We priests should feel that the following words, which he put on the lips of Christ, are meant for each of us personally: "I will charge my ministers to proclaim to sinners that I am ever ready to welcome them, that my mercy is infinite". From Saint John Mary Vianney we can learn to put our unfailing trust in the sacrament of Penance, to set it once more at the centre of our pastoral concerns, and to take up the "dialogue of salvation" which it entails. The Curé of Ars dealt with different penitents in different ways. Those who came to his confessional drawn by a deep and humble longing for God's forgiveness found in him the encouragement to plunge into the "flood of divine mercy" which sweeps everything away by its vehemence. If someone was troubled by the thought of his own frailty and inconstancy, and fearful of sinning again, the Curé would unveil the mystery of God's love in these beautiful and touching words: "The good Lord knows everything. Even before you confess, he already knows that you will sin again, yet he still forgives you. How great is the love of our God: he even forces himself to forget the future, so that he can grant us his forgiveness!". But to those who made a lukewarm and rather indifferent confession of sin, he clearly demonstrated by his own tears of pain how "abominable" this attitude was: "I weep because you don't weep", he would say. "If only the Lord were not so good! But he is so good! One would have to be a brute to treat so good a Father this way!".

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PRAYER FOR THE YEAR OF THE PRIEST
Lord Jesus, that in St. John Mary Vianney you wanted to donate to the Church a moving image of your pastoral charity, he, that, in his company and supported by his example, may we live in fullness this Priestly life. Pausing as he was before the Eucharist, we can learn how simple, everyday of your words that teaches us; tender love to welcome repentant sinners; consoling abandonment confident your Immaculate Mother. Lord Jesus, who, through the intercession of the Holy Curé d'Ars, the Christian families to become "small Churches" in which all vocations and all the gifts, donated by your Holy Spirit, can be welcomed and valued. Grant us, Lord Jesus, you can repeat with the same fervor of the Holy Curé the words with which he used to contact you:
"I love you, O my God, and my only desire is to love you till the last breath of my life.
I love you, infinitely loving God, and I prefer to die amandoti rather than live one moment without love.
I love you, Lord, and the only grace that you wonder is to love you forever.
My God, if my language can not tell you at all times that I love you, I want my heart we'll repeat times as many times as breathing. I love you, O my Divine Savior, because you have been crucified to me, and keep me down here with you crucified.
My God, make me the grace to die amandoti and knowing that I love you. " Amen.

Oración para el Año Sacerdotal
Señor Jesús, que en san Juan María Vianney quisiste donar a tu Iglesia una conmovedora imagen de tu caridad pastoral, haz que, en su compañía y sustentados por su ejemplo, vivamos en plenitud este Año Sacerdotal.
Haz que, permaneciendo como Él delante de la Eucaristía, podamos aprender cuán sencilla y cotidiana es tu palabra que nos enseña; tierno amor con el que acoges a los pecadores arrepentidos; consolador el abandono confiado a tu Madre Inmaculada.
Haz, Oh Señor, que, por intercesión del Santo Cura de Ars, las familias cristianas se conviertan en "pequeñas iglesias", donde todas las vocaciones y todos los carismas, donados por tu Espíritu Santo, puedan ser acogidos y valorizados. Concédenos, Señor Jesús, poder repetir con el mismo ardor del Santo Cura de Ars las palabras con las que él solía dirigirse a Ti:
Te amo, Oh mi Dios. Mi único deseo es amarte hasta el último suspiro de mi vida. Te amo, Oh infinitamente amoroso Dios, y prefiero morir amándote que vivir un instante sin Ti. Te amo, oh mi Dios, y mi único temor es ir al infierno porque ahí nunca tendría la dulce consolación de tu amor, Oh mi Dios, si mi lengua no puede decir cada instante que te amo, por lo menos quiero que mi corazón lo repita cada vez que respiro. Ah, dame la gracia de sufrir mientras que te amo, y de amarte mientras que sufro, y el día que me muera. No solo amarte pero sentir que te amo. Te suplico que mientras más cerca estés de mi hora final aumentes y perfecciones mi amor por Ti. Amén.

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 SEASON OF PENTECOST

Fifth Sunday of Pentecost
Feast of Saint Peter and Paul
Sunday, June 28, 9:30 AM:(Spanish)  
For Kamal Davis  By His parents , Brothers & Sisters
For Nidia Rosa Armada By The Family
For Julio Loor By His wife and Children
Sunday, June 28, 11:00 AM: (English &Aramaic)
For The Good Health of Yvonne Achkar
By The Pastor
For Maria Guadalupe A. Valadez
By Her Daughter

No Daily Liturgies- NAM Convention

Sixth Sunday of Pentecost
Sunday, July 5, 9:30 AM:(Spanish) 
For  Miguel Alfonso & Inés Garcia By 
Del Toro-Becil Family
Sunday, July 5, 11:00 AM: (English & Aramaic)
For Abouna Yacoube By  Antoinette Tartak & Family
Monday, July 6, 2009, 12 Noon 
For :  Special Intention to St Sharbel
By Dulce Conception
Tuesday, July 7, 2009, 12 Noon, 
For: Special Intention for St Rafka
By Antoinette Tartak 
Wednesday, July 8, 2009, 12 Noon,
For:  Ray Asmar By J.A. Maroon, Jr. & Family
Thursday, July 9, 2009, 12 Noon 
For:  The Good Health of Shirley Yoham
By  The Pastor
Friday, July 10, 2009, No Liturgy
The 3 Blessed Massabki
Saturday, July 11, 2009, No Liturgy 

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"7 days without God makes one weak."

May your priests be holy, filled with the fire of your love seeking nothing but your greater glory and the salvation of souls. Amen. Saint John Vianney, pray for us.

Some Reflections on the Priesthood
.....We need, priests and community together, to risk some new directions. There are risks in this of course, but, as Goethe once put it; 'The dangers of life are infinite and safety is among them'."

What is a vocation?
God, infinitely perfect and blessed in himself, in a plan of sheer goodness freely created man to make him share in his own blessed life.....
How do I explore a Vocational Calling?
The first thing to do is to live the present moment. God will always make himself present to you where he expects to find you. If you are baptized, he will expect to find you working to develop your life of grace, overcoming sin. He plans to meet you in the sacraments (confession, Eucharist), and in prayer. ......

Especial ‘Año sacerdotal' en el 150 aniversario de la muerte de Juan María Vianney
En ocasión del 150 aniversario de la muerte de Juan María Vianney, el cura de Ars, Su Santidad el Papa anunció el lunes que, desde el 19 de junio de este año 2009 al 19 de junio de 2010, tendrá lugar un especial Año Sacerdotal, que tendrá como tema: "Fidelidad de Cristo, fidelidad del sacerdote". El Santo Padre lo abrirá presidiendo él mismo la celebración de las Vísperas el 19 de junio próximo, solemnidad del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús y Jornada de santificación sacerdotal, ante la presencia de la reliquia del cura de Ars, que será traída a Roma por el obispo de Belley-Ars; y lo clausurará el 19 de junio de 2010, participando en un encuentro mundial sacerdotal" en la plaza de San Pedro....

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