St. Jude Maronite Catholic Church FR. BASSAM M. SAADE, D.MIN., PASTOR DEACON JACK MANHIRE, PH.D. Fr. Bassam MASS TIMES Saturday Vigil - Sunday: & 11 a.m. Monday - Wednesday Thursday - Communion Service Friday - HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION As noted NOVENAS Following Weekday Masses St. Joseph - Tues. Miraculous Medal - Wed. St. Jude - Thurs. Sacred Heart & St. Jude - Fri. Every 3 rd Friday - Divine Mercy Novena ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT & VENERATION OF ST. CHARBEL S RELIC Every 22nd of the month from - PARISH OFFICE HOURS Monday-Wednesday & Friday 9:00 a.m. - 3 p.m. Thursday - Closed Parish Council President - Amine Harb Women s League President - Paula Harb Music Director - Jasmin Vilca Organist - Sharon Luhrs Office Manager/Secretary - Barbara Fidler Bulletin Editor - Diane Manhire Parish Council & Finance Committee Members Jean Abi-Aoun Gail Bell Stanley Chlastawa Myrla Cromer Telma Domingues Michael Hazzourie Bill Hinshaw Diane Homsi Sheila Love Elias Maroun Imad Nasnas John Shaheen Leo Shalhoub BAPTISM Call the Parish Office for information. MATRIMONY Arrangements with Fr. Bassam 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 at 3:30 p.m. Confirmation - Call the Parish Office. RCIA Every 2nd & 4th Tuesday at 7 p.m. RECONCILIATION Saturdays before the mass or by appointment. COMMUNION FOR THE SICK Please call the Parish Office. 4th Sunday after the Holy Cross October 7-8, 2017 5555 Dr. Phillips Blvd. Orlando, FL 32819 407-363-7405 phone 407-363-7793 fax stjudemaronitecatholicchurch@gmail.com www.saintjudechurch.org https://www.facebook.com/stjudemaronitecatholicchurch
i FROM THE DEACON S DESK The Rosary October is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary and especially to the Rosary. The Rosary is a Scripture-based prayer. It begins with the Apostles Creed, which summarizes the great mysteries of the Catholic faith. The Our Father, which introduces each mystery, is from the Gospels. The first part of the Hail Mary is the angel s words announcing Christ s birth and Elizabeth s greeting to Mary. St. Pius V officially added the second part of the Hail Mary. The Mysteries of the Rosary center on the events of Christ s life. There are four sets of Mysteries: Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious and added by Pope John Paul II in 2002 the Luminous. One Our Father and ten Hail Marys make up a decade (10) of the Rosary. 5 decades make up the Rosary. The repetition in the Rosary is meant to lead one into restful and contemplative prayer related to each Mystery. The gentle repetition of the words helps us to enter into the silence of our hearts, where Christ s spirit dwells. The Rosary can be said privately or with a group. The origins of the rosary are sketchy at best. The use of prayer beads and the repeated recitation of prayers to aid in meditation stem from the earliest days of the Church and has roots in pre-christian times. Evidence exists from the Middle Ages that strings of beads were used to count Our Fathers and Hail Marys. Actually, these strings of beads became known as Paternosters, the Latin for Our Father. The structure of the rosary gradually evolved between the 12th and 15th centuries. Eventually 50 Hail Marys were recited and linked with verses of psalms or other phrases evoking the lives of Jesus and Mary. During this time, this prayer form became known as the rosarium ( rose garden ), actually a common term to designate a collection of similar material, such as an anthology of stories on the same subject or theme. During the 16th century, the structure of the five-decade rosary based on the three sets of mysteries prevailed. Tradition does hold that St. Dominic (d. 1221) devised the rosary as we know it. Moved by a vision of our Blessed Mother, he preached the use of the rosary in his missionary work among the Albigensians, who had denied the mystery of Christ. In 1572, Pope St. Pius V established the Feast of the Holy Rosary on October 7, where the faithful would remember the powerful intercession of our Blessed Mother. Archbishop Fulton Sheen said, The rosary is the book of the blind, where souls see and there enact the greatest drama of love the world has ever known; it is the book of the simple, which initiates them into mysteries and knowledge more satisfying than the education of other men; it is the book of the aged, whose eyes close upon the shadow of this world, and open on the substance of the next. The power of the rosary is beyond description. God Bless You, Deacon Jack DeaconJack@SaintJudeChurch.org Sat 10/7 Sun 10/8 Sun 10/8 11 a.m. Mon 10/9 Tues 10/10 Wed 10/11 Thur 10/12 Fri 10/13 Sat 10/14 Sun 10/15 Sun 10/15 11 a.m. Mass Intentions + Peace in the World by Fr. Bassam + Bill & Francine Dawson SI by Sr. Rose Hoeffner + St. Jude Parish & Parishioners SI by Fr. Bassam + Sal Assal RIP by Anne Texier + Samir Wakim 6 month Anniversary RIP by Dr. Samuel Wakim & Family + Michel Saade 27th Anniversary RIP by Hilda Saade & Family + Wilma O'Rourke RIP by Sharon & Vern Brann + Anthony Bono SI by Valerie Bono + Julie Marie Bono SI by Valerie Bono + Joan Brown SI by Debi Brown + Joan Brown SI by Debi Brown + Rita Geary Happy Birthday SI by Sr. Rose Hoeffner + Francis Mullahy SI by Kristin Strickland & Family + Ed Brown SI by Debi Brown + Dr. John F. Connolly RIP by A.M. Connoly & Family + Peace in the World by Fr. Bassam + Jaime Zuluga RIP by Chris Cole Chalita WEEKLY COLLECTION for the weekend of September 30 - October 1, 2017 Sunday Collection/Donations $2,162. Candles/Gifts 92. Donations 20. Coffee & Sweets 97. Total Collections/Donations $2,372. # of envelopes used: 44 # of attendees: 302 Thank you for your generosity and support! OUR SECOND COLLECTION This week: Operational Maintenance Next Week: Religious Education Joyful Mysteries (Monday & Saturday) Sorrowful Mysteries (Tuesday & Friday) Luminous Mysteries (Thursday) Glorious Mysteries (Wednesday & Sunday)
CALENDAR OF EVENTS 1 st Tuesday of each month Parish Council Mtg 7 p.m. First Communion & Confirmation Classes Every Saturday at 3:30 p.m. 2 nd & 4 th Sunday of each month Portuguese Mass 6 p.m. 22 nd of each month Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament & St. Charbel Relic Veneration - October 21 - Fr. Bassam's Anniversary Celebration 7 p.m. November 12 - Festival of Baskets COMMUNION & CONFIRMATION CLASSES at 3:30 p.m. in the Parish Social Hall for those who are registered. Call the Parish Office at 407-363-7405. Christianity does not exist without the Cross. The Cross is not an ornament to place on the altar but is the mystery of God s love who takes our sins upon Himself. Pope Francis MEMORIALS If you would like to sponsor one of the religious gifts in memory of your loved ones, in honor of someone, or for a special intention, please call the parish office at 407-363-7405. (Memorials/Special Intentions $50 each/month) & Altar Flowers ($100/wk) CURRENT DONORS ALTAR CANDLES SPONSORS + + October - Nicholas Dandan RIP by Mr. & Mrs. George Dandan SANCTUARY LAMP SPONSORS + + October - Christopher, Jacob & Margarita SI by the Jayson family ALTAR BREAD & WINE SPONSORS + + October - SI by the Raad Family by Raad & Olga Raad CHARCOAL & INCENSE SPONSORS + + October - SI by the Raad Family by Raad & Olga Raad SPECIAL INTENTIONS + + October - Michel Saade RIP & deceased members Saade & Matta families by Hilda Saade & family To honor Fr. Bassam for his 25th Anniversary to the Priesthood, there will be a dinner at the Rosen Centre Hotel on Saturday, October 21, 2017 at 7 p.m. Invitations are available. We are preparing a Commemorative Memory Journal for Fr. Bassam. You can share your favorite story/ memory of him, a message, or just to wish him Happy Anniversary. This journal will be prepared and bound as a gift to Fr. Bassam. There is a form in the Parish Vestibule or call the Parish Office at 407-363-7405 for more information. Prayer Before the Crucifix Look down upon me, good and gentle Jesus while before Your face I humbly kneel and, with burning soul, pray and beseech You to fix deep in my heart lively sentiments of faith, hope, and charity; true contrition for my sins, and a firm purpose of amendment. While I contemplate, with great love and tender pity, Your five most precious wounds, pondering over them within me and calling to mind the words which David, Your prophet, said to You, my Jesus: They have pierced My hands and My feet, they have numbered all My bones. Amen. God Answers Prayers
4TH SUNDAY AFTER THE HOLY CROSS 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 - Concerning times and seasons, brothers, you have no need for anything to be written to you. For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief at night. When people are saying, Peace and security, then sudden disaster comes upon them, like labor pains upon a pregnant woman and they will not escape. But you, brothers, are not in darkness, for that day to overtake you like a thief. For all of you are children of the light and children of the day. We are not of the night or of darkness. Therefore, let us not sleep as the rest do, but let us stay alert and sober. Those who sleep go to sleep at night, and those who are drunk get drunk at night. But since we are of the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love and the helmet that is hope for salvation. For God did not destine us for wrath, but to gain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep we may live together with him. Therefore, encourage one another and build one another up, as indeed you do. Matthew 24:45-51 - Who, then, is the faithful and prudent servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household to distribute to them their food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom his master on his arrival finds doing so. Amen, I say to you, he will put him in charge of all his property. But if that wicked servant says to himself, My master is long delayed, and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with drunkards, the servant s master will come on an unexpected day and at an unknown hour and will punish him severely and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth. NEXT WEEK S READINGS - Fifth Week of the Holy Cross: Philippians 2:12-18 & Matthew 25:1-13 DAILY READINGS Mon. 10-9: Rev 15:1-8 & John 12:20-28 Tues. 10-10: Rev 18:1-8 & John 16:20-24 Wed. 10-11: Rev 19:1-2, 5-9, 11-13, 16 & Luke 2:16-21 Thurs. 10-12: Rev 21:1-12, 14 & Luke 13:6-9 Fri. 10-13: Rev 21:22-22:5 & Luke 15:3-7 Sat. 10-14: Rev 22:16-21 & Luke 15:8-10 Saints & their Feast Days 15 - St. Teresa of Avila 17 - St. Ignatius of Antioch 18 - St. Luke the Evangelist 19 - St. Aaron the Patriarch 20 - St. Shalita 24 - St. Harit 26 - St. Demetrius of Thessalonica PRAYER The World s Greatest Wireless Connection Please pray for all those who are being persecuted for their faith Let nothing disturb you, Let nothing frighten you, All things are passing away: God never changes. Patience obtains all things.whoever has God lacks nothing; God alone suffices. Teresa of Ávila
POPE FRANCIS INTENTIONS - OCT 2017 Workers & Unemployed That all workers may receive respect and protection of their rights, and that the unemployed may receive the opportunity to contribute to the common good. Lector-Usher Schedule September - October 2017 10/7-8 4th Sunday after Holy Cross 1 Thes 5:1-11 & Mt 24:45-51 Lector: Leo Black (E) Ushers: John Shaheen & Kathy Morrell Lectors: Melissa Pyzik (E) & Jezabelle Kenealy (S) Ushers: Joe Pyzik & Pat Nichols 11 a.m. Sam Wakim (E) & Hannah Wakim (A) 10/14-15 5th Sunday after Holy Cross Phil 2: 12-18 & Mt 25:1-13 Lector: Jesse Enriguez (E) Ushers: Mike & Donna Harrison Lector: Maria Escalante (E&S) Ushers: Larry & Debra Mancuso 11 a.m. Lectors: Amira Saad (E) & Eleanor Nader (A) 10/21-22 6th Sunday after Holy Cross Gal 6:1-10 & Mt 25:14-30 Mike Mangan (E) Ushers: Mike & Donna Harrison Lector: Bob Rodgers (E) & Jezabelle Kenealy (S) Ushers: Carlos Fernandez & Ted Khoury 11 a.m. Fr. Bassam's Anniversary Mass Lectors: Sr. Rose (E) & Maria Clark (S) & Amine Harb (A) Larry & Debra Mancuso 10/28-29 Sunday of Christ the King Rom 12:9-21 & Mt 25:31-46 Lector: Laura Tellado (E) Ushers: Myrna Calderon & Kathy Morrell Lector: Luis Martell (E&S) Ushers: Ted Khoury & Pat Nichols 11 a.m. Lector: Nour Zikra (E) & Nader Zikra (A) Set your clocks back one hour Sunday, November 5 at 2 a.m.! WELCOME! We re so glad you re here. We hope you find the love of Christ in our worship and fellowship. To register at St. Jude Parish, please complete the information on the form found at the entrance to the church and put it in the collection basket or drop it off at the parish office. Online registration is also available at saintjudechurch.org Each 22 nd of the month, we will have the St. Sharbel Relic for your prayerful veneration from - SAINT JOHN THE APOSTLE CAREGIVER MINISTRY Need help? Please feel free to contact this Ministry at St. Jude Maronite Catholic Church. We are here for our parishioners. Simon of Cyrene helped Jesus carry his cross and we are here to help you carry yours. Call us at 407-363-7405. Lector & Ushers Needed Please call the Parish Office if you would like to be part of this ministry. 407-363-7405 ST. JUDE PRAYER CHAIN Many of us have prayer requests. Your request should be sent to Diane Manhire songbird728@gmail.com. We have seen many miracles as a result of our constant prayers. Whenever two or three of you come together in My name, I am there with you. Matt 18:20 FESTIVAL OF BASKETS will be held on Sunday, November 12, 2017 at Holy Family Catholic Church. It s not too early to get your baskets ready. Volunteers needed! If you can help, please call 407-363-7405. Every effort is made to provide correct information in this bulletin including spelling of names, etc. If you have any edits or concerns, please email the Bulletin Editor, Diane at songbird728@gmail.com