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HOLY FAMILY PARISH 15TH SUNDAY 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: [email protected]

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 Richard Ouellette

Religious Education Secretary Bailey Lizotte

High School of Religion Director W. Gerald Dockett

(978)808-4505 Parish Secretaries

Marlene Heiss (Brazilian) Cathy Martel (English)

Custodians Roger Geoffroy

SAT, July 9, 15th Ordinary Sunday 2:30 PM Choir 3:15 PM Confessions 4:00 PM John Coughlin SUNDAY, July 10, 15th Ordinary Sunday 8:00 AM Philip Fryns Jr. (10th Year) Jessica Carter (10th Year) 9:30 AM Choir 10:00AM Barbara & Norman LaBranche 11:45 AM Brazilian Mass 5:30 PM Brazilian Choir 6:00 PM Brazilian Mass MONDAY, July 11th 8:00 AM Royal Estate TUESDAY, July 12th 8:00 AM Mello Family; Anthony Sr. & Florence Anthony Jr. & Irene WEDNESDAY, July 13th 8:00 AM George Roy THURSDAY, July 14th 8:00 AM Henry Giguere FRIDAY, July 15th 8:00 AM Francis Connolly SAT, July 16, 16th Ordinary Sunday 2:30 PM Choir 3:15 PM Confessions 4:00 PM Roger C. Lefebvre SUNDAY, July 17, 16th Ordinary Sunday

8:00 AM Parishioners & Benefactors 9:30 AM Choir 10:00 AM Rene & Loretta Gendreau 11:45 AM Brazilian Mass 5:30 PM Brazilian Choir 6:00PM Brazilian Mass

We Pray...

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those who are ill, those who are now or have recently been in the hospital, and those who

have requested our prayers, especially:

Dr. Gert Bailey, Lucy Balkus, Doris Belley, Cyril Braganza, Bob Brown, Carol Britton, Buote Family, Bill Calhoun, James Campbell, Michele Cassetta, Bernadette Chartrand, Helena Ciaravolo, Millie Ciszek, Robert Connolly, Dom Contardo, Br. Augustin “Gus” Cote, Anne Marie Countie, Jane Daly, Davidson Family, Debbie Demers, DeRocco Family, Mary Dockett, Paul Ducharme, Cathy Durand, Claire Durkin, Cynthia Evans, Jean Gagne, Roger Geoffroy, Sr. Marilyn Gignac, Donna Gravelle, Ilene Hallisey, Len Hallisey, Havelka Family, Frank Holden, Rev. Patrick Hollywood OMI, Pauline Jankowski, Thomas Keefe, Sally Kelly, Annette Knust, Jim Knust, Kozowyk Family, Fran Labadini, Jim Laitala, Maryann Lanzara, Anthony Lavina, Betty LeClaire, Jeanne LeLacheur, Pauline Letourneau, Rev. Robert Levesque OMI, Liz Machado, Betty Mallett, Donald Marcouillier, Steven Marks, Hilda McBride, Sheila McCarthy, McDonagh Family, Margaret Mello, Georgette Mendonca, Manuel Mendonca Sr., Shirley Letourneau Morrison, Francis O’Donnell, Linda Paradise, Rev. Norman Parent OMI, Jeanne Pinard, John Quealey, Mary Richardson, Mary Agnes Rivanis, Mary Rivas, Robert Rivas, Elaine Robinson, Barbara Vayo, Janet Vayo, Diane Wingfield, Collette Wooldridge, Rita Wrenn.

May they experience God’s healing love and comfort.

PRAYER AND REFLECTION July 10, 2016 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time In today’s Gospel, we confront the age-old question: Who is my neighbor? The Good Samaritan story tells us that the question can’t be answered in a logical, legalistic, comfortable way. The Gospel demands a real stretch, and mercy propels us far beyond what appears expedient or even safe. “Neighbor” conjures up a comforting image. But the neighbor in need may not fit our norms or expectations. The Gospel is full of surprises. God calls us to love our neighbor as ourselves, and so we pray for all those who are in reality our neighbors.

For the church: that the extent of our mercy may be unexpected and extravagant ... we pray,

For places where there is violence or war: that mercy may be practiced even in unsafe situations ... we pray,

For those who erect barriers against unwanted neighbors or who fear what they do not know ... we pray,

For immigrants, refugees, outcasts and all who cross boundaries to seek safety ... we pray,

For the political or spiritual will to extend ourselves to neighbors we do not know or trust ... we pray,

For all who live on life’s margins: the poor or homeless, the unemployed or uneducated ... we pray,

For relief organizations, medical groups and all who extend mercy to the unseen suffering ... we pray,

For the needy, the sick and the dying in this community; and for all who have died .. we pray, Prayer: God of endless mercy, you call us to love our neighbors as ourselves. Expand our vision and our hearts to include those we do not yet know and those we may fear. Help us to live and love beyond boundaries. We pray in the name of Jesus, who reconciles all things to himself. Amen.

<<Hope is sure of Pardon and is without fear of being punished. Hope knows of the good works done. Hope is able to be on the lookout for the promised reward>>

~St. John Cassian


WEEK ENDING: July 3, 2016

Offertory Needed to meet Budget 3796 Offertory Collection 3189 CO OP 1207 Br. Offertory Needed to meet Budget 550 Brazilian Offertory 278 Dizimo needed to meet budget 725 Brazilian Dizimo 230

FREE FUN FRIDAYS

July 15, 2016

1) Edward M. Kennedy Institute 2) Boston Athenaeum 3) Larz Anderson Museum 4) Cape Cod Children’s Museum 5) Edward Gorey House 6) Danforth Art Museum\School 7) Spellman Museum Stamps & Postal History 8) Fitchburg Art Museum

St. Bonaventure; Bishop & Doctor of the Church July 15, 2016

July 11, 2016 Prayer to St. Benedict

Saint Benedict (c. 480-543), a man able to read consciences, prophesy the future, and to forestall the attacks of the devil, was born at Nursia in Sabina, Italy. Settling finally on Monte Cassino, he and his followers erected the monastery he was to make famous. There he wrote his Rule, which became the norm for all Western monks. O holy patriarch, Saint Benedict, who didst establish monastic life in the Church of the West, thou hast been blessed both in name and by God's grace. At the close of thy glorious and fruitful life, having received holy Viaticum, and, supported by the arms of thy disciples, thou didst stand with thine hands lifted toward heaven and didst happily give up thy angelic soul into the hands of thy creator. O blessed Saint Benedict, thou hast promised to defend zealously from the snares of the enemy those who call upon thee during their last struggle with death; protect me on this and every day of my life with thy holy blessing, that I may never be separated from our Blessed Lord and the company of the blessed in heaven. Amen. ~saintsonlne

Pierce, O most sweet Lord Jesus, my Inmost soul with the most joyous and Healthful wound of thy love


O Amor de Misericórdia

15º Dom Tempo Comum (Ano C): Dt,30,10-14; Sl 68(69); Cl 1,15-20; Lc 10,25-37 O Evangelho de hoje, em harmonia com a memória de Santa Faustina Kowalska, apóstola da divina misericórdia, nos apresen-ta o episódio do bom samaritano. Esta parábola, embora no imaginário popular tenha adquiro um tom algo moralista, é inter-pretada por muitos Santos Padres em chave cristológica: por um lado, Jesus é o bom samaritano que, descendo de Jerusalém (isto é, do Céu), dirige-se a Jericó e depara no caminho com um homem surrado, espoliado, quase morto à beira da estrada; por outro, somos nós este pobre miserável, chagado pelo pecado. É Cristo, pois, quem em primeiro lugar vem ter conosco para nos

limpar e curar. Nesse sentido, o versículo 33 é bastante revelador: "Mas um samaritano que estava viajando, chegou perto dele, viu e sentiu compaixão." Trata-se da compaixão do próprio Jesus, do próprio Deus. Mas este mover-se de compaixão tem, no original grego, uma força expressiva ainda maior: o verbo (Logos) tem o sentido de mover-se desde as entranhas; é um amor por assim dizer visceral, que move no mais fun-do do ser. Também o termo hebraico "rahamim" expressa de modo abstrato, mas não menos vivo, uma piedade que move as entranhas, que brota do útero ("rehem"). E este é o amor de Deus para com o Seu povo: é um amor encarnado, um amor de verdadeira misericórdia. Esse amor, com efeito, supõe um desnível entre o amante e o amado. O primeiro se rebaixa, se compadece entranhadamente do segundo e, por isso, se põe no lugar dele. É de fato um amor em si mesmo afetivo, que experimenta o que o amado sofre. Deus, que se fez carne e assumiu a nossa condição mortal, sabe perfeita-mente quais as nossas angústias, quais as nossas dores; Ele, melhor do que ning-uém, pode compadecer-se realmente de nós. Este amor que Deus tem por nós não é contudo tão-somente afetivo; é também um amor efetivo e conforme à razão: pois Deus tem não apenas compaixão, mas uma atitude concreta de vir em nosso socor-ro para nos administrar o remédio de que precisamos. É o que faz o bom samari-tano: ele, compadecido, leva consigo o pobre espoliado, acomoda-o numa pousada e toma para si todas as custas do seu cuidado. Essa compaixão que Deus, com coração incansável, nos dispensa deve modelar o nosso amor pelos demais, especialmente por aqueles que mais necessitam de nos-sa ajuda, seja material, seja espiritual.

(Reflexão extraída do site padrepauloricardo.org)

Diácono Álvaro Soares (http://palavra-nossa.blogspot.com )


We ask O Lord for the

heroic courage and deep love of

St. Kateri Tekokwitha May her example inspire

us to follow your will even in difficult times

Amen July 14, 2016 Saint Kateri

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