LITURGIES
Sundays 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 am.
Weekdays 8:00 a.m., Saturday 8:30 a.m.
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DAILY ROSARY DEVOTIONS
I pray the Holy Rosary daily at 7:30 a.m.
Please join me when you can. +
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CONFESSION
Every Saturday - 2:00 - 4:00 pm or by app’t.
Sunday - before Mass and ending 10 minutes before
Mass begins.
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READINGS
Joh 12 : 12 - 22
Phi 1 : 1 - 13
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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
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Counting Our Blessings
Sunday, March 22, 2015 $1,797.00
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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
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Next Second Collection
April 3, 2015
Holy Land Collection
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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.
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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.
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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.
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About Fridays in Lent …
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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REHEARSAL ON FRIDAY BEGINS AT 6:00 PM PLEASE BE ON TIME.
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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
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19
$ 3,140.00
-$ 6,500.00
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(Still Needed) $3,360.00