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Holy Family Parish
Paróquia Sagrada Família
HOLY FAMILY PARISH FIRST 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]
Administrator Reverend Nicholas Sannella
Pastoral Staff Reverend Donald G. Lozier, OMI Reverend Gilmond Boucher, OMI Reverend Cristiano G Barbosa
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)
Custodians Marlene Heiss
John Perry Immaculate Conception
SATURDAY, February 29th
3:00 PM Choir 3:15 PM Confessions 4:00 PM Parishioners & Benefactors SUNDAY, March 1st
8:00 AM Jean Lamoureux 9:30 AM Choir 10:00 AM Joseph Visocchi 11:30 AM Brazilian Mass of Catequese 5:30 PM Brazilian Music 6:00 PM Brazilian Mass
MONDAY, March 2nd 8:00 AM Priests Intention TUESDAY, March 3rd 8:00 AM McArdle Estate WEDNESDAY, March 4th 8:00 AM Priests Intention THURSDAY, March 5th 8:00 AM Royal Estate FRIDAY, March 6th 8:00 AM Priest Intention
SATURDAY, March 7th 3:00 PM Choir 3:15 PM Confessions 4:00 PM Ronald & Eileen Doucette SUNDAY, March 8th 8:00 AM Memorial Mass 9:30 AM Choir 10:00 AM St. Vincent DePaul Benefactors 11:30 AM Brazilian Mass 5:30 PM Brazilian Choir 6:00 PM Brazilian Mass
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HOLY FAMILY PARISH FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT
We pray…..
For those that are sick or recently in the hospital…
John Leonard (ADD)
Dr. Gertrude Bailey, Lucy Balkus, Rina Bedford, Fr. Gilmond Boucher, Bob Brown, Buote Family, Loretta Caira, Bill Calhoun, Anthony Casseta, 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, Pauline Jankowski, Marge Keefe, Carole King, Annette Knust, Jim Knust, Kozowyk Family, Fran & Jerry Labadini, Nora & Bob Labadini, Cindy 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, Sr. Shirley Letourneau Morrison, Aparecida Nascimento, Francis O’Donnell, Linda Paradise, Kim Peirce, Jeanne Pinard, Mary Richardson, Mary Agnes Rivanis, 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, Barbara Vayo, Steven Vayo, Diane Wingfield, Collette Wooldridge.
May they experience God’s healing love and
comfort.
Prayers and Reflections
1st Sunday of Lent – March 5, 2017
INTRODUCTION
The battle between good and evil is writ large in
literature, drama and religion. Today’s readings — indeed, all of Scripture — reveal a truth we know all too well. Even the best of us has experienced the powerful attraction of what we should not do. Our tradition tells us even more profoundly that the story is larger than temptation or failure. We hear, instead, what is possible: Grace, justification, obedience, righteousness and life are the real end of the story.
PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL
Presider: Let us pray, my friends, for ourselves and for all who are confronted by temptation. For the whole church and for all believers who are tempted by evil...as a penitent people, we pray, For peace in a world tempted to enmity with one
another...as a penitent people, we pray,
For those who struggle in a culture that glamorizes temptation...as a penitent people, we pray,
For the courage to acknowledge our own temptations…as a penitent people, we pray,
For the ability to see temptation as a path to grace and goodness…as a penitent people, we pray,
For all who are tempted to despair because of poverty, injustice, violence or any kind of need...as a penitent people, we pray,
For those preparing for the sacraments of initiation...as a penitent people, we pray,
For all in this community who seek physical healing and spiritual wholeness; and for those who have died...as a penitent people, we pray,
LENTEN PRAYER
Almighty and Everlasting God, You have given the human race
Jesus Christ our Savior as a model of humility.
He fulfilled Your will by becoming Man and giving His life on the Cross.
Help us to bear witness to you by following His example of
suffering and make us worthy to share in His Resurrection.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son.
AND KRISPY KREME
HOLY FAMILY PARISH FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT
Memorial Mass Sunday March 8th, 2020
8:00 AM
For: Leo Olney John Souza
From: Elaine Robinson
MONTHLY EVENING OF PRAYER
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Recitation of the Rosary
and special prayers
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION SCHOOL 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR
GRADES 1-8 High School of Religion March 1, 2020
March 15, 2020 March 29, 2020 April 5, 2020
Our parish offers “Online Giving”, a web
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FINANCIAL UPDATE WEEK ENDING 2/16/2020
Offertory 1,554 Comm. Offertory 1,020 Dizimo 480
Total: 3,054
REMINDER: Parishioners who utilize weekly envelopes please keep in mind that you “must” remember to write The $ amount on the back of your envelopes! Thank you
~Counting Committee
HOLY FAMILY PARISH CONFESSIONS; EVERY SATURDAY
3:15—3:45
HOLY FAMILY PARISH FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT
Não só de pão vive o homem, mas de toda palavra que sai da boca de Deus.
I Dom. Quaresma (Ano A): Gn 2,7-9; 3,1-7; Sl 50; Rm 5,12-19; Evangelho - Mt 4,1-11 Jesus, pleno do Espírito Santo, é provado, mas mantém-se fiel à vontade do Pai. Ele revela ser o Messias Servo, solidário com os pobres e excluídos, rejeitando o poder, a glória política e religiosa, as soluções fáceis. Os quarenta dias simbolizam especialmente os quarenta anos passados por Israel no deserto (Nm 14,34). Jesus revive a experiência da fome e da confiança do povo na providência divina. Ele é tentado a transformar as pedras em pães, como no tempo do maná, mas vence a provação, demonstrando a necessidade essencial de alimentar-se da palavra de Deus (v.4; Dt 8,3). No ponto mais alto do templo de Jerusalém, Jesus rejeita todo o desejo de prestígio e afirma que Deus não deve ser colocado à prova (v.7; Dt 6,16). Numa montanha muito alta, Jesus vence a tentação de poder e domínio sobre o mundo, afirmando que somente o Senhor deve ser adorado e servido (v.10; Dt 6,13). O diabo, opositor da obra de Deus Pai e do Filho, retira-se derrotado. Deus envia seus mensageiros para alimentar o Filho, que segue com fidelidade o seu plano.
Na 1ª leitura, o ser humano é ressaltado como criatura de Deus, modelado com amor e animado por seu sopro vital. Colocado no jardim do universo, tem a possibilidade de conhecer o bem e o mal e de escolher o caminho da vida. O salmista ensina a abrir o coração para acolher a misericórdia do Senhor. A 2ª leitura, ao comparar Jesus Cristo com a humanidade pecadora, salienta que onde se multiplicou o pecado, a graça transbordou.
Jesus nos ensina a vencer as tentações de prestígio, poder, riqueza sem compromisso com a justiça e a ética. Recebemos o sopro da vida para mantermos uma relação filial, amorosa com Deus e com sua palavra.
(Extraído da Revista de Liturgia)
Oração
Deus das misericórdias, dá-nos a graça de crescer, ao longo desta quaresma,
no seguimento de Jesus Cristo e de corresponder ao seu amor com uma vida segundo o seu evangelho.
Por Cristo, nosso Senhor.
Amém.
Nossa paróquia oferece“Dando on-line”, baseado em uma web aplica-
tivo eletrônico contribuição.
Confira-nos em… www.osvonlinegiving.com/3125
CELEBRATE THE TRADITIONS OF LENT
Lent is a gift the Church gives us to help us experience the full joy of new life at Easter. Our traditional practices re-mind us that prayer, fasting and abstinence lead to renewal. Mardi Gras: translated as “Fat Tuesday,” Mardi Gras is a final celebration before Lent. It began as an attempt to use up rich food forbidden during Lent and people feasted on such items as pancakes, sausages, and sweets. This is a joyful way to face the fasting and abstinence of the next day, Ash Wednesday. Meatless Fridays: Abstaining from meat on Fridays is a sacrifice as penance for sin. It is also a sign of solidarity with the hungry all over the world. Easter Eggs: An early practice of Lent was to abstain from milk and eggs. When Lent was over, eggs were decorated and given back to symbolize Christ’s gift at Easter. Stations of the Cross: This is a way to reflect on the events of Jesus’ journey to Calvary. Many churches display images before which people can pray while performing this devotion. Confession: Jesus created the Sacrament of Reconciliation to help us remember God’s unlimited mercy. When we hear the priest utter the words, “I absolve you of your sins,” we know that he is conveying God’s forgiveness and help-ing us make a fresh start.
HOLY FAMILY PARISH FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT
HOLY TRINITY CHURCH We invite you to attend on the
1st Saturday of each month a Marian Devotion which will consist of
15 Decades of the Rosary and other prayers to honor Our Lady.
It will be held at Holy Trinity Church
340 High Street Lowell, MA
Beginning @ 6:00 PM We hope you will consider joining us. For further information please call 978-454-4395 (Anna or Ted)
FEBRUARY CALENDAR WINNERS
FEB WEEK #1 Amount
1 Mr. & Mrs. Moriarty $75.00
2 Mr. & Mrs. Allan Marsh $50.00
3 Ms Anita Campbell $25.00
4 Ms Adonia Amanfo $25.00
5 Marilyn LeClair $25.00
6 Vanessa Knowlton & Butch $25.00
7 Chuck Campbell $25.00
8 Mr. Normand Lemire $50.00
9 Mr. & Mrs. John Modrich $50.00
FEB WEEK #2 Amount
10 Amy Souza $25.00
11 Norman Lemire $25.00
12 Jeannine Donahoe $25.00
13 Susan Pelland $25.00
14 Mr. & Mrs. Allan Marsh $25.00
15 Carley Crowther $50.00
16 Susan Pelland $50.00
FEB WEEK #3 Amount
17 Ms. Jean Cull $25.00
18 Mrs. Christine McLean $25.00
19 Virginia Janeiro $25.00
20 Peggy Rusky $25.00
21 Heidi Linnehan $25.00
22 Marilyn LeClair $50.00
23 Maureen Mulryan $50.00
FEB WEEK #4 Amount
24 Richard Crowther $25.00
25 Deborah Robitaille $25.00
26 Francine Rafferty $25.00
27 Mr. & Mrs. Modrich $25.00
28 Mr. George Hansen $25.00
29 Thomas Malavich $75.00
February 29/March 1
Next weekend, we will officially launch the 2020 Catholic Appeal in our parish. Each year, we are called to make a gift to the Appeal
so that we can support the Archdiocese and the many Central Ministries that make our parishes, schools, and communities strong-
er. This is our Church and every gift to the Appeal makes an important difference in the lives of so many. If you would like more
information, or to make an early gift online, please visit the new and improved Catholic Appeal website at: bostoncatholicap-
peal.org. Thank you in advance for your generosity!
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