Holy Family Parish
Paróquia Sagrada Família
Holy Family Parish
FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT
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]
Pastor
Reverend Donald G. Lozier, OMI
SAT. MARCH 14 VIGIL: FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT
4:00 PM
John Furtado (5th Anniversary)
SUNDAY MARCH 15: FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT
8:00 AM
10:00 AM
11:45 AM
6:00 PM
Isabelle Morrissette
Mario Ciaravolo (9th Anniv.)
Brazilian Mass
Brazilian Mass
MONDAY MARCH 16
Pastoral Staff
Reverend Gilmond Boucher, OMI
Reverend Jonas Christal (Brazilian)
Sr. Joan Gregoire, SND
Deacon Alvaro Soares
8:00 AM
No Intention
TUESDAY MARCH 17
8:00 AM
7:30 PM
Frank Santos
Brazilian Mass
WEDNESDAY MARCH 18
8:00 AM
McArdle and Healy Family
THURSDAY MARCH 19
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)
Pat Noel (English)
Custodians
Roger Geoffroy
Al Stamp
8:00 AM
Lottie McQuaid
FRIDAY MARCH 20
8:00 AM
George & Catherine McWilliams
SATURDAY MARCH 21 VIGIL: FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT
4:00 PM
Albert J. Dreven (3rd anniv.)
SUNDAY MARCH 22: FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT
8:00 AM
10:00 AM
11:45 AM
6:00 PM
Isabelle Morrissette
Normand St. Amand
Brazilian Mass
Brazilian Mass
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ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON
The Office of Spiritual Life
And the Office of Health Ministry
Offer Regional Morning of Prayer
For Pastoral Visitors and
Eucharistic Ministers to the Sick
“IN THE NAME OF JESUS OF NAZARETH”
Please remember those in the armed services—
keeping us safe.
We also pray for all who have died serving our
country, that they may be welcomed into
paradise, where they will live forever with God.
St. Francis of Assisi Parish
Dracut Ma
Saturday March 28, 2015
10:00 AM to 12:00 noon
There is no charge
To register vall the Office of Spiritual Life at
(617)779-3640
Or e-mail
[email protected]
Holy Family Parish
Pray for…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, Carol
Britton, Jackie Britton, the Buote Family, James
Campbell, Bernadette Chartrand, Helena
Ciaravolo, Millie Ciszek, Dom & Claire
Contardo, Anne Marie Countie, Jane Daly,
Gary Desmond, Mary Dockett, Claire Durkin,
Lee Furtado, Jean Gagne, Sr. Marilyn Gignac,
Donna Gravelle, Frank Holden, Rev. Patrick
Hollywood OMI, Pauline Jankowski, Sally Kelly,
David Kloc, Jim & Annette Knust, Maryann
Lanzara, Rev. Robert Levesque OMI, Liz
Machado,
Sheila McCarthy, Georgette
Mendonca, Manuel Mendonca Sr., Ann Murphy,
Rev. Norman Parent OMI, Jeanne Pinard,
Doris Poisson,
Mary Agnes Rivanis, Rev.
Lucien Sawyer OMI, Mary Sperounis, Henry
Surprenant, Susan Sykes, Brian Tanny, Barbara
Vayo, and Rita Wrenn. May they experience
God’s healing love and comfort.
Please call the Parish Center
to have a name put on the prayer list.
FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT
PRAYER AND REFLECTION
For the Third Sunday of Lent
March 8, 2015
Read: John 2:13-25
Our understanding of who God is and how we
relate to God has not come easily over the
centuries. As we hear today, the Jews were led
to understand the importance of the law. Jesus
came to demonstrate an even deeper truth
rooted in his own self-giving, death, and
resurrection. It was hard to swallow. Paul tells
us that God’s wisdom was a stumbling block for
many. For us, it’s not an either-or situation. We
come to know God both through the guidance of
the law and by personally encountering Jesus,
who gave himself for us.
We acknowledge that God’s wisdom is greater
and deeper than human wisdom. We pray that
the whole human family may be awakened to
God’s unending guidance and love for us.
That the church may continue to be a learning
community, seeking to know God and God’s will
for us… we pray,
For our Jewish brothers and sisters, who show
us how the Law reveals God’s love… we pray,
For all those for whom Christ crucified is a
stumbling block… we pray,
The Light is On For You! Holy Family and all
the parishes and chapels of the Archdiocese of
Boston will be open for individual confessions.
Inviting Catholics to experience Christ’s healing
love through the Sacrament of Reconciliation is
one of the major initiatives of Cardinal Seán and
the Archdiocese this year.
RECONCILIATION AT HOLY FAMILY
Tuesdays
Fr. Jonas at the Church Chapel
6:30—7:15
Wednesdays
Fr. Don at the Parish Center
7:00—8:00 PM
For peace throughout the world, and for
wisdom among those whose decisions impact
war or peace.… we pray,
For those preparing for the sacraments and
reception into the church, and for those who are
teaching and guiding them… we pray,
For the sick, needy, and suffering among us.
For those who have died, and for those who
grieve… we pray,
Prayer
Gracious God, you have lovingly shown
us the way to you. Help us to embrace
your pathway and to walk patiently with
those who struggle. Make us viable
witnesses of the Gospel to all who enter
our lives each day. We pray in the name
of your Son, Christ crucified. Amen.
Celebration 2015
Holy Family Parish
FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT
ST. PATRICK
by Paul Turner
Everyone knows when St. Patrick's Day is.
MARCH 1, 2015
But in the world of Catholic trivia, March 17 is
often something else.
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Patrick has advanced far beyond most other DIzimo needed to meet budget
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saints, into the world of secular calendars,
parades, greeting cards, table decorations, and
parties. Not even the 12 apostles can boast
such a festive following.
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However, because of our quirky church
calendar, many March 17s come and go without
a mention of Patrick at Mass.
Our church ranks saints' days by their
importance.
The principal days are called
“solemnities." Christmas and Easter are the two Holy Family Religious Education classes will
most important. Next are the celebrations continue on Wednesday .March 18.
called "feasts." Here is where we find, among
others, the apostles.
Then there are Class times are:
Grade 1
4:30—5:30
"memorials," the saints of general interest on
Grade 2
4:30—5:40
the universal calendar - like Francis of Assisi,
Grades
3,4,5
5:45—6:50
Therese the Little Flower, and some of our
Grades 6,7,8
6:00—7:15
newest saints like Maximilian Kolbe and Andrew
High
School
6:00—7:00
Dung-Lac and companions. They show the
multiculturalism of the communion of saints.
All classes will be held in the Church Hall.
Then there are "optional memorials." These
saints have limited or local interest, and your If you have questions for classes from grades
community may opt in or opt out of celebrating one through eight, please call Dick Ouellette at
them. These include Nereus and Achilleus, (978)453-2134 X15..
Maria Goretti, Turibius de Mogrovejo, and
believe it or not - Patrick. Consequently, a If you have questions for the High School of
parish could skip over Patrick every year and Religion, please call Jerry Dockett at (978)808celebrate something like "Tuesday of the Fourth 4505.
Week of Lent." When March 17 falls on a
Sunday, Patrick drops out for a year. Sundays
take precedence over optional memorials.
However, the principal patron of a diocese,
parish, or country, takes the status of a
solemnity. When March 17 falls on a Sunday in
Lent, locales under Patrick's patronage may
celebrate his day on March 18.
The liturgical color for Patrick is white, as for
other saintly bishops who were spared a
martyr's death. We reserve green vestments for
Ordinary Time.
A best friend is like a four-leaf clover;
hard to find and lucky to have.
Author Unknown
Holy Family Parish
FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT
“Deus não enviou o seu Filho ao mundo para condenar o mundo,
mas para que o mundo seja salvo por ele.”
IV Dom Quaresma (Ano B): – 2Cr 36,14-16.19-23; Sl 136(137); Ef 2,4-10; Jo 3,14-21.
A conversa de Jesus com Nicodemos assume a conotação de um diálogo com o judaísmo oficial de Jerusalém no tempo em que o evangelho de João foi escrito, depois da
exclusão dos cristãos da sinagoga. Mostra que “os mestres em Israel”, apesar do entendimento que têm das Escrituras, pouco entendem sobre o reino e não nasceram da
água e do Espírito (v. 5), sinais, para os cristãos, da iniciação no caminho de Jesus pelo
batismo. Nicodemos está diante da chance única de fazer o caminho de um novo nascimento.
Sozinho não pode entender, precisa receber a revelação de Jesus, aquele que vem do alto para
tornar-se “filho da humanidade” e que foi exaltado na cruz.
João recorre ao Antigo Testamento para mostrar que, do mesmo modo que no tempo de Moisés,.
a serpente foi um sinal de libertação para o povo no deserto, para a comunidade cristã este sinal é
Jesus, crucificado e glorificado. Ao mesmo tempo ele é o dom do amor de Deus à humanidade.
Deus envia o seu Filho para que a humanidade tenha, já nesta terra, a vida eterna. No confronto
com ele, o mundo se divide em duas categorias: os que aceitam a sua luz e os que a rejeitam pelo
medo de encarar a própria vida na sua luminosidade. É um julgamento.
A quaresma nos coloca diante do gesto supremo do amor de Deus realizado na existência humana de Jesus. Diante do seu gesto, não podemos ficar indiferentes. A sua luz revela a nossa
verdade, e então, dependendo da escolha que fizermos, entramos na vida ou no apagamento de
uma vida sem sentido, que se arrasta centrada em nossos pequenos interesses. Trata-se de agir
movido por Deus, o que significa amor concreto, cada dia, como Jesus que amou sempre e até o
fim.
(Extraído do Dia do Senhor)
Oração
Ó Pai, fonte de luz e de vida,
por teu filho Jesus Cristo
reconciliaste a humanidade dividida.
Arranca de nós toda a sombra de tristeza
e liberta-nos totalmente para que caminhemos cheios de alegria
para as festas pascais que se aproximam.
Por Cristo, nosso Senhor. Amém..
Pe. Jonas D. Christal
(http://palavra-nossa.blogspot.com)
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LEITURAS DA SEMANA:
2a feira: Is 65,17-21; Sl 29(30); Jo 4,43-54.
3a feira: Ez 47,1-9.12; Sl 45(46); Jo 5,1-16.
4a feira: Is 7,10-14;8,10; Sl 39(40); Hb 10,4-10; Lc 1,26-38.
5a feira: Ex 32,7-14; Sl 105(106); Jo 5,31-47.
6a feira: Sb 2,1a.12-22; Sl 33(34); Jo 7,1-2.10.25-30.
Sábado: Jr 11,18-20; Sl 7; Jo 7,40-53.
5o DQ: Jr 31,31-34; Sl 50(51); Hb 5,7-9; Jo 12,20-33.
Holy Family Parish
FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT
HEALING MASS - ST. MARGARET CHURCH
“He sent them forth to proclaim the reign of God and heal the afflicted” (Lk 9:2)
Father Albert MacPherson, O.S.A., of the Augustinian Healing ministry, located at Our Lady
of Consolation Friary, Lawrence, Massachusetts, will conduct a Healing Mass here at St. Margaret
Parish on Monday evening, March 23, 2015 at 7:00pm. Please, come and invite your family, friends
and anyone else who might be in need of healing of any kind to join you.
During the Healing Mass, there will be an opportunity to be anointed with blest oil (not the
sacrament of the sick). Everyone will be invited to come and be anointed and pray for healing of
body, mind, or spirit, for yourself, or intercession for someone else. Jesus is the healer. He says,
“Ask and you shall receive,” so we can trust that God will answer our sincere prayers either the way
we ask or in a much more wonderful way.
Religious books, rosaries, and medals will be on sale in the foyer of the main entrance of the
church. A Collection (free will offering) will be taken up for the support of the Augustinian healing
Ministry.
Father MacPherson began full-time healing in 1983 after years of experience in spiritual renewal work including ten years of pastoral experience. In 1962, he joined the Order of St. Augustine
and professed vows of poverty, chastity and obedience in 1966. Father MacPherson was ordained
to the priesthood in 1974. He did undergraduate studies at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova
Scotia and Villanova University in Pennsylvania. And he did graduate theological studies at the
Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He is a member of The Association of Christian
Therapists.
LIFT Worship Night
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music, a relevant talk, confessions,
Eucharistic Adoration, and is FREE to attend
and open to ALL AGES.
A downloadable flyer, along with more
information about LIFT, can be found on their
website at www.liftedhigher.com. Come and
worship with hundreds of Catholics from
around the Boston area!
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