St. Jude Maronite Catholic Church

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1 : St. Jude Maronite Catholic Church FATHER ELIE ABI CHEDID, PASTOR DEACON JACK MANHIRE, PH.D. Parish Council President - Amine Harb Women s League President - Paula Harb Music Director - Sharon Luhrs Office Manager/Secretary - Barbara Fidler Bulletin Editor - Diane Manhire MASS TIMES Saturday Vigil - 5:30 pm Sunday: 9:15 am & 11:15 am Daily Mass Tuesday & Wednesday - 6 pm Friday - 12:15 pm Parish Council & Finance Committee Members Khalil Abou-Jaoude Gail Bell Stanley Chlastawa Myrla Cromer Telma Domingues Barbara Fidler Ann Geagea Amine Harb Bill Hinshaw Sheila Love Elias Maroun John Shaheen Dr. Sam Wakim HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION 6 p.m. ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT & VENERATION OF ST. CHARBEL S RELIC Every 22 nd of the month 9:00 am - 5:00 pm PARISH OFFICE HOURS Monday-Wednesday & Friday 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Thursday - Closed BAPTISM Call the Parish Office for information. MATRIMONY Arrangements with the Pastor must be made at least six months in advance. One of the parties must be registered in the Parish & attending mass for at least 3 months. MARONITE CHRISTIAN FORMATION (Religious Education) Communion - Saturdays 4-5 pm Confirmation - Saturdays 2:30-3:30 pm RECONCILIATION Saturdays before the 5:30 pm mass COMMUNION FOR THE SICK Please call the Parish Office. Announcement to Virgin Mary November 24-25, Dr. Phillips Blvd. Orlando, FL phone fax stjudemaronitecatholicchurch@gmail.com facebook.com/stjudemaronitecatholicchurch

2 FROM THE DEACON S DESK Today we are celebrating the Announcement to the Blessed Virgin Mary. This marks the dawn of our salvation when Mary conceived our Blessed Lord through the power of the Holy Spirit. Her Yes to almighty God is an incredible example to us of faith and trust. At the time she was a young girl, probably 13 or 14 years old and was betrothed to Joseph. She didn t say Let me think about it or Let me ask Joseph. She simply said I am the handmaid of the Lord. Be it done unto me according to your word. In so doing she not only agreed to give birth to our Savior, she risked Joseph repudiating her and, if he did so, she could have been stoned to death for adultery! We are therefore celebrating a joyful but a challenging event. Joyful, because it marks the dawn of our salvation; challenging, because we too are asked to say Yes to almighty God in our discipleship of his Son and the continuation of his mission to our world. Our Blessed Mother said Yes and, in the words of St John, The Word became flesh and dwelt among us; we are called upon to say Yes and bring the Word to our world through lives of faith. We should therefore stop and ask ourselves how readily we respond to God s call and before we pat ourselves on the back we should remember that his call only rarely comes through an angelic vision. In the Last Judgment parable we heard a few weeks ago those who were on his left hand asked when they had seen him in need and did not respond to him. Jesus replied Whenever you did it not to the least of my brothers, you did it not to me. God s call comes to us in our everyday lives as we are confronted with the needs of our neighbors and every time we minister to those needs we say Yes to God and manifest his presence to those we serve. This is a tremendous privilege as well as a great responsibility and one which we could not possibly discharge were it not for the grace of almighty God, the inspiration of his word in sacred scripture and the nourishing power of the sacraments. Let us pray that, like Mary, we will say Yes to God because our Yes to him is also our Yes to salvation. God Bless You, Deacon Jack DeaconJack@SaintJudeChurch.org Sat 11/24 5:30 pm Sun 11/25 9:15 am Sun 11/25 11:15 am Mon 11/26 Tues 11/27 6 pm Wed 11/28 6 pm Thur 11/29 Fri 11/30 12:15 pm Sat 11/30 5:30 pm Sun 12/1 9:15 am Sun 12/1 11:15 am + For Peace in our Country & the World + Seamus Nestor RIP by the Nestor Family + + Wilfred Pio L. Ferrao RIP by Liam Rodrigues + + NO MASS + Victims of the California Fires + For the Parish + NO MASS Mass Intentions + Andrew Napolitano RIP by Theresa & Robert Downey + + Peace in our Country and in the World + For the Souls in Purgatory + Ana & Steve Jayson Happy 22nd Anniversary SI by the Jayson Family + WEEKLY COLLECTION for the weekend of November 17-18, 2018 will be reported next week as this bulletin had to be printed early because of the Thanksgiving Holiday. OUR SECOND COLLECTION This week: Renovation Work on the Building Next Week: Building Fund CHANGES TO MASS TIMES MASS TIMES Saturday Vigil - 5:30 p.m. Sunday: 9:15 a.m. & 11:15 a.m. Daily Mass Tuesday & Wednesday - 6 p.m. Friday - 12:15 p.m. No Mass Mondays & Thursdays Reconciliation - Saturdays before 5:30 p.m. mass Holy Days of Obligation - 6 p.m. CHANGES TO CLASS TIMES Confirmation Class - Saturdays 2:30-3:30 p.m. First Communion Class - Saturdays 4-5 p.m.

3 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 1 st Tuesday of each month Parish Council Mtg.7 pm Communion Class Saturdays 4-5 pm Confirmation Class Saturdays 2:30-3:30 pm Second Sunday of the month Portuguese Mass 6 pm 22 nd of each month Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament & St. Charbel Relic Veneration 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. MEMORIALS To sponsor a religious gift in memory or honor of your loved one, or for a special intention, please call the parish office Memorials & Special Intentions - $50 each/month) CURRENT SPONSORS ALTAR CANDLES SPONSORS + + November - In memory of Joseph G. Hanna RIP + + December - In memory of Joseph G. Hanna RIP SANCTUARY LAMP SPONSORS + + November - In memory of Joseph G. Hanna RIP + + December - In memory of Joseph G. Hanna RIP ALTAR BREAD & WINE SPONSORS + + November - Reinhardt Family RIP by Barbara Torten + + December - Fagan Family by Bill & Elizabeth Fagan + + January '19 - Reinhardt Families RIP by Barbara Torten + + February '19 - Torten Families RIP by Barbara Torten + + March '19- Eiserle Families RIP by Barbara Torten CHARCOAL & INCENSE SPONSORS + + November - Fagan's Intentions by Bill & Elizabeth Fagan + + December - Special Intentions by Buck & Clara Hall SPECIAL INTENTIONS + + November - For Our Country by Bill & Elizabeth Fagan + + December - Edward Beaton RIP by Dorothy Beaton LECTOR-USHER SCHEDULE NOVEMBER /24-11/25 Announcement to the Virgin Mary Gal 3:15-22 & Lk 1: :30 p.m. Lector: Bob Rodgers (E) Ushers: Mike & Donna Harrison 9:15 a.m. Lector: Jezebelle Kinealy (E&S) Ushers: Pat Nichols & Ted Khoury 11:15 a.m. Lectors: Nour Zikra (E) & Nader Zikra (A) Ushers: Tony Rouhana & Amine Harb PASTOR'S WISH LIST If you can donate any of these items, make a donation for them, or have any questions, please contact the parish office at or stjudemaronitecatholicchurch@gmail.com. Thank you. Fr. Elie Items needed: + + Rugs for the Altar area + + A runner for stairs in front of the Altar + + A processional cross with two candles + + Two cabinets with locks behind the Altar + + Chalices and patens refurbishing We need Lectors &Ushers at all masses Please Deacon Jack at DeaconJack@SaintJudeChurch.org if you can help. We need Altar Boys at all masses (Boys are eligible to be Altar Boys once they have made their First Communion.)Training will be provided. Please call the Parish Office at Christmas Party Saturday, December 8, 2018 St. Jude Social Hall $50 per person Children's Christmas Party Sunday, December 9, 2018 after 11:15 mass St. Jude Social Hall $15 per adult $5 per child - 12 & under Tickets available after masses. We will have our Angel Tree at the entrance to the church. Each ornament has a gender and age on it. Please choose an angel and return your unwrapped gift to the church. Thank you for being an angel to a needy child.

4 ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE VIRGIN MARY Galatians 3:15-22 The Promise to Abraham Brothers and Sisters: I give an example from daily life: once a person s will has been ratified, no one adds to it or annuls it. Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring; it does not say, And to offsprings, as of many; but it says, And to your offspring, that is, to one person, who is Christ. My point is this: the law, which came four hundred thirty years later, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to nullify the promise. For if the inheritance comes from the law, it no longer comes from the promise; but God granted it to Abraham through the promise. Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring would come to whom the promise had been made; and it was ordained through angels by a mediator. Now a mediator involves more than one party; but God is one. Is the law then opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could make alive, then righteousness would indeed come through the law. But the scripture has imprisoned all things under the power of sin, so that what was promised through faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. Praise be to God always! Luke 1:26-38 The Birth of Jesus Foretold The Evangelist said: In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you. But she was much perplexed by his words and pondered what sort of greeting this might be. The angel said to her, Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And now, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you will name him Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his ancestor David. He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end. Mary said to the angel, How can this be, since I am a virgin? The angel said to her, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called Son of God. And now, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son; and this is the sixth month for her who was said to be barren. For nothing will be impossible with God. Then Mary said, Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word. Then the angel departed from her. This is the truth. Peace be with you. NEXT WEEK S READINGS - Eph 1:14 & Lk 1:39-45 DAILY READINGS Monday: Gal 3:1-6 & Lk 11:27-32 Tuesday: Gal 3:7-14 & Mt 11:25-30 Wednesday: Gal 3:23-29 & Mt 13:54-58 Thursday: Gal 4:1-7 & Mt 12:46-50 Friday: Gal 4:8-12 & Jn 6:40-44 Saturday: Gal 4:13-20 & Lk 10:21-24 ST. JUDE PRAYER CHAIN Please send your request to songbird728@gmail.com. Please list the details of the request you want shared with those members on the St. Jude Prayer Chain. Want to be added to the "Warrior" List - those who pray for others, us. For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them. Matthew 18:20 T he Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Temple is a liturgical feast celebrated on November 21. The feast is associated with an event recounted not in the New Testament, but in the apocryphal Infancy Narrative of James. According to that text, Mary s parents, Joachim and Anne, who had been childless, received a heavenly message that they would bear a child. In thanksgiving for the gift of their daughter, they brought her, when still a child, to the Temple in Jerusalem to consecrate her to God. Mary remained in the Temple until puberty, at which point she was assigned to Joseph as guardian. Later versions of the story tell us that Mary was taken to the Temple at around the age of three in fulfillment of a vow. Tradition held that she was to remain there to be educated in preparation for her role as Mother of God. POPE FRANCIS INTENTIONS NOVEMBER 2018 Universal In Service of Peace That the language of love and dialogue may always prevail over the language of conflict.

5 We are compiling information for a Parish Directory. Please complete the form below. INFORMATION FORM FOR PARISH DIRECTORY (Please print clearly) Name: Name of spouse: Address: Phone Home: Mobile: Work: Address: Occupation: Children s name/age: Original rite: Original country: Languages spoken: Mass preferred time: Envelope Number: Please complete the above form and return it to the church via Mail or , Fax, or by hand. stjudemaronitecatholicchurch@gmail.com or FrChedid@Hotmail.com Saint Jude Maronite Catholic Church 5555 Dr. Phillips Boulevard, Orlando, FL fax stjudemaronitecatholicchurch@gmail.com