Holy Family Parish

Paróquia Sagrada Família

HOLY FAMILY PARISH 19th 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

(978)808-4505

Parish Secretaries Lira De Moraes (Brazilian)

Cathy Martel (English)

Custodian / Plant Manager Marlene Heiss John Perry of

Immaculate Conception

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION SCHOOL

SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2020 11:30 AM

Contact Claire Couillard at parish office 978-458-1474

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION SCHOOL

2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR

GRADES 1-8

Accepting Registrations

MASS INTENTIONS AUGUST 9, 2020

Cecile Fortier

Carolyn O’Loughlin Robert Mallett John Muldoon

Lucinda Muldoon Iris Garcia-Barragan

Rene Ayotte

MASS INTENTIONS AUGUST 16, 2020

Alfred La Pointe Donald St. Jean Andre Belanger Gloria Muldoon

Mary & Charles Drevin Iris Garcia-Barragan

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90-DAYS NOW - FOR YOUR PARISH

Please join us in making a special daily commitment to your local parish for the next 90 days.

150th Anniversary April 19th 2020

Sisters of the Poor have been serving the elderly and the poor

of Greater Boston since 1870. Relocating to:

Little Sisters of the Poor

Provincial Residence 110-30 221st Street

Queens Village, NY 11429 SMJJRLSP@littlesistersofthepoor.org

May God reward you a hundredfold for the goodness and kindness!

DO SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL FOR GOD

If peace and love are not allowed to take their rightful place at the table of negotiation, then hatred and anger will produce conflict that will continue for many years to come. It will solve nothing, and thousands of innocent lives will be lost. I ask you all to pray for peace. It is such an urgent priority. † Mother Theresa

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WWe pray…..

For those that are sick or recently in the hospital…

Dr. Gertrude Bailey, Rina Bedford, Fr. Gilmond Boucher, Bob Brown, Buote Family, Loretta Caira, Bill Calhoun, Roger Chartrand, Millie Ciszek, Robert Connolly, Anne Marie Countie, Davidson Family, Debbie Demers, DeRocco Family, Jerry Dockett, Mary Dockett, Cathy Durand, Cynthia Evans, Joshua Geoffroy, Roger Geoffroy, Sr. Marilyn Gignac, Andrew Gosselin, Susan Goyette, Donna Gravelle, Karen Graham, Sr. Joan Gregoire, Ilene Hallisey, Len Hallisey, Havelka Family, Frank Holden, Marge Keefe, Annette Knust, Jim Knust, Kozowyk Family, Fran & Jerry Labadini, Nora & Bob Labadini, Maryann Lanzara, Anthony Lavina, Betty LeClaire, Jeanne LeLacheur, Raymond LeLacheur, Carol Leonard, John Leonard, Terry Lesard, Pauline Letourneau, Rev. Robert Levesque OMI, Liz Machado, Betty Mallett, Donald Marcouillier, Steven Marks, Barbara Matyl, Hilda McBride, Sheila McCarthy, McDonagh Family, Chris McHardy, Margaret Mello, Georgette Mendonca, Manuel Mendonca, Caryn Misquita, Pauline Moore, Sr. Shirley Letourneau Morrison, Aparecida Nascimento, Francis O’Donnell, Linda Paradise, Kim Peirce, Jeanne Pinard, Mary Richardson, Mary Rivas, Robert Rivas, Joel Rivera, Elaine Robinson, Ed Rotondi, Sr. Jeanne Rouillard, Freeman Shepherd, Donna Sherman, Bea Stamp, John Stamulonis, Marilyn Sullivan, Rose Sweeney, Lorraine Trahan, Diane Wingfield, Collette Wooldridge.

May they experience God’s healing love and comfort.

PRAYER AND REFLECTION

August 9TH 2020 Today’s readings remind us that God

speaks to us and beckons us in so many un-expected and surprising ways. Some of us may respond better to an almost indistin-guishable whisper, while others need a wake-up call that requires great courage on our part — like Peter’s call to walk on wa-ter. Hearing, seeing, giving our full assent to what we experience, may not be easy. But the message has been consistent throughout history: God continues to invite us. PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL Brothers and sisters, let us pray to be open to God’s call, however it comes to us. For the whole church: that we may be a communi-ty ever open to God’s call ... we pray, For those who feel unworthy or doubt God’s love

for them ... we pray, For those who feel betrayed by others: by family

or institutions, by government or the church ... we pray,

For those who continue to advocate for peace, de-spite setbacks ... we pray,

For the patience and courage to respond to God’s call especially in times of doubt ... we pray,

For the openness to help others when they are afraid or doubtful ... we pray,

For those who suffer from the summer heat or the effects of climate change ... we pray,

For all in this community who are sick, dying, grieving or in any kind of need ... we pray,

For those who may know God only through the love and ministry of this community ... we pray,

PRAYER: Gracious God, you have loved your people unconditionally and called us in countless and surprising ways. Be pa-tient with us when we are hesitant, relent-less when we resist, forgiving when we fail to respond. Open our eyes and ears, hearts and minds to the gifts you have prepared for us. We humbly ask this in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior. Amen.

The Estate of Sharon McArdle

Has given a generous gift to

Holy Family Parish in Memory of

Father Randall.

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Every first Saturday of the month a group of parishioners meet at Holy Family to pray 1,000 Hail

Mary’s. Since the pandemic, they are placing a tent in front of the St. Mary’s statue and praying there. ~Deacon Alvaro

Eu sou o pão vivo descido do céu. Quem comer deste pão viverá eternamente. E o pão que eu darei é a minha carne dada para a vida do mundo” XIX Dom TC (Ano B): – 1Rs 19,4-8; Salmo 34(33); Efésios 4,30-5,2; João 6,41-51 O evangelho continua o discurso sobre o pão da vida. Os ouvintes de Jesus começaram a murmurar porque ele dissera: Eu sou o pão que desceu do céu. Durante a travessia no deserto, o povo murmurava por causa da falta de alimentos e não confiava em Deus, que proporcionava o maná (Ex 16,2s). As origens de Jesus, o filho de José, cujo pai e mãe eram conhecidos, dificultam seu acolhimento como dom amoroso do Pai. O mistério da pessoa de Jesus, a Palavra que se fez carne (1,14), ultrapassa o conhecimento humano. A expressão eu sou (6,41.48) evoca a revelação do nome de Deus (Ex 3,14) e sublinha a origem divina de Jesus. A adesão a Jesus é dom do Pai: Ninguém pode vir a mim, se o Pai que me enviou não o atrair. A promessa que todos serão instruídos por Deus (6,45; cf. Is 54,13; Jr 31,33-34) real-iza-se em quem ouve a palavra de Jesus e age de acordo com o seu projeto (cf. 1,18; 3,33). Jesus, o único que viu o Pai, conduz à vida eterna aqueles que acreditam. O maná que sus-tentou os israelitas prefigura o alimento oferecido por Jesus, o pão da vida. Jesus encarnou-se, assumiu a humanidade e se entregou como o verdadeiro alimento para a vida, que vence a morte. Assim, ele tornou-se o Cordeiro de Deus que tira o pecado do mundo (1,29). Na primeira leitura, Elias é fortalecido pelo Deus da libertação que escuta o clamor do oprimido (cf. Ex 3,7), alimenta e conduz a caminhada: Levanta-te e come! O salmista convida a provar e ver como é bom o Senhor. Na segunda leitura, o Cristo que nos amou e se en-tregou por nós renova em nós o amor, a bondade, a compaixão, o perdão mútuo. Oração

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