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SEPTEMBER 8TH 2019 1ST of ELIJAH the Birth of the Blessed SEPTEMBER 8TH 2019 1ST OF ELIJAH PARISH DIRECTORY The Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary Bishop Francis Kalabat Bishop of the Diocese The Catholic Church celebrates today the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary on of St. Thomas the Apostle of USA its traditional fixed date of September 8, nine months after the December 8 Fr. Sanharib Youkhanna celebration of her Immaculate Conception as the child of Saints Joachim and Rector Fr. Patrick Setto Anne. Parochial Vicar Fr. Emanuel Rayes The circumstances of the Virgin Mary's infancy and early life are not directly Retired in residence recorded in the Bible, but other documents and traditions describing the cir- Linda Arabo cumstances of her birth are cited by some of the earliest Christian writers Office Administrator from the first centuries of the Church. Aiser Shammami Pastoral Associate These accounts, although not considered authoritative in the same manner as the Bible, outline some of the Church's traditional beliefs about the birth of Office Hours Mary. Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 4:00 pm The “Protoevangelium of James,” which was probably put into its final writ- Tel: 248-356-0565 ten form in the early second century, describes Mary's father Joachim as a wealthy member of one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. Joachim was deeply Fax: 248-356-5235 grieved, along with his wife Anne, by their childlessness. “He called to mind Abraham,” the early Christian writing says, “that in the last day God gave him a son Isaac.” ONLINE GIVING Mother of God Parish offers online giving Joachim and Anne began to devote themselves extensively and rigorously to a web based electronic contribution prayer and fasting, initially wondering whether their inability to conceive a application that is safe and secure. you can child might signify God's displeasure with them. manage contributions online or continue having your offering envelopes mailed to you. To sign up for online giving please visit As it turned out, however, the couple were to be blessed even more abundant- our website at ly than Abraham and Sarah, as an angel revealed to Anne when he appeared to her and prophesied that all generations would honor their future child: www.OurLadyOfChaldeans.Com “The Lord has heard your prayer, and you shall conceive, and shall bring forth, and your seed shall be spoken of in all the world.” Stay in touch with your parish on FACEBOOK (Continued in page 2) Mother of God Chaldean Catholic Church اﻷول من إيليا:أس ٌد زائ ٌر وطي ٌر طائ ٌر يح ّث النبي اشعيا المؤمنين على التوبة حيث يوجه كﻻمه وبشك ٍل مباش ٍر لهم مستخدماً فعل اﻷمر وضمير ٧ ٦ توبوا إألى ا َّلذي تَمادى بَنو إأ ْسرائيل في أع ْصيانأهم َله. أﻷَ َّنه في ذلك اليَوم يَنبأذُ ُك ُّل المخاطب للجمع، قائﻻً: “ وا أح ٍد أَوثانَه أم َن ال أف َّضة وأَوثانَه أم َن ال َّذ َهب ا َّلتي َصنَعَتها َلكم أَيديك ُم الخا أطئة” )اش ١٣، ٦ ـ ٧(. إنها المرة الوحيدة التي يوجه فيها النبي كﻻمه بشكل مباشر في هذا الفصل مما ي ّدل على أهمية الرسالة التي ينوي ايصالها للسامع والقارئ هنا واﻵن. التتمة في صفحة )2( 1 Mother of God Church | 25585 Berg Road, Southfield, MI 48033 | THE GOOD NEWS (Continued in page 2) After Mary's birth, according to the Protoevangelium of James, Anne “made a sanctuary” in the infant girl's room, and “allowed nothing common or unclean” on account of the special holiness of the child. The same writing records that when she was one year old, her father “made a great feast, and invited the priests, and the scribes, and the el- ders, and all the people of Israel.” “And Joachim brought the child to the priests,” the account continues, “and they blessed her, saying: 'O God of our fathers, bless this child, and give her an everlasting name to be named in all generations' . And he brought her to the chief priests, and they blessed her, saying: 'O God most high, look upon this child, and bless her with the utmost blessing, which shall be for ever.'” The protoevangelium goes on to describe how Mary's parents, along with the temple priests, subsequently decided that she would be offered to God as a consecrated Virgin for the rest of her life, and enter a chaste marriage with the carpenter Joseph. Saint Augustine described the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary as an event of cosmic and historic significance, and an appropriate prelude to the birth of Jesus Christ. “She is the flower of the field from whom bloomed the precious lily of the valley,” he said. The fourth-century bishop, whose theology profoundly shaped the Western Church's understanding of sin and hu- man nature, affirmed that “through her birth, the nature inherited from our first parents is changed." By:Philip Kosloski التتمة من الصفحة )1( والرسالة هذه تضع اﻹنسان أمام خيارين ﻻ ثالث لهما إما أن يكون مع الح ّق أو الباطل، وأن يعبد هللا أو اﻷوثان، وأن يكون اتكاله على هللا أو على سﻻطين هذا العالم المتمثلين بقوتين عظيمتين في ذلك الزمان أﻻ وهما مصر وأشور. والجدير بالمﻻحظة أن القوى اﻷولى أي مصر تُذ َك ُر في بداية النص ولمرتين )اش ١٣، ٣. ١( في سياق يَدين فيه الكاتب المتكلين عليها وعلى قواتها العسكرية بدﻻً من وضع الثقة باهلل، ومؤكداً على أن مصر وهؤﻻء المتكلين عليها يكون مصيرهم السقوط والهﻻك: “إأ َّنما أمص ُر بَ َش ٌر ﻻ إأله، و َخيلُهم َج َس ٌد ﻻ روح. فإأذا َم َّد ال َّر ُّب يَ َده َعثَ َر ال َّنا أصر، و َسقَ َط ال َم ْنصو ُر و َفنوا ُك ُّلهم َمعا ً“ )اش ١٣، ١(. أما القوى الثانية أي أشور فتذكر في خاتمة الفصل، ونهايتها ﻻ تختلف عن نهاية مصر، ﻷن مصيرها ومصير المتحالف معها هو السقوط والهﻻك. ومثلما بدأ الفصل بذكر أسلحة مصر، يُ َختَت ُم بذكر “السيف“، ولكن هذه الم ّرة السيف هو سيف هللا الذي يُبأي ُد الظالمين وكل من يتعاون معهم: “ويَسق ُط أَ ُّشو ُر بأ َسي ٍف ﻻ بأ َسي أف إأ ْنسان، ويَلتَ أه ُمه َسي ٌف ﻻ َسي ُف إأ ْنسان، فيَه ُر ُب أم َن ال َّسيف ويَكو ُن ُشبَّانُه ألل ُّسخ َرة” )اش ١٣، ٨(. يريد الكاتب من خﻻل تكرار كلمة “السيف” لخمس مرات في آية واحدة التوكيد على حكم هللا الشديد والعادل ض ّد طغاةأ وسﻻطي أن هذا العالم وكل من يتعاون معهم ويتكل عليهم لكيما يخلص برحمته المظلومين واﻷيتام واﻷرامل والضعفاء والفقراء. ن إذالنص يبين بأن هللا شدي ٌد في حكمه ض ّد الظالمين، ﻷنه رحو ٌم وبرحمته وحنانه يُن أقذُ المظلومين منهم. وفي هذا اﻹطار يستخدم الكاتب صورتين رائعتين لوصف عدل هللا ورحمته، وهما زئير اﻷسد على فريسته من جهة، وحماية الطيور لفراغها من جهة ٤ أخرى: “ أﻷَ َّنه هكذا قا َل أل َي ال َّر ّب: كما يَزأَ ُر اﻷَ َس ُد وال أّشب ُل على َفري َستأه، وإأذا تَنادى ع َليه َجماعةٌ أم َن ال ُّرعاة، ﻻ يَف َز ُع أمن َصوتأهم وﻻ يَنثَني أمن َج َلبَتأهم، كذلك يَن أز ُل ٥ َر ُّب القُ َّوات ألل ُمحا َرب أة على َجبَ أل أص ْهيون، على تَ َّلتأه. وكال ُّطيو أر ال َّطائأ َرة يَ ْحمي َر ُّب القُ َّوات أُو َر َشليم، يَ ْحمي فيُن أقذُ ويَ ْعفو فيُنَ َجى“ )اش ١٣، ٤ ـ ٥(. وفي النهاية يترك النبي القرار لﻹنسان بأن يختار بين أن يكون إما فريسة ﻻ حول وﻻ قوة لها أمام زئير اﻷسد الغاضب، أو محمياً و ُمنقذاً كال أفراخ المحمية والمنقذة وهي في اعشاشها من قبل الطيور الطائرة والكاسرة لكل من يحاول إيذاء افﻻذ اكبادها. إنها فعﻻً قضية الحياة أو الموت، والخﻻص أو الهﻻك، وكل ذلك متوق ٌف على قبول المرء الدعوة للتوبة أو رفضها! ولهذا يستخدم النبي فقط هذا الفعل بصيغة اﻷمر ليبرزه عن غيره، قائﻻً: “توبوا إألى ا َّلذي تَمادى بَنو إأ ْسرائيل في أع ْصيانأهم َله” )اش ١٣، ٦(. فهل يا ترى نتعلم العبرة من اﻷحداث التاريخية التي يسردها لنا الكتاب المقدس لخيرنا ولخﻻصنا؟! اﻷب ريبوار عوديش باسه 2 PARISH SCHEDULE AND WEEKLY INFORMATION LITURGICAL SCHEDULE BAPTISM: We celebrate Baptism at 2:00 pm on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month. Please call Saturday Vigil Mass the parish office at least two weeks in advance to 4:00 PM English see if a date is available. Sunday Masses عربي/ANOINTING OF THE SICK: Please call the 8:30 AM Arabic parish office to make arrangements for Anointing 10:00AM English or to receive the Eucharist. 11:30 AM Morning Prayer سورث/PM Chaldean 12:00 7:00 PM English MARRIAGE: Please schedule at least six months before you plan to be married and before Weekday Masses you make arrangements for the reception, please 8:00 AM English at ECRC call the parish office to make an appointment with 9:30 AM Morning Prayer سورث/the priest to begin the necessary preparations. 10:00 AM Chaldean Wednesday 11:00 AM-6:00 PM Adoration 6:00 PM English Mass NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING CLASSES First and third Wednesday of every even month Confession 5-6 pm Wednesday from 7:30 - 9:30 pm. 6-7 pm Sunday MARRIAGE CLASSES (or by appointment) First four Thursdays of every even month from 7:00-10:00 pm For more information please visit: www.ecrc.us/marriage-prep FINANCIAL STATUS Sunday Goal: $8,000 Sunday Collection (Aug 28): $5,489 Over/(Under): $(2,511) Monthly Online Donation Goal: $4,000 Monthly Online Collection (July): $800 YOU CAN LISTEN TO OUR CHALDEAN PARISHES Over/(Under): $(3,200) SUNDAY HOMILIES BY DOWNLOADING PODCASTS APP ON YOUR PHONES AND SUBSCRIBING TO *Sign up for online donation at ST. THOMAS CHALDEAN DIOCESE www.OurLadyOfChaldeans.Com 3 KIDS CORNER 1st Of Elijah 4 KIDS CORNER 5 SAINT OF THE WEEK Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary The Church has celebrated Mary’s birth since at least the sixth century.
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