Holy Family Parish

Paróquia Sagrada Família

HOLY FAMILY PARISH 27TH SUNDAY OF 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

Sr. Joan Gregoire, SND Deacon Alvaro Soares

Business Manager David McLean

Director of Religious Education Claire Couillard

Immaculate Conception

High School of Religion Director W. Gerald Dockett

(978)808-4505

Parish Secretaries Luana Arese (Brazilian) Cathy Martel (English)

Custodians John Perry

Immaculate Conception

Holy Family Parish Office

Closed

Monday October 8th

In observance of

Columbus Day

The Mass schedule remains the same!

SATURDAY, October 6th, 2018

3:00 PM Choir 3:15 PM Confessions 4:00 PM Roland & Eileen Doucette 5:00 PM Baptismal Preparation Classes -Brazilian 6:00 PM Brazilian Holy Hour 7:00 PM Brazilian Mass

SUNDAY, October 7th

8:00 AM Parishioners & Benefactors 9:15 AM Choir 10:00 AM Roland & Eileen Doucette 11:30 AM Brazilian Mass—Mass of Religious

Education 5:30 PM Brazilian Music 6:00 PM Brazilian Mass

MONDAY, October 8th

8:00 AM No Intention

TUESDAY, October 9th

8:00 AM Jane Stasia Daly

WEDNESDAY, October 10th

8:00 AM Royal Estate

THURSDAY, October 11th

8:00 AM No Intention

FRIDAY, October 12th

8:00 AM McArdle Estate

SATURDAY , October 13th

3:00 PM Choir 3:15 PM Confessions 4:00 PM Steve Coughlin—22nd year 6:00 PM Brazilian Holy Hour 7:00 PM Brazilian Mass

SUNDAY, October 14th 8:00 AM No Intention 9:30 AM Choir 10:00 AM Parishioners & Benefactors 11:30 AM Brazilian Mass 5:30 PM Brazilian Choir 6:00 PM Brazilian Mass

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HOLY FAMILY PARISH 27TH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

October 7, 2018

27th Sunday in Ordinary Time

By Peg Ekerdt

Introduction

The readings this Sunday call us to a renewed understanding of

the complementarity of married love. God created man and

woman as partners and equals who, at their best, will live

faithfully all their days. In marriage, couples bear witness to

God’s command to love one another and to form community.

Prayer of the Faithful

Let us pray for the needs of this gathered community and for

our world.

For the church, for all of us, for steadfast effort to build up the

community of faith with love and compassion, in good times

and in bad times, in joy and in sorrow, we pray:

For our country and our leaders; for journalists who tell the

stories and for public servants who seek the common good; for

resolve in the face of all odds to do what is right, we pray:

In thanksgiving for couples whose married love is both

generous and equal; for grace to continue to choose each day to

honor their promises made; for joy in the gift of intimacy and

companionship, we pray:

In this month set aside for respect of all life, for commitment

among us to protect the unborn, to welcome the immigrant, to

accompany the prisoner, to feed the hungry, to educate the

needy, we pray:

For those who experience the pain of divorce, and who grieve

the loss of hopes and dreams, for courage and for consolation,

we pray:

For all our beloved sick, for those who face addiction or

depression each day, for those who live with dementia or

mental illness, and for families and caregivers who love them,

we pray:

PRAYER: Loving God, we who were created in love and

created for love, often disappoint even ourselves in our failures

to be the people you intended. Hear our prayers this day and

renew us once again in our efforts to be the families you call us

to be — committed to one another and generous in our time

and talent. We ask this in the name of Jesus, your Son. Amen.

We pray…..

For those that are sick or recently in the hospital…

Dr. Gertrude Bailey, Lucy Balkus, Doris Belley, Josselin Boucher, Cressie Braganza, Cyril Braganza, Bob Brown, 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, Jean Gagne, 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, Annette Knust, Jim Knust, Kozowyk Family, Fran & Jerry Labadini, Nora & Bob Labadini, Maryann Lanzara, Anthony Lavina, Betty LeClaire, Jeanne LeLacheur, Raymond LeLacheur, 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, John Mullen, Aparecida Nascimento, Patricia Noel, Francis O’Donnell, Linda Paradise, Rev. Norman Parent OMI, 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, Rita Wrenn.

May they experience God’s healing love and

comfort.

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HOLY FAMILY PARISH 27TH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

Week Ending September 23, 2018

Offertory Needed to meet Budget 3796 Offetory 1733 Br. Offertory Needed to meet Budget 550 Brazilian Offertory 741 Dizimo needed to meet budget 725 Brazilian Dizimo 1015

Lord,

We give thanks to you for our brave men and women in uniform.

We pray for your love to lead them and your wisdom to guide them each and every day.

Amen

Hail, Holy Queen

Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy! Our life, our sweetness, and our hope!

To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve, to thee do we send

up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley, of tears. Turn, then,

most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us; and after this our exile show unto us the blessed fruit

of thy womb Jesus; O clement, O loving, O sweet virgin Mary.

Pray for us, O holy Mother of God That we may be made worthy

of the promises of Christ. Amen

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“ ...Quem não receber o Reino de Deus como uma criança, não entrará nele'”.

XXVII Dom TC (Ano B): – Gênesis 2,18-24; Salmo 128(127); Hebreus 2,9-11; Marcos 10,2-16 Jesus coloca a aliança matrimonial na perspectiva do plano original do Criador, recordando Gn 1,27 e 2,24. O homem e a mulher casados formam uma unidade pessoal inseparável. A legislação mosaica referente ao divórcio surgiu após o projeto inicial de Deus, por causa da dureza do coração. Conforme Dt 24,1, somente o homem podia dar o documento de divórcio, mas na legislação romana também a mulher tinha o direito de tomar tal iniciativa. Cristo, com sua palavra, propõe a transformação radical, que vai além das prescrições legais, sugerindo igual responsabilidade aos esposos. Jesus propõe voltar ao sonho divino, revelado desde o princípio da criação. Para participar da aliança amorosa com o Senhor, é necessário viver a confiança e a receptividade como as crianças. Por isso, Jesus afirma que é preciso receber o Reino de Deus como uma criança, para entrar nele (v.15). Assim, a atitude de Jesus, que abraça e abençoa as crianças, impondo-lhes as mãos (v.16), torna-se paradigma da disponibilidade do discípulo perante o Reino. A 1ª leitura sublinha que a criação do ser humano é obra gratuita do amor de Deus. Homem e mulher foram formados com a mesma natureza, e ao unir-se em matrimônio, constituem uma só carne para viverem na igualdade e comunhão. No salmo, a bênção de Deus se manifesta em cada dia da vida, na família, no trabalho ao longo das gerações. Na 2ª leitura, Cristo assume nossa condição humana até a morte para nos libertar e santificar, introduzindo-nos na glória. A fidelidade e doação total no matrimônio é sinal do amor de Deus. Fomos santificados com a vida, morte e ressurreição de Jesus para vivermos no amor, que cresce e se renova sempre. A confiança, igual à da criança, nos mantêm firmes no caminho do seu seguimento..

Oração

Ó Deus eterno e todo-poderoso, que nos concedeis no vosso imenso amor de Pai

mais do que merecemos e pedimos, derramai sobre nos a vossa misericordia, perdoando o que nos pesa na consciência e dando-nos mais do que ousamos pedir.

Por Cristo, nosso Senhor. Amém.

LEITURAS DA SEMANA

2a feira: Jn 1,1–2,1.11; Cant.: Jn 2,2.3.4.5.8; Lc 10,25-37.

3a feira: Jn 3,1-10; Sl 129(130); Lc 10,38-42.

4a feira: At 1,12-14; Cant.: Lc 1,46-55; Lc 1,26-38.

5a feira: Ml 3,13-20a; Sl 1; Lc 11,5-13.

6a feira: Jl 1,13-15.2,1-2; Sl 9A; Lc11,15-26.

Sabado: Jl 4,12-21; Sl 96(97); Lc 11,27-28.

28o DTC: Sb 7,7-11; Sl 89(90); Hb 4,12-13; Mc 10,17-30.

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Meet Father Donohoe-“I am with you; wherever you are, wherever you go, I am with you.”Father Stephen Donohoe embraced a vocation to serve as a priest of the Archdiocese of Boston. As a young man, he felt the first signs of God’s presence in the Holy Eucharist; that force would become what he describes today as “the bedrock of his priesthood.”

After ordination, Father Donohoe became a military chaplain. During deployment, he provided for the spiritual needs of men and women facing combat. He never abandoned those entrusted to his care and stood by them at every point. Father Donohoe continues this steadfast ministry today in the parishes of the Archdiocese. He says “a great joy of ministry is to see the grace of God enlighten the lives of other people. If we bring people to the Lord, He’ll do everything.”

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