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April 23rd, 2017

PARISH DIRECTORY Bishop Francis Kalabat Bishop of the Diocese of St. Thomas the Apostle of Detroit

Fr. Pierre Konja Administrator

Fr. Emanuel Rayes Retired in residence

Linda Arabo Office Administrator

Nancy Beba Pastoral Associate

Office Hours Monday - Friday

8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Tel: 248-356-0565 Fax: 248-356-5235

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FR. PIERRE’S MESSAGE TO THE PARISH

Forgiveness is one of the most difficult parts of humanity and Christianity. Lack of forgiveness and vengeance has been the cause of many wars throughout human history, to the modern day. Lack of forgiveness and hatred has been the cause of major divisions in the church, which still divides the followers of Jesus to today.

Obviously, Jesus knows the great burden and divisive nature of anger and

hatred. That's why immediately after his resurrection he forgave the apostles

and then gave them the authority to forgive. Jesus would have been entitled

to not forgive his apostles because they abandon him and betrayed him when

he needed them the most. However, Jesus understands that anger and

vengeance are the two shackles that bind us to hell.

Nobody wants to be misera-ble, nobody wants to be unhappy, nobody wants to lose salvation and spend eternity in hell, but many people refuse to forgive others and thus live miserable, un-happy lives and potentially lose salvation. It's easy to stay angry, it's difficult to forgive;

it's easy to live a secular life, it's difficult to be a disciple of Jesus. Jesus died on the cross and resurrected from the dead in order to reconcile humanity to God, that was difficult, but worth it.

I pray your Lent and holy week were fruitful, I hope you took the opportuni-

ty to reconcile yourself with God, now as we live in the light of the resurrec-

tion, we must reconcile ourselves with each other. Who in your life has hurt

you? Who in your life has betrayed your trust? Who in your life has betrayed

your innocence? Who in your life do you need to forgive, even if they don't

deserve it? Set yourself free from the shackles of unforgiveness.

2nd of Easter

IS. 55:4-13

COL. 1:1-20

JN. 20:19-31

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THE GOOD NEWS

The History of the Chaplet of The Divine Mercy

In 1935, St. Faustina received a vision of an angel sent by God to chastise a certain city. She began to pray for mercy,

but her prayers were powerless. Suddenly she saw the Holy Trinity and felt

the power of Jesus’ grace within her. At the same time she found herself

pleading with God for mercy with words she heard interiorly:

Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your

dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and

those of the whole world; for the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy

on us. (Diary, 475)

As she continued saying this inspired prayer, the angel became helpless and

could not carry out the deserved punishment (see 474). The next day, as

she was entering the chapel, she again heard this interior voice, instructing

her how to recite the prayer that our Lord later called "the Chaplet." This

time, after "have mercy on us" were added the words "and on the whole

world" (476). From then on, she recited this form of prayer almost constantly,

offering it especially for the dying.

In subsequent revelations, the Lord made it clear that the Chaplet was not

just for her, but for the whole world. He also attached extraordinary promises

to its recitation.

Encourage souls to say the Chaplet which I have given you (1541). Whoever

will recite it will receive great mercy at the hour of death (687). When they

say this Chaplet in the presence of the dying, I will stand between My Father and the dying person, not as the just

Judge but as the Merciful Savior (1541). Priests will recommend it to sin-

ners as their last hope of salvation. Even if there were a sinner most hard-

ened, if he were to recite this Chaplet only once, he would receive grace

from My infinite mercy (687). I desire to grant unimaginable graces to

those souls who trust in My mercy (687). Through the Chaplet you will ob-

tain everything, if what you ask for is compatible with My will. (1731)

Prayed on ordinary rosary beads, The Chaplet of The Divine Mercy is an

intercessory prayer that extends the offering of the Eucharist, so it is espe-

cially appropriate to use it after having received Holy Communion at Holy

Mass. It may be said at any time, but our Lord specifically told St. Faustina

to recite it during the nine days before the Feast of Mercy (the first Sunday

after Easter). He then added: "By this Novena, [of Chaplets] I will grant

every possible grace to souls." (796)

It is likewise appropriate to pray the Chaplet during the "Hour of Great

Mercy" — three o'clock each afternoon (recalling the time of Christ’s death

on the cross). In His revelations to St. Faustina, Our Lord asked for a spe-

cial remembrance of His Passion at that hour.

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LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Saturday Vigil Mass 4:00 PM English

Sunday Masses 8:30 AM Arabic/عربي

01:11 AM English 11:30 AM Morning Prayer

12:00 PM Chaldean/سورث

7:00 PM English

Weekday Masses 8:00 AM English at ECRC

9:30 AM Morning Prayer

10:00 AM Chaldean/سورث

Wednesday

5:00 PM Adoration 6:00 PM English Mass

Confession

5-6 pm Wednesday 6-7 pm Sunday

(or by appointment)

PARISH SCHEDULE AND WEEKLY INFORMATION

FINANCIAL STATUS

Holy Thursday Collection: $1,970

Good Friday Collection: $10,869

Easter Collection: $18,373

Seminarian Fund: $29,054

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Monthly Online Donation Goal: $4,000

Monthly Online Collection (March): $1,183

Over/(Under): ($2,817)

BAPTISM: We celebrate Baptism at 2:00 pm on

the 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month. Please call the parish office at least two weeks in advance to see if a date is available.

ANOINTING OF THE SICK: Please call the parish office to make arrangements for Anointing or to receive the Eucharist.

MARRIAGE: Please schedule at least six months before you plan to be married and before you make arrangements for the reception, please call the parish office to make an appointment with the priest to begin the necessary preparations.

NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING CLASSES First and third Wednesday of every even month from 7:30 - 9:30 pm.

MARRIAGE CLASSES First, second and third Thursday of every odd month from 8:00 - 10:00 pm.

YOU CAN LISTEN TO MOG SUNDAY HOMILIY BY

VISITING OUR CHURCH WEBSITE AT:

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PART ONE THE PROFESSION OF FAITH

SECTION TWO THE PROFESSION OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH

CHAPTER TWO I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD ARTICLE 5 "HE DESCENDED INTO HELL. ON THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE AGAIN"

Paragraph 2. On the Third Day He Rose from the Dead

The condition of Christ's risen humanity

645 By means of touch and the sharing of a meal, the risen Jesus establishes direct contact with his disciples. He invites them in this way to recognize that he is not a ghost and above all to verify that the risen body in which he appears to them is the same body that had been tortured and crucified, for it still bears the traces of his Passion.509 Yet at the same time this authentic, real body possesses the new properties of a glorious body: not limited by space and time but able to be present how and when he wills; for Christ's humanity can no longer be confined to earth, and belongs henceforth only to the Father's divine realm.510 For this reason too the risen Jesus enjoys the sovereign freedom of appearing as he wishes: in the guise of a gardener or in other forms familiar to his disciples, precisely to awaken their faith.511

646 Christ's Resurrection was not a return to earthly life, as was the case with the raisings from the dead that he had performed before Easter: Jairus' daughter, the young man of Naim, Lazarus. These actions were miraculous events, but the persons miraculously raised returned by Jesus' power to ordinary earthly life. At some particular moment they would die again. Christ's Resurrection is essentially different. In his risen body he passes from the state of death to another life beyond time and space. At Jesus' Resurrection his body is filled with the power of the Holy Spirit: he shares the divine life in his glorious state, so that St. Paul can say that Christ is "the man of heaven".512

The Resurrection as transcendent event 647 O truly blessed Night, sings the Exultet of the Easter Vigil, which alone deserved to know the time and the hour when Christ rose from the realm of the dead!513 But

no one was an eyewitness to Christ's Resurrection and no evangelist describes it. No one can say how it came about physically. Still less was its innermost essence, his passing over to another life, perceptible to the senses. Although the Resurrection was an historical event that could be verified by the sign of the empty tomb and by the reality of the apostles' encounters with the risen Christ, still it remains at the very heart of the mystery of faith as something that transcends and surpasses history. This is why the risen Christ does not reveal himself to the world, but to his disciples, "to those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people."514

II. THE RESURRECTION - A WORK OF THE HOLY

TRINITY

648 Christ's Resurrection is an object of faith in that it is a transcendent intervention of God himself in creation and history. In it the three divine persons act together as one, and manifest their own proper characteristics. The Father's power "raised up" Christ his Son and by doing so perfectly introduced his Son's humanity, including his body, into the Trinity. Jesus is conclusively revealed as "Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his Resurrection from the dead".515 St. Paul insists on the manifestation of God's power516 through the working of the Spirit who gave life to Jesus' dead humanity and called it to the glorious state of Lordship. 649 As for the Son, he effects his own Resurrection by virtue of his divine power. Jesus announces that the Son of man will have to suffer much, die, and then rise.517 Elsewhere he affirms explicitly: "I lay down my life, that I may take it again. . . I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again."518 "We believe that Jesus died and rose again."519

650 The Fathers contemplate the Resurrection from the perspective of the divine person of Christ who remained united to his soul and body, even when these were separated from each other by death: "By the unity of the divine nature, which remains present in each of the two components of man, these are reunited. For as death is produced by the separation of the human components, so Resurrection is achieved by the union of the two."520

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