Third Sunday of Lent

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1 Third Sunday of Lent The Law was given through Moses. Exodus , 7-8, We proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to some, but to those who are the called, the wisdom of God. 1 Corinthians 1.18, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. John Mass Intentions Saturday, March 3 5:00 pm Mass: George & Jean Strang Sunday, March 4 / 3-Lent 9:00 am Mass: Giuseppe Perri 11:00 am Mass: Catherine McCann Monday, March 5 12:10 pm Mass: Frank Bernard McMillan 7:00 pm Baptism Preparation Course in Church 12:10 pm Mass: Grace Duffy Tuesday, March 6 Wednesday, March 7 St. Perpetua & St. Felicity, Martyrs 12:10 pm Mass: Gerald Shane

2 Thursday, March 8 St. John of God, Religious 12:10 pm Mass: Gertrude Parent Friday, March 9 / St. Frances of Rome, Religious 12:10 pm Mass: Patsy Dolan 7:00 pm Stations of the Cross; led by Legion of Mary Saturday, March 10 9:00 am Mass: Russell Cooper 5:00 pm Mass: Noreen Wilkie Sunday, March 11 / 4-Lent Second Collec on: Church Projects Daylight Saving Time Begins Don t forget Spring Forward March Break begins Lenten Week of Penance KOC Membership Drive Coffee Hospitality Sunday following Mass 9:00 am Mass: Jacque Mulcahy 11:00 am Mass: Rosa Ariganello We pray that the God of compassion and kindness will uphold the sick, especially: Carol Anne Bloor and the suffering and the recovering and for those who have died, especially: Patricia Archer, Margaret Bolton, Kathleen O Neill, Rev. M. Gerard Scott and for victims of recent world tradegies.

3 THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT - March 4, 2018 Living the Gospel by providing for homeless youth On any given night, 6,000 people across Canada between 16 and 24 have nowhere to call home. This represents 20 per cent of the total homeless population. The ShareLife-supported Rights of Passage program at Covenant House has been active in making a positive difference in the lives of homeless youth on the streets of Toronto. The program matches adolescents with mentors, who help them build life skills. By supporting ShareLife, you re helping at-risk youth prepare for life on their own. March 18 is ShareLife Sunday. Please give generously. Baptism Preparation / Baptism A Baptism Preparation course for infants will take place this Monday, March 5 at 7:00 pm in Guardian Angels Church. If you are not registered, please pick up forms at the Parish Office or for information please call x121. Faith Formation and Prayer Group invite you to This Week-The Catechism Series: A Love that Lasts: Discovering Authentic Love. Where: Guardian Angels parish hall Tuesday night from 7:00 to 8:30 pm and Wednesday morning from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm.

4 Knights of Columbus The Knights of Columbus will hold their monthly Council meeting this Tuesday, March 6 at 7:00 pm followed by the Bernard Doyle Club (Holdings) meeting at approximately 8:00 pm. Second Collection: Church Projects A second collection will be taken at all Masses next weekend March 10/11 for the special projects at our Churches. Guardian Angels Church: Building Fund Sacred Heart Church: We Look Forward Fund Coffee Hospitality-Sunday, March 11 Following 9:00 am & 11:00 am Masses Please come and join us for a Coffee Hospitality Sunday. Socialize and keep in touch with old friends and meet new members of our parish community in the parish hall. A Big Thank-you! The Catholic Women s League would like to thank everyone who participated in our CWL Purse Project. The response was overwhelming. Your generosity filled over 82 purses. Gina Latour, Communications

5 The Passion of the Christ Movie The movie will be shown on Thursday, March 8 at 1:00 pm (BYOL) and 6:45 pm in the Guardian Angels parish hall. Please come and join us. Diocesan-Wide Day of Confessions Spread the Grace! Tuesday, March 14 th 10:00 am to Noon - Guardian Angels Church Guardian Angels Church Invites everyone from Sacred Heart, St. Columbkille and St. Francis of Assisi Churches for this healing Sacrament. St. Patrick s Day Dinner- Saturday, March 17 th The Knights of Columbus and the Catholic Women s League are hosting a St. Patrick s Dinner in the parish hall. Traditional Corn Beef & Cabbage. Tickets are $ Social hour at 6:00 pm. Dinner at 7:00 pm. CWL will be selling tickets following today s Mass or by calling Graham at or Sue at Parish Lenten Mission Liberation of our Minds in Christ: A Lenten Journey Father Denis Lemieux will be presenting a series of hour long talks starting Sunday evening, March 18 th until Wednesday evening, March 21 st at 7: :00 pm. For more information please call

6 Volunteer Opportunites Looking for volunteer opportunities to accompany your Lenten journey? Our Parish Outreach to Seniors ministry creates a parish community that meets the needs of our seniors through companionship and social visits. If you d like to join our extraordinary group of trained volunteers, or if you would like to have a visitor, please leave your name and number at x 135 or at seniors.guardianangels@gmail.com. Coming Up Mar 6 St. Bernard School Mass: Bill Johnston - 9:30 am Mar 7 St. Bernard Lenten Reconciliation - 9:15 am Mar 10 Trillium Manor Mass: Francis Phillips - 10:00 am Message of the Holy Father Francis for Lent 2018 Because of the increase of iniquity, the love of many will grow cold (Mt 24: 12). Continued False prophets can also be charlatans, who offer easy and immediate solutions to suffering that soon prove utterly useless. How many young people are taken in by the panacea of drugs, of disposable relationships, of easy but dishonest gains! How many more are ensnared in a thoroughly virtual existence, in which relationships appear quick and straightforward, only to prove meaningless! These swindlers, in peddling things that have no real value, rob people of all that is most precious: dignity, freedom and the ability to love. They appeal to our vanity, our trust in appearances, but in the end they only make fools of us. Nor should we be surprised. In order to confound the human heart, the devil, who is a liar and the father of lies (Jn 8:44), has always presented evil as good, falsehood as truth. That is why each of us is called to peer into our

7 heart to see if we are falling prey to the lies of these false prophets. We must learn to look closely, beneath the surface, and to recognize what leaves a good and lasting mark on our hearts, because it comes from God and is truly for our benefit. A cold heart In his description of hell, Dante Alighieri pictures the devil seated on a throne of ice, [2] in frozen and loveless isolation. We might well ask ourselves how it happens that charity can turn cold within us. What are the signs that indicate that our love is beginning to cool? More than anything else, what destroys charity is greed for money, the root of all evil (1 Tim 6:10). The rejection of God and his peace soon follows; we prefer our own desolation rather than the comfort found in his word and the sacraments.[3] All this leads to violence against anyone we think is a threat to our own certainties : the unborn child, the elderly and infirm, the migrant, the alien among us, or our neighbor who does not live up to our expectations. Guardian Angels Parish February 24/ February 25/ Total Donation: $4,073 $2,879 Thank you everyone for your most generous donation. Please remember your Parish in your Will or Estate Plan.