Holy Family Parish

Paróquia Sagrada Família

HOLY FAMILY PARISH BAPTISM OF THE LORD

Holy Family Parish Paróquia Sagrada Família

30 Grafton Street Lowell MA 01852

Main Phone: (978) 453-2134 Brazilian Community: (978) 934-0622

Fax: (978) 453-0933 Email: holyfamilylowell@gmail.com

Administrator Reverend Nicholas Sannella

Pastoral Staff Reverend Donald G. Lozier, OMI Reverend Gilmond Boucher, OMI Reverend Cristiano G.B. Barbosa

Deacon Alvaro Soares

Business Manager David McLean

Director of Religious Education Claire Couillard

Immaculate Conception

High School of Religion Director W. Gerald Dockett

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Parish Secretaries Lira De Moraes (Brazilian)

Cathy Martel (English)

Custodians John Perry

Immaculate Conception

SATURDAY, January 11, 2020

3:00 PM Choir 3:15 PM Confessions 4:00 PM Parishioners & Benefactors

SUNDAY, January 12, 2020

8:00 AM Priests Intention 9:30 AM Choir 10:00 AM Parishioners & Benefactors 11:30 AM Brazilian Mass 5:30 PM Brazilian Music 6:00 PM Brazilian Mass

MONDAY, January 13, 2020 8:00 AM Joyce T Waterhouse TUESDAY, January 14, 2020 8:00 AM McArdle Estate WEDNESDAY, January 15, 2020 8:00 AM Priest Intention THURSDAY, January 16, 2020 8:00 AM Royal Estate FRIDAY, January 17, 2020 8:00 AM Priest Intention

SATURDAY January 18, 2020 3:00 PM Choir 3:15 PM Confessions 4:00 PM Priest Intention SUNDAY, January 19, 2020 8:00 AM Parishioners & Benefactors 9:30 AM Choir 10:00 AM Priest Intention 11:30 AM Brazilian Mass 5:30 PM Brazilian Choir 6:00 PM Brazilian Mass

WORLD MARRIAGE DAY 2020

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HOLY FAMILY PARISH BAPTISM OF THE LORD

We pray…..

For those that are sick or recently in the hospital…

Dr. Gertrude Bailey, Lucy Balkus, Rina Bedford, Fr. Gilmond Boucher, Bob Brown, Buote Family, Loretta Caira, Bill Calhoun, Roger Chartrand, Millie Ciszek, Robert Connolly, Anne Marie Countie, Davidson Family, Debbie Demers, DeRocco Family, Jerry Dockett, Mary Dockett, Cathy Durand, Cynthia Evans, Joshua Geoffroy, Roger Geoffroy, Sr. Marilyn Gignac, Andrew Gosselin, Susan Goyette, Donna Gravelle, Karen Graham, Sr. Joan Gregoire, Ilene Hallisey, Len Hallisey, Havelka Family, Frank Holden, Pauline Jankowski, Marge Keefe, Carole King, Annette Knust, Jim Knust, Kozowyk Family, Fran & Jerry Labadini, Nora & Bob Labadini, Maryann Lanzara, Anthony Lavina, Betty LeClaire, Jeanne LeLacheur, Raymond LeLacheur, Carol Leonard, Terry Lesard, Pauline Letourneau, Rev. Robert Levesque OMI, Liz Machado, Betty Mallett, Donald Marcouillier, Steven Marks, Barbara Matyl, Hilda McBride, Sheila McCarthy, McDonagh Family, Chris McHardy, Margaret Mello, Georgette Mendonca, Manuel Mendonca, Caryn Misquita, Sr. Shirley Letourneau Morrison, Aparecida Nascimento, Francis O’Donnell, Linda Paradise, Kim Peirce, Jeanne Pinard, Mary Richardson, Mary Agnes Rivanis, Mary Rivas, Robert Rivas, Joel Rivera, Elaine Robinson, Ed Rotondi, Sr. Jeanne Rouillard, Freeman Shepherd, Donna Sherman, Bea Stamp, John Stamulonis, Marilyn Sullivan, Rose Sweeney, Lorraine Trahan, Barbara Vayo, Steven Vayo, Diane Wingfield, Collette Wooldridge.

May they experience God’s healing love and

comfort.

PRAYER AND REFLECTION January 12, 2020 Feast of the Baptism of the Lord The baptism of Jesus

Today we celebrate the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. We will hear in the Gospel that Jesus was baptized by his cousin John, and we hear the voice of God saying, “This is my beloved Son with whom I am well pleased.” Let us pray for the gift to live our lives so that we hear these words spoken in our hearts — that we are loved and pleasing to our God. On this day we celebrate the baptism of Jesus, let us remember the promises of our baptism — among them, to intercede for the world. This is the duty of every Christian, and so we pray.

For peace everywhere: for an end to war, to violence, to bullying, to cruel behavior and hurtful speech. For an end to all that makes this world less like heaven … we pray,

For the church: that our leaders and all Christians may witness to the values, principles and ideals that Jesus preached … we pray,

For our young people: for their formation in the faith and for all that they need to choose a healthy, holy, peaceful, productive path for their lives … we pray,

For those who are sick or suffering: for those who are frightened for their future; for those lonely in nursing homes; for those who are facing their last days and praying for a peaceful death … we pray,

We pray for those who have died … (names). And for all who mourn the passing of a loved one … we pray, PRAYER: Creator God, you called us in baptism and you continue to call us each day. Hear our prayers today and help us to listen for your voice and answer your call so that someday we may hear that you are well-pleased with us. We pray in Jesus’ name. Amen

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Under thy protection we seek refuge,

O Holy Mother of God; In our needs, despise not our petitions, But deliver us always from all dangers, O’ Glorious and Blessed Virgin. Amen

O’ Mary, conceived without sin, pray

For us who have recourse to thee.

T. Catholic Prayers

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Holy Hour for Life Wednesday, January 22, 2020

7:00PM Upper Church Deacon Alvaro Soares

PRAYER DURING DIFFICULT TIMES

God of love and mercy, assist me in this time of trouble and anxi-ety. Ease my burdens. Strengthen my faith. Increase my trust and confidence in Your compassionate care. Give me the courage I need, dear Lord, to face the difficulties before me, knowing that with Your help, miracles happen and lives are restored. I pray for a share in Your healing graces, and ask that You sur-round me with Your comforting goodness, for health in mind and body, and for a heart filled with hope and peace. AMEN

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Baptism of the Lord

Paul Turner The Christmas season comes to its close when we celebrate the Baptism of the Lord, an event

recorded in all four Gospels. To begin his public ministry, Jesus presented himself to be baptized by John the Baptist, and God manifested Jesus as the divine Son.

Because we associate baptism with the forgiveness of sins, the idea that the sinless Jesus would

undergo baptism seems out of place. The evangelists must have thought the same; as a whole, they downplay the incident. But the baptism of Jesus had nothing to do with forgiveness; it had everything to do with manifestation. It was a new beginning because it publicly revealed Jesus' identity, and that testimony came not from just any witness but from God.

Three incidents in the Bible are traditionally called the "epiphany" events or the "manifestations" of

Jesus, newly arrived on the biblical scene: the visit of the magi, the baptism, and the miracle at the wedding in Cana. Prior to 1969 we heard all three of these Scriptures in successive weeks: Jan. 6, Jan. 13, and on the following Sunday. All three stories form a unit because they progressively reveal the identity, the authority and the power of Jesus.

In today's calendar the Sunday readings spread over a three-year cycle. On the Baptism of the

Lord we hear a different evangelist's account each year. Only in year C does the following Sunday feature the Gospel of the wedding at Cana to unify the three celebrations.

In the United States we celebrate Epiphany on a Sunday. But in countries where the Epiphany is

a holy day of obligation, it is celebrated on Jan. 6. In the United States, the Baptism of the Lord is usually the Sunday after the Epiphany, but if Epiphany comes late, falling on Jan. 6 or 7, the Baptism of the Lord goes to the next day, Jan. 7 or 8, a Monday, in order to make room for the weeks of ordinary time.

This bulletin insert originally appeared in MINISTRY & LITURGY, a pastoral planning resource used by the worship leaders in your parish as an aid for better liturgy. Copyright 1999 Resource Publications, Inc., 169 E Virginia St. #290, San Jose, CA 95112, (408) 286-8505. Paul Turner, pastor of St. John Regis Parish in Kansas City, Mo., holds a doctorate in sacramental theology from Sant'Anselmo University in Rome. His e-mail address is PaulTu@aol.com ML subscribers may reproduce this page in parish bulletins. The copyright statement must appear as shown. For permission to reprint other parts of ML, contact Resource Publications, Inc., Reprints Department, 160 E. Virginia St. #290, San Jose, CA 95112,(408) 286-8505.

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Baptism of the Lord At Jesus’ baptism in the Jordan River, the Holy Spirit descended like a dove on Jesus and God the Father spoke, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.” After his baptism Je-sus began his public ministry of proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom of God and gather-ing all people into new life with God. At the baptism of each one of us, the Holy Spirit is poured out and God tells us that we are be-loved daughters and sons.

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Parents’ Prayer

“Build us children whose hearts will be clear; whose goals will be high; children who will master themselves before they seek to lead others; chil-dren who will teach into the future, yet never for-get the past. And after all these things are theirs, add, we pray, enough of a sense of humor so that they may always be seri-ous yet never take them-selves too seriously. Then we their parents will dare to whisper, ‘we have not lived in vain’”

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