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WEEKDAY MASSSt. Brother Andre Catholic High School6160 16th Ave. E., Markham
Monday & Wednesday 9:00 a.m.
St. Julia Billiart Catholic Elementary School2070 Bur Oak Ave., Markham
Friday 7:00 p.m.
WEEKEND MASSSt. Julia Billiart Catholic Elementary School2070 Bur Oak Ave., Markham
Saturday 5:00 p.m.
Sunday 10:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m.
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“Help me spread your fragrance everywhere I go” St. Teresa of Calcutta, one of the greatest saints of modern times, was an inspiration around the world, to religious and non-religious people alike. Above all, Mother Teresa practiced what she preached, and her actions continue to remind us of the power of Christian charity.
Below is a prayer that Mother Teresa prayed on a daily basis; it was one of her favorite prayers and is attributed to Blessed John Henry Newman. The prayer is a perfect summary of her own spirituality and expresses her desire to spread Christ’s love everywhere she went.
Dear Jesus, help me to spread Thy fragrance everywhere I go. Flood my soul with Thy spirit and love. Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly that all my life may only be a radiance of Thine.
Shine through me and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with may feel Thy presence in my soul. Let them look up and see no
longer me but only Jesus. Stay with me and then I shall begin to shine as you shine, so to shine as to be a light to others. Amen.
Twenty Fifth Sunday in Ordinary TimeSeptember 23, 2018
The tone of the Gospel begins to grow darker: Jesus is now on his way to Jerusalem, where he will be arrested and killed. Despite this, both this
week and next week, there is a lighter contrast in the children that Jesus welcomes and blesses. Perhaps this tells us something about Jesus and his mission: despite the gathering clouds, (and possibly even because of that) he is still the manifestation of God's love for all his children, a love that will be most clearly displayed when he faces that death for our sake. There is one quite chilling phrase which links these together, in the first reading, where the plotters against the good man say “Let us test him with cruelty and torture, and thus explore this gentleness of his.” The cold calculation of this is not far removed from the plotting of those who saw in Jesus a threat to their positions - with all his purity of worship and faith, with all his “reproaches for our breaches of the law”. There is indeed a storm gathering. But the last line of the first reading, though meant mockingly, will come true: “God will look after him - we have his word for it.” And three days after his death he will rise again.
Monday, September 24, 2018 – St. Brother Andre CHS 9:00AM Available Wednesday, September 26, 2018 – St. Brother Andre CHS 9:00am Available Friday, September 28, 2018 – St. Julia Billiart School 7:00PM Available Saturday, September 29, 2018 – St. Julia Billiart School 5:00PM Elsie & Stephen Dos Remedios Sunday, September 30, 2018 – St. Julia Billiart School 10:00AM Dora & Joe Caggianiello Albert Rowe 12:00PM Pro Populo
Next weekend, September 29/30, there will be a second collection for the Needs of the Church in Canada. Your gifts are used by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops to represent Canadian Catholics in national and international pastoral activity.
Thank you for your support of this important work.
LIFE CHAIN Sunday,
September 30, 2018 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Life Chain is a prayerful, peaceful witness to the evil of abortion and to the sanctity of human life from the moment of
conception. This silent, prayerful demonstration takes place every year in cities across Canada and the U.S. Come and join parishioners from Blessed Ozanam and St. Patrick’s in witnessing to the sanctity of life on behalf of the most vulnerable members of society. Where: At the Intersection of Highway 7 and McCowan Road.
Attention:Boys & Girls
Gr. 3 or higher!Are you interested in becoming an altar server at either the Saturday evening Mass or Sunday morning Masses each week? Serving at the altar, the pope told the young people, is a privileged
way to draw closer to Jesus, which in turn "enables you to open yourselves to others, to journey together, to set demanding goals and to find the strength to achieve them." Experienced, as well as new servers are welcome. Training will be provided. Please ensure your family is registered with our parish. If you would like to join this special ministry in the Church, kindly contact Eleanor at [email protected].
Food for thought… When we feel like life is not making sense, it is usually because we have lost sight of God’s vision for our lives.” Dynamic Catholic’s Decision Point
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