Holy Family Parish
Paróquia Sagrada Família
30 Grafton Street
Lowell MA 01852
Main Phone: (978) 453-2134
Brazilian Community: (978) 934-0622
Fax: (978) 453-0933
Email:
holyfamilylowell@gmail.com
Administrator
Reverend Nicholas Sannella
Pastoral Staff
Reverend Donald G. Lozier, OMI
Reverend Gilmond Boucher, OMI
Reverend Cristiano G. Barbosa
Deacon Alvaro Soares
Business Manager
David McLean
Director of Religious Education
Claire Couillard
Immaculate Conception
High School of Religion Director
W. Gerald Dockett
(978)808-4505
Parish Secretaries
Lira De Moraes (Brazilian)
Cathy Martel (English)
Custodians
Marlene Heiss
John Perry
Immaculate Conception
SATURDAY, March 7th 2020 3:00 PM Choir 3:15 PM Confessions4:00 PM Roland & Eileen Doucette
SUNDAY, March 8th 2020
8:00 AM Memorial Mass 9:30 AM Choir
10:00 AM St. Vincent DePaul Benefactors 11:30 AM Brazilian Mass 5:30 PM Brazilian Music 6:00 PM Brazilian Mass MONDAY, March 9th 2020 8:00 AM Priest Intention TUESDAY, March 10th 2020 8:00 AM McArdle Estate WEDNESDAY, March 11th 2020
8:00 AM Parishioners & Benefactors
THURSDAY, March 12th 2020 8:00 AM Royal Estate FRIDAY, March 13th 2020 8:00 AM Priest Intention SATURDAY March 14th 2020 3:00 PM Choir 3:15 PM Confessions
4:00 PM Parishioners & Benefactors
SUNDAY, March 15th 2020
8:00 AM Priests Intention 9:30 AM Choir
10:00 AM Nicholas & Margaret Rivanis 11:30 AM Brazilian Mass
5:30 PM Brazilian Choir 6:00 PM Brazilian Mass
LENT
“Let us recognize the
conse-quences of sin, the promise of
redemption, and the need to
pre-pare for the celebration of the
paschal mystery”
For those that are sick or recently in the hospital… John Leonard (ADD)
Dr. Gertrude Bailey, Lucy Balkus, Rina Bedford, Fr. Gilmond Boucher, Bob Brown, Buote Family, Loretta Caira, Bill Calhoun, Anthony Casseta, Roger Chartrand, Millie Ciszek, Robert Connolly, Anne Marie Countie, Davidson Family, Debbie Demers, DeRocco Family, Jerry Dockett, Mary Dockett, Cathy Durand, Cynthia Evans, Joshua Geoffroy, Roger Geoffroy, Sr. Marilyn Gignac, Andrew Gosselin, Susan Goyette, Donna Gravelle, Karen Graham, Sr. Joan Gregoire, Ilene Hallisey, Len Hallisey, Havelka Family, Frank Holden, Pauline Jankowski, Marge Keefe, Carole King, Annette Knust, Jim Knust, Kozowyk Family, Fran & Jerry Labadini, Nora & Bob Labadini, Cindy Labadini, Maryann Lanzara, Anthony Lavina, Betty LeClaire, Jeanne LeLacheur, Raymond LeLacheur, Carol Leonard, John Leonard, Terry Lesard, Pauline Letourneau, Rev. Robert Levesque OMI, Liz Machado, Betty Mallett, Donald Marcouillier, Steven Marks, Barbara Matyl, Hilda McBride, Sheila McCarthy, McDonagh Family, Chris McHardy, Margaret Mello, Georgette Mendonca, Manuel Mendonca, Caryn Misquita, Sr. Shirley Letourneau Morrison, Aparecida Nascimento, Francis O’Donnell, Linda Paradise, Kim Peirce, Jeanne Pinard, Mary Richardson, Mary Agnes Rivanis, Mary Rivas, Robert Rivas, Joel Rivera, Elaine Robinson, Ed Rotondi, Sr. Jeanne Rouillard, Freeman Shepherd, Donna Sherman, Bea Stamp, John Stamulonis, Marilyn Sullivan, Rose Sweeney, Lorraine Trahan, Barbara Vayo, Steven Vayo, Diane Wingfield, Collette Wooldridge.
May they experience God’s healing love and comfort.
2nd Sunday of Lent
March 8, 2020
INTRODUCTION
As we begin the second week of Lent, we encounter Abram moving to a new place, the disciples struggling to understand Jesus, and the early Christians trying to figure out how to live the Gospel. If our own understanding about who Jesus is remains a struggle with ongoing questions, let us not be discouraged. If our hearts are open, we can trust that there will be people and experiences to help us along the way.
PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL
As we seek to live the Gospel let us now pray for the needs of the whole world.
For all who profess the Christian faith: that our understanding of Jesus may deepen and grow… as a penitent people, we pray,
For peace in our nation and healing for our planet torn apart by conflicting world views...as a penitent people, we pray,
For those who struggle to understand Jesus and are challenged by living the Gospel...as a penitent people, we pray,
For those who succumb to the vices of abusive power, greed or prejudice...as a penitent people, we pray,
For families, churches or communities disrupted by differing understandings about fidelity to Jesus...as a penitent people, we pray,
For those preparing for reception into the church during the Easter season...as a penitent people, we pray,
For all in need: the sick, the dying; and for those who have died...as a penitent people, we pray,
PRAYER: Gracious God, as you shower us with the gifts of knowledge and understanding give us open hearts to receive them. When distracted by the demands of life, help us to continue to understand and follow Jesus. Fortify us with love and compassion especially for those whose understanding is different from our own. We ask this in his holy name. Amen
MONTHLY EVENING OF PRAYER
Tuesday, April 7th, 2020 at 7:00 PM
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Recitation of the Rosary
and special prayers
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION SCHOOL
2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR
GRADES 1-8
March 15, 2020
March 29, 2020
April 5, 2020
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ANNOUNCEMENT WEEKEND:
Next weekend, the Catholic Appeal will be launched in all parishes throughout the Archdiocese. In preparation, we invite you to prayerfully consider making a generous gift that will benefit both our parish and the many ministries that serve the 283 parishes, 110 schools, and 144 communities
through-out the Archdiocese. Please take a moment today to look through the Catholic Appeal insert to learn more about the meaningful impact your gift will have.
This is our Church, and when you support the Appeal, you support us.
To learn more about the Catholic Appeal, or to make your gift online, please visit the new Appeal web-site at www.bostoncatholicappeal.org, where you can also view the 2020 Catholic Appeal video that was shown at Masses this weekend.
Week Ending 2/23/2020
Offertory
2,011.00
Comm. Offertory 989.00
Dizimo
750.00
Church @ World 625.00
TOTAL: $4,375.00
Meatless Fridays
Abstaining from meat on Fridays is a sacrifice as penance for sin. It is also a sign of solidari-ty with the hungry all over the world.
RESPONDING TO THE WORD:
At Jonah’s word, many people turned their hearts and lives to God. How can I choose my words today so others might discover God?
Jesus, today I will speak...
<< Being a Christian isn’t just following the
com-mandments, but means being in Christ, thinking
like him, acting like him, loving like him; it means letting him take possession of our lives and change them, transform them, free them from the darkness of evil and sin.>>
Este é o meu Filho amado, no qual eu pus todo meu agrado. Escutai-o
II Dom. Quaresma (Ano A): Gn 12, 1-4ª; Sl 32 (33); 2Tm 1, 8b-10; Mt 17, 1-9
Escrito sobre o pano de fundo do relato da conclusão da aliança no Sinai (Ex 24,1-18), no qual aparece o símbolo da shekiná para designar a presença e a habitação de Deus junto ao seu povo, o relato da transfiguração foi organizado para mostrar que Jesus, por sua paixão e ressurreição, é a nova shekiná, tenda e morada de Deus para os seus discípulos. Daí o jogo simbólico com o qual se tece o texto: Jesus resplende de luz; a nuvem cobre o monte tal como antes invadia a tenda da reunião; Moisés e Elias, figuras-símbolo da lei e dos profetas, se fazem presentes para atestar que Jesus veio completar a história da salvação. Mateus apresenta plasticamente aquilo que João, mais tarde, iria expressar poeticamente: “A palavra se fez carne, armou sua tenda entre nós e nós vimos sua glória” (Jo 1,14).
Como uma espécie de anúncio pascal antecipado, revelando e confirmando a identidade profunda de Jesus, o filho amado de Deus, o fato da transfiguração antecipa aos olhos dos discípulos a glória do Cristo e os encoraja em sua missão, mas não tira nada da radicalidade do seguimento. Jesus é servo e sua glória passa pela cruz. A palavra de ordem é seguir e ouvir. Neste caminho, há exigências radicais, envolvendo a entrega da própria vida. O relato da transfiguração aponta para o nosso destino vitorioso e nos ensina a não ter medo e a não fugir dos sofrimentos que a nossa missão exige. A glória revelada está em estreita conexão com a obediência à palavra. Escutar a sua palavra passa a ser a forma suprema de adorá-lo e reverenciá-lo. O caminho cristão é um caminho de seguimento e identidade com Jesus, de aprender com ele, de ser filhos no Filho. O discípulo, iluminado pela palavra do Cristo, torna-se um ícone vivo e permanente da glória do Senhor.
Na tradição das Igrejas, os catecúmenos são chamado de “iluminandos”, isto é, os que se deixam transfigurar pela luz que vem de Deus. Paulo aos romanos (Rm 13,11), assumindo este simbolismo batismal, fala da armadura luminosa que o discípulo deve vestir. Não é à toa que, na celebração do batismo, o(a) batizado(a) recebe a luz de Cristo. O símbolo da luz, presente em todas as celebrações da comunidade, aponta para este aspecto de nossa identidade cristã: em Jesus nos tornamos filhos e filhas da luz, para a glória de Deus Pai.
Oração
Ó Senhor, nosso Deus,
que nos mandaste ouvir o teu Filho muito amado,
alimenta-nos sempre com a tua palavra, para que, com fé firme e pura, tenhamos nossa alegria na glória de Cristo,
por quem te pedimos, na unidade do Espírito Santo. Amém.
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