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1 ST. MARON MARONITE CATHOLIC CHURCH Cleansing of the Leper pg. 196 March 10, 2019 The Leprosy and the Sin We are truly blessed that we are a generation who has experienced Jesus Christ in their life, who came to our world and made it a better place to live. A world where we can prepare ourselves for the eternal life. In the Gospel of Mark, we encounter a loving and a merciful God. We see Jesus s human nature when He was moved with pity (Mark 1:41) when the Leper asked him to make him clean. We see the divine nature of Jesus as well when he healed the leper and sent him clean. (Mark 1: 42) Leprosy at the time of Jesus was an incurable disease. It was related to spiritual thoughts. People who were affected by Leprosy were considered sinners and they were rejected by the society. To be healed from it, there was a must for a divine intervention. The leper is someone who is rejected by the society. Whoever touches him would be considered impure as well. Here comes the purest of the pure. The real God. That the impurity of Leprosy could not stop him from touching the leper to make him clean. If we take the story of Jesus and the leper to a spiritual level we see that it is the same story of Jesus and us sinners. This Gospel reminds us that we are imperfect, and we need Jesus in our life to change us. The sin is an incurable thing when it comes to human efforts, but it fades away when it comes to God. All what it takes is to be humble in the presence of God and to ask him, as the Leper did, to free us from the sin that stops us from moving forward toward the path of God. During this blessed time of the Great Lent, let us open our hearts and lives for Jesus to change us and to take us to a deeper level in our faith. Let us follow the steps of Jesus and reach out to those who are rejected by our societies. To those that nobody wants to be around. This is how the world knows that we are the disciples of Jesus Christ who came to our world to serve and love! Rev. Msgr. Peter Karam, Pastor saintmaroncleveland@gmail.com Rev. Fr. Elias Yazbeck: Associate fr.eliasyazbeck@gmail.com BAPTISM - Call the office at least 2 months in advance. MARRIAGE - Call at least 8 months in advance for Pre-Cana Appt. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION By appointment SACRAMENT OF ANOINTING/SICK Call the Parish Office immediately or Office: Fax: saintmaroncleveland@gmail.com Website: Facebook: SaintMaronChurch Office Hrs.: Mon-Fri. 9am-3:30pm Donate: In Case of Emergency Only: Rev. Deacon George Khoury Mr. Lattouf Lattouf, Sub deacon Mr. Ghazi Faddoul, Sub deacon Mr. Georges Faddoul, Sub deacon Mr. Bechara Daher, Sub deacon Chapel/ Mailing Address 7800 Brookside Road Independence, Oh Church: 1245 Carnegie Avenue MISSION STATEMENT Liturgy Schedule Mon, Wed, Fri. Chapel 10:00 am Tues, Thurs. Chapel 6:00 pm Sunday: Downtown 9:30 am - English 11:00am - English &Arabic Saturday: Chapel: 5:00 pm Holy Days of Obligation Check Bulletin We, the people of Saint Maron Parish, form a community of disciples dedicated to a shared faith and common life which exemplifies the life, works, and teaching of Jesus Christ as reflected in the Sacred Scriptures and the Maronite Catholic Tradition. Our Parish life and mission are to proclaim the Gospel, to foster and strengthen the faith, and to evangelize. Our covenant of discipleship with Jesus Christ is fulfilled through liturgy, education, and service. Amen

Liturgy is cancelled during Lent) Fridays during Lent: Stations of the Cross at 6:30 pm DOWNTOWN (Potluck to follow) ICS will be baking Kaak & Maamoul once again this year! One Doz. Kaak $10.00 Sat.

2 Lenten Daily Liturgy Schedule Sat. March 9: Cleansing of the Leper 5:00 pm Chapel: Parishioners Intentions Sun. March 10: Cleansing of the Leper 9:30 am: Parishioners Intentions 11:00 am: Forty Day Liturgy for Mora Geagea (Her son Jihad Geagea & family) Daily Monday Thru Thursday 6:00 pm CHAPEL (The 10:00 am Liturgy is cancelled during Lent) Fridays during Lent: Stations of the Cross at 6:30 pm DOWNTOWN (Potluck to follow) ICS will be baking Kaak & Maamoul once again this year! One Doz. Kaak $10.00 Sat. March 16: Healing of the Hemorrhaging Woman 5:00 pm Chapel: Parishioners Intentions Sun. March 17: Healing of the Hemorrhaging Woman 9:30 am: Mem Lit for Nassif & Helen Assid (Their grandchildren & their families) 11:00 am: Parishioners Intentions One Doz. Maamoul $20.00 To place your order simply call Lisa Farah ( ) Lydia Nahra ( ) Zeina Tannous ( ) An open invitation to all the ladies in the parish to join us downtown on baking day- Kaak: April 13 NATIONAL APOSTOLATE OF MARONITES Maamoul: April 16 & 17 LENTEN RETREAT Saturday April 6, 2019 NATIONAL SHRINE OF OUR LADY OF LEBANON, North Jackson, OH Retreat Master: Rev. Vincent Farhat Retreat Theme: Forgiveness in the Most Difficult Circumstances Registration Deadline: March 30, 2019 For further information contact the NAM office: Website: NAM Members $55 Onsite $65 Nonmembers $65 onsite $75 Includes all Saturday sessions, Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner CONTACT DIANE MAROUN FOR RESERVATIONS Our next meeting is on Tuesday, March 19th at the Parish Center in Independence We will be discussing both Capernaum and Roma- the movie that Capernaum lost the Oscar to last week. Roma can be found on Netflix. We ask that you watch it beforehand and come prepared for the discussion. However, if you don't find time to watch the movie before the appointed date, don't worry about it - just come with some food in hand! Contact Katia katiaabboud315@gmail.com

3 األحد الثاني من الصوم الكبير : أحد شفاء األبرص 2 nd week of Lent - Healing of the Leper رسالة القد يس بولس إلى أهل رومة 6:12-23 Romans, From the letter of St. Paul to the يا إخو ت ي ال ت م ل ك ن الخ طيئ ة ب ع د في ج س د ك م الم ائ ت ف ت طيع وا ش ه و ات ه. و ال ت ج ع ل وا أ ع ض اء ك م س ال ح ظ ل م ل لخ ط يئ ة ب ل ق ر ب وا أ ن ف س ك م هلل ك أ ح ي اء ق ام وا م ن ب ي ن األ م وا وجج ع ل وا أ ع ض اء ك م س الح ب ر هلل. فال ت ت س ل ط ع ل ي ك م الخ ط يئ ة أل ن ك م ل س ت م في ح ك م الش ر يع ة ب ل في ح ك م الن ع م ة. ف م اذ ا إ ذ ا ه ل ن خ ط أ أل ن ن ا ل س ن ا في ح ك م الش ر يع ة ب ل في ح ك م الن ع م ة ح اش ا! أ ال ت ع ل م ون أ ن ك م ع ن د م ا ت ج ع ل ون أ ن ف س ك م ع بيد ا أل ح د ف ت طيع ون ه ت ك ون ون ع بيد ا لل ذي ت طيع ون ه: إ م ا ع بيد ا ل لخ ط يئ ة ال تي ت ؤ ول إ لى الم و وإ م ا ل لط اع ة ال تي ت ؤ ول إ لى الب ر. ف ش ك ر ا هلل أل ن ك م ب ع د م ا ك ن ت م ع بيد الخ طيئ ة أ ط ع ت م م ن ك ل ق ل ب ك م م ث ال الت ع ل يم ال ذي س ل مت م إ ل ي ه. و ب ع د أ ن ح ر ر ت م م ن الخ ط يئ ة ص ر ت م ع بيد ا ل لب ر. وأ ق ول ق و ال ب ش ر ي ا م ر اع اة ل ض ع ف ك م: ف ك م ا ج ع ل ت م أ ع ض اء ك م ع بيد ا ل لن ج اس ة و اإل ث م في س ب يل ا إل ث م ك ذل ك جج ع ل وا اآلن أ ع ض اء ك م ع بيد ا ل لب ر في س بي ل الق د اس ة. ف ل م ا ك ن ت م ع بيد الخ ط يئ ة ك ن ت م أ ح ر ار ا م ن الب ر. فأ ي ث م ر ج ن ي ت م ح ين ئ ذ م ن ت ل ك األ م ور ال تي ت س ت ح ون م ن ه ا اآلن فإ ن ع اق ب ت ه ا الم و. أ م ا اآلن وق د ص ر ت م أ حرا ر ا م ن الخ ط يئ ة وع بيد ا هلل فإ ن ك م ت ج ن ون ث م ر ا ل لق د اس ة وع اق ب ت ه ا ال حي اة األ ب د ي ة. أل ن أ ج ر ة الخ ط يئ ة ه ي الم و. أ م ا م و ه ب ة هللا ف هي الح ي اة األ ب د ي ة في الم سيح ي س وع ر ب ن ا.. والتسبيح هلل دائما. Brothers and sisters, Do not let sin exercise dominion in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions. No longer present your members to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and present your members to God as instruments of righteousness. For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. What then? Should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to God that you, having once been slaves of sin, have become obedient from the heart to the form of teaching to which you were entrusted, and that you, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. I am speaking in human terms because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to greater and greater iniquity, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness for sanctification. When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. So what advantage did you then get from the things of which you now are ashamed? The end of those things is death. But now that you have been freed from sin and enslaved to God, the advantage you get is sanctification. The end is eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Praise be to God always! إنجيل القد يس مرقس 1:35-45 From the Holy Gospel according to Saint Mark قال مرقس البشير: ق ام ي س وع ق ب ل ط ل وع الف ج ر فخ ر ج وذ ه ب إ لى م ك ان ق ف ر وأ خ ذ ي ص ل ي ه ن اك. ول ح ق ب ه س م ع ان و ال ذين م ع ه.«أ ل ج م يع ي ط ل ب ون ك»وو ج د وه ف ق ال وا ل ه :.«ل ن ذ ه ب إ لى م ك ان آخ ر إ لى الق ر ى الم ج او ر ة أل ب ش ر ه ن اك أ ي ض ا ف إ ن ي ل هذ ا خ ر ج ت»فق ال ل ه م: وس ار في ك ل الج ل يل وه و ي ك ر ز في م ج ام ع ه م و ي ط ر د الش ي اط ين..«إ ن ش ئ ت ف أ ن ت ق اد ر أ ن ت ط ه ر ن ي!»وأ ت اه أ ب ر ص ي ت و س ل إ ل ي ه فج ث ا وق ال ل ه :.«ق د ش ئ ت ف ٱط ه ر!»فت ح ن ن ي س وع وم د ي د ه ول م س ه وق ال ل ه : وفي الح ال ز ال ع ن ه الب ر ص ف ط ه ر. ف ٱن ت ه ر ه ي س وع وص ر ف ه ح اال.«أ ن ظ ر ال ت خ ب ر أ ح د ا ب ش يء ب ل جذ ه ب و أ ر ن ف س ك ل ل ك اه ن و ق د م ع ن ط ه ر ك م ا أ م ر ب ه م وس ى شه اد ة ل ه م»وقال ل ه : أ م ا ه و ف خ ر ج وب د أ ي ن اد ي ب أ ع ل ى ص و ت ه وي ذ يع الخ ب ر ح ت ى إ ن ي س وع ل م ي ع د ق اد ر ا أ ن ي د خل إ لى م د ين ة ع الن ي ة ب ل كان ي ق يم في الخ ار ج في أ م اك ن م ق ف ر ة وكان الن اس ي أ ت ون إ ل ي ه م ن ك ل م ك ان. حقا واألمان لج ميع ك م The evangelist writes, In the morning, while it was still very dark, he got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed. And Simon and his companions hunted for him. When they found him, they said to him, Everyone is searching for you. He answered, Let us go on to the neighboring towns, so that I may proclaim the message there also; for that is what I came out to do. And he went throughout Galilee, proclaiming the message in their synagogues and casting out demons. A leper came to him begging him, and kneeling he said to him, If you choose, you can make me clean. Moved with pity, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, and said to him, I do choose. Be made clean! Immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean. After sternly warning him he sent him away at once. This is the truth! Peace be with you.

St. Maron s Church Organizations Parish Council President: Najib Rached: rolanano@hotmail.com 3rd Wed. of the month at 7:00 pm Finance Council President: Rick Ganim: rickganim@gmail.

com 1st Mon. of every month at 7:00 pm Maronite Christian Formation Program (MCFP) Sunday Director Maroun Kattar: marounkattar@yahoo.

4 St. Maron s Church Organizations Parish Council President: Najib Rached: rolanano@hotmail.com 3rd Wed. of the month at 7:00 pm Finance Council President: Rick Ganim: rickganim@gmail.com Immaculate Conception Sodality (ICS) President: Bernadette Faddoul: gbjmlf@aol.com 1st Mon. of every month at 7:00pm Sons of Mary (Men s Club) President: Joey Faddoul: joeyfaddoul@gmail.com 1st Mon. of every month at 7:00 pm Maronite Christian Formation Program (MCFP) Sunday Director Maroun Kattar: marounkattar@yahoo.com Sundays (except Holy Days) 10:45 am to 11:30am Maronite Christian Formation Program (MCFP) Thursday Director Michelle Nin: michelle@ninfamily.com Thursdays 7:00 pm Parish Center, Independence Maronite Young Children (MYC) President: Rita Kanaan: Ritamurr@hotmail.com Maronite Youth Organization (MYO) Coordinator: George Shamatta: gshamatta@gmail.com 1st and 3rd Saturday : 5pm with Liturgy/Meeting Maronite Young Adults (MYA) President: Aleina Soueidi: aleinasoueidi@gmail.com Meeting/Event: Third Friday of each month Maronite Mothers Club (MMC) Coordinator: Tina Chamoun: TinaSChamoun@gmail.com Arabic School: Coordinator: Jihad Kawkabani: arabicclasses.st.maron.clev@gmail.com Classes Sat. Oct-April (except Holy Days) 10 am to 12noon 50+ Social Club Mary Ann Watson: mapw47@yahoo.com 1st Friday of each month. Liturgy: 10:00 am Book & Cine Club Katia Abboud: katiaabboud315@gmail.com ONLINE DONATIONS All donations are processed safely and securely via PayPal. Recurring donations are also available for your convenience. To make your online donation, simply scan or enter the web address Aitaneet Foundation Scholarship Applicants must be of Lebanese Christian descent, a 2019 graduate of an accredited secondary school, and accepted to an accredited post secondary Selection based on academic achievement, extracurricular involvement, financial need, & service to school, church and community. Deadline April 26, 2019 Contact: Aitaneetfoundation.kawkabani.com. Questions call Jihad Kawkabani: or aitaneetfoundation@yahoo.com 50+ Social Club All activities follow 10:00 am Liturgy in the Chapel (Independence) This is a Social Club: NO DUES Car pool available Join us on: April 5: Hower House Museum-28-room Victorian Mansion built in 1781 on the campus of University of Akron (Senior Admission $8) FREE PARKING behind Carriage House; lunch on the way in Hudson Yours Truly. RESERVE BY MARCH 20. Contact Mary

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