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Sunday, October 18, 2020
Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
World Mission Sunday
World Mission Sunday
Virtual Mass, October 17 & 18, 2020
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Daily Mass has resumed at 12 noon on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is observed each First Friday of the month after 10:30 Mass
FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK
October 17, 2020:
SALUTATION AND BLESSINGS:
Dear brothers and sisters, how are you today? I trust that you are blessed and highly favored! Thanks a million, to many of you who heeded the invitation to come back to the Church. It is a faith walk with the Lord just as St Peter and other Apostles did at Capernaum, when they said, ``Master to whom shall we go you have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and are convinced that you are the Holy One of God” (John 6:68-69).It requires trust, surrender and courage. I pray that as we do our part observing the safety precautions that the Lord will protect us from the pandemic and all other ills.
GIVING THANKS TO THE HOLY ONE : ECHOES FROM THE ORACLE OF GOD VIA ST PAUL TO THE THESSALONIANS - SUNDAY’S SECOND READING.
“We give thanks to God always for all of you, remembering you in our prayers, unceasingly calling to mind your work of faith and labor of love and endurance in hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father, knowing, brothers and sisters loved by God, how you were chosen” (1 Thess.1:2-4).
Paul quickly left for Macedonia as soon as he saw that vision of a Macedonian saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us (Acts 16:9). He saw in that vision a sign from God for the direction of the missionary work. That marked the beginning of evangelization of Europe. Paul and his companions journeyed to Macedonia, Samothrace, Philippi, Thessalonia, Beroa, Athens and Corinth. While in Thessalonica like in other areas, they were attacked so they fled to Beroa. Timothy and Silas stayed behind in Beroa while Paul left for Athens and then Corinth. A little while later, Timothy and Silas rejoined Paul at Corinth bringing news about the disciples in Thessalonica. This occasioned the letter to Thessalonica. From the tone of the letter, the Christian converts there were doing well. So, Paul began the letter with thanksgiving and ended it with thanksgiving. “May the God of peace himself make you perfectly holy and may you entirely, spirit, soul, and body, be preserved blameless for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.The one who calls you is faithful, and he will also accomplish it” (1 Thess. 5:23-24). This is my prayer for you dearest brothers and sisters.
ARE YOU WORRIED AND ANXIOUS ABOUT THE ELECTION AND ITS POSSIBLE OUTCOME?
Remember not to begin your day with the news headlines. Please begin it with the Lord in peace and quiet. God will give you strength and peace you need to carry on the rest of the day. Regarding the election and its outcome, put it in God’s hand. Anything that is in the hand of God is in the safest place. Let the light of Christ be your guide as you make decisions in this matter.
DEATH IN OUR FAMILY
Mrs. Levella Yancey, a long-time parishioner of St Augustine passed away on Wednesday, October 14, 2020. She is the mother of Emma Thornton and Leroy Yancey, Jr. Please keep our sister, Levella and the members of her family in your prayers. The funeral Mass will be on Tuesday October 20, 2020 at 11:00 am and the Rosary, 10:30 a.m.
DO NOT FORGET OUR FIRST FRIDAY DEVOTION
Our First Friday Devotion is on Friday November 6, 2020. We shall begin as usual with a holy Mass at 10:30 a.m and then the exposition of the Blessed Sacrament for adoration till 3:00 p.m the hour of Mercy. Please come and have a heart to heart conversation with our Lord.
THE ORIGIN OF THE ROSARY
The prayer of the Rosary has a heavenly origin. This is because the key prayers in the Rosary were the prayers taught by our Lord and spoken through the Angel to Mary and the word given by God via Elizabeth (Luke 1:28, 42). These prayers are the Lord’s Prayer and Angelic salutation (Hail Mary spoken to Mary by Angel Gabriel at Annunciation). The second part of the Hail Mary, “Pray for us sinners now and at the hour of death” was added by the Bride of Christ. Many years ago, before the year 1207, the Carthusians and Cistercians had the devotion of reciting 150 Angelic Salutations patterned after 150 Psalms. This is called our Lady’s Psalter. This was easier for the monks who could not read the Psalm to pray and meditate on. In 1208 our Blessed Mother appeared to St Dominic and gave him the Rosary as the weapon to use in his work of evangelizing the heretical sect called Albigensian. The Blessed Mother said to him:
Dear Dominic, do you know which weapon the Blessed Trinity wants to use to reform the world? I want you to know that, in this kind of warfare, the battering ram has always been the Angelic Psalter [the Hail Mary] which is the foundation stone of the New Testament. Therefore, if you want to reach these hardened souls and win them over to God, preach my Psalter ( Our Lady’s words to St. Dominic, as quoted in St Louis de Montfort, The Secret of the Rosary. Trans. Mary Barbour, NY: Montfort Publications, 1988, p.27).
Who are the Albigensian and how did the Rosary assume its present form and structure will be discussed in the next week's article? Please stay tuned and pray the rosary.
ALL PRIESTS’ RETREAT
The annual priests retreat for our Diocese begins on Monday, October 19 ends on October 22. I would miss the first two days in order that I may celebrate the funeral Mass on 20th of our Sister Levella Yancey.
WHAT IS MORE?
“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” ( St Theresa of Jesus).
Father Francis Chiawa
October 17, 2020:
SALUTATION AND BLESSINGS:
Dear brothers and sisters, how are you today? I trust that you are blessed and highly favored! Thanks a million, to many of you who heeded the invitation to come back to the Church. It is a faith walk with the Lord just as St Peter and other Apostles did at Capernaum, when they said, ``Master to whom shall we go you have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and are convinced that you are the Holy One of God” (John 6:68-69).It requires trust, surrender and courage. I pray that as we do our part observing the safety precautions that the Lord will protect us from the pandemic and all other ills.
GIVING THANKS TO THE HOLY ONE : ECHOES FROM THE ORACLE OF GOD VIA ST PAUL TO THE THESSALONIANS - SUNDAY’S SECOND READING.
“We give thanks to God always for all of you, remembering you in our prayers, unceasingly calling to mind your work of faith and labor of love and endurance in hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father, knowing, brothers and sisters loved by God, how you were chosen” (1 Thess.1:2-4).
Paul quickly left for Macedonia as soon as he saw that vision of a Macedonian saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us (Acts 16:9). He saw in that vision a sign from God for the direction of the missionary work. That marked the beginning of evangelization of Europe. Paul and his companions journeyed to Macedonia, Samothrace, Philippi, Thessalonia, Beroa, Athens and Corinth. While in Thessalonica like in other areas, they were attacked so they fled to Beroa. Timothy and Silas stayed behind in Beroa while Paul left for Athens and then Corinth. A little while later, Timothy and Silas rejoined Paul at Corinth bringing news about the disciples in Thessalonica. This occasioned the letter to Thessalonica. From the tone of the letter, the Christian converts there were doing well. So, Paul began the letter with thanksgiving and ended it with thanksgiving. “May the God of peace himself make you perfectly holy and may you entirely, spirit, soul, and body, be preserved blameless for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.The one who calls you is faithful, and he will also accomplish it” (1 Thess. 5:23-24). This is my prayer for you dearest brothers and sisters.
ARE YOU WORRIED AND ANXIOUS ABOUT THE ELECTION AND ITS POSSIBLE OUTCOME?
Remember not to begin your day with the news headlines. Please begin it with the Lord in peace and quiet. God will give you strength and peace you need to carry on the rest of the day. Regarding the election and its outcome, put it in God’s hand. Anything that is in the hand of God is in the safest place. Let the light of Christ be your guide as you make decisions in this matter.
DEATH IN OUR FAMILY
Mrs. Levella Yancey, a long-time parishioner of St Augustine passed away on Wednesday, October 14, 2020. She is the mother of Emma Thornton and Leroy Yancey, Jr. Please keep our sister, Levella and the members of her family in your prayers. The funeral Mass will be on Tuesday October 20, 2020 at 11:00 am and the Rosary, 10:30 a.m.
DO NOT FORGET OUR FIRST FRIDAY DEVOTION
Our First Friday Devotion is on Friday November 6, 2020. We shall begin as usual with a holy Mass at 10:30 a.m and then the exposition of the Blessed Sacrament for adoration till 3:00 p.m the hour of Mercy. Please come and have a heart to heart conversation with our Lord.
THE ORIGIN OF THE ROSARY
The prayer of the Rosary has a heavenly origin. This is because the key prayers in the Rosary were the prayers taught by our Lord and spoken through the Angel to Mary and the word given by God via Elizabeth (Luke 1:28, 42). These prayers are the Lord’s Prayer and Angelic salutation (Hail Mary spoken to Mary by Angel Gabriel at Annunciation). The second part of the Hail Mary, “Pray for us sinners now and at the hour of death” was added by the Bride of Christ. Many years ago, before the year 1207, the Carthusians and Cistercians had the devotion of reciting 150 Angelic Salutations patterned after 150 Psalms. This is called our Lady’s Psalter. This was easier for the monks who could not read the Psalm to pray and meditate on. In 1208 our Blessed Mother appeared to St Dominic and gave him the Rosary as the weapon to use in his work of evangelizing the heretical sect called Albigensian. The Blessed Mother said to him:
Dear Dominic, do you know which weapon the Blessed Trinity wants to use to reform the world? I want you to know that, in this kind of warfare, the battering ram has always been the Angelic Psalter [the Hail Mary] which is the foundation stone of the New Testament. Therefore, if you want to reach these hardened souls and win them over to God, preach my Psalter ( Our Lady’s words to St. Dominic, as quoted in St Louis de Montfort, The Secret of the Rosary. Trans. Mary Barbour, NY: Montfort Publications, 1988, p.27).
Who are the Albigensian and how did the Rosary assume its present form and structure will be discussed in the next week's article? Please stay tuned and pray the rosary.
ALL PRIESTS’ RETREAT
The annual priests retreat for our Diocese begins on Monday, October 19 ends on October 22. I would miss the first two days in order that I may celebrate the funeral Mass on 20th of our Sister Levella Yancey.
WHAT IS MORE?
“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” ( St Theresa of Jesus).
Father Francis Chiawa
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