25th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (STEWARDSHIP SUNDAY) September 20,
2020
In today’s Gospel Jesus gives USA marvelous insight into the wisdom of reversal which is at the heart of the kingdom. A landowner goes to the market place early in the day and hires people to work in his vineyard and some he hires much later in the day. When the time came to make the payment the real fun starts: the first and the last arrivals receive the equal wage. The landowner’s generosity to the latecomers aggrieves the early starters, even though they were paid the agreed sum. So the landowner confronts them with the question: “Have I no right to do what I like with my own? Why be envious because I’m generous?” The parable is originally referred to the Pharisees’ complaint at Jesus’ generous treatment of sinners, the latecomers, with the same mercy as he has for those who have borne the burden of the law. In Luke’s Gospel the Pharisees’ complaint is met with the parable of the prodigal son, in which the elder brother complains that he has not been treated according to his deserts. In both parables we are invited to consider the generosity of God, a generosity that makes other people furious. Do we allow God the freedom to do things his way, or do we get furious when he diverts from our way of operating. We may think it only our right to sing “ I did it my way “, but what happens when we hear the Lord singing it? If we resent his freedom to show mercy to whom he pleases, not only do we repeat the grumble of the labourers in the parable, but we forget how we ourselves benefit from his mercy. Let’s open ourselves to receive his mercy and become vehicle’s of bringing mercy in the lives of others!
Stewardship homily please visit archtoronto.org/stewardship. On behalf of Cardinal Thomas Collins we thank you for all that you do to your parish as good stewards. May God bless you all.
SUNDAY MASS:
As we resume masses in the church , mindful of those who cannot make it due limited seating capacity, Mass will be still live-streamed every Sunday at 10 am in our Parish Website and YouTube page. You can also watch the mass later in the day. If you can, please consider dropping off your church donations in the mailbox, newly installed at Atwater Ave Church entrance door .
USHERS MEETING
Ushers meeting will be held on the 23rd at 7:00. We request all those are helping us out with ushering and disinfecting the pews kindly attend. We Really appreciate this wonderful job that you do to keep our community safe during this challenging time. God bless you and your family!
POPE FRANCIS’S PRAYER TO MARY :
(For protection from the Coronavirus)
O Mary, you shine continuously in our journey as a sign of salvation and hope.
We entrust ourselves to you, Health of the sick. At the foot of the cross you participated in Jesus’ pain, with steadfast faith. You, Salvation of the Roman people, know what we need. We are certain that you will provide, so that as you did at Cana of Galilee, joy and feasting might return after this moment of trial. Help us, Mother of Divine Love, to confirm ourselves to the Father’s will and to do what Jesus tells us: He who took our sufferings upon Himself, and bore our sorrows to bring us , through the cross, to the joy of the Ressurrection. Amen. We seek refuge under your protection, O Holy Mother of God. Do not despise our pleas-we who are put to the test-and deliver us from every danger, O glorious and Blessed Virgin.
YOUR PARISH NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT:
Dear people of God .
At a time like this I feel uncomfortable to talk about giving. Our primary concern is health and well being of our parishioners. However, No doubt you are aware that our Parish relies on the support of our parish members for the upkeep of the church. Kindly support us with the donations (weekly offerings) thank you for your great help during this challenging time! God bless you!🙏
Humanitarian Relief- Lebanon Relief Effort :
At this time we ask the faithful to please donate to the Lebanon relief effort, if you are able. The Archdiocese if Toronto will send donation to the Catholic Near East Welfare Association ( CNEWA) a papal agency with extensive as the-ground networks in Lebanon. CNEWA staff are currently working to send food, water, medical supplies and hygiene products to Beirut. Spiritual and psychological support will also be provided to those who lost everything in a blink of an eye. Later, CNEWA will rebuild housing and help re-establish those who lost their livelihoods in this disaster.
THOSE WISHING TO HELP May do so in the following ways:
- online through the Archdiocese of Toronto website (Click on the “Donate Now” button stays the top of the page www.archtoronto.org)
- by phone through the Development office- 416934-3411.
- through the parish, making cheque’s payable to:
Name of Parish - Lebanon Relief Effort- Disaster Relief.
REST IN PEACE :
+ Nesta Pougnet
+ Raymond Swatuk
+ Marianna Marchewka
PRAYERS FOR THE SICK:
PAUL CANTLON
SHWETHA
ANGELO GULLA
DOMENIC SANTAGUIDA
ROY
CRIS OSBORNE
MARIANA WEGLINKI
FRANCA METCALFE
JESSY FERNANDES
TERESA
JULIANA
SANIYA & FRANCESCO
NANCY
CHRISTA FEUERSTAKE
ANNA
PATRICIA GONANO
CHRISTINA LUGUN
KATHERINE
MATHEW WHITLEY
OFFICE HOURS
Tuesday , Wednesday and Thursday from 9.30am —12 noon. 1pm — 4.30pm .Please call the parish office before you arrive.
THANK YOU!
Thanks for all your support and cooperation. I sincerely thank our YouTube mass Team. Sean for providing music and technical support,Larissa Freddy And Farrell Gonsalves for their assistance with the liturgy. Our Parish Council Members Lisa Hyginus and Branca Noronha may contact you at this difficult time just to make sure you are ok. We are here to serve you and will address any issues to the best of our ability! God bless!
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
We Need more volunteers please consider to join our Team of Cleaning and Ushering!
CLEANING TEAM SCHEDULE
Saturday.5 pm mass- Larissa & Family .
Sunday. 9.30 am mass:-Val, Branca &Lisa
Sunday. 11.30am mass- Erica, Amy, Rose.
USHERING TEAM
Gary, Sergio, Paul , Edmund. Luke
BAPTISM
We congratulate and welcome our newly baptized children Max Anthony Kaschak and Sebastian Zeffirelli’s Cavallin to our parish Community! Let’s rejoice in the Lord and give praises to him!
FOOD DISTRIBUTION :
The Saint Vincent de Paul Society has continued to serve our neighbours in need during the lockdown. We continued to respond to phone calls for help and mailed out vouchers for the grocery store each month. Our expenditures totalled about $1300 each month. We served about 30 single or family groupings per month. In order to practice social distancing and keep everyone safe, we stopped our home visits.
Just before Thanksgiving on Oct. 2 and 3 we will distribute the food from our pantry in a safe manner. We will be giving out bags of groceries from our pantry to our neighbours in need on Friday an Saturday morning on Oct. 2 and 3. People will be required to wear masks and practice social distancing. We will use contactless delivery to keep everyone safe.
If you would like to make a donation to the St. Dominic’s St. Vincent de Paul Society to help us with our work, you may drop it in the collection basket on Sunday or go online to https://www.imakeanonlinedonation.org/ssvp-national/DONATION/
You are able to select the conference where you wish to donation. Ours is St. Dominic Mississauga. Thank you for your support.
