OUR LADY OF LEBANON PARISH - TORONTO

Maronite Catholic Church. Served by the Antonine Maronite Order

Pastor : Fr. Maroun Abou Jaoude OAM Associate Pastor : Fr. Youssef Chedid OAM

September 30th, 2012

Third Sunday after the Exaltation of the Cross

Mass Intention Sunday Sept 30th
10:30 am 12:30 pm -

3:00 pm - Memorial mass for the repose of the souls of the martyrs of the Lebanese Resistance offered by the Lebanese Forces Toronto.

Sunday Oct 7th,

Meditation: The cross is the crown of victory! It has brought light to those blinded by ignorance. It has released those enslaved by sin. Indeed, it has redeemed the whole of humanity. Do not, then, be ashamed of the cross of Christ; rather, glory in it. For it was not a mere man who died for us, but the Son of God, God-made-man. In the Mosaic law a sacrificial lamb banished the destroyer. But now it is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. Will he not free us from our sins even more? Jesus was not forced to give up his life. His was a willing sacrifice. Listen to his own words: I have the power to lay down my life and to take it up again Yes, he willingly submitted to his own passion. He took joy in his achievement; in the salvation of man he rejoiced. He did not blush at the cross, for by it he was to save the world. No, it was not a lowly man who suffered, but God incarnate. He stretched out his hands on the cross, that he might embrace the ends of the world. He stretched forth human hands-the one who by spiritual hands established the heavens-and they were fastened with nails. His manhood bore the sins of men and was nailed to the tree so that, having died, sin might die with it, and we might rise again in righteousness. MASS SCHEDULE 10:30 am - Memorial mass for the late Elias Bou-Farah offered by his wife Siham and his children Joe, Robert, Gisele, Mary and their families.

Saturday Oct 13th

6:30 pm - Memorial mass for the late Therese Nahhas offered by her sons Joe, John, Chad and their families Certainly in times of tranquility the cross should give you joy. But maintain the same faith in times of persecution. Otherwise, you will be a friend of Jesus in times of peace and his enemy during war. Now you receive forgiveness of your sins and the generous gift of grace from your king. When war comes, fight courageously for him. Jesus never sinned; yet he was crucified for you. You are not the one who gives the favor; you have received one first. For your sake he was crucified on Golgotha. Now you return his favor; you fulfill your debt to him. I adore you, O Christ, and I praise you, because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world! Saint Cyril, fourth-century bishop of Jerusalem.

Saturdays at 6:30 pm; Sundays at 10:30 & 12:30 in OLOL church (1515 Queen St W, Toronto ON); Sunday at 7 pm in Holy Redeemer Church (796 Eyer Dr, Pickering ON). Our Lady of Lebanon Parish; 1515 Queen St. West; Toronto, ON, M6R 1A5; Tel: 416-534-7070; Fax: 416-530-4103; www.ourladyoflebanon.ca; office@ourladyoflebanon.ca; mjaoude1@hotmail.com; ololtoronto, @ololtoronto

COLLECTION AND DONATIONS BALANCE Sept 23 , 2012 Alakji Georges Atallah Said Bteich Pierre Dagher Bassam Hanna Colette Total Collection 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 250.00 1563.00 Grand Total Abou-Atallah Elias Bou-Saab Joseph Chamoun Philippe Daher Boulos Najm Rudy Total Donations 2773.00 200.00 100.00 300.00 60.00 100.00 1210.00
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Office hours
Monday, Wednesday: 3pm - 8 pm Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 11am - 8 pm

Marriage
A marriage preparation course is necessary. Please call the Priest one year before the planned wedding date and before arranging the hall.

OLOL parish thanks all the families for their annual donation of $250 CND. Your contribution are supporting our programs for our children and youth. Thank you and God bless you.

Baptism
Please make an appointment one month in advance.

. 250$

Ministry of the Sick

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Confession
By appointment or before the Mass.

A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul the Apostle to the Philippians, Your blessings Father; (3:17-4:1) Join with others in being imitators of me, brothers, and observe those who thus conduct themselves according to the model you have in us. For many, as I have often told you and now tell you even in tears, conduct themselves as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their end is destruction. Their God is their stomach; their glory is in their "shame." Their minds are occupied with earthly things. But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we also await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. He will change our lowly body to conform with his glorified body by the power that enables him also to bring all things into subjection to himself. Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, in this way stand firm in the Lord, beloved. Praise be to God always.

'He is in the desert,' do not go out there; if they say, 'He is in the inner rooms,' do not believe it. For just as lightning comes from the east and is seen as far as the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be. Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather. "Immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming upon the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he will send out his angels with a trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. This is the truth. Peace be with you.

A reading from the Holy Gospel of the Lord according to Saint Matthew. (24:23-31) If anyone says to you then, 'Look, here is the Messiah!' or, 'There he is!' do not believe it. False messiahs and false prophets will arise, and they will perform signs and wonders so great as to deceive, if that were possible, even the elect. Behold, I have told it to you before beforehand. So if they say to you,
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