Saint Maron
Maronite Catholic Church
May 9-10, 2020 FIFTH SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION
PRAYER FOR SPIRITUAL PRAYERS ON MOTHER’S DAY COMMUNION
O Divine Ocean of Mercy and Compassion, be with us in our time of trial and To all moms here on To all moms in heaven difficulties. Today I make earth We thought of you today, an act of spiritual Dear Jesus up in heaven but that is nothing new. communion with you, the Life-Giving Trinity, Bless my mother and all We thought about you Father, Son and Holy mothers here on earth. yesterday, and days Spirit. At this time, I am You give my spirit before that too. not able to receive the earthly life. We think of you in sacred body and blood of silence, we often speak my Lord, God and Savior My mother gave me Jesus Christ, but I choose birth. your name. to live in union with him She follows in your Now all we have and in the unity of the footsteps; her heart memories and your Holy Spirit. I offer my day, picture in a frame. Your my daily life, my joys and is full of love memory is our keepsake, sorrows to you, for those Please keep her in your with which we’ll never around me, and for the whole world. Be with us O loving care and bless her part. from above. life-giving Triune God, for God has you in his we know that nothing in keeping, we have you in this world has power over our heart. us. O Lover of all people, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
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PUT A SMILE ON YOUR children; I hope the cardinal Vatican Council by 1963. "Fine, FACE! doesn't." we'll open it in 1962," he Humor is a great blessing. Every 5. When he went to visit a friend answered. And he did. at the nearby Hospital of the https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/j time we are able to find some okes-quips-wisecracks-john-xxiii-lived- humor in a difficult time, we Holy Spirit in the evening, the keen-sense-humor win! Put a smile on your face no nun answering the door said: matter how hard it may seem. "Holy Father, I'm the mother Jesus always smiled! superior of the Holy Spirit." He PASSING OF NADIA SARA replied: "Lucky you! What a We are sorry to inform you that Saint John XXIII, who was job! I'm just the 'servant of the Nadia Sara passed away on May canonized on April 27, 2014 is servants of God.' " 2, 2020 in NJ. Nadia will be remembered by many for his 6. Not long after he was elected remembered by her husband warmth, simplicity, social pope, Saint John was walking in Ghassan and her children Yola, conscience and sense of humor. the streets of Rome. A woman George, and Ghassan jr. We The Italian Pope John was passed him and said to her extend our deepest sympathy to guided by his cheerful friend, "My God, he's so fat!" the Sara family. May Almighty disposition, his simple, peasant Overhearing what she said, he God welcome her into His background and tongue-in- turned around and replied, kingdom and may her soul rest cheek, wisecracking Italian "Madame, I trust you understand in peace. Allah yerhamma. that the papal conclave is not culture. DIVINE LITURGY FOR Here's a look at some of this exactly a beauty contest." saint's funny quips: 7. He once wrote: "There are THE WELL-BEING OF THE 1. Visiting a hospital, he asked a three ways to face ruin: women, SICK boy what he wanted to be when gambling and farming. My During these difficult times, we he grew up. The boy said either father chose the most boring will offer a Divine Liturgy on a policeman or a pope. "I would one." Wednesday, May 20th at go in for the police if I were 8. When he was cardinal and 6:00PM for the well-being of all you," the pope said. "Anyone patriarch of Venice, the future the sick members of the parish as can become a pope, look at me!" pope was talking with a wealthy well as all the patients struggling 2. "It often happens that I wake city resident and told him, "You from the COVID-19. We are up at night and begin to think and I have one thing in common: asking you to please email us to about the serious problems money. You have a lot and I [email protected] the afflicting the world and I tell have nothing at all. The names of the individuals you myself, I must talk to the pope difference is I don't care about would like to pray for by about it. Then the next day when it." Tuesday, May 19, 2020. May I wake up I remember that I am 9. When a journalist asked the almighty God grant all of them the pope." then-patriarch of Venice what he good health. 3. In reply to a reporter who would be if he could live his life asked, "How many people work all over again, the future pope in the Vatican?", he reportedly said, "Journalist." Then he said UPCOMING EVENTS said: "About half of them." with a smile, "Now let us see if In accordance with local laws 4. When a cardinal complained you have the courage to tell me regarding group events and to that a rise in Vatican salaries that, if you could do it all over keep everyone safe, we will not meant a particular usher earned again, you'd be the patriarch!" be having any of the Church as much as the cardinal, the pope 10. A Vatican official told the Events. remarked: "That usher has 10 pope it would be "absolutely impossible" to open the Second
DIVINE LITURGIES “REMEMBER ME IN YOUR KINGDOM” Saturday, May 9, @ 6:00PM, Every First Tuesday of the (Feast of Isaiah the Prophet) month we will offer a Divine liturgy is being offered for the Liturgy for the souls of the souls in purgatory. May their deceased members of the parish. souls rest in peace. Please email us to Sunday, May 10, @ 11:00AM, [email protected] the (Feast of St. Simon the Zealot names of your beloved ones that and St. Damien of Molokai) you would like us to include liturgy is being offered for the during liturgy. May their souls souls of Marie and Francis Dib rest in peace. requested by George and Micheline Dib and Family. May their souls rest in peace. SPECIAL LITURGIES INTENTIONS Wednesday, May 13, @ For the next few weeks, we will 6:00PM, (Feast of Our Lady of have liturgies with special Fatima and St. Adai) liturgy is intentions as follows: being offered for our Choir MESSAGE OF PEACE Members. May God bless them. On Friday, May 1, the Catholic Wednesday, May 13, @ 6:00 Bishops of the United States and PM, Liturgy will be offered for Saturday, May 16, @ 6:00PM, Canada consecrated our respective the Choir members of St. Maron Sunday, May 17, @ 11:00AM, nations to the care of the Blessed Church. (Feast of St. Serapion) Mother under the title of Mary, Wednesday, May 20, @ 6:00 Mother of the Church. We PM, Liturgy will be offered for OUR CHOIR MEMBERS prayed that through the prayers all the sick of the parish. May William (Billy) Tayoun of Our Lady, her son may grant God give them good health. Paul Semaan us healing and strength during Wednesday, May 27, @ Sylvia Shoukri this pandemic. 6:00PM. Liturgy will be offered Fadia Salloum In the same spirit, we ask you to for the High School and College Marie Al Shouli put the Blessed Mother of God Graduates of the parish. Rania Sukkarieh on your windows for the whole Manal ElHajal month of May, as a symbol of WEEKLY COLLECTION Claudine ElHajal Consecration of our homes to FOR Samar Dawlabani Mary. Please email us a picture May 2-3, 2020 Katia Cherfane of your window to Jihane Hajj Collection by mail $ 1,210.00 [email protected] so we Donations $ 520.00 can add it to the picture album Maria Topalian Online (04/29-05/05) $ 410.00 we created on Facebook. Nai Topalian Falafel Platters $ 1,454.46
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CLASS OF 2020 THANK YOU IN OUR PRAYERS Dear Graduates, Thank you for everyone who Please keep in your prayers Kevin We love you and you deserve all donated to the Church this past Khoury, Charles Viccarelli, Sue our respect. We will offer a week. As you know, our Flacco, Joe Maglio, Marie special Divine Liturgy in your Church’s finances rely on the McCrea, Kathy Dale, Suzanne intention on Wednesday, May generosity of our community, Haney, Donna Maglio, Nicole 27, 2020 at 6:00PM. including Sunday collections Giordano, Peter Perri, Neil Please send us the names of our and donations. If you are able to Bohley Sr., Luke Farrell Jr., 8th Grade Graduates and the donate at this time, please do so Linda DiBernardo, Patty name of the school they are via the following link: Reynolds, Joan Speck, David graduating from. https://saintmaron.org/donate or Joseph Cook, Eddie Tayoun, Also, please send us the names you can always mail your Minarva Labbad, Dante Panichi, of our Highschool Graduates, weekly envelopes / donations to Dennis Strelchuk, Carol Krestos, Gladys Dalcourt, Denise Furey, the School they are graduating the Church office. We Chucky Simon, Michael Winter, from and the college they will be appreciate your generosity and Kevin McCrea, Kevin Khoury, attending next year. thank you for your continuous Mirta Ruiz, Tina Grassi, Rita Also, please send us the names support during these challenging Impo, Jade Kellam, Marion of our College Graduates, the times. Thomas Branca, Francesca Impo, name of the college they are Lucy DiLuce, Cat Niven Glaze, graduating from and the degree Laurent Chidiac, Tom Hart, John they are receiving. Hart, Fadi Jaber, Joseph Realdine, Always remember that Jesus Emily Stone, Elaine Nader, Lisa Loves you. God bless you and Alestra, John Nader, Yasmine stay safe. Myers, Joey Gdowick, Francis Fr. Samir Joseph Kerns, Samer Chokeir, Kathy Newman, Rita Arrigale, Maryann Bratton, Renee Sahar, Sister Nahida Al-Sawa, Rose DeJesse, James Cordisio, Stacey Fuentes, Debbie Freedenberg, Noel Andjuhar, Angel Salerno, Dennis McGiney, and Bonnie Sabatini. We ask Almighty God to bless them with good health so that they may join us in the Church and give glory and thanksgiving to God. Please notify the Church office of any family member who is ill so that we may remember them in our daily prayers and on our altar of intentions.
Saint Maron Maronite Catholic Church
May 09-10, 2020 First Reading Ephesians 2:1-10
A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Ephesians. Your blessing father… Brothers and Sisters: You were dead through the trespasses and sins in which you once lived, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work among those who are disobedient. All of us once lived among them in the passions of our flesh, following the desires of flesh and senses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like everyone else. But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ by grace you have been saved and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the ages to come he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness towards us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God not the result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life. Praise be to God always. فصل من رسالة القّديس بولس إلى أهل أفسس ِ ِ ِ َِّ َّ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ يا إخَوتي، وأَْنتُم، فَقْد ُكْنتُْم أَْمَواتًا بَزالت ُكم وَخ َطاَيا ُكم، التي َسَل ْكتُم فيَها م ْن َقْب ُل ب َح َسب إله هَذا الَعاَلم، ب َح َسب ِ ِ َّ ِ ِ ِ ِ َرئيس ُس ْل َطا ِن ال َجّو، أَي الُّروِح الذي َيْع َم ُل اآل َن في أَْبَناء الُع ْصَيان؛ ومْنُهم َن ْح ُن أَْي ًضا َجميُعَنا َقْد َسَل ْكَنا م ْن ِ ِ ِ ِ ِِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ َِّ ِ ِ ِ ِ َقْب ُل في َشَهوات إْن َسانَنا ال َج َسد ّي، َعاملي َن بَرَغَباته وأَف َكاِره، وُكَّنا بالطبيَعة أَوالَد ال َغ َضب َكالَباقين؛ لك َّن هللا، ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ َّ ِ ِ َِّ ِ وُهَو الغن ُّي بَرْحَمته، َفل َكْثَرة َم َحَّبته التي أَ َحَّبَنا بَها، وَقْد ُكَّنا َن ْح ُن أَْي ًضا أَْمَواتًا بَزالتَنا، أَ ْحَياَنا م َع ال َمسيح، ِ ِ َّ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ وِبالّنْع َمة أَْنتُم ُم َخل ُصون؛ وَمَعهُ أََقا َمَنا َوأَ ْجَل َسَنا في ال َّس َماَوات في ال َمسي ِح َي ُسوع، لُي ْظهَر في األَ ْجَيال اآلتَية ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ َّ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ غَنى نْع َمته الَفائَقة، بلُ ْطفه َلَنا في ال َمسي ِح َي ُسوع. َفبالّنع َمة أَْنتُْم ُم َخل ُصوَن بواس َطة اإلْيَمان: وهَذا َلْي َس مْن ُكم، ِ ِ ِ ِ َّ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ إَّنهُ َعطَّيةُ هللا. وال ُهَو م َن األَ ْع َمال، لَئال َيْفتَخَر أَ َحد؛ ألََّنَنا َن ْح ُن ُصْنُعهُ، َقْد ُخلْقَنا في ال َمسي ِح َي ُسوعَ لألَ ْع َمال ِ َّ ِ ال َّصال َحة، التي َسَب َق هللاُ فأَ َعَّد َها ل َكي َن ْسلُ َك فيَها. والتسبيح هلل دائ ما. Gospel Reading Saint John 21:15-19
The Apostle Writes: When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, ‘Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?’ He said to him, ‘Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Feed my lambs.’ A second time he said to him, ‘Simon son of John, do you love me?’ He said to him, ‘Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Tend my sheep.’ He said to him the third time, ‘Simon son of John, do you love me?’ Peter felt hurt because he said to him the third time, ‘Do you love me?’ And he said to him, ‘Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Feed my sheep. Very truly, I tell you, when you were younger, you used to fasten your own belt and to go wherever you wished. But when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will fasten a belt around you and take you where you do not wish to go.’ (He said this to indicate the kind of death by which he would glorify God.) After this he said to him, ‘Follow me.’ This is the truth. Peace be with you.
ِ ِم ْن ِإ ْن ِج يِل الِقّدي ِس يوحّنا ِِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ َبْعَد ال َغَداء، َقا َل َي ُسوعُ لس ْمَعا َن ُب ْطُرس: »َيا س ْمَعا ُن ْب َن ُيوَنا، أَتُحُّبني أَ ْكثََر مَّما ُيحُّبني هُؤالء؟«. َقا َل َلهُ: ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ »َنَعم، َيا َرّب، أَْن َت تَْعَلُم أَّني أُحُّب َك«. َقا َل َلهُ َي ُسوع: »إْرعَ ُح ْمالني«. َقا َل َلهُ َم َّرةً ثَانَي ًة: »َيا س ْمَعا ُن ْب َن ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ُيوَنا، أَتُحُّبني؟«. َقا َل َلهُ: »َنَعْم َيا َرّب، أَْن َت تَْعَلُم أَّني أُحُّب َك«. َقا َل َلهُ َي ُسوع: »إْرَع نَعاجي!«. َقا َل َلهُ َمَّرةً ِ ِ ِ ِ ن ِ ِ ثَالثَة: »َيا س ْمَعا ُن ْب َن ُيوَنا، أَتُحُّبني؟«. َف َحِزَ ُب ْطُرس، ألََّن َي ُسوعَ َقا َل َلهُ ثَال َث َمَّارت: أَتُحُّبني؟ َفَقا َل َلهُ: ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ »َيا َرّب، أَْن َت تَْعَلُم ُك َّل َشيء، َوأَْن َت تَْعر ُف أَّني أُحُّب َك«. َقا َل َلهُ َي ُسوع: »إْرعَ خَارفي! أَل َح َّق ٱل َح َّق أَُقوُل َل َك: ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ حي َن ُكْن َت َشاًّبا، ُكْن َت تَ ُشُّد حَازَم َك بَيَدْي َك وتَسيُر إلى َحْي ُث تُِريد. ولك ْن حي َن تَشيخ، َستَْب ُس ُط َيَدْي َك وآ َخُر َي ُشُّد ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ َِّ ِ ِ َل َك ح ازَم َك، وَيْذ َه ُب ب َك إلى َحْي ُث ال تُِريد«. َقا َل َي ُسوعُ ذل َك ُمشيًار إلى الميتَة التي َسُيَم ّجُد بَها ُب ْطُرُس هللا. ِ ِ ثَُّم َقا َل َلهُ: »إْتَبْعني!«. حًّقا واألمان لجميعكم.