Holy Family Parish

Paróquia Sagrada Família

HOLY FAMILY PARISH 18TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

SATURDAY, August 3, 2019 3:00 PM Choir 3:15 PM Confessions 4:00 PM Robert Mallett John & Lucinda Muldoon

SUNDAY, August 4, 2019 8:00 AM No Intention 9:30 AM Choir 10:00 AM No Intention 11:30 AM Brazilian Mass 5:30 PM Brazilian Music 6:00 PM Brazilian Mass

MONDAY, August 5, 2019 8:00 AM No Intention

TUESDAY, August 6, 2019 8:00 AM Royal Estate

WEDNESDAY, August 7, 2019 8:00 AM Anne & Mitch Bradner

THURSDAY, August 8, 2019 8:00 AM No Intention

FRIDAY, August 9, 2019 8:00 AM McArdle Estate

SATURDAY August 10, 2019 3:00 PM Choir 3:15 PM Confessions 4:00 PM Muriel Gorman

SUNDAY, August 11, 2019 8:00 AM No Intention 9:30 AM Choir 10:00 AM Rene Ayotte 11:30 AM Brazilian Mass 5:30 PM Brazilian Choir 6:00 PM Brazilian Mass

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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

(978)808-4505

Parish Secretaries Rosangela Campos (Brazilian)

Cathy Martel (English)

Custodian John Perry

Immaculate Conception

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<<Lord Christ, we ask you to spread our tables with your mercy. And may you bless with your gentle hands the good things you have given us. We know that whatever

we have comes from you. >> ~ Alcuin of York

HOLY FAMILY PARISH 18TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

We pray…..We pray…..We pray…..We pray…..

For those that are sick or recently in the hospital…For those that are sick or recently in the hospital…For those that are sick or recently in the hospital…For those that are sick or recently in the hospital… Dr. Gertrude Bailey, Lucy Balkus, Fr. Gilmond Boucher, , Bob Brown, Fr. Elcio, Buote Family, Loretta Caira, Bill Calhoun, Bernadette Chartrand, Roger Chartrand, Millie Ciszek, Robert Connolly, Anne Marie Countie, Davidson Family, Debbie Demers, DeRocco Family, Jerry Dockett, Mary Dockett, Maura Dolan, Cathy Durand, Cynthia Evans, Roger Geoffroy, Sr. Marilyn Gignac, Andrew Gosselin, Susan Goyette, Donna Gravelle, Sr. Joan Gregoire, Ilene Hallisey, Len Hallisey, Havelka Family, Frank Holden, Pauline Jankowski, Marge Keefe, Carole King, Annette Knust, Jim Knust, Kozowyk Family, Fran & Jerry Labadini, Nora & Bob Labadini, Maryann Lanzara, Anthony Lavina, Betty LeClaire, Jeanne LeLacheur, Raymond LeLacheur, Carol Leonard, Terry Lesard, Pauline Letourneau, Rev. Robert Levesque OMI, Liz Machado, Betty Mallett, Donald Marcouillier, Steven Marks, Hilda McBride, Sheila McCarthy, McDonagh Family, Chris McHardy, Margaret Mello, Georgette Mendonca, Manuel Mendonca, Caryn Misquita, Sr. Shirley Letourneau Morrison, Aparecida Nascimento, Francis O’Donnell, Linda Paradise, Kim Peirce, Jeanne Pinard, Mary Richardson, Mary Agnes Rivanis, Mary Rivas, Robert Rivas, Joel Rivera, Elaine Robinson, Ed Rotondi, Sr. Jeanne Rouillard, Freeman Shepherd, Donna Sherman, Bea Stamp, Marilyn Sullivan, Rose Sweeney, Lorraine Trahan, Barbara Vayo, Steven Vayo, Diane Wingfield, Collette Wooldridge. May they experience God’s healing love and May they experience God’s healing love and May they experience God’s healing love and May they experience God’s healing love and comfort.comfort.comfort.comfort.

PRAYERANDREFLECTION

August 4, 2019

18th Sunday in Ordinary Time

It’s easy to put our faith on the back burner as we deal

with life’s demands. But today’s Gospel is clear that we

are always expected to be aware and prepared. Jesus

usually shows up in our lives under unexpected

circumstances and in unexpected people. We will only

recognize these many opportunities if we’re paying

attention. We coast along at our own risk. Faith and

readiness are lifelong attitudes, honed one careful day at

a time.

We are aware of our needs and the needs of those

around us, and so we pray for them.

For the whole church: that we may live with deep faith

and awareness even in the face of contrary evidence …

we pray,

For those who have grown weary of believing or have

lost faith … we pray,

For faith in the God of peace and for awareness of

opportunities for peacemaking … we pray,

For faith in the God of justice and for the courage to

work for a just world … we pray,

For faith in the God of healing and for the commitment

to serve the sick and discouraged … we pray,

For faith in the God of truth and for the gift of

discernment in a culture of exaggerations and half-

truths … we pray,

For all who are suffering in our community and for

renewed efforts to meet their needs … we pray,

For the sick, the dying and the grieving; for those who

have died …we pray,

Prayer: God who ful3ills all promises, you call us into

unknown territory and urge us to be open to unseen

possibilities. Keep us alert when the duties of life

distract us and when our focus on the coming of your

kingdom wanes. We pray in the name of your Son, Jesus,

who calls us to be ready. Amen.

PRAYER BEFORE SURGERY

Loving Father, I entrust myself to Your care this day. Guide with Your knowledge and wisdom the minds and hands of the doctors, nurses and medical staff who will perform this surgery. Give them insight, patience and great skill to remove every cause of illness within me, that I may be freed of all disease, restored to good health and have many more years to know, love and serve You in this world as well as to be a blessing to my family and those in need. In the spirit and humble example of Saint Pio, I commend my body and my soul to Your loving care, dearest Lord. Amen

~St. Padre Pio

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O tesouro do Céu!

18º Dom Tempo Comum (Ano C): Ecle 1,2; 2,21-23; Sl 90(89); Col 3,1-5.9-11; Lucas 12,13-21

O Evangelho que a Igreja hoje nos propõe vem muito a calhar nestes nossos dias, pois vivemos numa sociedade para qual os bens materiais — o dinheiro, sobretudo — se tornaram a coisa mais importante, a única fonte de uma "felicidade" que parece inalcançável. Associamos o sucesso, o "bem-estar", a alegria a até mesmo a paz à posse de riquezas, a uma condição de estabilidade e relativa comodidade financeira. Não é de espantar, pois, que uma crise econômica deixe tantos corações inquietos, quase à beira do desespero. E, apesar de tudo, Deus nos dirige palavras que tanto admoestam quanto confortam a alma: "Tomai cuidado contra todo o tipo de ganância", isto é, contra a sanha de querer guardar e acumular coisas, "porque [...] a vida de um homem não consiste na abundância de bens." Cristo nos in-dica neste passo que a verdadeira vida é a vida da alma, feita para a alegria e os gozos do Céu, onde Deus será, definiti-vamente, nosso mais rico e inesgotável tesouro.

A perícope do rico insensato guarda, porém, algo de curioso e que nos desperta para a natureza algo misteriosa do pe-cado da ganância. Os demais pecados, como a gula e a luxúria, nos inclinam a desejar desordenadamente bens que são, de fato, necessários à vida individual e social: afinal, todos temos de comer e nos reproduzir; o problema está, de modo geral, no excesso a que somos levados. A avareza, por outro lado, parece manter-se sob um véu: ela não nos sinaliza com clareza a razão de querermos simplesmente acumular coisas. Ora, São Máximo Confessor ensina que podemos querer ter bens por três motivos principais: por prazer, por vaidade, ou (o que é pior) por falta de fé. Se comprar prazeres ou glórias mundanas já é ruim, querer as coisas para depositar nelas a nossa esperança é tornar-se pobre diante de Deus, é construir a casa sobre a areia das veleidades de um mundo corroído pela traça e repleto de ladrões. "Louco!", diz o Senhor ao avarento insensato, "Ainda nesta noite, pedirão de volta a tua vida."

Jesus nos convida hoje a darmos o passo confiante da fé, e de uma fé firme, pela qual nos abandonamos inteiros às mãos de Deus, aos desígnios de sua Providência. É apenas nele, nesta Rocha de salvação, que devemos construir a nossa casa; é em Deus que temos de depositar toda a nossa confiança, e não numa conta corrente polpuda. A felicidade, o mundo não a pode oferecer a ninguém, pois ela só existe no Céu, que não pode ser comprado, mas apenas conquistado por aqueles que se fazem ricos aos olhos de Deus e investem todas as suas fichas num projeto de santidade e amor.

(Extraído de padrepauloricardo.org) Liturgia Diária

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