PARISH DIRECTORY Bishop Francis Kalabat Bishop of the Diocese of St. Thomas the Apostle of Detroit Fr. Pierre Konja Administrator Fr. Emanuel Rayes Retired in residence Linda Arabo Office Administrator Nancy Beba Pastoral Associate Office Hours Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Tel: 248-356-0565 Fax: 248-356-5235 E-mail: Ourladyofchaldeans@gmail.com ONLINE GIVING Mother of God Parish offers online giving a web based electronic contribution application that is safe and secure. you can manage contributions online or continue having your offering envelopes mailed to you. To sign up for online giving please visit our website at www.ourladyofchaldeans.com Stay in touch with your parish on FACEBOOK Mother of God Chaldean Catholic Church June 11 th, 2017 Pope Francis: In moments of darkness choose the path of prayer and hope The pope s daily homily from Santa Marta VATICAN CITY Pope Francis on Friday urged Christians not to fall into the trap of vanity in moments of pain and sorrow, but to resort to prayer, patience and hope in God. The pope s words came in his homily at morning Mass, in the chapel of his residence at the Santa Marta. Do not be misled by the cosmetic beauty of vanity, he said, but let that joy of God enter your hearts, thanking the Lord for the salvation he grants us. Reflecting on the first reading from the Book of Tobit, the Pope went through the story of a father-in-law and a daughter-in-law: 2nd Of Apostles JOEL. 2:15-26 1 COR. 5:6-6:11 LK. 7:31-50 (continued on page 2) األحد الثاني للرسل:الخاطئة تصبح قديسة: رحمة هللا ال حد لها! - البطريرك لويس روفائيل ساكو القراءات الولا من أعمال الرسل )4: 5 22( ت ظه ر إصرار اليهود على رفض اإلنجيل ومضايقتهم للتالميذ. والااليو من الرسالة األولى إلى أهل قورنثية )5: 6 11( تدعو إلى التجديد الجذري في الفكر والقلب والتأقلم بحسب إنجيل المسيح. والاالاو من إنجيل لوقا )7: 66 55( تروي توبة امرأة خاطئة. امرأة خاطئة "مؤمس" معروفة في المدينة تأتي إلى يسوع مقتحمة بيت الفريسي بشكل غير متوقع ومن دون أية اعتبارات خصوصا في مجتمع يهودي تقليدي محافظ وتعبر عن حب فائق.. إنها أحبت كثيرا لذلك تدفقت مشاعرها كالشالل! هذا اللقاء خلق فيها "نمطا جديدا " أعمق للحياة. يقيم اإلنجيلي مقارنة بين سلوكيات الفريسي )الرجل المتدين( وأدبياته السلفية! وإنسانية يسوع ومحبته ورحمته وتعبير المرأة الوجداني. والدرس العظيم الذي يجب إن نتعلمه هو: إن هللا أبونا كريم يغفر من دون حد)قصة االبن الشاطر في لوقا 15( ونحن أيضا ينبغي أن نؤنسن عالقاتنا وان نغفر مثله وال نقف حاجزا أمام الغفران كاألخ األكبر في مثل االبن الشاطر! الفريسي سمعان ظل في إطار اإلعجاب والمجامالت دون أن يذهب إلى أبعد ويفهم األمور بمستوى آخر وادان المرأة: "إنها خاطئة" بينما المرأة خرجت من مطبات الخطيئة ودخلت إلى عمق التغيير- التجديد. الخاطئة تواجه التحدي بشجاعة وثقة وذكاء وتقف وراء يسوع مثل المرأة المنزوف )لوقا 3446( )التتمة في الصفحة 2( 1 Mother of God Church 25585 Berg Road, Southfield, MI 48033
THE GOOD NEWS (continued from page 1) Tobit, the father of Tobiah who became blind; and Sarah, Tobiah s wife, who had been held responsible for the death of several men. The Pope said the passage shows how the Lord carries forward the history and the life of persons, including ours. In fact, he said, Tobit and Sarah lived through bad times and good times, as it happens over life. Tobit was persecuted, teased and insulted by his wife, who in the end, the pope said, was not a bad woman, because she had to manage the house as he was blind. Sarah too was insulted and suffered much. Passing through some very bad times, both of them, the Holy Father said, thought it is better to die. He said: We ve all been through bad times, though not as bad as this, but we know how its feels in times of darkness, in moments of pain, in times of difficulty, we know. But then Sarah thinks: If I hang myself, I will make my parents suffer. So she stops and prays. And Tobit says, But this is my life, let s go forward, and he prays. Prayer is the attitude that saves us in bad times. And patience, because both of them are patient in their suffering. And hope that God will listen to us and help us get through these bad moments. In moments of sadness, little or great, and in moments of darkness, we need prayer, patience and hope. Do not forget this. There are also bright moments in their stories but the Pope stressed it is like a happy ending of a novel. After the test, the Lord comes close to them and saves them. But there are some beautiful and authentic moments, not with beautiful cosmetics which are artificial, or all fireworks, which is not the beauty of the soul. And what do both of them do in the beautiful moments? They thank God, broadening their hearts with prayers of thanksgiving. The Pontiff exhorted those attending Mass to ask themselves whether, in various phases of life, we are able to discern what is happening in our soul, aware that the bad moments are the crosses and that one needs to pray, to have patience and have at least a bit of hope. The Lord is always there beside us when we turn to Him in prayer and thank Him for the joy that He has given us, he said. Through discernment, Sarah realized that she should not take her own life; Tobit realized that he had to wait, in prayer and hope for the Lord s salvation. Pope Francis invited everyone to re-read these passages of the Bible: While reading this Book this weekend, let us ask for grace of discerning what happens in the bad times of our lives, and how to go on; and what happens in the beautiful moments, and not be misled by vanity. Aleteia.org Vatican Radio Jun 09, 2017 )التتمة من الصفحة 1( ألنها ال تقدر أن تواجهه وال تريد أن يذكرها أحد بانها خاطئة! بينما الفريسي يقف وجها لوجه مع يسوع متحد يا إياه: لو يعرف أنها خاطئة! يشك بمعرفة يسوع وقفت المرأة تبكي.. تغسل قدميه بدموعها وتسكب عليهما عطرا فاخرا وتقبلهما كالخادمة وتنشفهما بشعر رأسها. ألنها "أحبت كثيرا". الخاطئة تترك جسدها السجين لتبدأ بأيد فارغة مسيرة جديدة غنية إلى هللا بالروح والحق مثل السامرية )يوحنا 42-441(! مما فج ر فيها حرية داخلية تكسر العادات والتقاليد حبها وصل إلى القمة وصارت قديسة. العطر يعبر عن مجانية العالقة. حياتنا ليست ألنفسنا نعيشها بأنانية وكبرياء إنما هي لألخر الذي نحبه. وفرحها الغامر بلقاء يسوع جعلها تنسى كل شيء وتبدأ بداية جديدة. لتصل إلى عمق سره العجيب. اعتقد يقينا أن ما ساعد المرأة على البلوغ إلى هذه النهاية السعيدة هي نظرة يسوع إليها كإنسانة بعيدا عن كل التعقيدات والتداعيات. نظرة رحمة ورأفة وليس إدانة وحكم. وهذا ما شجعها على مواصلة حوارها الصامت. توبتها تعبير عميق لشعورها باأللم والندامة فجعلت دموعها معموديتها وشعرها منشفة والطيب عطر محبتها. إزاء هذا الموقف كان جواب يسوع للفريسي: "هذه المرأة الخاطئة أحبت كثيرا فخطاياها مغفورة. إيمانك خلصك خطاياك مغفورة". العبرة: سواء كانت خطايانا كثيرة أو قليلة ال يهم فاهلل يغفر لنا إذا تبنا وتغيرنا. المحبة وليدة التوبة. التوبة شعور عميق بالخطأة وبأهمية التغيير واإلصالح. الدرس من خالل المقارنة بين الفريسي ويسوع والمرأة هو: محبة هللا تستقبلنا وتحتضننا دوما من دون حد. عدم االستعجال في الحكم على األخرين وإدانتهم بسبب صورة مسبقة. فهم الحركة بين المغفرة والمحبة. المغفرة تتحول إلى التزام وأمانة والعديد من القديسين كانوا خطأة كبار!! 2
PARISH SCHEDULE AND WEEKLY INFORMATION BAPTISM: We celebrate Baptism at 2:00 pm on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month. Please call the parish office at least two weeks in advance to see if a date is available. ANOINTING OF THE SICK: Please call the parish office to make arrangements for Anointing or to receive the Eucharist. MARRIAGE: Please schedule at least six months before you plan to be married and before you make arrangements for the reception, please call the parish office to make an appointment with the priest to begin the necessary preparations. LITURGICAL SCHEDULE Saturday Vigil Mass 4:00 PM English Sunday Masses 8:30 AM عربي/ Arabic 01:11AM English 11:30 AM Morning Prayer 12:00 PM سورث/ Chaldean 7:00 PM English Weekday Masses 8:00 AM English at ECRC 9:30 AM Morning Prayer 10:00 AM سورث/ Chaldean NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING CLASSES First and third Wednesday of every even month from 7:30-9:30 pm. MARRIAGE CLASSES First, second and third Thursday of every odd month from 8:00-10:00 pm. Wednesday 5:00 PM Adoration 6:00 PM English Mass Confession 5-6 pm Wednesday 6-7 pm Sunday (or by appointment) YOU CAN LISTEN TO MOG SUNDAY HOMILIY BY VISITING OUR CHURCH WEBSITE AT: www.ourladyofchaldeans.com FINANCIAL STATUS Sunday Goal: $7,000 Sunday Collection (June 4 th ): $4,573 Over/(Under): ($2,427) Monthly Online Donation Goal: $4,000 Monthly Online Collection (April): $1,480 Over/(Under): ($2,520) *Sign up for online donation at www.ourladyofchaldeans.com 3
THE CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH PART ONE THE PROFESSION OF FAITH SECTION TWO THE PROFESSION OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH CHAPTER THREE I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT II. THE NAME, TITLES, AND SYMBOLS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Symbols of the Holy Spirit 694 Water. The symbolism of water signifies the Holy Spirit's action in Baptism, since after the invocation of the Holy Spirit it becomes the efficacious sacramental sign of new birth: just as the gestation of our first birth took place in water, so the water of Baptism truly signifies that our birth into the divine life is given to us in the Holy Spirit. As "by one Spirit we were all baptized," so we are also "made to drink of one Spirit." 27 Thus the Spirit is also personally the living water welling up from Christ crucified 28 as its source and welling up in us to eternal life. 29 695 Anointing. The symbolism of anointing with oil also signifies the Holy Spirit, 30 to the point of becoming a synonym for the Holy Spirit. In Christian initiation, anointing is the sacramental sign of Confirmation, called "chrismation" in the Churches of the East. Its full force can be grasped only in relation to the primary anointing accomplished by the Holy Spirit, that of Jesus. Christ (in Hebrew "messiah") means the one "anointed" by God's Spirit. There were several anointed ones of the Lord in the Old Covenant, pre-eminently King David. 31 But Jesus is God's Anointed in a unique way: the humanity the Son assumed was entirely anointed by the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit established him as "Christ." 32 The Virgin Mary conceived Christ by the Holy Spirit who, through the angel, proclaimed him the Christ at his birth, and prompted Simeon to come to the temple to see the Christ of the Lord. 33 The Spirit filled Christ and the power of the Spirit went out from him in his acts of healing and of saving. 34 Finally, it was the Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead. 35 Now, fully established as "Christ" in his humanity victorious over death, Jesus pours out the Holy Spirit abundantly until "the saints" constitute - in their union with the humanity of the Son of God - that perfect man "to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ": 36 "the whole Christ," in St. Augustine's expression. 696 Fire. While water signifies birth and the fruitfulness of life given in the Holy Spirit, fire symbolizes the transforming energy of the Holy Spirit's actions. The prayer of the prophet Elijah, who "arose like fire" and whose "word burned like a torch," brought down fire from heaven on the sacrifice on Mount Carmel. 37 This event was a "figure" of the fire of the Holy Spirit, who transforms what he touches. John the Baptist, who goes "before [the Lord] in the spirit and power of Elijah," proclaims Christ as the one who "will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire." 38 Jesus will say of the Spirit: "I came to cast fire upon the earth; and would that it were already kindled!" 39 In the form of tongues "as of fire," the Holy Spirit rests on the disciples on the morning of Pentecost and fills them with himself 40 The spiritual tradition has retained this symbolism of fire as one of the most expressive images of the Holy Spirit's actions. 41 "Do not quench the Spirit." 42 697 Cloud and light. These two images occur together in the manifestations of the Holy Spirit. In the theophanies of the Old Testament, the cloud, now obscure, now luminous, reveals the living and saving God, while veiling the transcendence of his glory - with Moses on Mount Sinai, 43 at the tent of meeting, 44 and during the wandering in the desert, 45 and with Solomon at the dedication of the Temple. 46 In the Holy Spirit, Christ fulfills these figures. The Spirit comes upon the Virgin Mary and "overshadows" her, so that she might conceive and give birth to Jesus. 47 On the mountain of Transfiguration, the Spirit in the "cloud came and overshadowed" Jesus, Moses and Elijah, Peter, James and John, and "a voice came out of the cloud, saying, 'This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!'" 48 Finally, the cloud took Jesus out of the sight of the disciples on the day of his ascension and will reveal him as Son of man in glory on the day of his final coming. 49 698 The seal is a symbol close to that of anointing. "The Father has set his seal" on Christ and also seals us in him. 50 Because this seal indicates the indelible effect of the anointing with the Holy Spirit in the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy Orders, the image of the seal (sphragis) has been used in some theological traditions to express the indelible "character" imprinted by these three unrepeatable sacraments. 4
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ANNOUNCEMENTS Mother Of God Church 6 th Annual Golf Outing Fundraiser Will Be On Saturday July 8 th At Shenandoah Country Club. For Registration And Sponsorship Please Go To www.moggolfouting.com OR Contact Our Church Office. Walk With Jesus High School Girls Retreat (For Ages 14-18) Is July 13-16 Limited Spots Available. For Registration Please Email wwjretreat@gmail.com. Tuesday, June 13 Is The Memorial Of St. Anthony, Mass Will Be At 10 AM And 6:30 PM. Thursday, June 15 Is The Feast Of The Holy Eucharist, Mass Will Be At 10 AM And 6:30 Pm. After The 6:30 PM Mass, There Will Be A Procession With The Eucharist. Novena To The Sacred Heart Of Jesus Starts On Thursday, June 15. Father-elect (Deacon) Patrick Setto Has Been Assigned To Become Parochial Vicar of Mother of God Church. His Assignment Will Become Effective On July 1 st Which Also Happens To Be His Day Of Ordination. He Will Not Begin His Assignment Until August. Fr. Jarjis Abrahim Has Submitted His Resignation Because He Has Reached The Canonical Age Of 75. The Resignation Has Been Accepted And His Retirement Will Become Effective On July 1 st. Fr. Fadi Philip Has Been Assigned To Celebrate Mass Once A Month To The Chaldean Community That Live In Jacksonville, Florida. Fr. Hermiz Haddad Has Been Assigned To Celebrate Mass Once A Month To The Chaldean Community That Live In Boston, Massachusetts. 6
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