FR. PIERRE S MESSAGE TO THE PARISH

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1 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: Fax: 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 Stay in touch with your parish on FACEBOOK Mother of God Chaldean Catholic Church March 26 th, 2017 FR. PIERRE S MESSAGE TO THE PARISH One of the gifts that we get throughout the Lent season is the opportunity to walk with Jesus as he preaches and prepares the people for His death. Throughout the Fridays and Sundays of this season the Gospels are constantly alluding to the people of Judah trying to arrest and condemn Jesus. As beautiful as the mysteries of the rosary are, the rosary is a relatively short prayer. As beautiful as Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday are, they're just a few days. Lent, however; is seven weeks of reflecting and growing closer to Jesus through His preaching and His subsequent arrest and demise. (continued on page 2) الصليب الذيأحبته األم تيريزا وحملته في كل قد يصعب مالحظة ذلك إال أن صورة التقديس الرسمية لألم تيريزا تظهر ما ي عرف ب صليب الوحدة على ورديتها. إن صليب الوحدة مرتبط بحركة شين ستات إذ استحدثه أول جيل من اإلكليريكيين الشيليين في هذه الحركة الذين درسوا في البرازيل وسويسرا. مكان 5th of Lent GEN. 16:1-16 ROM. 12:1-21 JN. 7:37-52; 8:12-20 وي ظهر صليب الوحدة يسوع على صليب منخفض ما يسمح لمريم بأن تكون على مقربة منه تجمع دماءه في كأس هو في وسط الصورة. وبحسب الحركة فإن األب أنجيل فيسانتي سيرو هو من صمم هذا الصليب. انهى العمل في العام ٠٦٩١ وقدمه الى مزار حركة شين ستات في بيالفيستا في سانتياغو دي شيلي. ويحافظ مزار الحركة في شتوتجارت ألمانيا على الصورة األصلية. ويفسر المونسنيور بيتر وولف قائال بأن األم تيريزا وجدت نسخة طبق األصل عن هذا الصليب بين القمامة في الطريق ولم تكن تعرف أي شيء عن تاريخه. اكتشفته بعدها عندما زارت الفاتيكان والحظت أنه الصليب الذي يضعه حول عنقه األسقف )فرانسيسكو( إيرازوريز ]من سانتياغو شيلي[ الذي كان حينها األمين العام لمجمع معاهد الحياة المكرسة. قالت له االم تيريزا أن هذا الصليب يعبر خير تعبير عن ما تريد هي وجماعتها القيام به: أي اقتفاء آثار مريم والوقوف عند أقدام صليب المسيح للقائه هناك. فقدم لها األسقف الذي أصبح بعدها كارديناال مئات النسخ عن صليب الوحدة لتقدمه للراهبات. )التتمة في الصفحة ) 2 1 Mother of God Church Berg Road, Southfield, MI 48033

2 THE GOOD NEWS (continued from page 1) One of the important steps to becoming a disciple of Jesus Christ is realizing and accepting the cost of discipleship. Not that we have to earn our faith, or earn our salvation, or pay for our eternal life, but following Jesus requires sacrifice. Being a disciple, Jesus requires our whole being, and that is often times uncomfortable, but we will never be satisfied unless we rest in the call of discipleship of Jesus Christ. We are now in the fifth week of Lent, three more weeks until the feast of the resurrection of Jesus. We should be nestled into our fasts and our dedicated prayer for the season, and now the period of testing gets real. We get challenged, are you serious about being a disciple? Are you serious about your Lenten offerings? Are you ready to die and rise with Jesus Christ? I encourage all the faithful to prayerfully read through the entire Gospel of John as we prepare for the ending of the lent and the beginning of the resurrection! I know I'm asking a lot, but I challenge you to holiness, I challenge you to enter deeply into this season to resurrect with Jesus!! -Fr. Pierre Konja )التتمة من الصفحة ) 1 وفي الواقع تحدث الكاردينال إيرازوريز بنفسه عن هذه الحادثة فقال ال تزال ذكرى هذا الحوار مع األم تيريزا حول صليب الوحدة متقدة في ذاكرتي. حي تني وعندما رأت الصليب الذي أضعه حول عنقي وهو نسخة عن صليب الوحدة رفعت قليال المعطف الذي كانت ترتديه فوق الساري ودل ت على صليب صغير تضعه دائما حول عنقها. )لم تذكر أي تفصيل بشأن مصدر الصليب(. أضافت: هذه هي والدة للا مع أفقر الفقراء. سألتني وهي تودعني إن كان بإمكاني تقديم ٣ آالف صليب مماثل ألنها تريد لكل أخت من أخوات الرحمة أن يكون لها واحدا. أردت أن أقدم لهن هذه الهدية. وجدت ما يكفي من المانحين فطلبت الصلبان من المكسيك وأرسلتها لها. كاتلي ن أتروك ar.aleteia.org صالة االم تريزا ي ارك عندما اجوع.. اعطني انسانا يكون في حاجة الى طعام عندما اعطش.. ارسل الي أخا عطشانا لكي ارويه عندما اشعر بالبرد.. ابعث الي فقيرا أدفئه ي ارك حينما اشعر بثقل صليبي.. ساعدني أن أتقاسم صليب االخر حينما اكون فقيرا.. قدني الى شخص يعاني م العوز حينما يضيق بي الوقت.. هبني انسانا اعطيه بعضا م وقتي وحينما يارك يذلني احد.. دعني اجد م امدحه وحينما اشعر باالحباط والقنوط.. ارسل الي اخا كي اشجعه حينما اليفهمني الناس.. اعطني انسانا يحتاج الى تفهمي وتقديري ي ا رك اعط لكل جائع الخبز اليومي اعطيه خصوصا السالم والفرح وأجعله اداة الحب والسالم في االرض كلها. آمي 2

3 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: FINANCIAL STATUS Sunday Goal: $7,000 Sunday Collection (March 19 th ): $5,518 Over/(Under): ($1,482) Monthly Online Donation Goal: $4,000 Monthly Online Collection (February): $2,395 Over/(Under): ($1,605) *Sign up for online donation at 3

4 THE CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH PART ONE THE PROFESSION OF FAITH SECTION TWO THE PROFESSION OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH CHAPTER TWO I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD ARTICLE 4 "JESUS CHRIST SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE, WAS CRUCIFIED, DIED, AND WAS BURIED" III. JESUS AND ISRAEL'S FAITH IN THE ONE GOD AND SAVIOR 587If the Law and the Jerusalem Temple could be occasions of opposition to Jesus by Israel's religious authorities, his role in the redemption of sins, the divine work par excellence, was the true stumbling-block for them Jesus scandalized the Pharisees by eating with tax collectors and sinners as familiarly as with themselves. 364 Against those among them "who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others", Jesus affirmed: "I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." 365 He went further by proclaiming before the Pharisees that, since sin is universal, those who pretend not to need salvation are blind to themselves. 366 Jonah,... greater than Solomon", something "greater than the Temple"; his reminder that David had called the Messiah his Lord, 371 and his affirmations, "Before Abraham was, I AM", and even "I and the Father are one." Jesus asked the religious authorities of Jerusalem to believe in him because of the Father's works which he accomplished. 373 But such an act of faith must go through a mysterious death to self, for a new "birth from above" under the influence of divine grace. 374 Such a demand for conversion in the face of so surprising a fulfillment of the promises 375 allows one to understand the Sanhedrin's tragic misunderstanding of Jesus: they judged that he deserved the death sentence as a blasphemer. 376 The members of the Sanhedrin were thus acting at the same time out of "ignorance" and the "hardness" of their "unbelief". 377 IN BRIEF 552Jesus did not abolish the Law of Sinai, but rather fulfilled it (cf. Mt 5:17-19) with such perfection (cf. Jn 8:46) that he revealed its ultimate meaning (cf.: Mt 5:33) and redeemed the transgressions against it (cf. Heb 9:15). 585Jesus gave scandal above all when he identified his merciful conduct toward sinners with God's own attitude toward them. 367 He went so far as to hint that by sharing the table of sinners he was admitting them to the messianic banquet. 368 But it was most especially by forgiving sins that Jesus placed the religious authorities of Israel on the horns of a dilemma. Were they not entitled to demand in consternation, "Who can forgive sins but God alone?" 369 By forgiving sins Jesus either is blaspheming as a man who made himself God's equal, or is speaking the truth and his person really does make present and reveal God's name Only the divine identity of Jesus' person can justify so absolute a claim as "He who is not with me is against me"; and his saying that there was in him "something greater than 553Jesus venerated the Temple by going up to it for the Jewish feasts of pilgrimage, and with a jealous love he loved this dwelling of God among men. The Temple prefigures his own mystery. When he announces its destruction, it is as a manifestation of his own execution and of the entry into a new age in the history of salvation, when his Body would be the definitive Temple. 554Jesus performed acts, such as pardoning sins, that manifested him to be the Savior God himself (cf. Jn 5:16-18). Certain Jews, who did not recognize God made man (cf. Jn 1:14), saw in him only a man who made himself God (Jn 10:33), and judged him as a blasphemer. 4

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