Bulletin: Vol. 29 No. 42 October 26th— November 1st, 2019

Altar Boys: Joseph Marincel

817-491-0763 Adoration: Sheila Hughes

817-430-3066

Choir: 8:30 A.M. Helen Marincel

817-491-0763 Library: Sharon Wood

214-497-0783

Choir: 11:00 A.M. Roula Vasquez

972-832-8507 Respect Life: Sheri Josefsberg

940-566-0585

RCIA: Sue Marincel

817-491-0763 Youth Ministry: Sean Widmer

469-323-5865

Lectors: 8:30 AM Mark Caputo

469-230-1533 Religious Ed / SE: Sue Marincel

817-491-0763

Lectors: 11 AM Trevor Rask

503-701-2236 Ushers Robert Kramer

214-488-5635

Parish Council Mouhib Helou

817-845-9953 Legion of Mary Rose Onoh

214-289-4300

Sunday 8:30 A.M. English

11:00 A.M. Bilingual; English/Lebanese

Monday No Mass

Tuesday - Friday 9:00 A.M. English

Saturday 5:30 P.M. English

Reconciliation Saturday - 4:00 - 5:00 P.M.

Eucharistic Adoration Sunday: 2:00 P.M -7:00 P.M.

Rev. Assaad ElBasha, M.L.M., Pastor Deacon George Elandary

Mass Schedule

Monday - Friday: 9:00 A.M. - 7:00 P.M.

Saturday: 9:00 A.M. - 5:30 P.M.

THIS WEEK’S MASS INTENTIONS

Sunday, 10/27 Paul Black

Tuesday, 10/29: Sr. Maria Bernadette, Michael Marincel, Anna Marincel, Helen Marincel, Teresa Marincel, Maxine Bodenhamer, Don & Marian Burkhart

Wednesday, 10/30: Helen Marincel, Teresa Marincel, Maxine Bodenhamer, Don & Marian Burkhart

Thursday, 10/31: Michael Marincel, George & Annie Ramapuram, Teresa Marincel, Jessie Josefsberg, Rose Onoh

Friday, 11/1: Legion of Mary, David Henke, Jessie Josefsberg, Rose Onoh + Repose of the Soul

Daily Scripture Readings Oct 27h thru Nov. 1st Sunday, 10/27: Rom 12:9-21 Mt 25:31-46 Monday, 10/28: 1Cor 10:1-13 Mt 13:44-46 Tuesday, 10/29 1Cor 10:14-24 Mt 13:47-53 Wednesday 10/30: 1Cor 12:1-11 Mt 18:23-35 Thursday, 10/31: 1Cor 12:12-27 Mt 22:15-22 Friday, 11/1: 1Cor 13:1-13 Mt 21:28-31 Saturday, 11/2: Heb 12:18-24 Mt 5:1-12

Sunday of Christ the King: October 27th

Christ the King Sunday, the last Sunday in October (and Reformation Sunday) on the Extraordinary Form Calendar and on the final Sunday of the Liturgical year on the Ordinary Form calendar, is a feast day that focuses on the authority of Christ. While the problems our world faces today differ from the particular events that inspired Pope Pius XI to establish this feast in the 1920s, his message and call to honor Christ the King in a society that denies the authority of Our Lord is no less pertinent now than it was then. The solemnity is a newer feast in the Catholic Church; it was established by Pope Pius XI in 1925. The pontiff was witness to a turbulent time in the world's history. Secularism was on the rise and dangerous dictatorships were emerging in Europe and beyond. Christ had long been referred to as King, but Pope Pius and the Christian faithful saw the respect and reverence for Christ's authority waning in the midst of the unrest during the first part of the 20th century. In response, the feast was set with the intent to reaffirm and refocus faith and respect in the kingship of Jesus.

Next Week’s Liturgical Roles:.

Saturday, November 2nd @ 5:30 PM Lector: Jerry Milam Altar Servers: Isaac Black, Tarun Louis, Chidozie Ugochukwu Ushers: Antonio del Rincon, Mike Hanchette . Sunday, November 3rd @ 8:30 AM Lector: Ogechi Nwaiwu Altar Servers: Sean O’Flaherty, Liam O’Flaherty, Pierce O’Flaherty, Paul O’Flaherty Ushers: Mario Garza, Chris Angus

Sunday, November 3rd @ 11:00 AM Lector: Nada ElGreichy Altar Servers: Michael Chamoun, John Fahoum, Charbel Attie Ushers: Don Hughes, Cesar Maksoud

All Saints Day Prayer

Dear God, thank you for the example of the Saints. I desire to join in their company, worshiping you forever in Heaven.

Please help me follow their footsteps, and yours, Jesus Christ. Please help me to conform myself to Your image, seeking Your

will in all things, as the Saints did. Please help me to devote myself, and all that I do, to Your glory, and to the service of my

neighbors. Amen.

All Saints Day: November 1st

Every December, the secular, cultural celebration of Christmas overshadows the religious holiday on which it is based. Essentially the same thing happens at the end of October, when the way American culture celebrates Halloween overshadows All Saints Day. There’s nothing intrinsically wrong with costumes and candy, but in the minds of most people Halloween has become so detached from its religious roots that they have no idea where it comes from. The old-fashioned word Halloween contributes to this. People may have an inkling that it’s short for “All Hallows Eve,” but that doesn’t help much—because they don’t know what a hallow is or what it means to celebrate the eve of something. English has an unusual double vocabulary, with many words based on Latin roots but others based on German roots. That’s why we have two words for so many things. One example is cat (derived from a German root) and feline (derived from a Latin root). The word hallow belongs to one of these German/Latin pairs. But it’s much less familiar to us than the parallel word from Latin: saint. Hallow comes from the same root as holy, and a person who is hallowed is a saint—someone who has been sanctified or made holy. Thus in the Lord’s Prayer we say “Hallowed be thy name.” If we said that in using words derived from Latin, it would be something like, “Let your name be sanctified”—i.e., may people treat God’s name as something holy and thus honor the holiness of God himself.

The –een part of Halloween is similarly old-fashioned. “E’en” is a contraction of the word even, an older way of saying “evening.” Halloween is thus “All hallows e’en” or “the evening of All Saints Day,” and it came to be celebrated as an early anticipation of the day that followed, the same way people celebrate Christmas Eve in anticipation of Christmas Day. But why celebrate All Saints Day in the first place? Some of our Protestant friends object to the Catholic custom of celebrating certain saints and giving them special attention. Aware that there are liturgical days commemorating individual saints, they want to know why there aren’t celebrations for all the other people in heaven. Don’t all those other people deserve recognition, too? The answer is that they do, and this is why we have All Saints Day. Since there are only 365 days in the year, not every person in heaven can have his own liturgical commemoration, but they all should be recognized for the way they cooperated with God’s grace. Thus All Saints Day was created to commemorate every last individual in heaven, even those whose salvation is known to God alone. So if your departed grandmother is in heaven, even though she’s never been canonized, on All Saints Day the Catholic Church commemorates her and the work God did in her life. She, too, has a place in the liturgical calendar, along-side the more famous saints. Precisely when that day occurs will depend which liturgical calendar you are using. In many Eastern Catholic Churches, the commemoration of all the saints is held on the Sunday after Pentecost, which has a certain logic since Pentecost was the event that led to the evangelization of the world and the salvation of so many souls.

Source: www.catholic.com

SIGN UP TO HOST ICON OF OUR LADY OF LEBANON: Each week two families can sign up to keep the Icon of the Virgin and Child Jesus in their home in honor of the 25th Anniversary of the Eparchy of Our Lady of Los Angeles. Don’t miss out! Sign up now in the Church Lobby!

Last week we collected for $595 for World Mission Sunday. Thank you for

your generosity!

Religious Education Back in Session!

Religious Education (K thru High School) is back in session! Classes meet in the Parish Hall

between the Sunday Masses. For more information, contact Sue Marincel. 817-491-0763

30th Annual Knights of Columbus Scholarships

Application forms are available in the Parish Office for five $800 scholarships; at least three of which will be given to graduating Catholic seniors from Lewisville High School, Marcus High School, or Flower Mound High-School who plan to attend a two-year or four-year college. Also eligible for the remaining two scholarships are Catholic seniors who attend any other high school if a member of St. Philip Youth Group OR who attend any Catholic high school or are home-schooled in the Catholic faith if their parent(s) are members of Our Lady of Lebanon or St. Phillip the Apostle parish and/or their father is a member of Council 9884.

The application involves listing school and church service and writing a short essay on the topic, “The Need to Serve.” Deadline for the application is on or before January 11, 2020. For more information, please email macrivello@hotmail.com.

Masses of Remembrance

Friday, November 1st All Saints Day

(Holy Day of Obligation) Mass begins at 6:00 PM

&

Saturday, November 2nd ALL Souls Day: 5:30 PM

May God Rest Their Souls

Just a friendly reminder to set your clocks back one hour on November 3rd!

Share the giving spirit of the holiday with someone less fortunate. Your generous donation will help feed many families this holiday season.

Our Lady of Lebanon Church is supporting CCA by holding our annual

THANKSGIVING DAY FOOD DRIVE!!

Saturday October 26th thru Sunday, November 17th.

CCA has requested only the following items:

Chicken Broth Evaporated Milk Flour (2lb) Canned Fruit (16 oz) Canned Pie Filling Sugar (2lb) Stuffing Mix (8oz) Canned Yams (16oz) Instant Potatoes

Your donation makes a difference by helping those in need. We thank you in advance for your generosity!

The Congregation of the Maronite Lebanese Missionaries is a community working to announce the gospel anywhere, in the east or the west, without hesitation or delay. Our parish was formed and built through this Order over 25 years ago and remains in their care. Without them, our parish would not exist, and they continue to pray for us! Our Seminarians NEED our Support

We will have a special second collection on Saturday, November 16th & Sunday, November 17th for

The Congregation of the Maronite Lebanese Missionaries (Father Assaad’s own Order)

PLEASE BE GENEROUS. Checks should be made to Our Lady of Lebanon Catholic Church

Respect Life Sunday

Sunday, October 27th is “Respect Life Sunday” in our Nation. It is a time to reflect on the sanctity of all human life and to resolve to be more engaged in taking the necessary steps to insure that our society is one that respects life.

Genesis 1:27 tells us: “God created mankind in His image; in the image of God He created them; male and female He created them.” Therefore, God looks on each of us with love that cannot be outdone in passion or tenderness. Moreover, the Lord invites each of us to see ourselves and each other with the same wonder and awe as we find in that marvelous passage in the Book of Genesis of the Bible. No matter how the world might view us or others, we must treat each person as the created masterpiece that God. St. Ephrem in his commentary on creation notes that God “clothed” the first man and woman “with glory”. That is true of all human beings.

Therefore we must respect what God has created in His own image and like-ness. This is true for the unborn, the elderly, the sick and all who in some way are vulnerable. It is our solemn duty to protect those who cannot protect them-selves. I implore you to open your hearts to life! It has been almost fifty years since abortion has been declared legal throughout our country. We now hear of some States legalizing euthanasia and even the taking the life of infants who have been born. Recently, Pope Francis noted that that “Today the death pen-alty is inadmissible, no matter how serious the crime committed"(Catechism 2267). The issue of life is a serious one. I ask the Blessed Mother, Our Lady of Life, to intercede for us and petition her Son, Jesus Christ. ~Bishop AE Zaidan

Our Lady of Lebanon Icon This Week Goes to

11:00 AM ~ Mouhib & Denise Helou

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