Letter from St. Paul to the Corinthians. Your blessing father

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1 1013 Ellsworth Street Philadelphia PA August 10-11, 2013 First Reading: 1 Corinthians 3:1-11 Letter from St. Paul to the Corinthians. Your blessing father I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but rather as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for solid food. Even now you are still not ready, for you are still of the flesh. For as long as there is jealousy and quarrelling among you, are you not of the flesh, and behaving according to human inclinations? For when one says, I belong to Paul, and another, I belong to Apollos, are you not merely human? What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord assigned to each. I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. The one who plants and the one who waters have a common purpose, and each will receive wages according to the labour of each. For we are God s servants, working together; you are God s field, God s building. According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building on it. Each builder must choose with care how to build on it. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one that has been laid; that foundation is Jesus Christ. رسالة القد يس بولس األولى إلى أهل قورنتس يا إ خو ت ي أ ن ا ل م أ س ت ط ع أ ن أ ك ل م ك م ك أ ن اس ر وح اني ين ب ل ك أ ن اس ج س د ي ي ن ك أ ط ف ال في الم س يح. ق د غ ذ و ت ك م ب الح ليب ال ب الط ع ام أل ن ك م ل م ت ك ون وا ب ع د ق اد ر ين وال ح ت ى اآلن أ ن ت م ق اد ر ون. ف أ ن ت م ال ت ز ال ون أ ن اس ا ج س د ي ين: ف م ا د ام ب ي ن ك م ح س د و خ ص ام أ ف ال ت ك ون ون ج س د ي ين وس ل وك ا ج س د ياا ت س ل ك ون فإ ذ ا ك ان أ ح د ك م ي ق ول: أ ن ا ل ب ول س! وآخ ر: أ ن ا أل ب ل وس! أ ف ال ت ك ون ون ج س د ي ين فم ا هو أ ب ل وس وم ا هو ب ول س ه م ا خ اد م ان آم ن ت م ع لى أ ي د يه م ا ع لى ق د ر م ا أ ع ط ى الر ب ك الا م ن ه م ا. أ ن ا غ ر س ت وأ ب ل وس س ق ى ولك ن اهلل ه و ال ذي ك ان ي ن م ي. فال الغ ار س ب ش يء وال الس اق ي ب ل ٱهلل ال ذي ي ن م ي! لك ن الغ ار س والس اق ي و اح د وك ل م ن ه م ا ي أ خ ذ أ ج ر ه ع لى ق د ر ت ع ب ه. ف ن ح ن م ع او ن ان هلل وأ ن ت م ح ق ل ٱهلل و ب ن اء ٱهلل. وأ ن ا ب ن ع م ة ٱهلل ال تي و ه ب ت لي و ض ع ت األ س اس ك ب ن اء ح ك يم لك ن آخ ر ي ب ن ي ع ل ي ه: ف ل ي ن ر ك ل و اح د ك ي ف ي ب ن ي ع ل ي ه! ف م ا م ن أ ح د ي م ك ن ه أ ن ي ض ع أ س اس ا آخ ر غ ي ر ٱأل س اس ٱلم و ض و وه و ي س و الم س يح. Gospel Reading: Luke 8:1-15 Jesus went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him, as well as some women who had been cured of evil

2 spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, and Joanna, the wife of Herod s steward Chuza, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their resources. When a great crowd gathered and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable: A sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell on the path and was trampled on, and the birds of the air ate it up. Some fell on the rock; and as it grew up, it withered for lack of moisture. Some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew with it and choked it. Some fell into good soil, and when it grew, it produced a hundredfold. As he said this, he called out, Let anyone with ears to hear listen! Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant. He said, To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to others I speak in parables, so that "looking they may not perceive, and listening they may not understand." Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. The ones on the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. The ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy. But these have no root; they believe only for a while and in a time of testing fall away. As for what fell among the thorns, these are the ones who hear; but as they go on their way, they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature. But as for that in the good soil, these are the ones who, when they hear the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patient endurance. إنجيل القد يس لوقا أ خ ذ ي سو ي ط وف الم د ن و الق ر ى ي ن ادي و ي ب ش ر ب م ل كوت اهلل و م ع ه اٱلث ن ا ع ش ر و ب ع ض الن س اء الل و ات ي ش ف اه ن م ن أ ر و اح ش ر ير ة و أ م ر اض ه ن : م ر ي م الم د ع و ة ب الم ج د ل ي ة ال ت ي كان ق د خ ر ج م ن ها س ب ع ة ش ي اط ين و ح ن ة ٱم ر أ ة خ وز ى و ك يل ه ير ود س و س وس ن ة و غ ير ه ن ك ث يرات ك ن ي ب ذ ل ن م ن أ م وال ه ن في خ د م ت ه م. و ل م ا ٱح ت ش د ج م ع ك ث ير و أ ق ب ل الن اس إ ل يه م ن ك ل م د ين ة خ اط ب ه م ب م ث ل:»خ ر ج الز ار ل ي ز ر ز ر ع ه. و فيم ا ه و ي ز ر و ق ع ب ع ض الح ب على ج ان ب الط ر يق ف د اس ت ه األ ق د ام و أ ك ل ت ه ط ي ور الس م اء. و و ق ع ب ع ض ه اآلخ ر ع لى الص خ ر ة و م ا إ ن ن ب ت ح ت ى ي ب س أل ن ه ل م ي ك ن ل ه ر ط وب ة. و و ق ع ب ع ض ه اآلخ ر في و س ط الش و ك و ن ب ت الش وك م ع ه ف خ ن ق ه. و و ق ع ب ع ض ه اآلخ ر في األ ر ض الص ال ح ة و ن ب ت ف أ ث م ر م ئ ة ض ع ف. قال ي س و هذ ا و ن اد ى:»م ن ل ه أ ذ ن ان س ام ع ت ان ف ل ي س م ع!«.«و س أ ل ه ت الم يذ ه :»م ا ت راه ي ع ن ي هذ ا الم ث ل «. ف ق ال:»ق د أ ع ط ي ل ك م أ ن ت م أ ن ت ع ر ف وا أ س رار م ل ك وت اهلل. أ م ا الب اق ون ف أ كل م ه م با أل م ث ال ل ك ي ي ن ر وا ف ال ي ب ص ر وا و ي س م ع وا ف ال ي ف ه م وا. و هذ ا ه و م ع ن ى الم ث ل: أ لز ر ه و ك ل م ة اهلل. وال ذ ين ع لى ج ان ب الط ريق ه م ال ذ ين ي س م ع ون ث م ي أ تي إ ب ل يس ف ي ن ت ز الك ل م ة م ن ق لوب ه م ل ئ ال ي ؤ م ن وا ف ي خ ل ص وا. وال ذ ين ع لى الص خ رة ه م ال ذين ي س م ع ون الك ل م ة و ي ق ب ل ون ه ا ب ف ر ح هؤ الء ال أ ص ل ل ه م ف ه م ي ؤ م ن ون إ لى ح ين وفي و ق ت الت ج ر ب ة ي ت ر اج ع ون. وال ذ ي و ق ع في الش وك ه م ال ذين ي س م ع ون و ي م ض ون ف ت خ ن ق ه م اله م وم والغ ن ى و م ل ذ ات الح ي اة ف ال ي ن ض ج ل ه م ث م ر. أ م ا ال ذ ي و ق ع في األ ر ض الج ي د ة ف ه م ال ذ ين ي س م ع ون الك ل م ة ب ق ل ب ج ي د ص ال ح ف ي ح ف ون ها و ي ثب ت ون ف ي ث م ر ون.

1013 Ellsworth Street Philadelphia PA 19147 August 10-11, 2013 Thirteenth Sunday of Pentecost WELCOME HOME ABOUNA GEORGE HAJJ What a joy it is

All of us have been a witness in his journey to the priesthood as he has graced us with his presence over the past two years as subdeacon,

He has been instrumental among our youth as well as our community over the past two years and it is only fitting that we welcome him to

The National Convention in Tampa was blessed to witness his holy priesthood by the laying of hands of His Excellency Robert Shaheen, Eparchy of

Maron Church in Cleveland, Ohio, upon his return from Maad, Lebanon, where he will celebrate Divine Liturgy in his home town. Fr.

George a ministry filled with the love of Jesus Christ and the up building of His Church.

this extended Maronite family. God bless you beloved Abouna.

morning August 15, 2013, at 9:00 am. Please join us in this celebration of our Mother Mary.

Hot dogs and hamburgers will be supplied as well as the trimmings for them. We ask you to bring with you your drinks and side dishes.

If you have not given the office your RSVP forms, please do so this week with by email, phone, or forms that were distributed.

3 1013 Ellsworth Street Philadelphia PA August 10-11, 2013 Thirteenth Sunday of Pentecost WELCOME HOME ABOUNA GEORGE HAJJ What a joy it is for our parish to welcome for the first time Rev. George Hajj. All of us have been a witness in his journey to the priesthood as he has graced us with his presence over the past two years as subdeacon, deacon, and now priest. He has been instrumental among our youth as well as our community over the past two years and it is only fitting that we welcome him to celebrate his first Divine Liturgy with his extended family of St. Maron. The National Convention in Tampa was blessed to witness his holy priesthood by the laying of hands of His Excellency Robert Shaheen, Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon, on July 5, Fr. George will be assigned to St. Maron Church in Cleveland, Ohio, upon his return from Maad, Lebanon, where he will celebrate Divine Liturgy in his home town. Fr. Peter Karam and the people of Cleveland will be blessed by his dedication to the church and her people. We wish Fr. George a ministry filled with the love of Jesus Christ and the up building of His Church. You are always welcome in Philadelphia and you Father Vincent Farhat, Pastor Father Richard Cannuli, Weekend Assistant have become a part of this extended Maronite family. God bless you beloved Abouna. HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION The Feast of the Assumption of our Lady will be held on Tuesday evening August 14, 2013, at 7:00 pm and on Wednesday morning August 15, 2013, at 9:00 am. Please join us in this celebration of our Mother Mary. SECOND COLLECTION FOR PARISH PICNIC There will be a second collection taken this weekend to cover costs of the parish picnic. Hot dogs and hamburgers will be supplied as well as the trimmings for them. We ask you to bring with you your drinks and side dishes. Divine Liturgy will begin at 11:00 am. The cookout will begin immediately after Liturgy. We look forward to seeing you all there. If you have not given the office your RSVP forms, please do so this week with by , phone, or forms that were distributed. THERE WILL BE NO DIVINE LITURGY AT THE CHURCH ON THAT DAY. SUMMER FESTIVALS St. Sharbel, Newtown Square, PA, will be having their annual festival on August 24-25, 2013, at 3679 Providence Road. The festival is held on Father Michael Marrone, Weekend Assistant Sr. Nahida Al-Sawa, CSFN, Director of Religious Education St. Maron s Church Office: Hall Reservations: Emergency Number: or CHURCH S: Church Office: saintmaronphiladelphia@hotmail.com Sr. Nahida Al-Sawa: saintmaronreligioused@hotmail.com Sr. Nahida s cell number: QUOTE OF THE WEEK Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity. -Saint Therese of Lisieux P(3) Saint Therese

4 Saturday, August 24 th from Noon to 11:00 pm, and Sunday, August 25 th from Noon to 9:00 pm. SOUTH PHILLY MOVIE PREVIEW SAVE THE DATE - THURSDAY OCTOBER 17, 2013 We re Gonna Make You Some Offers. We Hope You Can t Refuse #1 Be One of the First in South Philly to See A Rose on Ninth Street Film Written and filmed in the South Philadelphia Italian Market neighborhood, the film depicts how crime, revenge, dangerous love & hot tempers spark risks of life & death. Like The Godfather s & The Sopranos surprise endings, you ll talk about Rose on Ninth Street. Keep it a secret! # 2 Show Your Love for Our Pastor and Parish Come Out to the Show. Bring a Friend or Two! # 3 Love the Deal We Made You ll enjoy the film more, knowing our parish fund take is 50% of ticket sales. We hope you accept our offer to support our Pastor & Parish film fundraiser October 17. That Would Be Great! You Can Buy Tickets Now at The Parish. A Rose on Ninth Street Film & Parish Fundraiser Date: October 17, 2013 Time: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Place: SS John Neumann & Maria Goretti High School Auditorium 1736 S. Tenth Street Free Parking Purchase Tickets Now at the Parish Tickets: $20 ($10 Goes Directly To Our Parish) EPARCHY OF SAINT MARON S FOURTH ANNUAL BENEFIT DINNER Once again the Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn will hold its annual benefit dinner October 24, More details will be sent in the near future; however, if you are interested in attending this special benefit and have any questions please feel free to contact Fr. Vincent at the church office. 2 nd ANNUAL ST. MARON S LITURGY AND PICNIC Our 2 nd Annual St. Maron s Liturgy and picnic which will be held on Sunday, August 25, 2013, at Washington Lake Park in New Jersey. This year s picnic will be held at the same location and I would like to thank Mr. and Mrs. Tony Frangie for reserving and donating the fees for this site. Beginning in June we will be taking up a second collection to offset the cost of the food and drinks that will be provided for that day. Please mark your calendars now. More details will follow in the weeks to come. WEEKDAY LITURGIES SCHEDULE FOR SUMMER MONTHS During the summer months, weekday liturgies will be postponed until the fall. I wish all of you who are going away for this summer a safe and blessed vacation. LITURGY SPECIAL INTENTIONS SATURDAY, August 10, 7:00 pm, liturgy is being offered for the soul of David Fuller requested by Frank and Rita Olivieri. May his soul rest in peace. SUNDAY, August 11, 11:00 am, Liturgy is being offered in memory of Paul and Julia Dahdah requested by Ray and Diane Dahdah. May their souls rest in peace. SATURDAY, August 17, 7:00 pm, Liturgy is being offered for the soul of Johanna Zelter requested by Frank and Rita Marie Olivieri. May her soul rest in peace. SUNDAY, August 18, 11:00 am, liturgy is being offered in memory of Fidelia Tavani requested by her family. May her soul rest in peace. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION (CONFES- SION) Please know that confession is available before liturgies. You may also call me to set up an appointment. We will be scheduling confessions throughout the season of Lent in conjunction with Eucharistic Adoration. These times will be published in the bulletin as well as announced at Divine Liturgy. IN OUR PRAYERS Please keep in your prayers Mrs. Nahi Raie, Betty Antrilli, and Bonnie Sabatini. We ask Almighty God to bless them with good health so that they may join us in the Church and give glory and thanksgiving to God. Please notify the Church office of any family member who is ill so that we may remember them in our daily prayers and on our altar of intentions.

WEEKLY COLLECTION FOR August 3-4, 2013 Sunday Collection $ 1426.00 Total: $ 1426.00 PARISH PHONE NUMBERS St. Maron s Church Office: 215-389-2000 St.

5 WEEKLY COLLECTION FOR August 3-4, 2013 Sunday Collection $ Total: $ PARISH PHONE NUMBERS St. Maron s Church Office: St. Maron s Hall Reservations: Evening Emergency Phone Number: or THÉRÈSE MARTIN was born at Alençon, France on 2 January Two days later, she was baptized Marie Frances Thérèse at Notre Dame Church. Her parents were Louis Martin and Zélie Guérin. After the death of her mother on 28 August 1877, Thérèse and her family moved to Lisieux. Towards the end of 1879, she went to confession for the first time. On the Feast of Pentecost 1883, she received the singular grace of being healed from a serious illness through the intercession of Our Lady of Victories. Taught by the Benedictine Nuns of Lisieux and after an intense immediate preparation culminating in a vivid experience of intimate union with Christ, she received First Holy Communion on 8 May Some weeks later, on 14 June of the same year, she received the Sacrament of Confirmation, fully aware of accepting the gift of the Holy Spirit as a personal participation in the grace of Pentecost. She wished to embrace the contemplative life, as her sisters Pauline and Marie had done in the Carmel of Lisieux, but was prevented from doing so by her young age. On a visit to Italy, after having visited the House of Loreto and the holy places of the Eternal City, during an audience granted by Pope Leo XIII to the pilgrims from Lisieux on 20 November 1887, she asked the Holy Father with childlike audacity to be able to enter the Carmel at the age of fifteen. The Life of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux On 9 April 1888 she entered the Carmel of Lisieux. She received the habit on 10 January of the following year, and made her religious profession on 8 September 1890 on the Feast of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In Carmel she embraced the way of perfection outlined by the Foundress, Saint Teresa of Jesus, fulfilling with genuine fervour and fidelity the various community responsibilities entrusted to her. Her faith was tested by the sickness of her beloved father, Louis Martin, who died on 29 July Thérèse nevertheless grew in sanctity, enlightened by the Word of God and inspired by the Gospel to place love at the centre of everything. In her autobiographical manuscripts she left us not only her recollections of childhood and adolescence but also a portrait of her soul, the description of her most intimate experiences. She discovered the little way of spiritual childhood and taught it to the novices entrusted to her care. She considered it a special gift to receive the charge of accompanying two "missionary brothers" with prayer and sacrifice. Seized by the love of Christ, her only Spouse, she penetrated ever more deeply into the mystery of the Church and became increasingly aware of her apostolic and missionary vocation to draw everyone in her path. On 9 June 1895, on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, she offered herself as a sacrificial victim to the merciful Love of God. At this time, she wrote her first autobiographical manuscript, which she presented to Mother Agnes for her birthday on 21 January Several months later, on 3 April, in the night between Holy Thursday and Good Friday, she suffered a haemoptysis, the first sign of the illness which would lead to her death; she welcomed this event as a mysterious visitation of the Divine Spouse. From this point forward, she entered a trial of faith which would last until her death; she gives overwhelming testimony to this in her writings. In September, she completed Manuscript B; this text gives striking evidence of the spiritual maturity which she had attained, particularly the discovery of her vocation in the heart of the Church. While her health declined and the time of trial continued, she began work in the month of June on Manuscript C, dedicated to Mother Marie de Gonzague. New graces led her to higher perfection and she discovered fresh insights for the diffusion of her message in the Church, for the benefit of souls who would follow her way. She was transferred to the infirmary on 8 July. Her sisters and other religious women collected her sayings. Meanwhile her sufferings and trials intensified. She accepted them with patience up to the moment of her death in the afternoon of 30 September "I am not dying, I am entering life", she wrote to her missionary spiritual brother, Father M. Bellier. Her final words, "My God..., I love you!", seal a life which was extinguished on earth at the age of twenty-four; thus began, as was her desire, a new phase of apostolic presence on behalf of souls in the Communion of Saints, in order to shower a rain of roses upon the world. She was canonized by Pope Pius XI on 17 May The same Pope proclaimed her Universal Patron of

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