This Issue:

• Welcome

• First Communion and

Confirmation Information

• Priest Reflection

• Live your Faith

• Learning from the Saints

• The Our Father Prayer

• 3 Min Prayer Retreat

• Lebanon

• Faith Formation

• Webinar- E. M. of Holy Communion

• FORMED - Pick of the week

• Bible Verses

• Vatican Museum

• Family Corner

• Mass Intentions

Welcome and Quick Update

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Pastor:

Rev. Liborio Amaral

Associate Pastor:

Rev. Patrick Ezimora CCE

Deacons:

Franciscus Sukardi

Douglas Asselstine

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

This weekend the Gospel invites us to reflect on the outpouring of God's grace to all people of good will who search for Him.

In the Gospel a Canaanite woman comes to Jesus to have her daughter healed from a demon who is tormenting her. At first Jesus does "not answer her at all." After the mother persists in seeking his help, Jesus seems to convey the message that his mission is to "the lost sheep of the house of Israel." The exchange that follows between our Lord and the woman might seem to us as an attack on the woman's background - that she is different (i.e. "It is not fair to take the children's food and throw it to the dogs.") But when we look closer to Jesus' response, we realize that he is pushing the woman to look closely to who he is - that he is the long expected Messiah. We are told that she responds with great faith and Jesus gives her what she seeks - "her daughter was healed instantly". Like the woman in the Gospel we too are called to have a "great faith", so that our petitions can be heard.

What is it that you are praying for? Who are you praying for? I encourage you to be like the woman in our Gospel and seek the crumbs that fall from the Lord's table of Grace. If we have faith, then we will notice that even the smallest crumbs of Grace will provide for the needs we seek.

Blessings,

Fr. Liborio

Fr Liborio’s Reflection …..

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Live Your Faith

Learning from the Saints

St. Bernard

The situation in Lebanon is dire. At least 154 people died in the explosion and 5,000 were injured – those numbers are expected to rise over the coming days. The explosion also destroyed vital food stores and left 300,000 people homeless (representing roughly 12 per cent of the city’s population). Five hundred hospital beds, as well as important medical supplies needed for the country’s COVID-19 response, were also damaged in the blast.

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Those wishing to help may do so in the following ways:

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• By phone through the Development Office – 416-934-3411

• Through the parish, making cheques payable to: Name of Parish – Lebanon Relief Effort – Disaster

The Archdiocese of Toronto will send donations to the Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA), a papal agency with extensive on-the-ground networks in Lebanon.

Lebanon

Quotes of St. Bernard

• “Rest is in Him alone. Man knows no peace in the world; but he has no disturbance when he is with God.”

• “There are those who seek knowledge for the sake of knowledge; that is Curiosity. There are those who seek knowledge to be known by others; that is Vanity. There are those who seek knowledge in order to serve; that is Love.”

Doctor of the Church, founder of the Abbey , one of the fathers of the

Cistercians, patron of beekeepers. St Bernard of Clairvaux, whose

liturgical feast occurs on 20 August, travelled all the roads of Europe,

fighting heresy and defending the Pope and the Church.

THE FOUR GRADES OF LOVE

Love of oneself for oneself

Love of God for love of self

Love of God for God

Love of self for God

ST. BERNARD, ABBOTT AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH

When asked what they should say in prayer the Lord gives his disciples the “Our Father.” This prayer is considered a gift from the Lord and one that we should especially turn to in times of crisis. This

series will go line by line through the prayer highlighting what it meant to Jesus’ first century audience and what it means for us today.

Sometimes, all it takes is one PRAYER to change everything

3 minute Prayer Retreat The Our Father Prayer - A short Course

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English

You have heard that it was said, "You shall love your neighbor and hate your

enemy." But I say to you, love your enemies, and

pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your

heavenly Father.

Matthew 5:43-45

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Faith Formation

The story of Catholic saint Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941), who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz. On 10 October 1982 Pope John Paul II canonized Father Kolbe

and declared him a martyr of charity. The Catholic Church venerates him as the patron saint of amateur-radio operators, of drug addicts, of political prisoners, of families, of journalists, of prisoners, and of the pro-life movement.

Kids Pick of the week

Our age, marked by old and new wounds,

requires us to be builders of relationships

and communion, open, trusting

and awaiting in hope

the newness that the kingdom of God wishes to

bring about even today.

For it is a kingdom of forgiven sinners called

to bear witness

to the Lord’s ever-present compassion.

“For his mercy endures forever”.

(Pope Francesco, Letter to priests on the 160th anniversary of the death of the holy Curé of Ars,

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Adults Pick of the week

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion Webinar

Training is open ONLY to current Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion and Clergy.

WHEN: Saturday, August 22, 2020 TIME: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. WHERE: Online CONTACT: Ella Okonkwo at 416-934-3400 ext. 523 or eokonkwo@archtoronto.org

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And Jesus answered and said to them, “Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and it will. If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.” Matthew 21:21-22

Be alert, stand firm in the faith, be brave, be strong.

1 Corinthians 16:13

Bible Verses

Let's Pray! A Lesson on Prayer

Practice makes perfect! This is a true saying whether one is playing basketball, drawing a picture, reading, or even praying! In this wonderfully fun inaugural episode, the ever-joyful Brother Francis will help your children establish a personal relationship with God!

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VATICAN MUSEUM Beauty that Unites! 56

Olivuccio di Ciccarello, Works of Mercy, Clothe the Naked, 1404,

Vatican Museums, Pinacoteca © Musei Vaticani

WEBINAR

Monday - August 17th Ferial

9:00 a.m. - Mass

Special Intention for

• Tony Van Maren

Tuesday - August 18th Ferial

9:00 a.m. - Mass

• Vita Tinella †

Wednesday - August 19th Ferial

9:00 a.m. - Mass

• Amparo España †

• Melba Carlone †

• Harold España †

• Millen Gonzales †

• Toedolinda Beltran †

• Lucy Rubiano †

Thursday - August 20h St. Bernard

9:00 a.m. - Mass

Special Intention for

• Joan Gibbons

• Austin Gibbons †

Friday - August 21st

St. Pius X

9:00 a.m. - Mass

• Fr. Liborio Tavares †

7:00 p.m. - Mass

Special Intention for

• Mimi Law

Saturday - August 22nd The Queenship of the Blessed

Virgin Mary

9:00 a.m. - Mass

• Fr. Liborio Tavares †

5:00 p.m. - Sunday Vigil Mass

MASS Intentions

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Office Schedule

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FAMILY CORNER

Family, Faith and Fun

Catholic family life is an opportunity to recognize the grace of God in daily living.

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