710 Roanoke Street

Winnipeg MB R2C 0K9

www.blessedsacramentwpg.ca

Phone: 204-224-1669

Fax: 204-222-7792

PASTOR: Rev. Fr. Kevin Bettens frkevin@blessedsacramentwpg.ca

DEACON: Rev. Dr. Stepan Bilynskyy

Office Manager: Myleen B. Valle office@blessedsacramentwpg.ca

Religious Education

Coordinator: Ronald A. Suban catechism@blessedsacramentwpg.ca

WEEKEND MASSES: Saturday 5:00 pm. Sunday 9:00 am and 11:30 am.

WEEKDAY MASSES: Wednesday at 6:30 pm, Thursday at 9:00 am.

OFFICE HOURS: 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, Monday to Friday

(closed from 12:00 to 1:00 for lunch)

September 13, 2020

24th Sunday in Ordinary Time

SACRAMENTAL LIFE

Baptism:

Contact the office. Baptisms are

celebrated after Saturday/Sunday

Liturgies.

Reconciliation:

After weekday morning Masses or

set up an appointment with Fr.

Kevin through the office, or by

email at

frkevin@blessedsacramentwpg.ca

Marriage:

Please call to check for your

particular date and to schedule an

initial interview before confirming

other bookings, at least six

months in advance. In addition,

you must be a registered member

of the parish.

Anointing of the sick:

If you know somebody who is ill

or in need of anointing at home or

in hospital, please call the office or

email Fr. Kevin directly.

BLESSED SACRAMENT

Mother Teresa

“People are often unreasonable and self-centered.

Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives.

Be kind anyway.

If you are honest, people may cheat you.

Be honest anyway.

If you find happiness, people may be jealous.

Be happy anyway.

The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow.

Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough.

Give your best anyway.

For you see, in the end, it is between you and God.

It was never between you and them anyway.”

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Mass Intentions

Sat. Sept. 12 5:00 pm Deceased family member by Blanche Comeau

Sun. Sept. 13 9:00 am Jeanette Ilchena by Irene & Stan Klopak

Sun. Sept. 13 11:30 am For the needs and intentions of his parishioners by Fr. Kevin Bettens

Wed. Sept. 16 6:30 pm Lillian Ilchena by Stan & Irene Klopak

Thu. Sept. 17 9:00 am Agnes Bodnarek

Sat. Sept. 19 5:00 pm For our precious Dad, Paul Kahatapitiya & Mom, Angela, Sister Dimples & Precious Brother Raja.

Loved & treasured by Brighty, Bubbles, Manel & Baby

Sun. Sept. 20 9:00 am For the needs and intentions of his parishioners by Fr. Kevin Bettens

Sun. Sept. 21 11:30 am Tiburcio Barcelon Sr. by Sally Barcelon

MASS INTENTIONS can be requested not only for someone who has died, but also in thanksgiving or celebration.

The offering is $10 with the money given to the priest for his charities. Please contact the office to make arrangements.

LITURGICAL MINISTERS FOR 19/20 SEPTEMBER 2020

DATE MASS

COORDINATOR HOSPITALITY

(USHER) LECTOR CHOIR GIFTS EUCHARISTIC

MINISTERS CROSS &

CANDLES

Saturday

Sept 19

5:00 pm Neps CACHO Emily CHABLUK

Alvin FORTUNATO Aubrey MANAHAN Ferdie MANAHAN Marianne MANAHAN n/a n/a n/a

Sunday

Sept 20

9:00 am Barry BREITER David FOIDART

Claudette BALCAEN Pauline BREITER Allan SUBAN n/a n/a n/a

Sunday

Sept 20

11:30 am

Darren

YARECHEWSKI Eva FRANCISCO EJ FRANCISCO Mavic ARAMBULO

Ernesto Paasa

Alma Paasa n/a n/a n/a

Liturgical schedule for the forthcoming week (September 5-13, 2020):

READINGS FOR THE 25TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME):

FIRST READING (ISAIAH 55.6-9)

Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near; let the wicked

person forsake their way, and the unrighteous person their thoughts; let that person

return to the Lord that he may have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will

abundantly pardon.

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord. For

as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and

my thoughts than your thoughts.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM (PS 145.2-3, 8-9 , 17-18(R.18))

“The Lord is near to all who call on him.”

SECOND READING (PHILIPPIANS 1.20-24-27)

Brother and sisters: Christ will be exalted now as always in my body, whether by life or

by death. For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain. If I am to live ion the flesh, that

means fruitful labour for me; and I do not know which I prefer. I am hard pressed

between the two: my desire is to department and be with Christ, for that is far better;

but to remain in the flesh is more necessary for you, Live your life in a manner worthy

of the Gospel of Christ..

GOSPEL (MATTHEW 20.1-16)

Jesus spoke this parable to his disciples: “The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner

who went out early in the morning to hire labourers for his vineyard. After agreeing

with the labourers for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard. When he

went out about nine o’clock., he saw others standing idle in the marketplace; and he

said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’ So

they went.

“When he went out again about noon and about three o’clock, he did the same.

And about five o’clock he went out and found others standing around; and he said

to them, ‘Why are you standing here idle all day?’ They said to him, ‘Because no one

has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard.’

“Now when the first came, they thought they would receive more; but each of them

also received the usual daily wage. And when they received it, they grumbled

against the landowner, saying, ‘These last worked only one hour, and you have

made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching

heat.’ But he replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not

agree with me for the usual daily wage? Take what belongs to you and go; I choose

to give to this last the same as I give to you. Am I not allowed to do what I choose

with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’

“So the last will be first, and the first will be last..

REFLECTION

The Gospel is full of paradoxes; it is enigmatic, problematic, and hard to understand.

In the parable, God seems unfair. Imagine the last laborers, working for an hour,

received the same payment as the first laborers who have labored the whole day.

What is the point of Jesus?

Jesus is talking to the Jews, who are the first to received the promise given to

Abraham and to the chosen people of God, in contrast to the Gentiles who are

latecomers in hearing the Gospel. Yet, the latter become members of the new

chosen people of God, the community of Christian-followers of Jesus Christ.

In fact, Jesus begins his parable, “The Kingdom of God is like a landowner who went

out at dawn to hire laborers for his vineyard.” At the end of the day, the landowner

gives out the same wage for all. It looks unfair, but at the end of life, God gives out

the same reward to those who have found him.

In many ways, we are all bystanders waiting for God’s call to come and be part of his

heavenly Kingdom. Some are baptized early in life and given the privilege to

become God’s children. Others are converted at a later stage in life when they

encounter Jesus who invites them to come and work for him. Many saints are

converted sinners. One of them is St. Augustine, who wrote in Confessions, his

autobiography, “You are great, Lord, and worthy of our highest praise; your power is

great and there is no limit to your wisdom. Man, a tiny part of your creation, wishes to

praise you. Though he bears about him his mortality, the evidence of his sin and the

evidence that you resist the proud, yet this man, a tiny part of your creation, wishes to

praise you. It is you who move man to delight in your praise. For you have made us for

yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.”

As the First Reading tells us, “Let the scoundrel forsake his way, and the wicked man

his thoughts; let him turn to the Lord for mercy; to our God, who is generous in

forgiving. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the

Lord.”

Fortunate will you be if you are like the second criminal crucified on the side of Christ

who, at the last moment of his life, was able to steal heaven. He said to his fellow

criminal, “We have been condemned justly, for the sentence we received

corresponds to our crimes, but this man has done nothing criminal.” Then he said,

“Jesus, remember me when you come into your Kingdom.” Jesus answered him,

“amen, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise” (Lk 23:41-43).

Please pray for the sick, their families and their

caregivers:

Simone Aminot, Lucy Baniuk, Tanis Finney, Elda Giancola,

Jennifer Graham, Braedan Johnston, Ranjith Kahatapitiya,

Chamika Livera, Adeline Lovat, Rosa Maria Santos, Bruce

McCormick, Toni McCoy, B. Medina, Marcel Tkachyk, Louie

Torres, Richard Wadephul, Valerie Wadephul, Lillian Zaretski

Please call the office at 204-224-1669 ext.5

to add or remove people on our prayer list.

POPE’S PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR SEPTEMBER 2020

UNIVERSAL:

Respect for the Planet’s Resources:

We pray that the planet’s resources will not be plundered, but shared in a just and respectful manner.

Please remember to bring a non-perishable food item

for the Transcona Food Bank each week when

coming to church. Transcona Food Bank is short of

canned items and pasta. Winnipeg Harvest is not

supplying these items to our food bank as they are also short of

them. Monetary donations may be placed in an envelope marked

“FOOD BANK” and put in the collection basket. THANK YOU!

Upcoming Meetings/Events

September 13th Baptism of Daniella Encarnacion 12:30pm

September 13th Baptism of Tidus Gray Sadiua 12:30pm

September 16th Deanery meeting at St. Alphonsus 1:30pm

September 16th PPC Meeting 7:00pm

September 20th Baptism of Harlyn Love Rodway 12:30pm

September 27th Baptism of Zendrah Nogot 12:30pm

PARISH FINANCIAL SUPPORT

(SEPTEMBER 5/6, 2020)

Saturday Collection (5:00pm)

Sunday Collection (9:00am)

Sunday Collection (11:30am)

Donation via Office

$ 380.00

1,387.00

1,155.00

2,510.00

Total weekly income:

Less: Estimated average weekly expenditure:

$ 5,432.00

4,943.00

Surplus/(deficit) for the week: $ 489.00

September 13, 2020 - 24th Sunday in

Ordinary Time

“For if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die,

we die for the Lord; so then, whether we live or

die, we are the Lord’s.” (Romans 14:8)

This is the essence of stewardship – everything we have

and everything we are is a gift from God. We aren’t “owners”

of anything, we are merely “stewards” of the gifts that God

has given us, especially our very own lives. Pray to God

daily and ask Him how He is calling you to live the life that

Marriage Tips

Sometimes it can be frightening to embark upon a big change in

life – a birth, a death, changing jobs, or retirement. In times

of transition, if you are experiencing fear or insecurity, allow

yourself to be vulnerable. Share your feeling with your spouse,

and trust that it will be kept safe. Let your spouse know how

they can support you, as needed.

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We are in urgent need of a few

parishioners to offer their time to

assist in cleaning the Church each

week. If you are able to help in

any way, please notify Myleen at the Parish

Office.

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NEW PARISHIONERS: Welcome to your new Church Community!

Please complete this form and place it in the collection basket, or call the Parish Office at 204-224-1669, ext. 5.

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Please register me (us) as member(s) of Blessed Sacrament I/we wish to have Church Envelopes

We would appreciate notification of Parishioners who have a change of address.

*REMINDER* Livestreaming of the

Diocesan Sunday Mass

Please note that as of Sunday, July 5, the

English Mass will be livestreamed at 10 am

from Holy Cross Parish, with Bishop LeGatt

presiding. The English Mass can be

followed on the diocesan Facebook page

at https://www.facebook.com/ArchSaintBoniface/live.

Starting July 5, the French Mass will be livestreamed at 10 am from

Saint-Martyrs-Canadiens Parish, with brother Germain Kpakafi,

presiding. The French Mass can be followed on the Saint-

MartyrsCanadiens YouTube channel at:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFLbnkM6HlRYpb4QjiXeBOg/live

Liturgies will start precisely at the indicated broadcast time.

Spiritual Resources (Masses, prayers, reflections)

The current pandemic, which has limited attendance at mass, is

an opportunity for the faithful to gather in prayer at home,

with their families. Here are some resources that could enrich

your journey in faith. Visit the diocesan website,

www.archsaintboniface.ca where more material will be made

available throughout the COVID-19 period.

Daily Mass

Salt + Light TV has daily mass, streamed live that you can view

anytime at www.saltandlighttv.org/mass

Daily Prayers

The Pray as You Go site: https://pray-as-you-go.org/home/

Novenas

A Coronavirus Novena is available here:

https://www.praymorenovenas.com/pandemic-novena

Custodian at St. Paul’s High School

St. Paul’s High School is looking for a custodian to join its

vibrant team. As custodian, you will maintain, protect and

clean our facilities. The ideal candidate will be experienced in

a custodian role, have physical endurance and a keen eye for

detail. For a complete description of the position’s

responsibilities, click here. To apply, please email your

resume to bholden@stpauls.mb.ca or call us at 204-296-

4872.

Crisis in Lebanon – Development and Peace Emergency Fund

The situation in Lebanon following August 4th explosion has been described as “beyond imagination.” Thousands of people have been affected with over 159 people dying, over 6,000 injured, and over 300,000 people left homeless. The explosions have also worsened the country’s social, economic, and political crisis.

Development and Peace’s partner, Caritas Lebanon, is providing food, water, medical aid, and psychological and social support to those impacted by this crisis. Development and Peace and its trusted network of partners in the country are also assessing the long-term impacts and needs of this crisis.

Please join in Pope Francis’ invitation to pray for the victims, for their families, and for all of Lebanon. Please also consider joining the Pope in responding to this desperate cry for help by donating to the emergency relief effort at Development and Peace – Caritas Canada through the following link: https://bit.ly/2DRwfiv or by calling 1 888 664-3387.

Blessed Sacrament mass schedule is as follows:

Wednesday at 6:30pm, Thursday at 9am,

Saturday at 5pm, and Sunday at 9am and

11:30am. We are permitted a maximum

attendance of 90 people at each mass.

It is no longer be necessary to reserve a seat, but we are

encouraging people to arrive early in order to complete and

sign the Contact Tracing Sheet before entering the church.

We will be following safety procedures as outlined by the

Diocese, which are in line with Manitoba public health

orders. Face masks are strongly recommended.

The Church still recognizes the dispensation from the Sunday

obligation of attending mass physically until the end of the

pandemic. If unable to attend mass physically at this time,

the faithful are strongly encouraged to participate in Sunday

mass through TV or live streaming.

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