Holy Family Parish

Paróquia Sagrada Família

HOLY FAMILY PARISH 24TH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

SATURDAY , September 15th, 2018

3:00 PM Choir 3:15 PM Confessions 4:00 PM Muriel Gorman 6:00 PM Brazilian Holy Hour 7:00 PM Brazilian Mass SUNDAY, September 16th 8:00 AM Parishioners & Benefactors 9:30 AM Choir 10:00 AM Louise Mann (20th Anniversary) 10:45 AM HOLY NAME MEETING 11:30 AM Brazilian Mass 5:30 PM Brazilian Music 6:00 PM Brazilian Mass

MONDAY, September 17th 8:00 AM McArdle Estate

TUESDAY, September 18th 8:00 AM Jane Stasia Daly 7:30 PM Brazilian Holy Hour WEDNESDAY, September 19th 8:00 AM No Intention THURSDAY, September 20th

8:00 AM No Intention FRIDAY, September 21st 8:00 AM Royal Estate SATURDAY September 22nd

3:00 PM Choir 3:15 PM Confessions 4:00 PM Al & Ellen Frangente 6:00 PM Brazilian Holy Hour 7:00 PM Brazilian Mass SUNDAY, September 23rd

8:00 AM Parishioners & Benefactors 9:30 AM Choir 10:00 AM Peter Lorman 11:30 AM Brazilian Mass 5:30 PM Brazilian Choir 6:00 PM Brazilian Mass

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

Sr. Joan Gregoire, SND 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 Luana Arese (Brazilian) Cathy Martel (English)

Custodians John Perry

Immaculate Conception

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HOLY FAMILY PARISH 24TH SUNDAY OF 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,� Doris� Belley,� Josselin�Boucher,� Cressie� Braganza,� Cyril� Braganza,� Bob� Brown,�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,� Jean�Gagne,�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,�Annette�Knust,�Jim�Knust,�Kozowyk� Family,� Fran�&� Jerry� � Labadini,� � Nora�&� Bob�Labadini,� Maryann� Lanzara,� Anthony� Lavina,� Betty�LeClaire,�Jeanne�LeLacheur,�Raymond�LeLacheur,��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,� John� Mullen,� Aparecida� Nascimento,� Patricia�Noel,� Francis� O’Donnell,� Linda� Paradise,� Rev.� Norman�Parent�OMI,�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,� Rita�Wrenn.�

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.

September 16, 2018 – 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time By Sue Robb INTRODUCTION Within our Scripture readings today are deep, and at times, controversial questions. Jesus asks his disciples: “Who do people say that I am?” Then he asks Peter, “But who do you say that I am?” Like Peter, all Christian faiths today proclaim that Jesus is the Christ, the anointed one. Despite our common proclamation, the second reading often serves as a proof text that separates Catholics from our Protestant brothers and sisters. Does faith alone save or does faith combined with corporal and spiritual works save us? These questions invite us to delve more deeply into the mysteries of God.

PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL Trusting that God answers our questions and prayers, let us lift up the needs of our world.

We pray for all Christians: for unity and loving acceptance of our theological differences with our Protestant brothers and sisters; for the ability to see and lovingly honor Christian and non-Christian beliefs that challenge our own; for an end to religious persecution in all parts of the world … we pray,

For peace for those who question their faith; for those who do not believe in God; for those who feel God has abandoned them … we pray, For an increase in our spiritual and corporal works of mercy to ease the suffering of the poor, the homeless, the hungry, the lonely, the sick, the imprisoned and the dying … we pray, For healing and peace for those sick in mind, body and spirit; for first responders, medical professionals and caregivers of the sick and dying, for compassion and patience in difficult times … we pray, For all martyrs, known and unknown, who have given their lives for their faith; for those who have sacrificed their lives to save others … we pray, For all the prayers and unanswered questions we hold in the silence of our hearts ... (pause) ... we pray, Prayer: God of all people, let these prayers strengthen us to see others as you see them and to extend your love and mercy to all. This we ask this through Jesus, the Christ. Amen.

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THE HOLY NAME SOCIETY

WILL MEET 9/16/2018

IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING 10:00 MASS

MORNING OFFERING

O Jesus through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer You all my prayers, works, and sufferings of this day. For all the intentions of Your Sacred Heart. In union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world. In reparation for all my sins. For the intentions of all our associates, and, in particular, for the intention of our Holy Fa-ther for this month. Amen

HOLY FAMILY PARISH 24TH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

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MEN OF ST. JOSEPH

The Men of St. Joseph Immaculate in Collaborative meet on the 4th Saturday Prayer, Faith-building Fellowship, and food,

Date: September 22, 2018

Time: 7:30 AM—9:30 AM

To begin; Mass with Fr. Sannella in the Immaculate Concep-tion Upper Church.

** All “MEN” are welcome.**

Worldwide Marriage Encounter

Let Jesus heal any disappointments in your marriage by attending a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend. The next Weekends are Sep 15-16, 2018 in Medway,

MA and Dec 7-9, 2018 in Duxbury, MA. For more in-formation, call Stephen & Michelle O'Leary at 800-710

-9963 or visit them at https://wwmema.org/.

1) Wine & Cheese Basket—Jean Cull 2) Girls Inc. Basket—Rondiney Quiroz 3) Handmade Shawl-Nilza Decawalho 4) $100 Cash Prize-John McDonaugh 5) Market Basket Gift Cards-Sr. Joan

Gregoire 6) Gas Grill-John McDonaugh

$25.00 Picnic Attendee Raffle— Neil Oliveria

School Clothes Needed

St. Anne’s Home

September 22nd & 23rd

Place at the Altar during the Collection

Call Parish for details

HOLY FAMILY PARISH 24TH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

Pois quem quiser salvar a sua vida, vai perdê- la; mas quem perder a sua vida por causa de mim e do Evangelho, vai salvá-la.

XXIV Dom TC (Ano B): – Isaías 50,5- 9a; Salmo 115(114); Tiago 2,14-18; Marcos 8,27-35 Jesus, enquanto ensina nos povoados de Cesaréia de Filipe, manifesta sua identidade. O povo identifica Jesus com grandes personagens da tradição bíblica: João Batista, Elias, um dos profetas. Pedro, porta-voz dos discípulos, reconhece em Jesus o Messias (= ungido), o enviado de Deus, que realiza as esperanças de libertação, passando pelo sofrimento da cruz para chegar à glória da ressurreição. Os discípulos são orientados a manter silêncio, para evitar falsas interpretações sobre o messianismo de Jesus. Somente à luz da fé pascal, eles compreenderão a plenitude do mistério da revelação de Cristo, que culmina com sua morte e ressurreição. Assim, a identidade de Jesus, como Messias-Cristo, revela-se plenamente a partir do anúncio da Paixão: o Filho do Homem deve sofrer muito, ser rejeitado, morto e ressuscitar (v.31). Os que rejeitam Jesus, como o Messias sofredor, sua paixão, morte e ressurreição, opõem-se ao projeto de Deus. Professar que Jesus é o Cristo significa assumir adesão radical ao Mestre, que se entregou totalmente pela salvação da humanidade. No 3º cântico do Servo (1ª leitura) o Servo acolhe a missão em meio às adversidades. No salmo, Deus ouve e salva o Servo, que suplica em meio às aflições. A fé leva a aceitar a vontade Deus em cada aspecto da vida (2ª leitura). Mostra-me a tua fé sem as obras, que eu te mostrarei a minha fé pelas obras (v.18). Jesus anuncia a esperança na vitória sobre o sofrimento e a morte através da fidelidade ao Pai e seu projeto de salvação. A trajetória e o destino do Mestre continuam na comunidade dos discípulos e discípulas, que vivem com radicalidade o compromisso evangélico. (Extraído da Revista de Liturgia) Oração

Ó Deus, criador e senhor do universo, olha para as nossas necessidades. Faze-nos sentir profundamente em nossas vidas a força da tua misericórdia,

para que possamos nos dedicar, com todas as forças, ao teu santo serviço e ter para com nossos irmãos e irmãs

os mesmos sentimentos que tens para conosco. Por Cristo, nosso Senhor. Amém. Pe. Jonas D. Christal

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LEITURAS DA SEMANA:

2a feira: Num 21,4b-9 ou Fl 2,6-11; Sl 77(78); Jo 3,13-17.

3a feira: Hb 5,7-9; Sl 30(31); Jo 19,25-27 ou Lc 2,33-35.

4a feira: 1Tm 3,14-16; Sl 110(111); Lc 7,31-35.

5a feira: 1Tm 4,12-16; Sl 110(111); Lc 7,36-50.

6a feira: 1Tim 2c-12; Sl 48(49); Lc 8,1-3.

Sábado: 1Tm 6,13-16; Sl 99(100); Lc 8,4-15.

25o DTC: Sb 2,12.17-20; Sl 53(54); Tg 3,16–4,3; Mc 9,30-37.

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