Holy Family Parish Paróquia Sagrada Família SATURDAY, November 5th SUNDAY, November 6th MONDAY, November 7th TUESDAY, November 8th

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2 Holy Family Parish Paróquia Sagrada Família 30 Grafton Street Lowell MA Main Phone: (978) Brazilian Community: (978) Fax: (978) Administrator Reverend Nicholas Sannella Pastoral Staff Reverend Donald G. Lozier, OMI Reverend Gilmond Boucher, OMI Padre Elcio Antonio dos Santos Silva Sr. Joan Gregoire, SND Deacon Alvaro Soares Business Manager David McLean Director of Religious Education Ms. Claire Couillard High School of Religion Director W. Gerald Dockett (978) Parish Secretaries Marlene Heiss (Brazilian) Cathy Martel (English) Custodians Al Stamp SATURDAY, November 5th 2:30 PM Choir 3:15 PM Confessions 4:00 PM Novena Mass SUNDAY, November 6th 8:00 AM Kelly Family 9:30 AM Choir 10:00 AM Novena Mass 11:45 AM Brazilian Mass 5:30 PM Brazilian Choir 6:00 PM Brazilian Mass MONDAY, November 7th TUESDAY, November 8th WEDNESDAY, November 9th THURSDAY, November 10th FRIDAY, November 11th SATURDAY, November 12th 2:30 PM Choir 3:15 PM Confessions 4:00 PM Joanne Coogan SUNDAY, November 13th 8:00 AM Fr. Leonard McGrath 9:30 AM Choir 10:00 AM John Janeiro 11:45 AM Brazilian Mass 5:30 PM Brazilian Choir 6:00 PM Brazilian Mass We Pray

3 those who are ill, those who are now or have recently been in the hospital, and those who have requested our prayers, especially: Dr. Gertrude Bailey, Lucy Balkus, Doris Belley, Cressie Braganza, Cyril Braganza, Bob Brown, Carol Britton, Buote Family, Bill Calhoun, James Campbell, Michele Cassetta, Bernadette Chartrand, Roger Chartrand, Helena Ciaravolo, Millie Ciszek, Robert Connolly, Dom Contardo, Br. Augustin Gus Cote, Anne Marie Countie, Jane Daly, Davidson Family, Debbie Demers, DeRocco Family, Jerry Dockett, Mary Dockett, Paul Ducharme, Cathy Durand, Claire Durkin, Cynthia Evans, Jean Gagne, Roger Geoffroy, Sr. Marilyn Gignac, Donna Gravelle, Ilene Hallisey, Len Hallisey, Havelka Family, Fank Holden, Rev. Patrick Hollywood OMI, Pauline Jankowski, Sally Kelly, Annette Knust, Jim Knust, Kozowyk Family, Fran Labadini, Jim Laitala, Maryann Lanzara, Anthony Lavina, Betty LeClaire, Jeanne LeLacheur, Pauline Letourneau, Rev. Robert Levesque OMI, Liz Machado, Betty Mallett, Donald Marcouillier, Steven Marks, Hilda McBride, Sheila McCarthy, McDonagh Family, Margaret Mello, Georgette Mendonca, Manuel Mendonca Sr., Shirley Letourneau Morrison, Aparecida Nascimento, Francis O Donnell, Linda Paradise, Rev. Norman Parent OMI, Jeanne Pinard, Frank Quadros, Mary Richardson, Mary Agnes Rivanis, Mary Rivas, Robert Rivas, Elaine Robinson, Freeman Shepherd, Ann Sousa, Barbara Vayo, Diane Wingfield, Collette Wooldridge, Rita Wrenn. May they experience God s healing love and comfort. CATHOLIC CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT November 12th & 13th Next week collection for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) needs your help. CCHD was founded to break the cycle of poverty in the United States by funding organizations that help individuals help themselves. With a tradition of improving education, housing situations, and community economic development, CCHD continues to make a positive impact in communities nationwide. Your contribution will defend human dignity and reach out to those living on the margins. Please give to the CCHD Collections NOVEMBER 6TH, 2016 SAVE THE DATE Franco American School, 357 Pawtucket St., Lowell, Ma Will hold an estate sale on Saturday, November 12, from 1pm to 4pm. All items will be sold during a silent auction. **All items must go.** Thank you for your consideration in this matter. -- Ginny McGuiggin Administrative Assistant Franco American School

4 Week Ending: 10/30/2016 Offertory Needed to meet Budget 3796 Offertory Collection 2387 Utilities 799 Br. Offertory Needed to meet Budget 550 Brazilian Offertory 795 Dizimo needed to meet budget 725 Brazilian Dizimo 870 PRAYER AND REFLECTION 32 nd Sunday in Ordinary Time November 6, 2016 What comes next? is an old question about life after death. Today s readings encourage persistence in the face of the unknown. We Christians are heirs of faith in the resurrection (not a Jewish belief), but that does not guarantee courage in living our faith in the here and now. Keeping our eye on life beyond death is critical, but how we live our faith each day is equally important. We are called to live in the light of the resurrection, and so we pray for all who inhabit this fragile planet with us. For the church: that it may demonstrate the meaning of the resurrection we pray, For encouragement for those yearning for peace in the face of war, violence and conflict we pray, For encouragement for those struggling to make ends meet for themselves and their families we pray, Holy Family Religious Education Grades 1-8 Classes for November will be November 6th, 2016 November 20th, :00 AM-12:00 Noon For reassurance for those who do not have all the answers in life we pray, For those who struggle to believe in resurrection, especially those who have lost a loved one we pray, For encouragement for those who fear the outcomes of the coming election and for those charged with leading us into the future we pray, For all we are called to minister to in this community and beyond we pray, Holy Family Advent Giving Tree As we prepare for the Christmas Season and remember our many Blessings at this time of year, our minds pause to think of those whose lives are perhaps less joyful and our hearts open wide to share the spirit of giving and love with others. God Loved Us so Much that He gave us the Gift of His Son on Christmas Day. As we stop to think of such a blessed gift may we give thanks and take a some times to think how we might brighten the lives of others and touch them with our kindness by sharing. Whatsoever you do to help another, so you do also for Me. On the First Sunday of Advent, November 27th we will have an Advent Giving Tree. On the tree there will be tags with a code and an item that will be greatly appreciated by someone on Christmas Day. For those sick, the dying, and those who have died and for those who minister to the dying and grieving we pray, PRAYER: God of everlasting life: keep us hopeful in what lies beyond, while we struggle to live life fully each and every day. Help us to be people of faith and hope, who encourage those who have lost hope. We ask this in the name of your son, Jesus, who showed us the purpose in life. Amen Advent Church Decorating November 26th ~ Giving Tree Committee

5 32* DOMINGO DO TEMPO COMUM NOSSO DEUS É O DEUS DOS VIVOS Jesus garante que a ressurreição é a realidade que nos espera. No entanto, não vale a pena julgar e imaginar essa realidade à luz das categorias que marcam a nossa existência finita e limitada neste mundo; a nossa existência de ressuscitados será uma existência plena, total, nova. A forma como isso acontecerá é um mistério; mas a ressurreição é uma certeza absoluta no horizonte daquele que acredita. A questão central do nosso texto gira em torno da ressurreição, um tema que não significava nada para os saduceus. Percebendo que, quanto a essa questão, a perspectiva de Jesus estava próxima da dos fariseus, os saduceus apresentaram uma situação academica, com o objetivo de ridicularizar a crença na ressurreição: uma mulher casou, sucessivamente, com sete irmãos, cumprindo a lei do levirato (segundo a qual, o irmão de um defunto que morreu sem filhos devia casar com a viúva, a fim de dar descendência ao falecido e impedir que os bens da família fossem parar a mãos estranhas, cf. Dt 25,5-10). Quando ressuscitarem, ela será mulher de qual dos irmãos? A primeira parte da resposta de Jesus (vers ) afirma que a ressurreição não é (como pensavam os fariseus do tempo) uma simples continuação da vida que vivemos neste mundo mas uma vida nova e distinta, uma vida de plenitude que dificilmente podemos entender a partir das nossas realidades quotidianas. O poder de Deus, que chama os homens da morte à vida, transforma e assume a totalidade do ser humano, de forma que nascemos para uma vida totalmente nova e em que as nossas potencialidades serão elevadas à plenitude. A nossa capacidade de compreensão deste mistério é limitada, pois estamos a contemplar as coisas e a classificá-las à luz das nossas realidades terrenas; no entanto, a ressurreição que nos espera ultrapassa totalmente a nossa realidade terrena. A segunda parte da resposta de Jesus (vers ) é uma afirmação da certeza da ressurreição. Como não podia apoiar-se nos textos recentes da Escritura (como Dn 12,2-3), que sugeriam a fé na ressurreição (pois esses textos não tinham qualquer valor para os saduceus), Jesus cita-lhes a Torah, o Antigo Testamento (cf. Ex 3,6): no episódio da sarça-ardente, Deus revelou-se a Moisés como o Deus de Abraão, de Isaac e de Jacob Ora, se Deus Se apresenta dessa forma muitos anos depois de Abraão, Isaac e Jacob terem desaparecido deste mundo isso quer dizer que os patriarcas não estão mortos (um homem morto ou seja, um homem reduzido ao estado de uma sombra inconsciente e privada de vida no sheol, segundo a ideia semita corrente tinha perdido a proteção de Deus, pois já não existia como homem vivo e consciente). Na perspectiva de Jesus, portanto, os patriarcas não estão reduzidos ao estado de sombras na obscuridade absoluta do sheol, mas vivem atualmente em Deus.Conclusão: se Abraão, Isaac e Jacob estão vivos, podemos falar em ressurreição. PADRE ELCIO ANTONIO DOS SANTOS SILVA CÓPIA DE LITURGIA DA CNBB LEITURAS PARA A SEMANA 2 feira Tt 1,1-9 Sl,23, ab Ev. Lc, 17,1-6 3 feira Tt 2, Sl,36, Ev. Lc, 17, feira (Missa de Finados às 7:30pm) 5 feira Fm7-20 Sl145,7-9ª.9b-10 Ev. Lc,17, feira (Missa de Cura e Libertação Primeira Sexta às 7:30pm) Sábado 3Jo 5-8 Sl 111, Ev.Lc, 18, 1-8

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