For prayer to develop this power of purification, it must on the one hand be something very personal, an encounter between my intimate self and God, the living God. On the other hand it must be constantly guided and enlightened by the great prayers of the Church and of the saints, by liturgical prayer, in which the Lord teaches us again and again how to pray properly. .... Praying must always involve this intermingling of public and personal prayer. This is how we can speak to God and how God speaks to us. In this way we undergo those purifications by which we become open to God and are prepared for the service of our fellow human beings. We become capable of the great hope, and thus we become ministers of hope for others. Hope in a Christian sense is always hope for others as well. It is an active hope, in which we struggle to prevent things moving towards the "perverse end". It is an active hope also in the sense that we keep the world open to God. Only in this way does it continue to be a truly human hope.

Pope Benedict XVI

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WHY MOTHERS CRY....
"Why are you crying?" he asked his mom.
"Because I'm a mother," she told him.
"I don't understand," he said.
His mom just hugged him and said, "You never will!"
Later the little boy asked his father
why Mother seemed to cry for no reason.
"All mothers cry for no reason," was all his dad could say.
The little boy grew up and became a man, still wondering why mothers cry. So he finally put in a call to God, and when God got on the phone, the man said, "God, why do mothers cry so easily?"
God said, "You see, son, when I made mothers, they had to be special. "I made their shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world, yet gentle enough to give comfort.
"I gave them an inner strength to endure childbirth and the rejection that many times come from their children.
"I gave them a hardiness that allows them to keep going when everyone else gives up, and to take care of their families
through sickness and fatigue without complaining.
"I gave them the sensitivity to love their children under all circumstances, even when their child has hurt them very badly.
"This same sensitivity helps them to make a child's boo-boo feel better and helps them share a teenager's anxieties and fears.
"I gave them a tear to shed. It's theirs exclusively to use whenever it's needed. It's their only weakness.
It's a tear for mankind."

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Weekly Bulletin - May 11, 2008

 

 Ignorance of scripture is ignorance of Christ." (St. Jerome)

Season of Resurrection

Pentecost Sunday
Mother's Day

Sunday May 11, 2008 9 AM (Spanish):
For All Living & Deceased Mothers of the Parish By The Pastor
Sunday May 11, 200811 AM (English & Arabic):
For: All Living & Deceased Mothers of the Parish By The Pastor

Monday, May 12, 2008, 12 Noon,
For:  Mikhael & Ghazaleh By The Ghantous & Family
Tuesday, May 13, 2008, 12 Noon,  Rosary@ 11:30AM & Liturgy in Arabic
For: Michael Bunassar By His mother Genevieve Bunassar
Wednesday, May 14, 2008, 12 Noon
For: Elena Amado & Emilia Raad By  Rod & Barbara Foster
Thursday, May 15 , 2008, 12 Noon,
For In Honor of Logan Stern By  The Pastor
Friday, May 16, 2008, 7:30 PM Coronation of Our Lady of Fatima

Sunday of the holy trinity
Sunday May 18, 9 AM: (Spanish)
For Matilde Romagosa By Hilda Cuglievan

Sunday, May 18, 11 AM: (English and Aramaic)
For: 40 Day Anniversary-Jeanette Maalouf By Her Husband Wadih & Family
For: Presentacion Meabe By Gloria Saleh

Symbolism in Christian Art & Architecture
Quatrefoil & Star (6-Pointed)  ( Check the Attachment)

Colors Used in Liturgical Worship: Black , Blue,  Gray ,  Green,   Purple (Violet) , Red ,White & Yellow ( Check the Attachment)

Participation at Mass: Full, conscious, active ( Check the Attachment)
Steps you can take
1. Become people who worship in the midst of the Sunday liturgy.
2. Become people who prepare themselves for Sunday liturgy and people for whom Sunday liturgy is preparation for the week.
3. At the liturgy, be the Church. 
4. Apart from the liturgy, be the Church.
5. Give thanks always.

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