WELCOME TO

SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER April 19, 2020

HOLY NAME OF MARY ALMONTE Pastor: Rev. Paul J Gaudet pastor@hnomalmonte.ca Secretary: Susan Martin office@hnomalmonte.ca 134 Bridge Street, Almonte ON K0A 1A0 613-256-1034 Office Hours: Tues, Wed & Thurs 9:00am – 3:00pm ST. DECLAN’S MISSION PARISH 791 French Line Road, Brightside, ON Masses as Announced.

PARISH EVENTS THIS WEEK

No Meetings or Events until further notice.

(All meetings held in the Vestry unless otherwise stated)

EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATIONS

and SACRAMENTS Sunday Masses None until further notice Weekday Masses None until further notice Confessions None until further notice Eucharistic Exposition & Benediction None until further notice Rosary None until further notice

Baptisms Please call the Parish office three months in advance for details. Marriage Please contact the office one year in advance.

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OFFICE HOURS DURING THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK In accordance with government and diocesan directives the, parish office will be closed except for Monday and Wednesday from 09:00am-12:00pm to serve your needs. Should you have reason to come into the office, please do so for parish business only and practice physical distancing as much as possible. Susan will be working from home most of the time, checking email and phone messages. For those parishioners who have not yet picked-up their 2019 tax receipts or 2020 envelopes, they are available at the office. Please call Susan to arrange for pick-up at 256-1034.

SHOW ME In many areas of life, we indulge our natural cynicism, pessimism and doubt. It’s easy to be skeptic because there is so little we can be absolutely be certain of. Whether we’re talking about history, science, love or even our faith, doubt is always there. Thomas the Apostle, the centre of attention in today’s gospel passage, gives a classic example of uncertainly, about the most fundamental fact of his faith: the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. In this instant, Thomas, truly earns that nickname of “twin”, to us. We can relate with his reaction to the stories of Christ’s Resurrection, because we, too, are a mixture of fear and doubt, of cynicism and trust, of belief and unbelief. We have all been swamped by the same deadly doubt. But joyously as well, we can be twinned with Thomas as his faith is made new. As he kneels before Jesus proclaiming “my Lord and my God” may we too find that the doubt which first shakes our faith, can be the very stuff which strengthens it as well.

Schedule of Liturgies April 18 - 26, 2020

SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER Sat. Apr. 18 Claire Ouellette on the Anniversary of her death by Peter & Diane Beaubien & Family Terry Gorman by John & Colleen Montgomery Sun. Apr. 19 For the intentions of the Parishioners Mike Kennedy on the Anniversary of his death by Terry & Lynn Galvin Jacques Champoux by Ron & Cathy Giles WEEKDAY MASSES Tue. Apr. 21 Betty McAuliffe by Lorne & Cathy Hudson Wed. Apr. 22 Jacques Champoux by Hugh & Susan Martin & Family Thu. Apr. 23 Stanley Harrison by Dorothy Finner Fri. Apr. 24 Frank Vetter by Tom & Honor Deffina THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER Sat. Apr. 25 Rita Kelly by Eddie & Diane Bowden Father Wilfred Dewan by Dorothy Finner Sun. Apr. 26 Teresa Thompson by her Family Vi Larose by Eric & Sharron Pottle For the intentions of the Parishioners

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SCHEDULED MASSES As mandated by the Diocese even though there are no Masses open to the public Father Paul is still required to celebrate them by himself. Therefore, we are scheduling Masses for your loved ones. It’s unfortunate that you are not permitted to attend but please know that this doesn’t make the

intention any less sacred. You are welcome to pray at home for those remembered on the dates above.

DEEPEST SYMPATHY to Cathy & Ron Giles & family on the death of Cathy’s mother, Jean Byrne and to Susan & Hugh Martin

& family on the death of Hugh’s mother, Elva Robey Martin. “May Their Gentle Souls Rest In Peace”

PRAY FOR THE SICK OF OUR PARISH Elizabeth Caldwell, Ron McLaren, Christina Graham, Jesse Charney,

Paul Duford, Colton Somerville, Aiden Verk, Mike King, Amelia Devries, Mike Omilon,

John Kordos, Faye Dowdall, Christian Cameron, Carolyn Watson-Della Foresta, Lilly McComb, Nathan Godin, Maureen

Gareau, Sandy O’Hara, Wayne Giardino, Paul Solomonian, Janice Mann,

Tierzah Audrey Hills and Jim Dewis. “May God Restore YouTo Good Health”

DEVELOPMENT & PEACE The Development and Peace “ShareLent” ordered collection has been postponed and will take place sometime in June.

PRAYER FOR HEALING Heavenly Father, loving and merciful God, we worship and adore You. In faith, we come before You asking for mercy and forgiveness for our sins against You and Your creation. In this time of anxiety and distress, we lift up to You the COVID-19 situation throughout the world. Father, we beg You to halt the spread of this disease and to grant healing and comfort to those afflicted. Please cover everyone with the Precious Blood of Your Son, Jesus and protect all of us, especially those in the medical field, from any infection and harm. Lord Jesus, we beseech You to grace government leaders and medical experts with wisdom and knowledge to combat the spread of COVID-19 and to find a cure for it.

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HOLY NAME OF MARY PARISH CENTRE PROJECT Due to the current Covid-19 pandemic outbreak and the suffering that may of our parishioners

are going through at this time, it has been decided that all activities concerning this project has been put on hold indefinitely. There has been a lot of time and planning that has gone into this

project to this point which has produced detailed drawing and cost estimations done to this point, which will provide a strong basis to move forward on when things return to normal. The

Building Committee thanks your for your understand and support.

DIVINE MERCY PRAYER O Lord, You who are everlasting mercy, give me a tender heart today towards those to whom the morning light brings less joy than it brings to me: Those in whom the pulse of life grows weak: Those who must lie abed through all the sunny hours: The blind, who are shut off from the light of day: The overworked, who have no joy of leisure: The unemployed who have no joy of labour: The bereaved, whose hearts and home are desolate: and grant Your mercy on them all. Amen.

ACT OF SPIRITUAL COMMUNION My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen. St. Alphonsus de Liguori

Another Easy way to make your weekly donations

Thanks to John Coderre for suggesting that those of us who do online banking can quickly and easily donate to our Parish using e-transfer. All you need to do is e-transfer your donation to our Parish email address - office@hnomalmonte.ca. We have set up our account at BMO to accept your donation and the amount will of course be included in your income tax receipts. Please include your envelope number in your email. Thank you for your continuing support to our Parish. May the good Lord bless you and your families. Jim Moore Chairperson, Parish Finance Committee

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A MESSAGE FROM HNOM FINANCE COUNCIL. Fellow parishioners. As you know HNOM and all other Churches in the Archdiocese have been closed for some weeks now. These are difficult times for our families and our Parish. Undoubtedly there are families with reduced incomes because of COVID-19. Clearly it is very difficult for us to maintain our weekly donations when our Church is closed unless we are on the PayPal donation system, use e-transfer or are mailing or dropping off cheques to the Parish office. Our collection revenues for March 2020 are dramatically less than planned and we expect April to be worse given the current situation. Yet our monthly operational expenses continue as normal. We are making a special appeal for you to consider signing up for PayPal donations. It is easily done and allows you to contribute weekly from your account. If you do not wish to contribute in this way, then please consider mailing in your cheques to the Parish office until we are able to resume normal Church operations. In this way we can continue to meet our HNOM expenses. Thank you for your continuing generosity in these very difficult times. Jim Moore - Chairperson HNOM Finance Council

Sunday Morning Smile Gerry Connors walked his dog through the village every day. One day Mr. Connors is on his walk without the dog. His pal Billy sees him and asks: "Where is your dog?" Mr. Murphy answers: "I had to have him put down." "Was he mad?" asks Billy. "Well, he was none too pleased," Mr. Murphy replies.

EASTER’S WONDERFUL PROMISE In the ordinary course of life we dream and plan hoping our lives will go smoothly. It is a shock to be reminded of how quickly dreams and hopes can be shattered. In a moment when we experience life and death standing side by side, we are jolted into the reality that our certainties are not so certain. After the exhilaration of the Easter Sunday affirmation, “Christ is Risen”,” the Second Sunday of Easter gives way to the fear and doubt of the broken hopes and dreams of Jesus’ disciples. Their fear was contagious, producing doubt within us. But our doubt is productive. Our search for the truth and the answer to our question “Did Jesus rise from the dead?” opens us to recognize the risen Lord. As we seek the Lord, He comes to us, blessing us with the peace, sending us forth to continue His mission, and empowering us with the gift of the Holy Spirit.