Aug 28 2016

Mass Intentions
DATE
TIME
for Monday, August 29 to Sunday, September 4
LITURGY OR
DEVOTION
MASS INTENTIONS
Mon, Aug. 29
8 AM
Mass in English
Tues, Aug. 30
Wed., Aug. 31
Thur. Sep. 1
7 PM
8 AM
8 AM
3 PM
Mass in Polish
+ Helene Puszkarowicz – Janik family
Mass in English
In Thanksgiving – B. Rade
Mass in English
+ Richard Harris and family – Virginia McGill and family
C ha p le t o f Di vi ne Me rc y a nd Ex p o s it io n
O Zdrowie I Blogoslawienstwo Boze Dla Ks. Zbigniewa, Ks.
Mass in Polish
Eugeniusza, Ks. Waclawa
Mass in English
Special Intention
Mass in English
+ Natie Ciura – Ann Marie Gagliardi
Mass in English
For Parishioners
Mass in Polish
Msza Dzieczynna
Fri, Sep. 2
Sat, Sep. 3
Sun, Sep 4
7 PM
8 AM
5 PM
9:30AM
11 AM
+ Sara Naccarato – Naccarato family
Announcements (Polish)
ODPUST U KSIĘŻY MICHALITÓW W MELROSE
Księża Michalici zapraszają na doroczny odpust
ku czci Św. Michała Archanioła, który odbędzie
się w niedzielę, 11 września br. w Melrose. Uroczystości rozpoczną się o godz. 16:00 Mszą św. polową.
Celebracji przewodniczyć będzie oraz homilię wygłosi Jego Ekscelencja ks. Bp Józef Dąbrowski. Przed
Mszą św. o godz. 15.00 - koronka do Św. Michała Archanioła.
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PYTANIE
„Któż z was, jeśli jego syn albo wół wpadnie do studni, nie wyciągnie go zaraz, nawet w dzień szabatu?"
W języku greckim znaki interpunkcyjne różnią się nieco od polskich. Grecki znak zapytania, na przykład,
wygląda jak nasz średnik -;. W Ewangeliach często towarzyszył pytaniom stawianym słuchaczom przez
Jezusa. Były one typowe dla języka przypowieści, często miały charakter pytań retorycznych, zadawanych
nie w celu uzyskania odpowiedzi i nie w
stawianym słuchaczom przez Jezusa. Były one typowe dla języka przypowieści, często miały charakter
pytań retorycznych, zadawanych nie w celu uzyskania odpowiedzi i nie w poszukiwaniu informacji, ale
jako argument w toczącej się dyskusji. Były to pytania, które nosiły już w sobie zalążek odpowiedzi,
skłaniały słuchaczy do myślenia, miały ukazać niespójność sposobu myślenia rozmówców, niekiedy wręcz
wykazując jego absurdalność. Zarzut dotyczący nierespektowania przez Jezusa szabatu odparty został
pytaniem o konieczną pomoc - synowi czy wołowi - leżącemu na dnie studni. Już samo zestawienie - syn
lub wół - wpisuje się w sposób rozumowania odbiorcy; choć obydwoje byli z pewnością bardzo cenni, to
jednak różnica pomiędzy nimi nawet w ówczesnych czasach była istotna. „Jeżeli którego z was, ojców,
syn poprosi o chleb, czy poda mu kamień?" (Łk 11, 11); „Czy możecie gości weselnych nakłonić do postu,
dopóki pan młody jest z nimi?" (Łk 5, 34); „Czy może niewidomy prowadzić niewidomego? Czy nie
wpadną w dół obydwaj?" (Łk 6, 39) - to tylko niektóre z zadawanych przez Jezusa pytań, wobec których,
zazwyczaj, Jego rozmówcy milkli: „Nie mogli Mu na to odpowiedzieć". Ale było to milczenie twórcze, bo
dzięki stawianym przez Jezusa pytaniom Jego nauka była łatwiej przyswajalna.
Queen of Peace Roman Catholic Church
Kościół Matki Bożej Królowej Pokoju
566 Rosedale Avenue (at Ellwood), Sarnia, ON N7V 1Z4
Fr. Zbigniew Rodzinka CSMA
Secretary/Bookkeeper: Mrs. Bronisława De Araujo Viana
Tel: 519.337.7943; Fax: 519. 491.1831; E-mail: [email protected]
August 28, 2016 – 22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time
The Sacrament of Reconciliation: On Saturdays from 4:15 to 4:45 PM and 30
minutes before weekday Mass’.
The Sacrament of Baptism: By Appointment
The Sacrament of Marriage: Should be arranged at least 6 months in advance.
HUMILITY
Have you ever been in a group of people - maybe on
a tour, at a social gathering, or at church - and discovered that you have just been talking with
a well-known author, corporate CEO, great scholar,
or politician? Your first thought is the hope that you didn’t say anything to embarrass yourself;
but your second thought is how much they seemed like such “regular” folks. What is it that
makes people seem
so “regular”? Today’s readings give us a clue when they stress the importance of humility.
It is so hard for us not to tell the first person who will listen how busy we are, how hard we
work, how much money we donate, and how important our job titles are. We think these
accolades make a difference to people, and if we don’t tell them, how will they ever know?
But if our actions demonstrate our values, people will recognize our worth on their own. The
words of Jesus show us how much better it is to let someone else recognize our worth than to
be embarrassed because someone did not.
The funeral of Rick Harris was this past Friday. Please keep the Harris family
in your prayers.
Annoucements (English)
The Queen of Peace Barbeque will be on September 17 after the Saturday Vigil Mass (5pm) so please
reserve this date. Tickets will be sold after each Mass beginning on August 13. Tickets are $10 and
children under 12 are free.
The Sunday 9:30 am Mass Choir is in need of more people. If you love to sing and want to do something
for our church please come up to the choir loft and sing to the Lord.
The Saturday 5pm Mass is also in need of Altar servers and Readers.
CWL meeting will be August 28 after 11:00 am Polish Mass.
FEAST OF ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL
The Michaelite Fathers invite you to the annual feast of St. Michael the Archangel, which will be held on
Sunday, September 11th at Michaelite Fathers's Retreat Center in Melrose. It will begin with an outdoor
Mass at 4:00 p.m. Most Reverend Jozef Dabrowski will celebrate Solemn Mass and preach.
Before Mass at 3:00 p.m. we will pray the chapter to Saint Michael the Archangel.
Save the date for the St. Benedict’s parish mission September 18-21. Fr. Eugene ‘Red’ O’Reilly CSsR
(http://www.redemptorists.ca/missions/) will be preaching daily at 7:30 pm at St. Benedict’s. Themes:
Sunday, Intimacy with God and oneself; Monday, Living the Reign of God Today; Tuesday,
Reconciliation; Wednesday, Discipleship. Each evening will take a little bit more than an hour. A free
will offering will be taken. Invite someone to join you, especially those who have been away! Mission
preaching has been Fr. Red’s full time ministry since 1983 and he brings to it a ready smile, a wonderful
sense of humour and a compassionate understanding of people and the complex world in which we live.
MAXIMILIAN KOLBE AND THE REDEMPTION
By Rev. Dwight Longenecker
We were graced [in April 2016] to travel to Poland on a parish pilgrimage. It was my first extended visit to
the country, so it was therefore a great joy to visit Niepokalanów — the friary of St. Maximilian Kolbe.
The visit started with Mass in the simple chapel founded by the saint. We continued by visiting his cell,
viewing his relics and then worshipping in the modern basilica that stands on the site. The next day our
pilgrims visited the great Marian shrine of Czestochowa before going on to Auschwitz. The amazing
accomplishments of St. Maximilian Kolbe climaxed in his death at the extermination camp, and to visit his
monastic cell one day and his death cell the next was an awesome, moving and troubling experience. Here
was a man, who, from his early life, decided to live for others and ended his life dying for another.
Raymund Kolbe was born on January 8, 1894, in Zduńska Wola, Poland.
In 1907 Kolbe and his brother Francis left to join the Franciscans. Three years later he became a
Franciscan novice, taking the name Maximillian. A brilliant student, Kolbe earned a doctorate in
philosophy in 1915, then continued his studies at the Pontifical University of St. Bonaventure where he
earned a doctorate in theology. In 1918, he was ordained a priest and returned to the newly independent
Poland, where he was active in promoting the veneration of the Immaculate Virgin Mary. From 1919 to
1922 he taught at the Kraków seminary. In January 1922 he founded the monthly periodical named Knight
of the Immaculate, and over the next few years his publishing endeavours grew amazingly. Young men
flocked to join him, and in 1927 he founded a new Franciscan monastery at Niepokalanów near Warsaw,
which boasted almost 800 young friars and became a huge religious publishing center. To cope with the
army of men wanting to serve Jesus and Mary, Kolbe founded a junior seminary, which was opened there
two years later. If that wasn’t enough, between 1930 and 1936, Kolbe undertook a series of missions to the
Far East, at first in China, and then in Japan and Malabar in India. With only one lung from a bout with
tuberculosis, living in abject poverty and working tirelessly, Kolbe’s health was failing. Back at
Niepokalanów he started a radio station and became increasingly involved in giving a Catholic response to
the growing troubles with Germany. Then in 1939, after the German invasion of Poland, Kolbe’s troubles
with the Nazis began. He and his brothers hid Jews at Niepokalanów and eventually the Nazis arrested
Kolbe and shipped him to Auschwitz, where he died by injection of carbolic acid after being starved for
two weeks. The Franciscan friar had stepped forward to offer his life for that of another prisoner, who had
pleaded for his life because he had a wife and children. The experience of visiting Auschwitz will make
anyone reel in gut-wrenching horror. The crowds of tourists are rightly solemn and silent as they make
their way through the world’s greatest museum of humanity’s inhumanity. We pilgrims found our minds
and our stomachs churning. It is impossible to take it in and quickly process the truths you are learning.
Like most, I had to ask where God was in the midst of such horror. The turning point was our visit to the
cell where Kolbe was martyred. You wInd your way down into the cellar of the prison block, and there in
one darkened cell is a barred window, out of which only the sky can be seen. On the floor are three
candles. They provide the answer.
Where was God in Auschwitz? He was there in the prison cell, just as he was at the crucifixion of Christ,
not defeating the evil with violence or force but by embracing the evil as the sacrificial victim. Whenever
and wherever possible we must do all we can to oppose evil by passive resistance, civil disobedience,
protest, boycott and even armed force, but when the evil is so overwhelming, when the stench of hell is so
great and the hatred of Satan so violent as that of Auschwitz, one can only stand back, aghast and horrified
by the hurricane of sheer, unadulterated cruelty, torture and premeditated murder. Then all resistance is
futile. Then any response — even one of charity and forgiveness — will be met with spitting fury. Then is
the time for the silence of the lambs. Then all the Christian soul can do is to accept the role of victim and
nobly embrace to the martyr’s death. Kolbe’s death as a sacrificial victim somehow turned the tables as the
death of every martyr turns the tables, and shows even at the moment of death that violence can never win.
As the darkness can never overcome even the smallest light, so the hatred of hell can never overcome the
love of heaven. In the center of Kolbe’s cell deep in the cellar of the punishment block the candles are a
sign for they are Paschal candles. They stand like the three crosses on the hill — like three sentinels they
stand alone in the unrelenting gloom of the harsh concrete room. Presented by two popes and a cardinal,
the Paschal candles are solemn reminders that even in the darkest place there is hope, and that even in the
depths of the extermination camps the life and light of Easter conquers all. Taken from Aleteia.org, April
28, 2016.
Sunday Collection: $1,930.05
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY