Our Lady Of Lebanon - Toronto

Maronite Catholic Church - Served by the Antonine Maronite Order

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Pastor: Fr. Maroun Abou Jaoude OAM Associate Pastor: Fr. Youssef Chedid OAM
1515 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario M6R 1A5 Phone: 416-534-7070. Fax: 416-530-4103.
www.ourladyoflebanon.ca office@ourladyoflebanon.ca twitter.com/ololtoronto facebook.com/ololtoronto facebook.com/ololgta
Mass Schedule: Saturdays at 6:30 pm, Sundays at 10:30 am & 12:30 pm at OLOL church (1515 Queen St. W., Toronto, ON)
Sundays at 7:00pm at Holy Redeemer Church (796 Eyer Dr., Pickering, ON)
30th Anniversary Concert
Our Lady of Lebanon Parish In
collaboration with WLCU
Toronto celebrates 30th
anniversary and cordially invite
you to a live concert Waiting for
your coming, with our lamps lit!
Saturday, April 13th, 2013:
7:30 p.m. Social, 8:30 p.m.
sharp Concert starts at St.
Elizabeth YCDSB Centre for the
Arts, 525 NewWestminister
Drive, Thornhill, L4J 7X3. For
reservation call Sam Dagher
416-294-9503; or email
sjdagher@yahoo.ca
2013 Holy Week & Easter Schedule
Palm Sunday March 24th
Mass with Palm procession at 10:00 am & 12:30 pm in OLOL
7:00 pm in Holy Redeemer Church (Pickering)
Monday March 25th and Tuesday March 26th
7:00 pm: Mass & Ziah el Salib
Wednesday March 27th
7:00 pm: Mass & Blessing of the Holy Oil
Thursday of the Mysteries March 28th
7:00 pm Mass & Washing of feet
8:30 pm till midnight: Exposition and Adoration of the blessed
Sacrament
Good Friday March 29th
11:00 am Ceremony of the Adoration of the Cross in Holy
Redeemer Church (Pickering)
3:00 pm Via Crucis, Stations of the Holy Cross & Ceremony of the
Adoration of the Cross in Our Lady of Lebanon Church
Saturday of the light March 30st
12:00 noon: Prayer of forgiveness and confessions.
11:30 pm Easter Midnight Mass
Easter Sunday March 31th
10:30 am Mass; 12:30 pm Mass in for the intentions of the
parishioners
7:00 pm Mass in Holy Redeemer Church (Pickering)
Sunday, March 24
th
, 2013 Palm Sunday
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Our Lady Of Lebanon - Toronto
Maronite Catholic Church - Served by the Antonine Maronite Order
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The Our Lady of Lebanon Confraternity of the Immaculate
Conception provides the following items for the Holy Week events:
Decorated and undecorated candles for Palm Sunday, Roses for the
Holy Friday, Lent dinner following Holy Friday Celebration.
All income will be for the church support and renovation.
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Gospel (John 12:12-22)
On the next day, when the great crowd
that had come to the feast heard that
Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, they
took palm branches and went out to
meet him, and cried out: "Hosanna!
Blessed is he who comes in the name of
the Lord, (even) the king of Israel." Jesus
found an ass and sat upon it, as is
written: "Fear no more, O daughter Zion;
see, your king comes, seated upon an
ass's colt." His disciples did not
understand this at first, but when Jesus
had been glorified they remembered that
these things were written about him and
that they had done this for him. So the
crowd that was with him when he called
Lazarus from the tomb and raised him
from death continued to testify. This was
(also) why the crowd went to meet him,
because they heard that he had done
this sign. So the Pharisees said to one
another, "You see that you are gaining
nothing. Look, the whole world has gone
after him." Now there were some Greeks
among those who had come up to
worship at the feast. They came to
Philip, who was from Bethsaida in
Galilee, and asked him, "Sir, we would
like to see Jesus." Philip went and told
Andrew; then Andrew and Philip went
and told Jesus.
This is the truth. Peace be with you.
A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul the Apostle to The Philippians (1,1-13)
Your blessing father,
Brothers and sisters,
Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus, to all the holy ones in Christ Jesus who are in
Philippi, with the overseers and ministers: grace to you and peace from God our
Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I give thanks to my God at every remembrance of
you, praying always with joy in my every prayer for all of you, because of your
partnership for the gospel from the first day until now. I am confident of this, that the
one who began a good work in you will continue to complete it until the day of Christ
Jesus. It is right that I should think this way about all of you, because I hold you in my
heart, you who are all partners with me in grace, both in my imprisonment and in the
defense and confirmation of the gospel. For God is my witness, how I long for all of
you with the affection of Christ Jesus. And this is my prayer: that your love may
increase ever more and more in knowledge and every kind of perception, to discern
what is of value, so that you may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled
with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ for the glory and praise
of God. I want you to know, brothers, that my situation has turned out rather to
advance the gospel, so that my imprisonment has become well known in Christ
throughout the whole praetorium and to all the rest.
Praise be to God always.
Keep in touch!
Dear parishioners, if your address has recently changed, please contact the office of the parish to
update our records.
Contact us
Please contact the office of the parish to arrange for any sacrament of the Church.
Office hours: Mon, Wed: 3pm - 8 pm. Tues, Thur, Fri: 11am - 8 pm
Marriage: A marriage preparation course is necessary. Please call the Priest one year before the
planned wedding date and before arranging the hall.
Baptism: Please make an appointment one month in advance.
Ministry of the Sick: Inform the priest for assistance.
Confession: By appointment or before the Mass.
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Palm Sunday, procession, passion and our united prayers
Published: 24 March 2013 By: Elizabeth Harrington
THE official title for today, the last Sunday in Lent, is Palm Sunday of the Passion
of the Lord.
On this day the Church celebrates Christ's entrance into Jerusalem to accomplish
his paschal mystery.
Accordingly, the memorial of this event is included in every Mass, with the
procession or the solemn entrance before the principal Mass and the solemn
entrance at others that are usually well attended.
The first and second forms of the Commemoration of Christ's Entrance into
Jerusalem involve the people gathering before Mass in a separate area or at the
front door of the church.
After an introduction and prayer, the priest sprinkles the people's palm branches
with holy water, the account of the Lord's entrance into Jerusalem from the gospel
for that year is proclaimed and there is a procession into the church while
appropriate hymns are sung.
A procession with palms on the Sunday before Easter has a long history.
It is mentioned by Egeria in her account of Holy Week in Jerusalem in the fourth
century.
In the Middle Ages the procession usually moved from one church to another and
included a representation of Christ seated on a wooden donkey.
The well known All glory, laud and honour was written especially for the Palm
Sunday procession by Bishop Theodulph of Orleans around the year 800.
The procession of palms leads people to the proclamation of the Passion of the
Lord; it takes them from joyful acclamation to sober reflection.
The procession is not just a procession for Christ but one with Christ.
When the people join in the procession on Passion (Palm) Sunday, we see the
Church on the move, acting as a single unit, acclaiming Christ with shouts of
'Hosanna'.
The procession with palms is a powerful symbol of the pilgrim Church, a Church
on its way.
We are moving towards the heavenly Jerusalem, yet we can only make the journey
because it has already been made by Christ in his Passion.
By participating in Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord, we symbolise our
commitment to complete the initial victory that Christ has won.
We joyfully join ourselves to Christ, making his passion our own.
We share in his suffering so that we may share in his glory.
Almighty ever-living God,
who as an example of humility for the human race to follow
caused our Saviour to take flesh and submit to the Cross,
graciously grant that we may heed his lesson of patient suffering
and so merit a share in his Resurrection.
(Collect, Palm/Passion Sunday)
Today is the first day of what has been known traditionally as 'Holy Week'.
As this title suggests, we are called to enter this time with reverence and
celebrate its rites with care and devotion.
All normal parish activity should be put on hold so that the community can focus
on celebrating our passage with the Lord from death to resurrection.
For, though innocent, he suffered willingly for sinners
and accepted unjust condemnation to save the guilty.
His Death has washed away our sins,
and his Resurrection has purchased our justification.
Gospel (John 12:12-22)
On the next day, when the great crowd
that had come to the feast heard that
Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, they
took palm branches and went out to
meet him, and cried out: "Hosanna!
Blessed is he who comes in the name of
the Lord, (even) the king of Israel." Jesus
found an ass and sat upon it, as is
written: "Fear no more, O daughter Zion;
see, your king comes, seated upon an
ass's colt." His disciples did not
understand this at first, but when Jesus
had been glorified they remembered that
these things were written about him and
that they had done this for him. So the
crowd that was with him when he called
Lazarus from the tomb and raised him
from death continued to testify. This was
(also) why the crowd went to meet him,
because they heard that he had done
this sign. So the Pharisees said to one
another, "You see that you are gaining
nothing. Look, the whole world has gone
after him." Now there were some Greeks
among those who had come up to
worship at the feast. They came to
Philip, who was from Bethsaida in
Galilee, and asked him, "Sir, we would
like to see Jesus." Philip went and told
Andrew; then Andrew and Philip went
and told Jesus.
This is the truth. Peace be with you.
A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul the Apostle to The Philippians (1,1-13)
Your blessing father,
Brothers and sisters,
Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus, to all the holy ones in Christ Jesus who are in
Philippi, with the overseers and ministers: grace to you and peace from God our
Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I give thanks to my God at every remembrance of
you, praying always with joy in my every prayer for all of you, because of your
partnership for the gospel from the first day until now. I am confident of this, that the
one who began a good work in you will continue to complete it until the day of Christ
Jesus. It is right that I should think this way about all of you, because I hold you in my
heart, you who are all partners with me in grace, both in my imprisonment and in the
defense and confirmation of the gospel. For God is my witness, how I long for all of
you with the affection of Christ Jesus. And this is my prayer: that your love may
increase ever more and more in knowledge and every kind of perception, to discern
what is of value, so that you may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled
with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ for the glory and praise
of God. I want you to know, brothers, that my situation has turned out rather to
advance the gospel, so that my imprisonment has become well known in Christ
throughout the whole praetorium and to all the rest.
Praise be to God always.
Keep in touch!
Dear parishioners, if your address has recently changed, please contact the office of the parish to
update our records.
Contact us
Please contact the office of the parish to arrange for any sacrament of the Church.
Office hours: Mon, Wed: 3pm - 8 pm. Tues, Thur, Fri: 11am - 8 pm
Marriage: A marriage preparation course is necessary. Please call the Priest one year before the
planned wedding date and before arranging the hall.
Baptism: Please make an appointment one month in advance.
Ministry of the Sick: Inform the priest for assistance.
Confession: By appointment or before the Mass.
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Palm Sunday, procession, passion and our united prayers
Published: 24 March 2013 By: Elizabeth Harrington
THE official title for today, the last Sunday in Lent, is Palm Sunday of the Passion
of the Lord.
On this day the Church celebrates Christ's entrance into Jerusalem to accomplish
his paschal mystery.
Accordingly, the memorial of this event is included in every Mass, with the
procession or the solemn entrance before the principal Mass and the solemn
entrance at others that are usually well attended.
The first and second forms of the Commemoration of Christ's Entrance into
Jerusalem involve the people gathering before Mass in a separate area or at the
front door of the church.
After an introduction and prayer, the priest sprinkles the people's palm branches
with holy water, the account of the Lord's entrance into Jerusalem from the gospel
for that year is proclaimed and there is a procession into the church while
appropriate hymns are sung.
A procession with palms on the Sunday before Easter has a long history.
It is mentioned by Egeria in her account of Holy Week in Jerusalem in the fourth
century.
In the Middle Ages the procession usually moved from one church to another and
included a representation of Christ seated on a wooden donkey.
The well known All glory, laud and honour was written especially for the Palm
Sunday procession by Bishop Theodulph of Orleans around the year 800.
The procession of palms leads people to the proclamation of the Passion of the
Lord; it takes them from joyful acclamation to sober reflection.
The procession is not just a procession for Christ but one with Christ.
When the people join in the procession on Passion (Palm) Sunday, we see the
Church on the move, acting as a single unit, acclaiming Christ with shouts of
'Hosanna'.
The procession with palms is a powerful symbol of the pilgrim Church, a Church
on its way.
We are moving towards the heavenly Jerusalem, yet we can only make the journey
because it has already been made by Christ in his Passion.
By participating in Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord, we symbolise our
commitment to complete the initial victory that Christ has won.
We joyfully join ourselves to Christ, making his passion our own.
We share in his suffering so that we may share in his glory.
Almighty ever-living God,
who as an example of humility for the human race to follow
caused our Saviour to take flesh and submit to the Cross,
graciously grant that we may heed his lesson of patient suffering
and so merit a share in his Resurrection.
(Collect, Palm/Passion Sunday)
Today is the first day of what has been known traditionally as 'Holy Week'.
As this title suggests, we are called to enter this time with reverence and
celebrate its rites with care and devotion.
All normal parish activity should be put on hold so that the community can focus
on celebrating our passage with the Lord from death to resurrection.
For, though innocent, he suffered willingly for sinners
and accepted unjust condemnation to save the guilty.
His Death has washed away our sins,
and his Resurrection has purchased our justification.