LITURGIES Sundays 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 am. Weekdays 8:00 a.m., Saturday 8:30 a.m. ****************************************** DAILY ROSARY DEVOTIONS I pray the Holy Rosary daily at 7:30 a.m. Please join me when you can. + ****************************************** CONFESSION Every Saturday - 2:00 - 4:00 pm or by app’t. Sunday - before Mass and ending 10 minutes before Mass begins. ****************************************** READINGS Joh 12 : 12 - 22 Phi 1 : 1 - 13 ****************************************** READERS Sunday, March 29 - 10:30 am Monique Binkley Sunday, April 5 - 8:30 am Paul Boulos Sunday, April 5 - 11:00 am George Zogbi ****************************************** Counting Our Blessings Sunday, March 22, 2015 $1,797.00 ****************************************** EVENTS TO COME LADIES GUILD MEETING Sunday, April 19, 2015 MEN'S CLUB MEETING Sunday, April 19, 2015 CAREGIVERS MEETING Sunday, April 12, 2015 FIRST FRIDAY ADORATION May 1, 9:00am – 3:00pm ****************************************** Next Second Collection April 3, 2015 Holy Land Collection ******************************************** VOLUNTEERS WANTED The Ladies Guild will be making Fatayre for the Spring Buffet on : Monday, APRIL 13, 9:00am Please make plans to lend a hand! Thank You!! ALTAR SERVERS, ALTAR SERVERS, ALTAR SERVERS Rehearsals, Rehearsals, Rehearsals for Palm Sunday and Holy week get ready. Rehearsal for Holy Thursday in on Wednesday, April 1. Supper at 5:30 pm. Practice at 6:00 pm. Be Late. Be Sorry. Holy Wednesday Prayer at 7:00 pm. Rehearsal for Great Friday, on Friday, April 3. 6:00 PM. Be Late. Be________. Rehearsal for Easter Vigil Liturgy and Procession, on Saturday April 4, 9:00 am. Breakfast at 9:45 am. Be Late. Be__________. We have the best Altar Servers in all the Catholic and Orthodox Churches here at Our Lady of the Cedars. We have the best Parents in all the Catholic and Orthodox Churches here at Our Lady of the Cedars Church. I thank God for you all. ********************************************* MAKE YOUR PLANS FOR HOLY WEEK Please do all you can to observe all the special days in the Holy Week which begins today, with Palm Sunday, and goes all the way to Easter Sunday. Do your best to attend the evening services on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday at 7:00 pm followed by Confession. Make a plan to make your Easter duty this year. Try your best to not miss the special Masses, services and personal visits to Church on Holy Thursday, Great Friday and Easter. For sure, Holy Week changed the world and so we must observe all, or as much as we can all these days. ******************************************** ABOUT THE FEAST OF DIVINE MERCY A Nine Day Novena for the Feast Day begins on Great Friday. The First Day of the Novena will be prayed at 3:00 pm. The second day, Holy Saturday, Novena Prayers will be at 3:00 pm. The 3rd day, on Easter Sunday will be prayed at 8:00 am, before the Morning Liturgy. From Monday until Saturday the Novena Prayers will be offered immediately following the 8:00 am Liturgy. Welcome to everyone. On the Feast Day of Mercy Sunday, April 12 a Holy Hour Adoration will begin at 1:30 p.m. with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament followed by the Rosary, Silent Prayer, reflections from the Diary of St. Faustina, a special tribute to St. Pope John Paul II, the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, ending with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. I will present a relic of St. Faustina for personal veneration. WELCOME EVERYONE. Why do we have the Feast of Divine Mercy? According to the Diary of St. Faustina our Lord made 14 revelations requesting this feast day be established on the Sunday after Easter Sunday. On April 30, 2000, at the time of the Canonization of St. Faustina, Pope St. John Paul II established this feast day for all the universal Church to celebrate. We also remember that this great Pope in the Catholic Church went home to the Lord on the eve of this great Feast Day in 2005. Welcome to our Holy Hour celebration on Sunday, April 12 beginning at 1:30 pm. Special welcome to all our youth as well. ******************************************** About Fridays in Lent … - All Fridays are days of fast which means one main meal and no meat. Each Friday evening we pray the Way of the Cross and Benediction of the Cross. All the Parish is greatly encouraged to make a sacrifice and come for devotions including all our youth. Mar 27 Men’s Club – Thank you Think on this… By Sub-Deacon Alex I wanted to share with you a poem that I wrote when a friend of mine lost their young child. It is appropriate for Passion Week. How long? My steps crunch and creek At the spindles above me The trees look so bleak And the world is ugly The fall of the year My heart longs That one tree so pretty Fruit good to the eye Disobedient bite And now we all die The fall of man My heart longs Joy to our world A child is born Death's finger uncurled And from us he's torn The fall of a child My heart longs A sore loser is death You stubbornly sting With your last noxious breath Drawn from you by the king The fall of death My heart longs, longs for eternity. ******************************************** EWTN LIVE 04/01/15 BISHOP BARNABA YOUSIF HABASH Most Reverend Barnaba Yousif Habash Bishop of the Syrian Catholic Eparchy discusses the plight and persecution Christians are facing in Syria and in other nations in the Middle East. Hosted by Fr. Mitch Pacwa. Rated: TV-G Apr 3 ____________________________ Great Friday Wednesday, 04/01 8:00 PM ******************************************** Thursday, 04/02 1:00 AM Divine Liturgy Schedule th March 29 through April 5 Sunday 29 Monday 30 Tuesday 31 Wednesday 1 Thursday 2 Friday 3 Saturday Sunday th 10:30 Laurice Malek, Antoine Owen, Mona Silfani & deceased Choir Members by the OLOC Choir 8:00am Divine Liturgy 7:00pm Evening Prayer / Coming to the Harbor / Confession 8:00am Divine Liturgy 7:00pm Evening Prayer / Coming to the Harbor / Confession 8:00am Divine Liturgy 7:00pm Evening Prayer / Blessing of Oil / Confession Holy Thursday 7:00pm Divine Liturgy / Washing of the Twelve Apostles Feet 8:30pm – Midnight - Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Good Friday 9:00am – Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts 12:00 Noon – Visitation 3:00pm – Novena of Divine Mercy / Confession 7:00pm – Adoration & Burial of Our Lord in the Tomb St. Cyril of Baalbek, Martyr / St. Cyril of Heliopolis / Sts. Jonas and Barachisius, Martyrs St. John Climacus, Confessor / St. John Climacus St. Cornelia / St. Benjamin, Deacon, Martyr St. Mary the Egyptian / St. Hugh Thursday of the Mysteries/ St. Francis of Paola, Hermit Great Friday of the Crucifixion 4 Holy Saturday 3:00pm – Novena of Divine Mercy / Confession 8:00pm – Feast of the Resurrection Vigil Divine Liturgy Great Saturday of the Light/ St. Isidore of Seville, Bishop, Doctor of the Church 5 Feast of the Resurrection, Easter Sunday 8:30 Special Intentions for All the Parish Family of Our Lady of the Cedars 11:00 Jamil Jasser by Fares Jasser & Family The Glorious Resurrection ALTERNATIVES TO ABORTION: 330-825-1900 * 330-644-4490 * 330-434-2221 * 330-253-4071 Email: sanctityoflife@live.com 800-712-4357 for other resources in your area Troubled in Marriage? Visit www.helpourmarriage.org March 29, 2015 Hosanna Sunday www.ourladyofthecedarschurch.org For Great Friday, April 3, at 7:00 pm Six men needed to carry Jesus for the burial of our Lord. 1.____________________________________ 4,________________________________ 2.____________________________________ 5.________________________________ 3._____________________________________ 6.________________________________ REHEARSAL ON FRIDAY BEGINS AT 6:00 PM PLEASE BE ON TIME. _____________________________________________________________________________ We would like to thank all the wonderful volunteers who came out on Thursday and helped clean and prepare the Church and Sanctuary for Holy Week! These seasonal cleanings make all the difference and we greatly appreciate all those who help out! ALL ABOUT THE LENTEN APPEAL FROM BISHOP ELIAS Please be as generous as possible. Please know that you are giving support for the good work of our Eparchy. Your offerings do a lot of good and you are greatly appreciated. Please know that you may return your pledge directly to our Chancery in St. Louis or you may drop your pledge in the Sunday collection and we will do the forwarding for you. For the sake of record keeping please let us know your pledge amount so the Deacons can give you proper credit on your offering record. As usual I will make my pledge for this Lenten Appeal along with you. God bless your generosity. Bishop Elias Zaidan BISHOP’S APPEAL REPORT – GOAL OF $6,500.00 For the week of : Number of Benefactors: Donations Collected: Start – March 7 10 $ 435.00 March 8 - March 21 7 $ 2,405.00 March 22 – Current 2 $ 300.00 ______________________________________________________ 19 $ 3,140.00 -$ 6,500.00 __________ (Still Needed) $3,360.00
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