Holy Family Parish Paróquia Sagrada Família

HOLY FAMILY PARISH FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST 2021

10:00 AM MEMORIAL MASS of JOHN HOPKINS & RONALD NAULT

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH 2021

10:00 AM Priests Intention 11:30 AM Brazilian Mass 6:00 PM Brazilian Mass

Please remember those in the armed services—keeping us safe. We also pray for all who have died serving our country, that they may be welcomed into paradise, where they will live forever with God

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Holy Family Parish Paróquia Sagrada Família

30 Grafton Street Lowell MA 01852

Main Phone: (978) 453-2134 Brazilian Community: (978) 934-0622

Fax: (978) 453-0933 Email: holyfamilylowell@gmail.com

Administrator Reverend Nicholas Sannella

Pastoral Staff Reverend Donald G. Lozier, OMI Reverend Gilmond Boucher, OMI

Deacon Alvaro Soares

Business Manager David McLean

Director of Religious Education Claire Couillard

Immaculate Conception

High School of Religion Director W. Gerald Dockett

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Parish Secretaries

Cathy Martel (English) Lira De Moraes

Custodians John Perry

Immaculate Conception

Marlene Heiss

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For those that are sick or recently in the hospital… Dr. Gertrude Bailey, Daniel Bedard, Rina Bedford, Fr. Gilmond Boucher, Bob Brown, Buote Family, Loretta Caira, Bill Calhoun, David Carpenter, Roger Chartrand, Millie Ciszek, Francine Clay, Robert Connolly, Bob Conway, Sue Conway, Anne Marie Countie, Davidson Family, Debbie Demers, DeRocco Family, Teresa Dipersio, Jerry Dockett, Mary Dockett, Cathy Durand, Cynthia Evans, Joshua Geoffroy, Roger Geoffroy, Sr. Marilyn Gignac, Andrew Gosselin, Susan Goyette, Donna Gravelle, Karen Graham, Sr. Joan Gregoire, Ilene Hallisey, Len Hallisey, Havelka Family, Frank Holden, Marge Keefe, Annette Knust, Jim Knust, Kozowyk Family, Fran & Jerry Labadini, Nora & Bob Labadini, Maryann Lanzara, Anthony Lavina, Betty LeClaire, Jeanne LeLacheur, Raymond LeLacheur, Carol Leonard, John Leonard, Terry Lesard, Pauline Letourneau, Betty Mallett, Donald Marcouillier, Steven Marks, Barbara Matyl, Sheila McCarthy, McDonagh Family, Chris McHardy, Margaret Mello, Georgette Mendonca, Manuel Mendonca, Caryn Misquita, Pauline Moore, Sr. Shirley Letourneau Morrison, Aparecida Nascimento, Francis O’Donnell, Linda Paradise, Kim Peirce, Mary Richardson, Ruthelyn Rivanis, Mary Rivas, Robert Rivas, Joel Rivera, Elaine Robinson, Ed Rotondi, Jean Marie Rotondi, Sr. Jeanne Rouillard, Freeman Shepherd, Donna Sherman, Stephanie Southworth, Bea Stamp, John Stamulonis, Joseph Sullivan, Marilyn Sullivan, Pricilla Sullivan, Rose Sweeney, Kristy Williams, Diane Wingfield, Collette Wooldridge. May they experience God’s healing love and comfort.

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February 21, 2021

Very Dear Friends,

Our Lenten Journey has begun, this Holy Season arrives with lot of snow, a raging pandemic and a troubled political scene. Yet we are called to peaceful recollection and quiet souls.

Journeys have their ups and downs and our Lenten journey will follow that usual, general pattern. We can’t guarantee a perfect journey; it will have it’s ups & downs but we can make a good start.

Our goal is Easter, but we should strive to keep our focus on the goal; we should follow our own best path.

We will choose those practices that are appropriate for each of us and we must place it all in God, our Father’s Hands.

Blessing & best wishes;

Fr. Don

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PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL February 21, 2021 1st Sunday of Lent Introduction Lent is a time to remember that God first reached out to us. This was not a meagre, one-time gesture like those we often make and withdraw, but a profound, lasting and healing covenant. During this season, we reflect on and ask forgiveness for our own alienating, sinful actions. We ponder in deep prayer and silence that God has invested everything, including a beloved Son, into this relationship.

Presider Let us now pray to grow in our relationship with God and one another during this sacred time.

• For the whole church: that our covenant with a loving God may be strengthened during this Lenten season ... remembering your constant love, we pray,

For the courage to contribute to a more just and peaceful world during this Lenten season ... remem-bering your constant love, we pray,

For the desire to build more loving relationships with others, especially those we resent, during this Lenten season ... remembering your constant love, we pray,

For the generosity of time and effort to assist those seeking to enter the church during this Lenten season ... remembering your constant love, we pray,

For the catechumens in our faith community and throughout the diocese who will be participating in the Rite of Election with our bishop ... remembering your constant love, we pray,

For the compassion to walk with the sick and dy-ing, the grieving and most needy members of this community during this Lenten season ... remember-ing your constant love, we pray, PRAYER: God of patience, we are humbled by the unconditional love you have bestowed on us beyond our memory. Help us to observe this holy season in prayer and repentance, so that we may be ever more faithful to you and to one another. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen

CORI Submittal If you are interested in continuing to serve or would like to serve as a volunteer in the Holy Family Par-ish as a Lector, Eucharistic Minis-ter, etc. you need to submit your CORI form to be approved by the Archdiocese of Boston. If you do not want to continue please con-tact Jerry Dockett at 978-808-4505. The last submittal will be at the end of the month as March 1, 2021 will be the last shipment of CORI’s to the Archdiocese!

CONFIRMATION Any young person who would be interested in making their Confir-mation later this year please con-tact Jerry Dockett at

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'O Espírito levou Jesus para o deserto'.

I Dom Quaresma (Ano B): – Gn 9,8-15; Sl 24(25); 1Pd 3,18-22; Mc 1,12-15.

O evangelho apresenta um resumo da pregação inaugural de Jesus na Galileia. Após ser investido da força do Espírito para realizar a obra messiânica, no batismo, Jesus enfrenta o embate com as propostas de satanás, inimigo do plano de Deus. Quarenta dias tem sentido simbólico, lembra a experiência do povo de Israel no deserto (cf. Dt 8,2-5) e abrange toda a vida de Jesus. As propostas diabólicas têm a finalidade de desviar Jesus da fidelidade à vontade do Pai, fazendo-o abandonar a missão de ser o Messias sofredor. Com a oração e a confiança no Pai, Jesus supera

as provações e assume o seu ministério a favor das pessoas excluídas. Sua vida será uma luta contínua para vencer as estruturas do mal até a vitória na cruz pela ressurreição. Deus, mediante a salvação realizada com Noé e sua família, renova a criação e sela a aliança com todo o ser humano e com o cosmos, cujo centro é a vida (1ª leitura). O salmista reza a Deus para aprender a ser obediente à sua vontade e ser conduzido no caminho da salvação. Na 2ª leitura, Jesus oferece a vida nova da graça através de sua morte e ressurreição, da qual participamos pelo batismo. Professando a fé em Cristo que sofreu a morte na sua existência humana, ressuscitou e foi exaltado à direita de Deus, começamos a fazer parte de uma nova humanidade. Neste tempo quaresmal de preparação para a Páscoa, nos unimos a Cristo para permanecermos na fidelidade à vontade do Pai. A oração e a força de sua palavra nos fortalecem para vencermos as propostas opostas ao plano de Deus e sermos construtores de um mundo novo. A comunidade reunida, conduzida pelo Espírito, sustentada pela Palavra de vida e salvação, renova a aliança com Deus, na partilha do corpo e sangue do Filho amado, vencedor de todo mal e de todo pecado do mundo. Continuando o caminho quaresmal, iniciado na quarta-feira de cinzas, nos preparamos para a páscoa, intensificando a prática da oração, do jejum e da esmola (solidariedade).

Nossa paróquia oferece“Online Giving”, um aplicativo de contribuição eletrôni-ca baseado na Web. Estamos fornecendo este serviço para que você tenha a opção de gerenciar suas contribuições on-line ou com seus envelopes de ofer-ta. Este serviço ésafe e seguro, e é conveniente para você e para sua equipe paroquial. Inscreva-se no Online Giving visitando nossa Paróquia

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Reflection

HOW TO FAST

Fast from judging others; Feast on Christ dwelling in them. Fast from apparent darkness; Feast on the reality of light. Fast from pessimism; Feast on optimism. Fast from thoughts of illness; Feast on the healing power of God. Fast from words that pollute; Feast on phrases that purify. Fast from anger; Feast on patience. Fast from worry; Feast on Divine Providence. Fast from unrelenting pressure; Feast on unceasing prayer. Fast from negatives; Feast on positives. Fast from complaining; Feast on appreciation. Fast from hostility; Feast on non-resistance. Fast from bitterness; Feast on forgiveness. Fast from anxiety; Feast on hope. Fast from yourself; Feast on a silent heart.

FAST: Catholics over 18 and up to the beginning of their sixtieth year are bound to the obligation of fasting. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are the days of fasting. On these days, only one full meal is allowed. Two other meatless meals, sufficient to maintain strength, may be taken according to each one’s needs, but together they should not equal another full meal. Eating between meals is not permitted, but liquids, including milk and fruit juices are allowed.

ABSTINENCE: Catholics over 14 years of age are bound to the obligations of abstinence. Abstinence is to be observed on Ash Wednesday and the Fridays of Lent. On days of abstinence, meat may not be used at all.

Lenten Action

In a prayerful spirit, get up early and watch the sun rise.

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, you spoke peace to a sinful world and brought mankind the gift of reconciliation by the suffering and death you endured. I love you and joyfully bear the name 'Christian.' Teach me to follow your example. Increase my faith, hope and charity so that I may struggle to turn hatred to love and conflict to peace.

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