Holy Family Parish

Paróquia Sagrada Família

17th Sunday of Ordinary Time

HOLY FAMILY PARISH 17th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

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

Deacon Alvaro Soares

Business Manager David McLean

Director of Religious Education Claire Couillard

Immaculate Conception

High School of Religion Director W. Gerald Dockett

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Parish Secretaries Rosangela Campos (Brazilian)

Cathy Martel (English)

Custodians John Perry

Immaculate Conception

SATURDAY, July 27, 2019 11:00 AM English Baptism 3:00 PM Choir 3:15 PM Confessions 4:00 PM Muriel Gorman

SUNDAY, July 28, 2019 8:00 AM No Intention 9:30 AM Choir 10:00 AM Rene & Loretta Gendreau 11:30 AM Brazilian Mass 5:30 PM Brazilian Choir 6:00 PM Brazilian Mass

MONDAY, July 29, 2019 8:00 AM Domingo Braganza

TUESDAY, July 30, 2019 8:00 AM McArdle Estate

WEDNESDAY, July 31, 2019 8:00 AM No Intention

THURSDAY, August 1, 2019 8:00 AM Royal Estate

FRIDAY, August 2, 2019 8:00 AM No Intention SATURDAY, August 3, 2019 3:00 PM Choir 3:15 PM Confessions 4:00 PM Robert Mallett John & Lucinda Muldoon SUNDAY, August 4, 2019 8:00 AM No Intention 9:30 AM Choir 10:00 AM No Intention 11:30 AM Brazilian Mass 5:30 PM Brazilian Choir 6:00 PM Brazilian Mass

<< To each one of us Christ is saying...If you give your life out of love for others, as I give mine for all, you will reap a great harvest.>>

~St Oscar Romero

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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, Fr. Gilmond Boucher, Cressie Braganza, Cyril Braganza, Bob Brown, Fr. Elcio, 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, 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, Carole King, Annette Knust, Jim Knust, Kozowyk Family, Fran & Jerry Labadini, Nora & Bob Labadini, Maryann Lanzara, Anthony Lavina, Betty LeClaire, Jeanne LeLacheur, Raymond LeLacheur, Carol Leonard, Terry Lesard, 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, Aparecida Nascimento, Francis O’Donnell, Linda Paradise, 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.

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.

July 28, 2019 By Joan DeMerchant Introduction Prayer has been a key component of faith for thousands of years. While prayer can be uniquely personal, today’s readings provide some essential and expansive insights about it from both Judaism and early Christianity. Abraham and Jesus both extol the importance of persistence, and Jesus teaches us that prayer at its best is communal. We pray as one body of God’s people. Most profoundly, we dare to pray at all because God is loving and just. Prayer of the Faithful We are a praying people, and we pray now for the needs of the whole world.

Minister For the church in need of prayer and renewal; for those who have been hurt by the church; and those — ordained or lay — who will lead us forward, we pray: • For those who do not know how to pray or have no community to pray with; for the imprisoned or endangered, sick or lonely, discouraged or depressed, we pray: • For those who have lost faith in the power of prayer, or for whom prayer has become automatic or formulaic; and for parishes where liturgy or prayer experiences are rushed or impersonal, we pray: • For those who believe that God must respond to our wishes and requests, or who believe that God prefers particular languages or postures; for openness to new approaches to prayer, we pray: • For those called to lead and enrich the prayer of the community; for pastors and liturgists, liturgical ministers and musicians, teachers and writers; and for parents teaching their children to pray, we pray: • For all in this community who need someone to pray for them; and for the awareness that we might be the answer to prayer for someone in need, we pray: PRAYER: Loving God, we dare to come to you as we have been taught, connected to one another and to you through prayer. The boldness of our ancestors precedes us, and we trust in whatever outcomes you grant us. We do this in the name of Jesus, who encourages us to pray. Amen.

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PRAYER DURING TIMES OF PERSONAL ILLNESS

O glorious Saint Pio, through the countless miracles attributed to your intercession, you have shown a generous and compassionate heart and a great love for the sick. Be with me during this time of poor health, and accompany me as I face sickness and the uncertainties of infirmity. Help me to experience God’s healing power through your prayers, as well as my own. As you did in bearing the five wounds of Christ Crucified, lead me to unite himself to His Cross, so that this suffering brings spiritual benefit to me and to others. May my bearing the cross of illness here on earth, prepare me for the eternal joys of perfect happiness and full-ness of life with God forever in Heaven. -Amen

HOLY FAMILY PARISH 17th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

MONTHLY EVENING OF PRAYER

Tuesday August 6th at 7:00 PM

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Recitation of the Rosary

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HOLY FAMILY PARISH 17th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

O poder da Oração. 17º Dom Tempo Comum (Ano C): Gênesis 18,20- 32; Salmo 138(137);

Colossenses 2,12-14; Lucas 11,1-13

A oração constitui um dos elementos essenciais da vida cristã e do seguimento de Cristo.As leituras bíblicas deste Domingo nos mostram a experiência suplicante de Abraão por seu povo e Jesus, que reza e ensina seus discípulos a rezar. Na primeira leitura (Gn 18, 20-32) aparece a comovente e atrevida oração de Abraão, em favor das cidades pecadoras, expressão magnífica da sua confiança em Deus e da sua solicitude pela salvação dos outros. Deus revelou-lhe o Seu desígnio de destruir as cidades de Sodoma e Gomorra, pervertidas ao máximo, e o patriarca procura deter o castigo, em atenção aos justos que, possivelmente, poderia haver entre os pecadores. O Evangelho (Lc 11, 1-13) retoma o tema da oração. Jesus, solicitado pelos seus discípulos, ensina-os a orar: “Quando orardes, dizei: Pai, santificado seja o Teu nome. Venha o Teu reino” (Lc 11, 2). O cristão, autorizado por Jesus, chama a Deus de Pai, nome que dá à oração uma atitude filial, que pode derramar o seu coração no coração de Deus, apresentando-Lhe as suas necessidades, de maneira simples e espontânea, como indica o Pai-nosso. Com a parábola do amigo importuno Jesus ensina a orar com perseverança e insistência, como fez Abraão, sem temer a ser indiscretos: “Pedi, procurai, batei”. Não há horas inconvenientes para Deus. Nunca se aborrece da oração humilde e confiada dos Seus filhos, mas antes se compraz com ela: “Todo aquele que pede recebe; quem procura encontra; e ao que bate abrir-se-á” (Lc 11, 10). E, mesmo que o homem nem sempre obtenha aquilo que pede, é certo que a sua oração não é em vão, pois o Pai celeste responde sempre com o Seu amor e a seu favor, embora de uma maneira oculta e diferente da que o homem espera. O mais importante não é obter isto ou aquilo, mas sim, que nunca lhe falte a graça de ser cada dia fiel a Deus. Jesus retirava-se para rezar, com freqüência! E um dia, ao terminar a sua oração, disse-lhe um de seus discípulos: “Senhor, ensina-nos a orar… É o que nós temos de pedir também: Jesus, ensina-me de que modo relacionar-me contigo, diz-me como e que coisas devo pedir-te…Pois, se Jesus foi um homem orante, também os cristãos são chamados a serem homens e mulheres orantes. Para que possam transformar toda a sua vida numa comunhão profunda com Deus, importa dedicar espaços de tempo explicitamente ao exercício da oração. Sem dúvida a oração constitui uma profunda experiência pascal. Daí cuidarmos da vida de oração, pois a oração é o grande recurso que no resta para sair do pecado, perseverar na graça, mover o coração de Deus e atrair sobre nós toda a sorte de bênçãos do céu, quer para a alma, quer pelo que respeita às nossas necessidades temporais.

(Extraído da Homilia de Mons. José Maria Pereira)

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