomon (Anniversary)
11:00 AM
(Church)
For: In Honor of Our Parishioners - Feast of St Anthony
In Honor of Living Fathers and in Loving Memory of the Deceased Ones
11:00 AM
(Hall)
For: In Honor of Our Parishioners - Feast of St Anthony
In Honor of Living Fathers and in Loving Memory of the Deceased Ones
LIVE STREAM OF LITURGIES, ADORATION AND ROSARY SATURDAY LITURGIES - 4PM & 6PM SUNDAY LITURGIES - 9AM & 11AM (Church and Hall) ADORATION - THURSDAY AT 6:00 PM ORGANIZATIONS AND MINISTRIES: VIRTUAL MEETINGS BIBLE STUDIES ENGLISH SESSION: THROUGH ZOOM -CONTACT DEACON MICHAEL TO ADD YOUR EMAIL :
[email protected] -SUBJECT BIBLE STUDY ARABIC SESSION: GoToMeeting -MONDAY AT 7AM
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STEP UP YOUR
WEEKLY / MONTHLY / ANNUAL
GIVING COMMITMENT
REGISTER FOR ONLINE DONATION: TO KEEP UP WITH OUR NEEDS AND, NOT TO FALL SHORT OF OUR FINAN-
CIAL STEWARDSHIP GOAL. Apply Online: stanthonylawrence.org/donate-now/
TITHES & OFFERINGS
SAINT ANTHONY’S Parish depends on donations from our parishioners and benefactors to live and expand our Mission, “Loving as Christ Loves, Serving as Christ Serves." Your donations fund the many ministries and activities of the parish: Sunday and weekly Masses; faith formation for children, youth and adults; fellowship for our welcoming community; and out-reach to those in need. We deeply appreciate your important role within the Church, your integral part of St Anthony’s Parish, and the giving of your special gifts of time, prayer, and monetary donations. Together we glorify God in thanksgiving for the wonderful gifts we have been given.
MONTHLY OPERATIONAL EXPENSES
SALARIES & INSURANCE
Total Maintenance & Utilities
Total Eparchial Dues
Monthly Operational Costs
Weekly Collection Needed
$ 15,260.00
$ 6,278.58
$3,721.67
$25,260.25
$6,250.00
REMEMBER YOUR LOVED ONES BY PUTTING THEIR NAMES ON TREE OF LIFE BRASS ALUMINUM PLAQUES SIZES:
1.5” X 3” = $75 / 3”X 6”= $150 / 4”X8”= $250 Please submit your request either by phone: 978.685.7233 E-mail: [email protected]
BIBLE STUDIES: ENGLISH & ARABIC
TREE OF LIFE
We invite you to join us even if you’ve never
participated before. You’ll be glad you did!
You can join us remotely via GotoMeeting
When:
Monday at 6pm in Arabic
St. Anthony Bible Study (Arabic)
Please join my meeting from your computer,
tablet or smartphone.
https://www.gotomeet.me/StAnthonyCCD/
stanthonybiblestudyarabic
Access Code: 900-280-701
You can also dial in using your phone.
United States (Toll Free): 1 866 899 4679
Wednesday at 6pm in English
St. Anthony Bible Study (English)
Please join my meeting from your computer,
tablet or smartphone.
https://www.gotomeet.me/StAnthonyCCD/
stanthonybiblestudyenglish
Access Code: 534-569-845
You can also dial in using your phone.
St. Anthony is offering a
weekly virtual min-retreat
(15 Min. at noon) for four
consecutive Fridays during
the month of June, which
is devoted to the Sacred
Heart of Jesus. Please
register ASAP, through email
([email protected]) or FB
Messenger, and a gift bag will be reserved
for the first 25 people.
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GOSPEL READING - Saint Matthew 28:16-20
Letter to the Romans 11:25-36
So that you may not claim to be wiser than you are, brothers and sisters, I want you to understand
this mystery: a hardening has come upon part of Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come
in. And so all Israel will be saved; as it is written, ‘Out of Zion will come the Deliverer; he will banish
ungodliness from Jacob.’ ‘And this is my covenant with them, when I take away their sins.’ As regards
the gospel they are enemies of God for your sake; but as regards election they are beloved, for the
sake of their ancestors; for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. Just as you were once diso-
bedient to God but have now received mercy because of their disobedience, so they have now been
disobedient in order that, by the mercy shown to you, they too may now receive mercy. For God has
imprisoned all in disobedience so that he may be merciful to all. O the depth of the riches and wisdom
and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgements and how inscrutable his ways! ‘For who
has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counsellor?’ ‘Or who has given a gift to him, to
receive a gift in return?’ For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory
for ever. Amen.
The eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. When they
saw him, they worshipped him; but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, ‘All authority in
heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey eve-
rything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.’
THE SANCTUARY LAMPS
LEFT SANCTUARY LAMPS WILL BURN
In Honor of the Living and Deceased Fathers at St Anthony Parish
By Fr Elie and Fr. Andrawos
RIGHT SANCTUARY LAMPS WILL BURN In Honor of Our Parishioners on the Feast of
St Anthony of Padua By Fr Elie and Fr. Andrawos Look for our weekly “Faith At Home” emails
for the Picks of the Week!
Prayer for Peace in Our Family
Lord Jesus, be with my family. Grant us Your peace and harmony, an end to conflict and division. Gift
us with compassion to better understand each other, wisdom and love to assist each other, and trust
and patience to live peacefully together. Grant that through the intercession of your mother, Mary,
and St. Joseph, our family may become a holy family accepting each other, working together in unity,
selflessly dedicated to one other and to You. Amen.
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01:82-02 إنجيل القديس متى
ر، لئال تكونوا حكماء في عيوون أنوسوسوكو هوو ، ويا إخوتي، ال أريد، أيها اإلخوة، أن تجهلوا هذا الس
ومويو نوي بو أن التصلب أصاب قسما من بني إسرائيل، إلى أن يؤمن األم بأكمله . وهكذا يخلو
من صهيون يأتي المنقذ، ويرد الكسر عون يوقوقووبذ وهوذا هوو عوهود »إسرائيل، كما هو مكتوب:
هة ٱخوتويوار ف، فوهو .«مقه ، حين أزيل خطاياه ا من لك ، أم هة اإلنجيل أعداء من أ فه من
أبدا عن مواهبه ودعوته. فوكوموا عصويوتو ف أنو ل اآلباءذ ألن ف ال يترا فوي موا توأحباء من أ
ول رحوموتوكو ، لوكوي اء عصيانه ، كوذلو هو اآلن عصووا ف مون أ ر مضى، ورحمت اآلن من
مي الناس في القصيان، لكي يرح الجمويو . فويوا لوقومو يرحموا اآلن ه أيضاذ ألن ف قد حبس
ر فوكوغنى ف وحكمته ومقرفته! ما أبقد أحكامه عن اإلدراك، وطرقه عن اٱلستقصاء! فمن عرف
ب؟ أو من صار له مشيرا؟ أو من أقرضه شيئا فيرده ف إليه؟ ألن كل شيء منه وبه إلويوه. لوه و الر
المجد إلى الدهور. آمين.
01:88-62رسالة القديس بولس إلى أهل رومة
وا رأوه سوجودوا لو ا التالميذ ٱألحد عشر فذهبوا إلى ٱلجليل، إلى ٱلجبل حيث أمره يسوو.. ولوم ، ه أم
لقد أعطيت كل سولوطوان فوي ٱلسومواء وعولوى ٱألر . »برغ أنه شكوا. فدنا يسو. وكلمه قائال:
وح ٱلقدس، وعلموه أن يحسظو دوه بٱس ٱآلب وٱٱلبن وٱلر كول واإذهبوا إذا فتلمذوا كل ٱألم ، وعم
.«ما أوصيتك به. وها أنا مقك كل ٱأليام إلى نهاية ٱلقال
The Pope's Intentions for June 2020
The Way of the Heart
We pray that all those who suffer may find their
way in life, allowing themselves to be touched
by the Heart of Jesus.
June 8:
June 10: Miceli, Steven & Najwah Solomon, Mike & Janice June 11: Khoury, Fadi & Della June 13: Hashem, Saba & Ashley June 14: Constantine, Pascal & Rita Maroun, Antoine & Mariam
June 8: Joanne Abdulla , Guila Atallah , Angelina Haddad , Joseph Leone , Michelle Saab
June 9: Antoine Abou Jaoude, Valerie Bouraphael, Cera Geha, Sarah Ramey
June 10: Mounir Jermany, Joseph Maroon
June 11: Abdou Abdou, Hadi Alghoul, Tanal Ata, Sharbil Ata, Anthony Chedid, Pascal Haddad, Emma Homsey, Virginia Jbeily , Mackenna Jesionowski June 12: Eugenie Abi Moussa, Mark Bejjani, Michael Hanna, Steven Maroun
June 13: Matthew Matta
June 14: Antoine Ayoub , Alexander Saysouk
AS WE PRAY ON YOUR BIRTHDAY AS WE PRAY ON YOUR ANNIVERSARY
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Saint Anthony’s Church is excited to announce a significant upgrade to our cemetery software. It is unique and considerably superior with features such as digital record keeping and GPS mapping. It is so innovative it can be accessed easily from any device and provide walking or driving directions directly to your grave site. The software is completely secure with records backed-up numerous times throughout the day. No more pulling the paper file from the file cabinet anymore. Our deceased loved ones will be forever in our Parish records. Each family will be able to accurately maintain, update, and submit records and information of their loved ones. You can send the obituary notice, special documents, letters, receipts etc. to [email protected] in a pdf or jpg format and we will attach that to your loved ones record. Please make sure all emails are accurately and clearly labeled so we attach them to the correct parishioner. Attaching documents is entirely at your discretion.
In order to make this successful and achieve its full benefit we have to rely on each parishioner to update their loved ones records as best as they can.
The following steps will help you access the tool:
https://www.stanthonylawrence.org 1.Scroll to the bottom and click on BURIAL ONLINE SEARCH 2.Type in the last name and first name or in some cases just last name and click search 3.Click on the name 4.In the middle of the page, look for “Do you know more about this person or their ancestors”? Click here. 5.You can then complete any or all the fields and click submit. Once you complete the above, all data will be sent back to Saint Anthony’s Rectory and will be uploaded and saved.
Another incredible feature is click on view Saint Anthony’s Maronite Map or locate on map. It will take you to a Google Earth view of the cemetery with your grave site showing. Move your wheel on the mouse or zoom in and you will see the individual burial plots. You can click on drive or walk and it defaults to Google Maps and provides directions right to your grave site from wherever you are.
We highly encourage everyone to take advantage of this software. We can make this successful and achieve our goal of remembering every loved one in our Saint Anthony’s Parish family for generations to come.
May God Bless you and keep you in his prayers.
St Anthony Parish Council
Father Elie Mikhael, Pastor Father Andrawos El Tabchi, Assistant Pastor
MESSAGE FROM PARISH COUNCIL CEMETERY NEWS
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Liturgy Attendance Requirements
• FACE MASKS ARE REQUIRED prior to your entering the church building. No one (over the
age of 5) is allowed in the building without a mask
• Be mindful of everyone’s health and safety by practicing a non-contact and non-touch
experience. We must greet others in a no-contact way. Please avoid handshaking, hugs and
kisses, and always maintain a six-foot distance from others during the entire time.
• The sign of the peace will be without contact throughout the church.
• Communion will be given in the “HAND” only. You MUST wear your face mask to receive
communion. This is for the safety of the clergy and yourself. AFTER you receive communion
in your hand, you may take off your face mask/covering to place communion in your mouth
then immediately put it back.
التعليمات والتوجيهات أثناء اإلحتفاالت
إلزامية إستخدام الكمامات خاصة لمن هم فوق سن الخمس سنوات. •
وضع الكمامات قبل دخول الكنيسة. •
ام بأماكن الجلوس داخل الكنيسة. • ز اإللت
يمكن ألفراد العائلة الواحدة الجلوس معا. •
ز فقط. ولمن ال • اس بدون تبادل السالم ويتم توزي ع المناولة المقدسة باليد تحت شكل الخت يحتفل بالقد
ي التقرب من المناولة يمكن التعويض عن ذلك بتالوة صالة المناولة الروحية. ز يرغب ف
ام المسافة • ي تساعد عىل إحت ام بوضع الكمامة واإلنتباه إىل اإلشارات الموضوعة الت ز أثناء المناولة يرج اإللت
س. لتناول القربان المقد
ا اآلمنة وذلك للمحافظة عىل سالمة الجميع. مع اإلشارة إىل عدم خلع الكمامة إل
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The Flames of Love issuing from the Heart of Jesus
The better we come to know the love of the Sacred Heart, the better our love will leap up like a flame in response to His
love. Rather than try to acquire spiritual growth through asceticism, which is slow and painful, we should enkindle the fire
of our love in the Heart of Jesus. This is not to deny the need for asceticism; asceticism is necessary, only it should be in-
spired by love. To this end, we want to consider how the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus reaches out to us in love from the tab-
ernacle, in order to inflame our hearts with a reciprocal response of love. St. John Eudes discerns eight different flames of
love which issue from our Lord's Heart in the tabernacle which are freely adapted here to our present needs.
The First Flame Impels Christ to Remain with us
"The first flame is the inconceivable love of the Sacred Heart of Jesus which impelled Him to abide there continuously
night and day, for nearly 2000 years, to be always with us, so as to fulfill [His] promise." "Behold, He assures us, "I am
with you all days, even to the consummation of the world" (Mt 28,20). St. John Eudes, accordingly, understands this as a
Eucharistic Promise. As he points out, this is an imprisonment of love. What loneliness, coldness and abandonment; never
was there a lover so spurned and so neglected. "Could you not watch one hour with me?!" On the one hand -- when He
finds Himself in the midst of friends -- it is a sheer delight: "It was my delight to be with the sons of men."
The Second Flame Repairs All Our Debts
The second flame of this fiery furnace is the love of our Lord's Heart which issues forth and rises up to heaven in order
to pay our greatest debt. "He is there [in His hidden humanity] adoring, praising and glorifying His Father unceasingly for
us, to satisfy to the full our infinite obligations of adoring, praising and glorifying. He is continually giving thanks to the
Father for all the corporal and spiritual gifts He has ever given us." As the author of the Letter to the Hebrews expresses it:
"He is always living to intercede for us" (7,25).
The Third Flame Reveals the Self-Immolation of His Love
The third flame of this Heart issues from Christ's perpetually renewed self-immolation in our behalf. In His Passion He
allowed Himself to be made sin, so that we can become the justice of God. Christ not only makes good our innumerable
omissions, but in love He mystically bears the burden of our sins, so that out of this overflowing of grace our blindness
might be cured, our hardness of heart be softened, and we might receive anew the grace of forgiveness.
The Fourth Flame Gives Life and Unity to the Church
The fourth flame of Love from Christ's Eucharistic Heart is like the surging of His Precious Blood which gives life and
unity to His entire Body, the Church. We owe His Eucharistic Heart our love and gratitude not only for our reconciliation
with the Father, but we need also to acknowledge that the unity of the Church, of society and of the family is due to our
Lord's presence and love in the Blessed Sacrament, the sacrament of unity.
The Fifth Flame Assimilates Us to Himself
The fifth flame issuing from the Eucharistic Heart of our Lord assimilates us to Himself, who is meek and humble of
heart. It belongs to the nature of fire to transform all things into itself. Christ's love is a fire. Those who expose themselves
willingly and sufficiently to this flame, shall be transformed into His likeness, and will also taste and see the goodness of
the Lord.
The Sixth Flame Makes us Messengers of His Love
The sixth flame that issues from His Heart in the tabernacle makes us instruments and messengers of His love. By the
ardor of this love, we no longer live for ourselves, be we live in and for Christ, who lives in us, and makes us His instru-
ments of peace and reconciliation. We can only become worthy and useful instruments of reconciliation for Jesus in the
measure that Christ's insatiable thirst for peace and reconciliation has penetrated us and filled our own heart.
The Seventh Flame Fills us with His Blessings
The seventh flame that issues from His Eucharistic Heart is the plenitude of blessings in His Father's love. As St. Peter
witnesses: "God sent His Son in order to bless you." (Acts 3,26). Likewise St. Paul attests from personal experience: "If
God is with us, who is against, us? He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, will He not also give us
all things with Him?" (Rom 8,32).
The Eighth Flame Gives Us Eternal Life
The eighth flame that issues from the Sacred Heart of Christ in the tabernacle gives us eternal life and carries us over
into eternity. "I am the living bread, which came down from heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever,... He
who eats My flesh and drinks My Blood has eternal life, and I will raise him upon the last day" (Jn 6,51. 54).
JUNE: SACRED HEART OF JESUS
