1245 Carnegie Avenue Cleveland, OH. 44115 Phone 216/781-6161 Fax 216/781-6162 www.saintmaron-clev.org Sunday, MAY 1, 2011 The Sunday after Easter is Divine Mercy Sunday! Jesus told St. Faustina that this Feast of Mercy would be a very special day when "all the divine flood- gates through which graces flow are opened". Our Lord made a great promise to all those souls who would go to Confession and then receive Him in Holy Communion on the Feast of Mercy, on the Sun- day after Easter, which is now called Divine Mercy Sunday throughout the Catholic Church. Jesus promised that "The soul that will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion shall obtain the complete forgiveness of sins and punishment." He went on to say "I want to grant a complete pardon to the souls that will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion on the Feast of My Mercy." We want to encourage everyone to take advantage of this incredible promise and the additional Plenary Indulgence on this great Feast of Mercy "Divine Mercy Sunday". We want you to benefit fully from these promises, and we also want you to notify all of your family and friends about them too and urge them to return to the practice of their faith! The Image of The Divine Mercy, which Our Lord requested to be solemnly blessed and venerated on this day, will be on display in our church. Pope John Paul II said that the image portrays the Risen Jesus Christ bringing Mercy to the whole world. Our Lord said "I want the image to be solemnly blessed on the first Sunday after Easter, and I want it to be venerated publicly so that every soul may know about it. I promise that the soul that will venerate this image will not perish". Please take the time to visit with this Image of The Divine Mercy and venerate Jesus. Jesus said to St. Faustina "I am offering people a vessel with which they are to keep coming for graces to the fountain of mercy. That vessel is this image with the signature: Jesus, I trust in You". "The two rays denote Blood and Water. The pale ray stands for the Water which makes souls righteous. The red ray stands for the Blood which is the life of souls. These two rays issued forth from the very depths of My tender mercy when My agonized Heart was opened by a lance on the cross. …Happy is the one who will dwell in their shelter, for the just hand of God shall not lay hold of him." About the feast day "Divine Mercy Sunday", Jesus said "…tell the whole world about My inconceivable mercy. I desire that the Feast of Mercy be a refuge and shelter for all souls, and especially poor sinners. On that day the very depths of My tender mercy are open. I pour out a whole ocean of graces upon the souls who approach the Fount of My Mercy. On that day all the divine floodgates through which graces flow are opened. Let no soul fear to draw near to Me, even though its sins be as scarlet.... Mankind will not have peace until it turns to the Fount of My Mercy". Our Lord said "When you go to confession, to this fountain of My mercy, the Blood and Water which came forth from My Heart always flows down upon your soul…" and "Every time you go to confession, immerse yourself entirely in My mercy with great trust, so that I may pour the bounty of My grace upon your soul. When you approach the confessional, know this, that I Myself am waiting there for you. I am only hidden by the priest, but I Myself act in your soul. Here the misery of the soul meets the God of mercy" Make your confession before Me. The person of the priest is… only a screen. Never analyze what sort of a priest that I am making use of; open your soul in confession to Me, and I will fill it with My light." PARISH PASTORAL TEAM Pastor Associate Deacon Sub-deacons Mr. James Peters Reverend Peter Karam Reverend Tony Massad Reverend George Khoury Mr. Bechara Daher Mr. Georges Faddoul (216)333-0760 (810)691-7055 (440)234-4652 Mr. Lattouf Lattouf Mr. Ghazi Faddoul SUNDAYS LITURGY HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION 9:30 AM SCHEDULE 11:00 AM 7:00 PM To schedule any of the below, please call the rectory at 216-781-6161 Monday through Friday between the hours 10:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. Thank You. BAPTISM To be arranged with the pastor at least 2 months in advance. MARRIAGE To be arranged with the pastor at least 8 months in advance. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Please call the Parish Office for arrangements. SACRAMENT OF ANOINTING Please call the Parish Office for arrangements. HOSPITAL CALL/HOUSE VISITS/SICK CALLS If someone is hospitalized or is home- bound because of an illness, please notify the Parish Office immediately. Church Council President: Samir Farah Meets 3rd Wednesday of the month @ 6:30 pm in the administration building. Immaculate Conception Sodality ICS President: Karan Farhat Meets first Monday of the month @ 7:00 p.m. in the church starting with the Rosary. Maronite Christian Formation Program MCFP D.R.E.: Fr. Tony Massad 810-691-7055 Maroun Kattar 440-884-2845 Classes every Sunday (except Holy Days) from 10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in the administration building. Maronite Youth Organization MYO Youth Ministers: Mauni Khoury, Zahi Abi Youness, Tamore Gemayel, and Joe Koury Liturgy on the 1st & 3rd Saturdays of each month, at 5:00 pm followed by a fun Bible study, activity and meeting. Maronite Young Adults MYA Tina Lattouf 216-538-0338 Liturgy on the 1st & 3rd Saturdays of each month, at 5:00 pm. Meeting and Bible study the first Sunday of each month at 5:00 pm. Arabic School Coordinators: Jihad & Rima Kawkabani Classes every Saturday (except Holy Days) from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon in the administration building. NEW Catechetical Corner NEW ALTAR Lucas George, Ryan & Rachel Nin, Alexandra George, Jack Ina, Chris Abou Q: We are in the season of the Glorious Metri, George Saker, Stephen Farah, Christopher Nahra Resurrection. What does that mean? A: The Glorious Resurrection assures us of SUNDAY English Arabic a future, a better one, of eternal immortal- ity. The Glorious Resurrection turns dark- 9:30 AM Nicholas Poirier ness into light, despair into hope and en- 11:00 AM Jean Haddad Michel Estephan courages us to rise up and enter into a deeper relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ Who has granted the promise of the The Group meets the first Friday of every month beginning with coming salvation for all those who put the Y S ’ R N Liturgy @ 9:30 am, followed by a presentation, social gathering, T Glorious Resurrection first and foremost in O S I R and lunch in the Church Hall. The next Group meeting will be their spiritual life. Let us pray and ask God N I A for his grace that we may strengthen our M held the First Friday in May, 2011. It will be exciting!!! Hope to M . T W see you all there. Don’t forget to bring a friend! relationship with Him in this blessed time S E N of the Glorious Resurrection. The ministry of reconciliation 2 Corinthians 5:11-21 A Reading from the Second Letter of Paul to the Corinthians. Father, give your blessing. Brothers and Sisters: Since we know the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade others, but we are clearly appar- ent to God, and I hope we are also apparent to your consciousness. We are not commending ourselves to you again but giving you an opportunity to boast of us, so that you may have something to say to those who boast of external appearance rather than of the heart. For if we are out of our minds, it is for God; if we are rational, it is for you. For the love of Christ impels us, once we have come to the conviction that one died for all; therefore, all have died. He indeed died for all, so that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. Consequently, from now on we regard no one according to the flesh, even if we once knew Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him so no longer. So whoever is in Christ is a new creation: the old things have passed away; behold, new things have come. And all this is from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ and given us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, God was recon- ciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting their trespasses against them and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. So we are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were appealing through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who did not know sin, so that we might become the righteousness of God in him. Praise be to God Always! ﺧﺪﻣﺔ اﻟﻤﺼﺎﻟﺤﺔ ٢ﻗﻮر ٥ /١١ـ٢١ ﻓﺼﻞٌ ﻣﻦ رﺳﺎﻟَﺔِ اﻟﻘﺪﱢﯾﺲ ﺑﻮﻟُﺲ اﻟﺮَﺳﻮل اﻟﺜﺎﻧﯿﺔ إﻟﻰ أھﻞِ ﻗﻮرﻧﺘﺲ، وﺑﺎرِك ﯾﺎ ﺳﯿﱢﺪ ﯾﺎ إﺧﻮﺗﻲ، إذاً، ﺑﻤﺎ أﻧّﻨﺎ ﻧﻌﺮِفُ ﻣَﺨﺎَﻓﺔَ اﻟﺮبﱢ، ﻧﺤﺎوِلُ أن ﻧُﻘﻨِﻊَ اﻟﻨﱠﺎس .وﻧﺤﻦُ ﻣﻌﺮوﻓﻮنَ ﻟﺪى اﷲ، وﻟﻜﻨﱢﻲ آﻣﻞُ أن ﻧَﻜﻮنَ ﻣﻌﺮوﻓﯿﻦ أﯾﻀﺎً ﻓﻲ ﺿﻤﺎﺋﺮﻛُﻢ .وﻟﺴﻨﺎ ﻧﻌﻮدُ ﻓﻨﻮﺻﱢﯿﻜُﻢ ﺑﺄَﻧْﻔُﺴِﻨﺎ، ﺑﻞ ﻧُﻌﻄﯿﻜُﻢْ ﻓﺮﺻﺔً ﻟِﻺَﻓﺘَﺨﺎر ﺑِﻨﺎ ﺗُﺠﺎه اﻟﺬﯾﻦَ ﯾَﻔﺘَﺨِﺮونَ ﺑﺎﻟﻤﻈﮭﺮِ ﻻ ﺑﻤﺎ ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘُﻠﺐ .ﻓﺈن ﻛُﻨﱠﺎ ﻣَﺠﺎﻧﯿﻦ ﻓﻠِﻠﱠﮫِ، وإن ﻛُﻨﱠﺎ ﻋُﻘﻼء ﻓﻸﺟﻠِﻜُﻢ؛ إَنﱠ ﻣﺤَﺒﱠﺔ اﻟﻤﺴﯿﺢِ ﺗﺄﺳُﺮُﻧﺎ، ﻷﻧﱠﻨﺎ أدرَﻛﻨﺎ ھﺬا، وھﻮ أنﱠ واﺣِﺪاً ﻣﺎتَ ﻋﻦِ اﻟﺠﻤﯿﻊ، ﻓﺎﻟﺠَﻤﯿﻊُ إذاً ﻣﺎﺗﻮا .ﻟﻘَﺪْ ﻣﺎتَ ﻋﻦِ اﻟﺠﻤﯿﻊ، ﻟﻜﻲ ﻻ ﯾﺤﯿَﺎ اﻷﺣﯿﺎءُ ﻣﻦ ﺑﻌﺪُ ﻷَﻧﻔُﺴِﮭﻢ، ﺑﻞ ﻟﻠﺬي ﻣﺎتَ ﻋﻨﮭُﻢ وﻗﺎم ﻣﻦ أﺟﻠِﮭﻢ .إذاً ﻓﻤﻨﺬُ اﻵن ﻧَﺤﻦُ ﻻ ﻧَﻌﺮِفُ أﺣَﺪاً ﻣﻌﺮﻓﺔً ﺑﺸﺮﯾﱠﺔ، وإن ﻛُﻨﱠﺎ ﻗﺪ ﻋَﺮﻓْﻨَﺎ اﻟﻤﺴﯿﺢَ ﻣﻌﺮﻓﺔً ﺑﺸﺮﯾﱠﺔ، ﻓﺎﻵنِ ﻣﺎ ﻋﺪﻧﺎ ﻧَﻌﺮِﻓُﮫُ ﻛﺬﻟﻚ .إذاً، إن ﻛﺎن أﺣﺪٌ ﻓﻲ اﻟﻤﺴﯿﺢِ ﻓﮭﻮ ﺧﻠﻖٌ ﺟﺪﯾﺪ :ﻟﻘﺪ زال اﻟﻘﺪﯾﻢ، وﺻﺎرَ ﻛﻞﱡ ﺷﻲءٍ ﺟﺪﯾﺪاً.وﻛﻞﱡ ﺷﻲءٍ ھﻮ ﻣﻦَ اﷲ، اﻟﺬي ﺻﺎﻟَﺤَﻨﺎ ﻣﻊَ ﻧَﻔﺴِﮫِ ﺑﺎﻟﻤﺴﯿﺢ، وَأﻋﻄﺎﻧﺎ ﺧِﺪﻣَﺔَ اﻟﻤُﺼﺎﻟَﺤﺔ؛ ﻷنﱠ اﷲُ ﺻﺎﻟَﺢَ اﻟﻌﺎﻟَﻢَ ﻣﻊَ ﻧﻔﺴِﮫ ﺑﺎﻟﻤَﺴﯿﺢِ، وﻟَﻢْ ﯾَﺤﺎﺳِﺐْ اﻟﻨﺎس ﻋﻠﻰ زﻻّﺗَِﮭِﻢْ، وَأوَدﻋَﻨﺎ ﻛَﻠِﻤَﺔَ اﻟﻤُﺼﺎﻟَﺤَﺔ .إذاً ﻓﻨَﺤﻦُ ﺳﻔﺮاءُ اﻟﻤﺴﯿﺢ، وﻛﺄنّ اﷲَ ﻧﻔﺴﮫ ﯾﺪﻋﻮﻛُﻢ ﺑﻮاﺳﻄﺘﻨﺎ .ﻓﻨَﺴﺄﻟُﻜُﻢ ﺑﺂﺳﻢِ اﻟﻤَﺴﯿﺢ :ﺗﺼﺎﻟﺤﻮا ﻣﻊ اﷲ !إنﱠ اﻟﺬي ﻣﺎ ﻋﺮَفَ اﻟﺨَﻄﯿﺌﺔَ، ﺟَﻌَﻠَﮫُ اﷲُ ﺧﻄﯿﺌﺔً ﻣﻦ أَﺟﻠِﻨﺎ، ﻟِﻨَﺼﯿﺮَ ﻧﺤﻦُ ﻓﯿﮫ ﺑِﺮﱠ اﷲ.