Third Sunday of Lent

The Law was given through Moses. Exodus 20.1-3, 7-8, 12-17

We proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to some, but to those who are the

called, the wisdom of God. 1 Corinthians 1.18, 22-25++

Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. John 2.13-25

Mass Intentions

Saturday, March 3

5:00 pm Mass: George & Jean Strang

Sunday, March 4 / 3-Lent

9:00 am Mass: Giuseppe Perri

11:00 am Mass: Catherine McCann

Monday, March 5

12:10 pm Mass: Frank Bernard McMillan

7:00 pm Baptism Preparation Course in Church

Tuesday, March 6

12:10 pm Mass: Grace Duffy

Wednesday, March 7

St. Perpetua & St. Felicity, Martyrs

12:10 pm Mass: Gerald Shane

Thursday, March 8

St. John of God, Religious

12:10 pm Mass: Gertrude Parent

Friday, March 9 / St. Frances of Rome, Religious

12:10 pm Mass: Patsy Dolan

7:00 pm Stations of the Cross; led by Legion of Mary

Saturday, March 10

9:00 am Mass: Russell Cooper

5:00 pm Mass: Noreen Wilkie

Sunday, March 11 / 4-Lent

● Second Collec2on: Church Projects

● Daylight Saving Time Begins…Don’t forget Spring Forward

● March Break begins

● Lenten Week of Penance

● KOC Membership Drive

● Coffee Hospitality Sunday following Mass

9:00 am Mass: Jacque Mulcahy

11:00 am Mass: Rosa Ariganello

We pray that the God of compassion and kindness will uphold the sick, especially:

Carol Anne Bloor

and the suffering and the recovering and for

those who have died, especially:

Patricia Archer, Margaret Bolton, Kathleen

O’Neill, Rev. M. Gerard Scott

and for victims of recent world tradegies.

THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT - March 4, 2018

Living the Gospel by providing for homeless youth

On any given night, 6,000 people across Canada between 16 and

24 have nowhere to call home. This represents 20 per cent of the

total homeless population. The ShareLife-supported Rights of

Passage program at Covenant House has been active in making a positive difference

in the lives of homeless youth on the streets of Toronto. The program matches

adolescents with mentors, who help them build life skills. By supporting ShareLife,

you’re helping at-risk youth prepare for life on their own.

March 18 is ShareLife Sunday. Please give generously.

Baptism Preparation / Baptism

A Baptism Preparation course for infants will take place this

Monday, March 5 at 7:00 pm in Guardian Angels Church. If

you are not registered, please pick up forms at the Parish

Office or for information please call 705-326-2849 x121.

Faith Formation and Prayer Group invite you to…

This Week-The Catechism Series: A Love that

Lasts: Discovering Authentic Love. Where:

Guardian Angels parish hall Tuesday night from

7:00 to 8:30 pm and Wednesday morning from

10:30 am to 12:00 pm.

Knights of Columbus

The Knights of Columbus

this Tuesday, March 6

Club (Holdings) meeting at approximately 8:00 pm.

Second Collection: Church ProjectsA second collection will be taken at all Masses next weekend

special projects at our Churches.

Guardian Angels Church: Building Fund

Sacred Heart Church: We Look Forward Fund

Coffee Hospitality-Sunday, March 11

Following 9:00 am & 11:00 am Masses

Please come and join us for a Coffee Hospitality Sunday

Socialize and keep in touch with old friends and meet

new members of our parish community in the parish

hall.

A Big Thank-you!

The Catholic Women’s League would like to thank

who participated in our CWL Purse Project.

overwhelming. Your generosity filled over 82 purses.

The Knights of Columbus will hold their monthly Council meeting

Tuesday, March 6 at 7:00 pm followed by the Bernard Doyle

Club (Holdings) meeting at approximately 8:00 pm.

Second Collection: Church Projects A second collection will be taken at all Masses next weekend March

special projects at our Churches.

Building Fund

We Look Forward Fund

March 11

11:00 am Masses

Please come and join us for a Coffee Hospitality Sunday.

Socialize and keep in touch with old friends and meet

new members of our parish community in the parish

The Catholic Women’s League would like to thank

who participated in our CWL Purse Project.

overwhelming. Your generosity filled over 82 purses.

Gina Latour, Communications

will hold their monthly Council meeting

at 7:00 pm followed by the Bernard Doyle

Club (Holdings) meeting at approximately 8:00 pm.

March 10/11 for the

The Catholic Women’s League would like to thank everyone

The response was

overwhelming. Your generosity filled over 82 purses.

Gina Latour, Communications

The Passion of the Christ Movie

The movie will be shown on Thursday, March 8

the Guardian Angels parish hall. Please come and join us.

Diocesan

Spread the Grace!Tuesday, March

10:00 am to Noon

Guardian Angels Church Invites

Heart, St. Columbkille and St. Francis of Assisi Churches

for this healing Sacrament.

St. Patrick’s Day DinnerSaturday, March 17

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The Knights of Columbus and the

League are hosting a St. Patrick’s Dinner in the parish

hall. Traditional Corn Beef & Cabbage. Tickets are

$25.00. Social hour at 6:00 pm. Dinner at 7:00 pm.

CWL will be selling tickets following today’s Mass or

by calling Graham at 705-326

327-5119.

Parish Lenten Mission

Liberation of our Minds in Christ: A Lenten Journey

Father Denis Lemieux will be presenting a series of hour long talks starting

evening, March 18th

until Wednesday evening

information please call 705-238

The Passion of the Christ Movie

Thursday, March 8 at 1:00 pm (BYOL) and 6:45 pm in

the Guardian Angels parish hall. Please come and join us.

Diocesan-Wide Day of Confessions

Spread the Grace! Tuesday, March 14

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10:00 am to Noon - Guardian Angels

Guardian Angels Church Invites everyone from Sacred

Heart, St. Columbkille and St. Francis of Assisi Churches

for this healing Sacrament.

Day Dinner-

and the Catholic Women’s

are hosting a St. Patrick’s Dinner in the parish

hall. Traditional Corn Beef & Cabbage. Tickets are

$25.00. Social hour at 6:00 pm. Dinner at 7:00 pm.

ickets following today’s Mass or

326-5324 or Sue at 705-

iberation of our Minds in Christ: A Lenten Journey

Father Denis Lemieux will be presenting a series of hour long talks starting

until Wednesday evening, March 21st

at 7:00 pm. For more

238-2663.

at 1:00 pm (BYOL) and 6:45 pm in

Wide Day of Confessions…

Church

everyone from Sacred

Heart, St. Columbkille and St. Francis of Assisi Churches

Father Denis Lemieux will be presenting a series of hour long talks starting Sunday

at 7:00 pm. For more

Volunteer Opportunites Looking for volunteer opportunities to accompany your Lenten journey?

Our Parish Outreach to Seniors ministry creates a

parish community that meets the needs of our seniors

through companionship and social visits. If you’d like

to join our extraordinary group of trained volunteers,

or if you would like to have a visitor, please leave your

name and number at 705-326-2849 x 135 or email at

seniors.guardianangels@gmail.com.

Coming Up Mar 6 St. Bernard School Mass: Bill Johnston - 9:30 am

Mar 7 St. Bernard Lenten Reconciliation - 9:15 am

Mar 10 Trillium Manor Mass: Francis Phillips - 10:00 am

Message of the Holy Father Francis for Lent 2018

“Because of the increase of iniquity, the love of many will grow cold” (Mt 24: 12).

Continued…

False prophets can also be “charlatans”, who

offer easy and immediate solutions to suffering

that soon prove utterly useless. How many young

people are taken in by the panacea of drugs, of

disposable relationships, of easy but dishonest

gains! How many more are ensnared in a

thoroughly “virtual” existence, in which

relationships appear quick and straightforward,

only to prove meaningless! These swindlers, in peddling things that have no real

value, rob people of all that is most precious: dignity, freedom and the ability to

love. They appeal to our vanity, our trust in appearances, but in the end they only

make fools of us. Nor should we be surprised. In order to confound the human

heart, the devil, who is “ a liar and the father of lies” (Jn 8:44), has always presented

evil as good, falsehood as truth. That is why each of us is called to peer into our

heart to see if we are falling prey to the lies of these false prophets. We must learn

to look closely, beneath the surface, and to recognize what leaves a good and lasting

mark on our hearts, because it comes from God and is truly for our benefit.

A cold heart

In his description of hell, Dante Alighieri pictures the devil seated on a throne of ice,

[2] in frozen and loveless isolation. We might well ask ourselves how it happens that

charity can turn cold within us. What are the signs that indicate that our love is

beginning to cool?

More than anything else, what destroys charity is greed for money, “the root of all

evil” (1 Tim 6:10). The rejection of God and his peace soon follows; we prefer our

own desolation rather than the comfort found in his word and the sacraments.[3] All

this leads to violence against anyone we think is a threat to our own “certainties”:

the unborn child, the elderly and infirm, the migrant, the alien among us, or our

neighbor who does not live up to our expectations.

Guardian Angels Parish

February 24/25 2018 February 25/26 2017

Total Donation: $4,073 $2,879

Thank you everyone for your most generous donation.

Please remember your Parish in your Will or Estate Plan.