PARISH DIRECTORY Bishop Francis Kalabat Bishop of the Diocese of St. Thomas the Apostle of USA Fr. Sanharib Youkhanna Rector Fr. Patrick Setto Parochial Vicar Fr. Emanuel Rayes Retired in residence Linda Arabo Office Administrator Aiser Shammami Pastoral Associate Office Hours Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Tel: 248-356-0565 Fax: 248-356-5235 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 SEPTEMBER 29TH 2019 3RD OF ELIJAH Pray this novena and St. Therese might send you a rose from Heaven Countless people (even Pope Francis) attest to the mysterious appearance of roses at the end of their novena in honor of St. Therese of Lisieux. It is not very While this bold claim can be interpreted in a spiritual way, many people believe that St. Therese has answered their prayers with a physical rose. Pope Francis is one of the most well-known proponents of the rose novena. According to the Catholic News Agency, Pope Francis said to journalists, When I don t know how things are going to go, I have the custom of asking Saint Therese of the Child Jesus to take the often that God will allow a visible, tangible sign that confirms a particular prayer request. Often we are left confused and not entirely certain that God heard our prayers (though sometimes we will look back and see God s hand at work regardless of a sign). On the other hand, St. Therese of Lisieux, a Carmelite nun who lived during the late 1800s, has repeatedly been the channel through which God has confirmed countless prayer intentions. She said before she died, My mission to make God loved will begin after my death I will spend my heaven doing good on earth. I will let fall a shower of roses. problem into her hands and that she send me a rose. Continued in page (2) البابا في مقابلته العام ة: دماء الشهداء تضمن نمو وخصوبة شعب هللا أجرى قداسة البابا فرنسيس صباح يوم األربعاء مقابلته العامة مع المؤمنين في ساحة القديس بطرس واستهل تعليمه األسبوعي بالقول من خالل كتاب أعمال الرسل نتابع اتباعنا لمسيرة: مسيرة اإلنجيل في العالم. ي ظهر القديس لوقا وبواقعي ة كبيرة إن كان خصوبة هذه الرحلة وإما قيام بعض المشاكل في داخل الجماعة المسيحية. لقد كان هناك مشاكل منذ البداية. كيف يمكننا أن نوازن بين االختالفات التي تتعايش في داخلها بدون أن تحصل نزاعات وانشقاقات تابع األب األقدس يقول لم تكن الجماعة تستقبل اليهود وحسب وإنما اليونانيون أيض ا واألشخاص القادمين من الشتات وغير اليهود مع ثقافاتهم وتقاليدهم ومن أديان أخرى. نحن نسم يهم اليوم وثنيين هؤالء جميع ا كانوا ي قبلون. هذا التعايش يحد د توازن ا هش ا وغير ثابت وإزاء الصعوبات يظهر الزؤان وما هو الزؤان األسوأ الذي يدم ر الجماعة زؤان التذم ر وزؤان الثرثرة: وبالتالي كان اليونانيون يتذ مرون بسبب إهمال الجماعة تجاه أراملهم. أضاف الحبر األعظم يقول بدء الرسل عملي ة تمييز تقوم على أخذ الصعوبات جيد ا بعين االعتبار والبحث عن الحلول مع ا. ووجدوا مخرج ا من خالل تقسيم مختلف المهام من أجل نمو مسالم للجسم الكنسي بأسره ولكي يتحاشوا إهمال مسيرة اإلنجيل والعناية باألفراد األشد فقر ا. لقد كان الرسل يدركون على الدوام أن دعوتهم األساسي ة هي الصالة وإعالن كلمة هللا: الصالة وإعالن اإلنجيل وقد حل وا المشكلة إذ أنشأوا مجموعة من س بع ة ر جال ل هم س مع ة ط ي ب ة م مت ل ئين م ن الر وح والح كم ة )أعمال ٣( ٦ لكي يهتم وا بخدمة الموائد بعد أن ينالوا وضع األيدي. إن هم الشمامسة الذين أقامهم الرسل من أجل الخدمة. فالشماس في الكنيسة ليس كاهن ا من الدرجة الثانية بل هو أمر آخر كذلك هو ليس للمذبح وإنما للخدمة. إنه حارس الخدمة في الكنيسة. وعندما يكون هناك شماس يحب كثير ا الصعود على المذبح يكون م خطئ ا في هذا األمر ألن هذه ليست دربه. يشك ل هذا التناغم بين خدمة الكلمة وخدمة المحبة الخميرة التي تنم ي الجسم الكنسي. تابع البابا فرنسيس يقول أقام الرسل سبعة شمامسة ومن بين هؤالء الشمامسة السبعة تمي ز بشكل خاص اسطفانوس وفيليبس. بش ر اسطفانوس بالقو ة والحق ولكن كلمته واجهت مقاومة عنيدة وإذ لم يجدوا األسلوب إليقافه ماذا فعل أعداؤه اختاروا الحل األحق ر لتدمير كائن بشري : أي االفتراء أو شهادة الزور. ونحن نعلم أن االفتراء يقتل على الدوام. التتمة في صفحة )2 ( 1 Mother of God Church 25585 Berg Road, Southfield, MI 48033
Continued in page (2) THE GOOD NEWS The pope reportedly will receive white roses in answer to a prayer, while others claim they receive red roses at the conclusion of their nine days of prayer. While people might ask if there are particular magic words that will make the rose appear, there exists no such thing. God does not respond to prayers that are insincere and are only looking for a sign. God rewards those who pray from their heart and who are prepared to do his will, no matter what the result may be. Those who pray the rose novena do so out of their love of God and their desire to follow the little way of St. Therese. She taught during her life how we should do small things with great love. Whatever it is, even it is washing the dishes, the key is to do it with great love. Technically the rose novena does not require a specific formula to invoke St. Therese s intercession, but for those who are not sure what to pray, below is the most common prayer that millions of souls have prayed over the years. Often people will pray this for a period of nine days and at the end of the nine days, a rose might appear to confirm that prayer intention. You are never guaranteed a rose, but to someone who is ready to receive God s will, anything is possible. O Little Therese of the Child Jesus Please pick for me a rose from the heavenly garden and send it to me as a message of love. O Little Flower of Jesus, ask God to grant the favors I now place with confidence in your hands ( mention your special prayer request here ). St. Therese, help me to always believe as you did, in God s great love for me, so that I may imitate your Little Way each day. Amen. By: Philip Kosloski التتمة من الصفحة )1 ) هذا السرطان الشيطاني الذي يولد من الرغبة في تدمير سمعة شخص ما يصيب باقي الجسم الكنسي أيض ا ويؤذيه بشكل خطير عندما وألجل مصالح خسيسة أو ألجل إخفاء تقصير ما يتم تشكيل ائتالف من أجل تلويث سمعة شخص ما. أضاف األب األقدس يقول وإذ سيق إلى المجلس وتم اتهامه من قبل شهود زور تمام ا كما فعلوا مع يسوع وكما سيفعلون مع جميع الشهداء من خالل شهود الزور واالفتراء أعاد اسطفانوس قراءة التاريخ المقد س الذي يترك ز في المسيح: ففصح المسيح الذي مات وقام من الموت هو المفتاح لتاريخ العهد بأسره. وإزاء وفرة العطي ة اإللهية هذه يدين اسطفانوس الرياء الذي تم من خالله التعامل مع األنبياء والمسيح ويذك رهم بتاريخهم ويقول: أ ي ا م ن األ نب ياء لم ي ضط ه ده آباؤكم فق د قت لوا ال ذين أ نب أ وا ب م ج يء البار ول ه أ صب حت م أنت م اآلن خ و ن ة وق ت ل ة )أعمال (. ٢٥ ٧ هو ال يستعمل أنصاف الكلمات بل يتكل م بوضوح ويقول الحقيقة. هذا األمر تابع الحبر األعظم يقول سبب رد ة فعل عنيفة في السامعين وح كم على اسطفانوس بالموت إذ حكم عليه بالرجم. ولكن ه أظهر المعدن الحقيقي لتلميذ المسيح. لم يبحث عن مهرب ولم يستجر بشخصيات يمكنها إنقاذه بل وضع حياته بين يدي الرب والصالة التي رفعها في تلك اللحظة هي جميلة جد ا إذ قال: ر ب يسوع ت قب ل روحي )أعمال ٧ ٥۹( ومات غافر ا كإبن هلل: يا رب ال ت حس ب عل يهم هذه الخ طيئ ة )أعمال ٠٦(. ٧ تعل منا كلمات اسطفانوس هذه أن ليست الخطابات الجميلة هي التي ت ظهر هوي تنا كأبناء هلل وإنما فقط تسليم حياتنا بين يدي اآلب والمغفرة لمن يسيء إلينا. كذلك تعل منا هذه الكلمات أن نرى نوعي ة إيماننا. وختم البابا فرنسيس تعليمه األسبوعي بالفول إن الشهداء اليوم هم أكثر من الشهداء في بداية حياة الكنيسة ونجدهم في كل مكان. إن كنيسة اليوم غني ة بالشهداء يرويها دمهم الذي هو بذرة مسيحيين جدد ويؤم ن نمو وخصوبة شعب هللا. الشهداء ليسوا مجر د صور مقد سة بل رجال ونساء من لحم وعظم وكما يقول سفر الرؤيا وقد غ س لوا ح ل ل هم وب ي ضوها ب د م الح م ل )رؤيا ٤١(. ٧ إنهم المنتصرون الحقيقيون. لنطلب نحن أيض ا من الرب إذ ننظر إلى شهداء اليوم واألمس أن نتعل م عيش حياة كاملة ونقبل استشهاد األمانة اليومية لإلنجيل وللتشب ه بالمسيح. الفاتيكان نيوز 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 10:00AM 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 four Thursdays of every even month from 7:00-10:00 pm For more information please visit: www.ecrc.us/marriage-prep Wednesday 11:00 AM-6:00 PM Adoration 6:00 PM English Mass Confession 5-6 pm Wednesday 6-7 pm Sunday (or by appointment) YOU CAN LISTEN TO OUR CHALDEAN PARISHES SUNDAY HOMILIES BY DOWNLOADING PODCASTS APP ON YOUR PHONES AND SUBSCRIBING TO ST. THOMAS CHALDEAN DIOCESE FINANCIAL STATUS Sunday Goal: $8,000 Sunday Collection (September 12): $5,833 Over/(Under): $(2,167) Monthly Online Donation Goal: $4,000 Monthly Online Collection (August): $1,526 Over/(Under): $(2,474) *Sign up for online donation at www.ourladyofchaldeans.com 3
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SAINT OF THE WEEK Saint Thérèse of Lisieux I prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul. These are the words of Thérèse of Lisieux, a Carmelite nun called the Little Flower, who lived a cloistered life of obscurity in the convent of Lisieux, France. And her preference for hidden sacrifice did indeed convert souls. Few saints of God are more popular than this young nun. Her autobiography, The Story of a Soul, is read and loved throughout the world. Thérèse Martin entered the convent at the age of 15 and died in 1897 at the age of 24. Life in a Carmelite convent is indeed uneventful and consists mainly of prayer and hard domestic work. But Thérèse possessed that holy insight that redeems the time, however dull that time may be. She saw in quiet suffering a redemptive suffering, suffering that was indeed her apostolate. Thérèse said she came to the Carmel convent to save souls and pray for priests. And shortly before she died, she wrote: I want to spend my heaven doing good on earth. Thérèse was canonized in 1925. On October 19, 1997, Pope John Paul II proclaimed her a Doctor of the Church, the third woman to be so recognized in light of her holiness and the influence of her teaching on spirituality in the Church. Her parents, Louis and Zélie, were beatified in 2008, and canonized in 2015. Reflection Thérèse has much to teach our age of the image, the appearance, the self. We have become a dangerously selfconscious people, painfully aware of the need to be fulfilled, yet knowing we are not. Thérèse, like so many saints, sought to serve others, to do something outside herself, to forget herself in quiet acts of love. She is one of the great examples of the gospel paradox that we gain our life by losing it, and that the seed that falls to the ground must die in order to live. Preoccupation with self separates modern men and women from God, from their fellow human beings, and ultimately from themselves. We must re-learn to forget ourselves, to contemplate a God who draws us out of ourselves, and to serve others as the ultimate expression of selfhood. These are the insights of Saint Thérèse, and they are more valid today than ever. Saint Thérèse is the Patron Saint of: Florists Missionaries Pilots Priests 6
THE CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH PART TWO: THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY SECTION TWO THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH CHAPTER ONE THE SACRAMENTS OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION Article 3 THE SACRAMENT OF THE EUCHARIST V. The Sacramental Sacrifice Thanksgiving, Memorial, Presence 1361 The Eucharist is also the sacrifice of praise by which the Church sings the glory of God in the name of all creation. This sacrifice of praise is possible only through Christ: he unites the faithful to his person, to his praise, and to his intercession, so that the sacrifice of praise to the Father is offered through Christ and with him, to be accepted in him. The sacrificial memorial of Christ and of his Body, the Church 1362 The Eucharist is the memorial of Christ's Passover, the making present and the sacramental offering of his unique sacrifice, in the liturgy of the Church which is his Body. In all the Eucharistic Prayers we find after the words of institution a prayer called the anamnesis or memorial. 1363 In the sense of Sacred Scripture the memorial is not merely the recollection of past events but the proclamation of the mighty works wrought by God for men. 182 In the liturgical celebration of these events, they become in a certain way present and real. This is how Israel understands its liberation from Egypt: every time Passover is celebrated, the Exodus events are made present to the memory of believers so that they may conform their lives to them. 1364 In the New Testament, the memorial takes on new meaning. When the Church celebrates the Eucharist, she commemorates Christ's Passover, and it is made present the sacrifice Christ offered once for all on the cross remains ever present. 183 "As often as the sacrifice of the Cross by which 'Christ our Pasch has been sacrificed' is celebrated on the altar, the work of our redemption is carried out." 184 1365 Because it is the memorial of Christ's Passover, the Eucharist is also a sacrifice. the sacrificial character of the Eucharist is manifested in the very words of institution: "This is my body which is given for you" and "This cup which is poured out for you is the New Covenant in my blood." 185 In the Eucharist Christ gives us the very body which he gave up for us on the cross, the very blood which he "poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins." 186 1366 The Eucharist is thus a sacrifice because it re-presents (makes present) the sacrifice of the cross, because it is its memorial and because it applies its fruit: [Christ], our Lord and God, was once and for all to offer himself to God the Father by his death on the altar of the cross, to accomplish there an everlasting redemption. But because his priesthood was not to end with his death, at the Last Supper "on the night when he was betrayed," [he wanted] to leave to his beloved spouse the Church a visible sacrifice (as the nature of man demands) by which the bloody sacrifice which he was to accomplish once for all on the cross would be re-presented, its memory perpetuated until the end of the world, and its salutary power be applied to the forgiveness of the sins we daily commit. 187 7
ANNOUNCEMENTS.CoM program for High Schoolers will start on Monday, Oct 7 th and continue every Monday thereafter from 7:00 PM-9:00 PM. Come learn about your religion while meeting and socializing with new and old friends. Come and join us for Hope & Healing mass with blessings on Friday, October 4th at 7:00 pm for those dealing with fertility and pregnancy loss. Reception with speakers will follow in the church basement. Honor the LORD with your wealth, with first fruits of all your produce Proverbs 3:9 Easy * Fast * Secure 8
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