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5^e dimanche du Temps Ordinaire - 5^th Sunday in Ordinary Time

La Présentation du Seigneur 40 jours après Noël - The Presentation of the Lord 40 days after Christmas

We rejoice in the radiance of Jesus' Birth - Soyons joyeux dans la lumineuse Nativité de Jésus

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DISCIPLES & STEWARDS - DOCUMENTS - DISCIPLES & INTENDANTS

Sunday 3 - Dimanche 3

Inventory of My Stewardship - J'évalue mon Intendance
Giving God the "first fruits" of our Income - Donner à Dieu les "prémices" de notre Revenu
Sacrificial Giving Table - Table de calcul pour les Dons Sacrificiels

Sunday 2 - Dimanche 2

Inventory of My Discipleship - J'évalue mon état de Disciple
Giving the "first fruits" of our Time & Talent - Donner les "prémices" de notre Temps, de nos Talents

Sunday 1 - Dimanche 1

Participant's Overview - Survol du Participant

January 28-29, 2012 - 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time 4e dimanche du Temps Ordinaire - les 28-29 janvier, 2012
3e d'une série de 4: Trésor - 3rd in a series of 4: Treasure
Disciples of Jesus & Stewards of Creation - 3 - Disciples de Jésus et Intendants de la Création

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La joie caractérise notre appartenance et rassemblement ici à St Luc le Jour du Seigneur - pour que notre joie ne soit pas fragile et dépendante de circonstances extérieures - le Seigneur nous invite à trouver notre joie en mettant notre confiance en Lui et dans l'amour de notre Père, et à faire sa volonté.

Observer le Jour du Seigneur, nous reposer, prier et jouer toute la journée avec notre famille et nos amis nous libère d'anxiétés et de toutes sortes de troubles, nous permettant de vivre le TEMPS comme un don de Dieu.

Pour que nos TALENTS ne deviennent pas une corvée, le Seigneur nous invite à les partager en toute liberté, généreusement, et avec cette disposition dans laquelle nous sommes heureux de le faire.

Le revenu, l'argent, la propriété, les investissements, tout ce qui constitue notre TRÉSOR peut devenir grande source d'anxiété pour ceux qui sont riches et ne cessent d'accumuler autant que pour ceux qui ont assez ou sont pauvres, en raison de nos craintes et insécurités.
Le remède de Dieu est que nous décidions librement de nous débarraser de la "portion sainte" - les prémices - qui reviennent à Dieu à titre de notre Créateur et du pourvoyeur de tous nos bien et de la vie elle-même. Même l'opportunité de gagner notre pain est don de Dieu. La Bible suggère qu'il est béni de rendre à Dieu pour son oeuvre sur Terre - à son Église et aux autres charités - 10 %. Nous pouvons viser ce but digne, et avec la grâce de Dieu, faire un pas en cette direction.

Joy is one characteristic of our gathering on the Lord's Day here at St Luke - so that our joy is not fragile, dependent on variable external circumstances - the Lord invites us to find our joy in putting our confidence in Him and in the Father's love, and in doing his will.

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Keeping the Lord's Day by resting, praying, playing the whole day long, with family and friends, is God's remedy to our fears, anxieties, and troubles over TIME, so that we can enjoy time as his gift.

Putting our TALENTS at the service of others with freedom, generosity, and gladness, is God's remedy to the anguish we can have, feeling our talents as a burden with people constantly hounding us to help them.

Even wealthy, powerful, and influential people can feel they never have enough, and by excessive accumulating and insufficient sharing, can actually deprive others from enjoying the material blessings God the Creator has put on planet Earth for all to benefit, live, and enjoy. Whether wealthy, comfortable, or poor, it is fear and insecurity that cause us to suffer anguish over work, career, money, property, investments, bills, and so on...

God's remedy is for us to identify among all the money and material goods we have, our TREASURE, the "holy portion" that is for God and to freely, gratefully, and gladly give it back to Him. God's Word in the Bible suggests that it is blessed to give to God for his work on Earth - to his Church and other charities - 10 %. We can set our sights on this worthy goal, and with the help of God's grace, take humble, grateful steps toward it.

Funérailles Funerals

Julie Bondoc
Gyles d'Artois
Louis Goris
Dominic Charron
Ursula Lewis
Papa Marcel Surprenant
Oncle Raymond Hotte
Maman Thérèse Hébert
Claudette Thibault
Patsy Ann Kelly
Laura Elivique
Ingrid Stuut
Mary McLaughlin
Ruth Searle
Tony Tejada
Leo Donachey
Madeleine Gendreau
Julius Caesar D'Souza
Adelchi D'Agnolo
Augusto Moniz
Michèle Mansour
Gregoria Alejandrino
René Gonzales
Hermanus Mens
Marie McCarthy Denhez
Dante Foscato
Isabelle Fontaine Seguin
Esther Ghanimé Hufana

Homily - 120125 Conversion of St Paul - Wrap up, prayer, hymn     120127

January 21-22, 2012 - 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time   3e dimanche du Temps Ordinaire - les 21-22 janvier, 2012
2e d'une série de 3: Temps, Talent, Nature - 2nd in a series of 3: Time, Talent, Nature
Disciples of Jesus & Stewards of Creation - 2 - Disciples de Jésus et Intendants de la Création

120121 1700 Homily be Deacon Brian Cordeiro - 120122 10h45 Homélie par Diacre Brian Cordeiro

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January 14-15, 2012 - 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 2e dimanche du Temps Ordinaire - les 14-15 janvier, 2012
1er d'une série de 3: Disciples - suivre Jésus - 1st in a series of 3: Discipleship
Disciples of Jesus & Stewards of Creation - 1 - Disciples de Jésus et Intendants de la Création

We rejoice in the radiance of Jesus' Birth - nous sommes joyeux dans la lumineuse Nativité de Jésus

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120109 Funeral Mass for JULIE BONDOC - Homily - Prayers of the Faithful - Final Commendation & Song of Farewell

L'Épiphanie - Epiphany

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120106 Funeral Mass for Gyles d'Artois - Homily - Prayers of the Faithful

120103 John teaches that to be drawn into the life and light in God does not require we cease to be individuals but moderate our individual inclinations so as to participate in a divine harmony with others, much as singers do when they listen for one another in a choir. Jean nous enseigne que participer à la vie et à la lumière en Dieu n'exige pas l'abandon de notre identité mais que nous modérons nos inclinaisons individuelles afin de participer à l'harmonie divine avec les autres, comme les choristes font dans une chorale en écoutant les autres voix.     120105 Dieu voit qui nous sommes à l'intérieur. Il nous donne une capacité de voir les autres comme des personnes comme nous et d'être sensible à leurs pensées, leurs sentiments, et à les respecter, les aimer. Ne pas reconnaître les autres humains comme des personnes mais les réduire à des objets est une grand pauvreté et un manque d'humanité. Not to see other humans as persons with thoughts and feelings, not to respect or love them, is to not yet have become fully human. As God alone can see into us as we are within, so He gives us the ability to see and treat others as persons as we are, with equal value and dignity.

Marie, Mère de Dieu - Mary, Mother of God
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World Day of Peace - Journée Mondiale de la Paix
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Feast of the Holy Family        Fête de la Sainte Famille
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111229 Funérailles de Louis (Ludovicus) Goris - Homélie
Lettre en Mémoire de Louis par Eric, Cyril, et Lucienne

111228 The Holy Innocents

Joyeux Noël ! - Merry Christmas !

Celebrating Jesus' Birth immerses us in the wonder of the life God breathes into us.

Célébrer Noël nous immerge dans l'émerveillement de la vie que Dieu insuffle en nous.

Christmas Day 101225 0900 Homily and Family Blessing MP3
Family Blessing TEXT Bénédiction des Familles Pdf
Veille de Noël 101224 21h00 Homélie - Bénédiction des Familles MP3's
Christmas Eve 101224 1900 Homily - Communion Prayer - Family Blessing MP3's

111219 Zacharie doute de la Parole que Dieu lui adresse - nous avons tous difficulté à réaliser que Dieu nous parle, nous adresse la Parole au-dedans de nous, et qu'Il nous appelle à Lui faire confiance et avec cette confiance de faire tous les efforts pour accomplir sa volonté en toute circonstance.
111220 What we say reveals our state of soul. Where Zechariah doubted the Angel Gabriel's word, Mary believed and asked how the Word of the Lord would come about. We hesitate to trust in God so we won't be disappointed, but we need to make room for his will which is much greater than ours. Il nous faut faire de la place pour la volonté de Dieu, qui est beaucoup plus grande que la nôtre.
111222 Anne, mère de Samson, et Marie, Mère du Sauveur Jésus, nous sont données par Dieu pour nous rappeler que toute circonstance - bonne ou mauvaise - peut élever mon âme vers Dieu, notre origine et notre destinée commune, pour reconnaître sa grandeur, Lui rendre grâce, et Le louer. Anne and Mary are God's gift to remind us that every situation is an opportunity to lift up our soul to God in adoration, gratitude, and prayer, since He is our origin and our destiny, and to remain in communion in this way with God is already heaven.

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111216 We surrender the Lord's Day rest at our own peril - we forget why we are alive because we have bought into a "new slavery" - we voluntarily enter into bondage with no time for spouse, family, children, no time to breathe, to remember why we are alive or that life itself is a precious gift. God has commanded us to rest on the seventh day each week and to worship Him, to gather in the Great Assembly to hear his Word and allow Him to form our mind, heart, and soul to become bearers of his love in the world.

111214 The struggle of the Jewish People, as for us, has always been to make room in us for God. Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross - whom we celebrate today - were given by God to understand we must detach ourselves from people and created things in order to make room in us for God. We can enjoy life and all good things and let them lift up our spirit to God in gratitude without being attached to all these things.

Memorial Mass for Dominic Charron - Homily by Fr Gilles Surprenant - The Next Step

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111211 Homily - Deacon Brian Cordeiro - 111211 10h45 Homélie - Brian Cordeiro, Diacre Permanent

111205     111206    111208 Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception - What do Adam and Eve have to do with Mary, or with us for that matter?

111205 2011 St Nicholas Volunteer Appreciation Evening - Presentations - Soirée St Nicolas pour l'Appréciation de nos Bénévoles 2011

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BAPTISM LITURGY
Today at our Baptism Liturgy - we welcomed six new members - congratulations to our young families for accepting from God these wonderful children! In Baptism, God gives us new life, makes us truly children of God by infusing in us by the Holy Spirit the divine life of love that is the vitality, the divine energy in God which initiated the universe. God infuses us with this divine life to offset our human weakness and inclination to go our own way, which has infected humanity from the beginning. We experience the downside in the "new slavery" imposed on us by society, not at all sympathetic to marriage and family, as well as in troublesome experiences of our own inclination to be divided against our own self and others and also God.   111204 1400

SUNDAY LITURGY - LITURGIE DOMINICALE
How is God consoling his people? How can we find our rest and consolation in Jesus? He has always done it and continues to do it personally, on a one on one basis, face to face. At Mass we express our desire for God's forgiveness, transforming power, and peace, but it is in the Sacrament of Confession, Penance, Reconciliation, Conversion, that we meet Jesus face to face through the priest and He exercises his divine power to transform us, from one confession to the next. Come to our Reconciliation Liturgy Thursday, December 15th at 7:30 pm. Jesus will be there... will you?       111203 1700   111204 0900   111204 1230

Comment Dieu console-t-Il son peuple? Comment trouver notre repos et consolation en Jésus? Sa façon de le faire demeure inchangée: Il le fait personnellement, un à un, face à face. Au début de la Messe nous exprimons le désir d'être pardonnés par Dieu, mais le moyen efficace qu'Il continue d'emprunter pour nous pardonner et nous transformer est par le Sacrement de la Confession, du Pardon, de la Réconciliation, de la Conversion; alors que nous rencontrons Jésus face à face dans le prêtre qu'Il nous envoit et Il exerce son pouvoir divine de nous transformer d'une confession à l'autre. Venez à notre Liturgie de Réconciliation jeudi, le 15 décembre à 19h30. Jésus sera là... et vous? 111204 1045

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Funeral Mass Homily for Ursula Eileen Robinson Lewis

111121 La Présentation de Marie - jeune fille, ses saints parents Ste Anne et St Joachim présentent Marie au Temple afin que la petite reçoive à l'écôle pour les filles une éducation dans la foi juive. On espérait qu'une de ces filles pourrait devenir une femme que Dieu choisirait comme mère du Messie. Dieu veut nous habiter et que nous habitions en Dieu. Jésus dit qu'il faut tout simplement vivre dans la volonté du Père, comme Lui a fait.
111122 Jésus veut que nous ne nous fassions pas de souci pour la fin du monde, parce que nous allons tous très certainement nous trouver en présence de Dieu très bientôt, à la fin de notre vie. Le temps est don de Dieu et nous ne savons pas ce qu'il nous reste à vivre. There is nothing more foolish than to attempt to predict the future. Jesus said that even the Son does not know what the Father has planned; so don't run after the seductive declarations of televangelists. Real prophecy is about the truth. We don't know how much time we have left but it is a gift of God to be lived with gratitude.
111124 Selon Mère Térésa être saint c'est tout simplement être en état de grâce... s'efforcer de vivre en Dieu, pour Lui plaire en toute chose et d'éviter à tot prix tout ce qui pourrait Lui déplaire. Ce fut la joie des saints de tout âge, même dans la persécution, de s'attacher à Dieu pour Lui rendre gloire. On peut même pas se rendre compte que le Bon Dieu fait des miracles par nous, par nos bonnes actions et prières auprès de personnes malades our souffrantes. Alors le Seigneur nous invite à être plus attentifs à ce qu'Il veut bien faire en nous et à travers nous et ensuite le dire aux autres afin de Lui rendre gloire.

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34^e semaine du Temps Ordinaire - 34^th Week in Ordinary Time

Homily by Deacon Brian Cordeiro - Homélie du Diacre Brian Cordeiro

111116 0900 Like the king in the parable, Jesus expects us to participate actively in our life, and like the saints, to live with gratitude to God for all his gifts. The drama of the suicide is that a person ends their participation in life under the illusion of escaping their trouble or pain. In fact, they escape nothing because the state of soul in which we die is the state of soul we bring with us into eternity, and after a suicide add on our self the burden of having thrown back in God's face, as it were, the gift of our life as not worth living anymore. God wants to be merciful, but there is little He can do if we insist on throwing back all his gifts into his face, unwilling to live life to the full, the bad along with the good.
111116 1900 Love and friendship move us to remember those who have gone before us, especially in November each year, which is in accord with the objects of the CWL to build sisterly relations among Catholic women and bonds of friendship and service. We trust in the Lord's promises but don't think about it too much until we begin to see our loved ones leave this Earth and go to God and realize that our time will come too. Jesus loves us as He did his Apostles and disciples and wants us to be with Him where He is. With affection, Jesus wants us to be open to his Father and the guidance of the Holy Spirit so that we can be with Jesus now and forever by letting the Holy Spirit put in us the same dispositions that were in Jesus during his life on Earth.
111118 Life is a struggle, part of the great drama of God's sacred history with us individually and together as a people, with devastating revelations about ourselves and uplifting revelations about God. The more wretched and poor we are, the clearer it is that it is God who does great things through us. God wants to shine in and through each other because we live in darkness and need the light shining on the face of Jesus in each of us to find our way to the Father. This explains Jesus' zeal for the Temple as a place for people to meet God. If we let anything get between us and God and let even good things become more important than God, without whom we can find no lasting happiness, then God's jealousy for our lasting happiness will allow us to lose all of our attachments so that in the end we can finally notice the one thing we really need, God and his love for us.

33^e dimanche du Temps Ordinaire - 33^rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
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A life of service and care for others brings a person close to God, even if they don't believe in God or believe but don't feel close to God. Feelings are useful but not always reliable. Fear of the Lord names a variety of ways in which people have experiences of God giving them the conviction that God is real and that He cares for them. Those who live only by the world's standard carry the whole crushing burden of responsibility on their own shoulders, but the believer, the just person knows the score. God allows bad things to happen even to good people, and He looks to them to carry the burden with Him and accept to be his agents for good in the world. The New Roman Missal coming out in English is a gift from God to give us an opportunity to be renewed and refreshed in our appreciation for God and all He does and in our worship and praise. We begin in Advent.
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Une vie de service et de soin des autres rend une personne près de Dieu, même si elle ne croit pas en Dieu, our croit mais ne se sent pas près de Dieu. Les sentiments ne sont pas fiables. La crainte du Seigneur nomme une variété de moyens que les gens ont une expérience de Dieu leur donnant la conviction que Dieu est réel et qu'Il s'occupe d'eux. Ceux qui vivent par les repères du monde portent tout le poids sur leurs épaules, mais le croyant, la personne juste sait ce qu'il se passe. Dieu permet au mal d'affliger même les bons et Il s'attend à ce qu'ils l'aide à en porter le poids et acceptent d'être ses agents dans le monde. Le nouveau Missel Romain qui commence sous peu en anglais et que nous pouvons anticiper d'ici 3 ou 4 ans en français, est un don de Dieu pour nous permettre d'être renouvelés dans notre appréciation pour la rencontre du Seigneur dans l'Eucharistie.
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111107 Comme nous Dieu peut être impuissant face aux comportements des gens parce qu'Il nous laisse tous libres et nous montre sa patience.     111108 Without sin humans would probably looked forward to death as a falling asleep only to awaken in eternity - like the Blessed Virgin Mary's Assumption - but as it is death is God's act of mercy to deliver us from this "valley of tears" and introduce us into the presence of God. All is gift and calls us to gratitude to God. Sans la venue du péché la mort aurait été un passage joyeux en éternité - comme pour Marie. Tout est don et nous appelle à la gratitude.
111110 L'apparente impuissance de Dieu face aux comportements des hommes est témoin de notre liberté et de l'amour de Dieu pour l'humanité. Dieu permet aussi à la souffrance d'ouvrir le coeur endurci et de permettre au coeur aimant de s'épancher avec générosité, comme Jésus, et lui devenir semblable.

32^e dimanche du Temps Ordinaire - 32^nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
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111104 Jesus wants us to be shrewd with things of the kingdom... to be glad to let God employ the events of life - especially our trials - to reproduce in us the pattern of Jesus' life and love, and shine his divine light through us into the darkness of the world.

October - Month of the Holy Rosary - Octobre - Mois du Saint Rosaire

Contemplate with Mary the light shining on the face of Jesus
in his Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful, and Glorious Mysteries in the Holy Rosary
Contemplez avec Marie la lumière brilliant sur la face de Jésus
dans ses Mystères Joyeux, Lumineux, Douloureux, et Glorieux par le Saint Rosaire

31^e dimanche du Temps Ordinaire - 31^st Sunday in Ordinary Time
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God our Father Creator has designed us with an infinite capacity for happiness beyond ephemeral elusive private pleasures in the context of loving relations with others. Only a personal relationship of gratitude and love with the Father, Jesus his only begotten Son and our Lord, in the Holy Spirit can fully satisfy us and fill our capacity for happiness to overflowing. Through Malachi the Lord deplores how trivially the people consider their God - finding worship of Him burdensome, offering Him shamefully worthless gifts - and how the priests hide behind titles, seeking honour, influence, personal gain, and advantages. We must all be wary of such ways of avoiding the challenges of life or avoiding the effort and discomfort of growing in love and humble service. Here is a glimpse of our Auxiliary Bishop Tom Dowd's perspective on his new ministry of service as a successor of the Apostles as given in the Fall issue of the Catholic times, page 2, The Bishop's Window. See his website.
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111030 1045 Dieu notre Père Créateur nous a conçus avec une capacité infinie pour le bonheur, au-delà des plaisirs privés éphémères et furtifs, dans un contexte de relations amoureuses avec autrui. Seulement dans une relation de gratitude et d'amour avec le Père, son Fils unique Jésus notre Seigneur, dans le Saint Esprit, notre capacité de bonheur sera-t-elle comblée et même dépassée. Par Malachi le Seigneur déplore à quel point les gens trouvent leur Dieu plate, sentent que Lui rendre le culte de louange et obéissance est un fardeau insupportable, et ne Lui offrent que de piteuses offrandes qu'on rougirait d'offrir à une serveuse de resto. Ces gens se montrent incapables de bonheur durable. Les prêtres aussi ne cherchent que leur avantage et se cachent derrière leurs titres, contre quoi Jésus avertit ses disciples. Comme eux nous devons tous nous méfier de notre tendance d'éviter de croître et de faire face aux défis de la vie, mais nous ouvrir à servir humblement comme Jésus. Voici un résumé de la perspective de notre Évêque Auxiliaire Tom Dowd sur son nouveau ministère en tant que successeur aux Apôtres. Il nous invite à partager ensemble notre espérance.

111024 Attitudes du Royaume - 1. Avec des yeux mondains nous pouvons obséder sur les comportements et trop remarquer le comportement des autres. Si par crainte ou fierté nous fixons la loi, comme la personne au bord d'une falaise nous augmentons le risque de tomber. Jésus attire notre regard vers Lui pour mieux orienter notre marche de foi à tout moment durant la journée. Avec les saints, contemplons Jésus notre maître et modèle.
111025 Attitudes du Royaume - 2. When all is well, can we know if our loving is true? Like parents tested by their children, we see more clearly the genuineness of our love when we suffer, when it is painful to love, when we are not getting anything back. Then our love is seen to be for the good of others. So the Holy Trinity allow us to experience suffering and call us to bear it with trust and docility. Quand notre amour est récompensé il est difficile de voir l'authenticité de notre amour. Comme les parents éprouvés par leurs enfants, nous réalisons la vérité de notre amour quand il est difficile d'aimer, et quand nous souffrons. Dieu nous permet ainsi de souffrir et nous appèle à vivre la souffrance avec confiance et docilité.
111027 Attitudes du Royaume - 3. Nous sommes tous pris entre la chaire et ses exigences et implusions et l'esprit. Paul mortifia sa chaire, priva ses impulsions et appétits de son attention pour contempler Jésus, le Christ, en qui Il est et tout ce qu'Il a fait et continue de faire, et se laissant guider par le Saint Esprit en lui et au coeur de la communauté de foi. Pourtant pourquoi le mail existe-t-il toujours? Parce que nous sommes comme Jérusalem qui a tourné son dos à Dieu. Jésus n'a pas pour autant démissionné mais cherche toujours à nous enflammer de son amour. Et comment aimer comme Jésus? Voici une petite suggestion.....
Caught between the flesh and the spirit, Paul deprived his flesh of attention, refusing to gratify with his attention the demands of his flesh so as to give all his attention to Christ and contemplate Jesus, who He is and all He has done and continues to do, remaining ever docile to the light and guidance of the Holy Spirit within himself and in the community of faith. Jesus seeks to remove the obstacles in us to his love, that we may let Him fill us with the Father's love and join Him in bringing that love into our world.

30^e dimanche du Temps Ordinaire - 30^th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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111019 To face temptation keep your eyes on the road, Jesus. Trying to keep the law pays too much attention to temptation... trying to obey grace, we listen to the Holy Spirit and try to follow Jesus. The atmosphere around the law is full of pride and fear, but the atmosphere around grace is love. Contemplate Jesus and learn to love.
111021 Our impulses and passions cause our flesh to resemble a wild beast, unpredictable and dangerous. Once we have been consciously touched by the Spirit of God, his love kindles a fire within us making us passionate to ponder God's Word, to worship Him and attend the Holy Eucharist on Sunday, to pray, to love our neighbor and pray for our enemies, to love God. This life in the Spirit sets us apart from the world and those who are not in the season of the Spirit but completely taken up with the things, ambitions, fears, and worries of this world. We are growing and each day the Holy Trinity works to make us new. We only appear to repeat some sins, but they are not the same because we are not the same as yesterday. Let God be the judge and go to confession.

29^e dimanche du Temps Ordinaire - 29^th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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111015-16 Homily by Deacon Brian Cordeiro

111010 On donne notre action de grâce au Seigneur depuis la colonie, mais c'est le 31.01.1957 qu'un acte du Parlement du Canada fixa le 2e lundi d'octobre - geste remarquable d'une société civile. Si la gratitude nous amenait davantage au partage nos vies seraient sans doute plus paisibles et peut-être plus longues.
111011 Paul taught the Romans and indeed all pagans that the truth and goodness of God are inscribed in all his creatures. Without standing on the truth and in God, human beings can justify any depravity. Founded in God, we can find our way, do what is right and just, dwell in God's love, and share and bear the fruits of love. Paul enseigne aux Romains et à tous les païens que la vérité et la bonté de Dieu sont inscrits en toutes ses créatures. Hormis la vérité et Dieu, l'être humain peut justifier toute dépravation. En Dieu nous pouvons trouver le chemin, faire ce qui est juste et bon, demeurer dans l'amour de Dieu, et partager et porter les fruits de l'amour.
111012 If only on seeing others apparently doing wrong we were cut to the heart with regret and compassion for them, praying on the spot for them as Jesus prayed for his tormentors; then God's reign would embrace us all.     111013 En toute culture et religion il y a des gens bons et même saints - c'est l'oeuvre de Dieu dans l'âme ouverte à Lui. Il a donné les 10 commandements pour donner l'heure juste à tous ceux dont la conscience fait défaut. Par la vie du Baptême Dieu se rend plus familiers à nous qui répondons à son appel et faisons sa volonté.
111014 We can retain the innocence of childhood - like St Francis of Assisi - and take pleasure in being alive and in all the creatures around us. We can lose this contemplative sense of being alive when we become overly preoccupied with what we do, our opinions and plans, the behaviour of others, and no longer see the presence and action of God in all things. God saves us as we make room for a Will greater than our own, as Abraham did, and as we forgive others, which opens our heart to receive forgiveness for our own sins.

28^e dimanche du Temps Ordinaire - 28^th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Heureux Action de Grâces - Happy Thanksgiving

111008 1700 The human experience of gratitude requires an open mind, an expansive heart, and a generous spirit. Gratitude brings us into sync with God and allows Him to divinize us. 111009 0900   111009 1230
111009 1045 Notre expérience humaine de la reconnaissance demande une pensée ouverte, un coeur large, et un esprit généreux. La gratitude nous synchronise avec Dieu et Lui permet de nous diviniser. (enregistrement repris, l'original n'ayant pas réussi)

The gift of a Silver Jubilee - a reflection on our vocation to become someone every day and naturally enter into intimate union with God.
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25th Marriage Anniversary - Louise Goulet and Peter Mantha with their parents and their daughters: Christina, Jessica, Julia, Jaqueline, and Chanelle who offered Scripture, Music & Song, Prayers, & Video.
Readings : Sirach 15:15-20; Psalm 103; Romans 12:1-2, 9-18; Matthew 5:1-12, 13-16.
Homily - Renewal of Vows

111003 Le Bon Dieu se fait beaucoup plus de souci que nous pour toute l'humanité et pour chaque personne. Pour que nous soyions heureux Il souhaite de nous un retour d'amour. L'amour de l'étranger peut nous surprendre.
111004 CWL Diocesan Council Mass at St Patrick - Homily by Fr Gilles, Spiritual Advisor - Spiritual Advisor's Remarks at the meeting: Liturgy - Mysterium Fidei - Wound of Love (Madonna House Associates' Meetings theme, September 2011.
111005 We are all called to be Jonah - to bring the good news to all. Jesus gave us to pray the Lord's Prayer to instil his own mind and heart into us.         111006 Si la vie semble injuste, c'est que le Bon Dieu aime tout le monde et est patient, le parent parfait. Ce fut la vie de Bse Marie-Rose Durocher.        111007 Jesus is victorious; yet dark times come upon the world, upon us, seemingly in every generation. We cannot escape the darkness on our own. God sends us Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary to strengthen us and help us contemplate the light shining on the face of Jesus. Brief account of Our Lady's apparition to the soldiers in Manila to stop the massacre ordered by Marcos.

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Pastoral Visit of Bishop Thomas Dowd at St Luke Parish - See his blog Waiting In Joyful Hope to which he regularly posts / Visite pastorale de Monseigneur Thomas Dowd, Évêque Auxiliaire de Montréal et Vicaire Épiscopal responsable pour la communauté anglophone.
See also his website Adventus where you will find interesting articles and other resources.

110926 Les Saints Martyrs Canadiens - laisser l'Esprit de Dieu faire éclater les entraves qui nous empêchent de vivre pleinement la vie nouvelle des enfants de Dieu 110927 Pour être apostolique il suffit de faire ce que nous faisons mais pour des gens qui ne peuvent pas nous rendre le pareil. To be apostolic we only have to do the good things we already do but for those who cannot pay us back. 110929 Le Seigneur nous envoit ses anges nous défendre, nous guider, nous aider lors de notre pèlerinage.

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WYD WITNESSES - TÉMOINS DES JMJ

Homily notes - Deacon Brian Cordeiro

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LIFE IN THE SPIRIT SERIES - 7 WEEKS - 7 SEMAINES - LA VIE DANS L'ESPRIT
WEEK / SEMAINE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Saturday 5:00 p.m.         Homily - Outline     Homily - Outline     Homily - Outline     Homily - Outline     Homily - Outline     Homily - Outline     Homily - Outline
Sunday    9:00 a.m.               Homily                   Homily                   Homily                   Homily                   Homily                   Homily                   Homily
               12:30 p.m.             Homily                   Homily                   Homily                   Homily                   Homily                   Homily                   Homily
Dimanche   10h45         Homélie - Schéma     Homélie - Schéma    Homélie - Schéma    Homélie - Schéma    Homélie - Schéma    Homélie - Schéma    Homélie - Schéma

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LIFE IN THE SPIRIT SERIES - WEEK 7 - SEMAINE 7 - VIE DANS L'ESPRIT
HE IS STILL TO BE FOUND - CATECHETICAL SUNDAY - Our belonging to the faith community is important for our growth in the new life in the Spirit - community is God's plan for us - how we can find our place in the life of our community of faith here at St Luke.
IL SE LAISSE TROUVER - DIMANCHE DE LA CATÉCHÈSE - Appartenir à la communauté de foi est clé pour croître dans la vie nouvelle dans l'Esprit - la communauté est le projet de Dieu pour nous - comment prendre notre place au sein de la communauté de foi ici à St Luc.

110917 1700 - Homily audio file - Life in the Spirit Series Week 4 outline document - 110918 0900 - Homily audio file
110918 1045 fichier audio de l'Homélie - Série La Vie dans l'Esprit Semaine 4 - fichier document du Schéma
110918 1230 - Homily audio file

110912 Depuis son exile en Babylone, la communauté juive pratique la Parole de Dieu de prier pour la société et ses dirigeants; notre bien-être est lié à celui de la société. Nous avons à être moins critiques et à prier davantage pour notre société et ses dirigeants.
110913 Jésus stimulait les gens à mettre leur foi en Dieu et alors Dieu pouvait agir en eux. C'est aussi le rôle du clergé. Si ceux-ci pouvait être mariés au début de l'Église, désormais l'expérience fait que le célibat est mieux. Prions pour nous nouveaux évêques auxiliaires Christian et Thomas. Jesus stimulated people to have faith in God; then God could act in them. This is also the clergy' role. If they could be married in the early Church, now experience shows celibacy to be preferable. Let us pray for our new auxiliary bishops Thomas and Christian.

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LIFE IN THE SPIRIT SERIES - WEEK 6 - SEMAINE 6 - VIE DANS L'ESPRIT
The Holy Spirit gives us change and growth in the new life in God providing we continue to follow Jesus and obey the Holy Spirit's guidance. How are we doing? God is patient with us to allow us to want to develop our relationship with the Father and the Son in the Holy Spirit.
Le Saint Esprit nous fait changer et croître dans la nouvelle vie en Dieu pourvu qu'on continue de suivre Jésus et d'obéir la direction de l'Esprit Saint. Comment ça va? Dieu patiente avec nous pour nous permettre de vouloir développer notre relation avec le Père, le Fils, et le Saint Esprit.

110910 1700 - Homily audio file - Life in the Spirit Series Week 4 outline document - 110911 0900 - Homily audio file
110911 1045 fichier audio de l'Homélie - Série La Vie dans l'Esprit Semaine 4 - fichier document du Schéma
110911 1230 - Homily audio file

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LIFE IN THE SPIRIT SERIES - WEEK 5 - SEMAINE 5 - VIE DANS L'ESPRIT
Jesus said that even we, who are wicked, know how to give good things to our children when they ask for them; all the more will our heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him. Today all together, we ask the Father to immerse us in the living water, the Holy Spirit.
Jésus dit que même nous, qui sommes mauvais, nous savons donner de bonnes choses à nos enfants quand ils nous le demandent; à plus forte raison le Père céleste donnera-t-Il le Saint Esprit à qui le Lui demande. Aujourd'hui tous ensemble, nous demandons le Père de nous immerger dans l'eau vivante, le Saint Esprit.

110903 1700 - Homily audio file - Life in the Spirit Series Week 4 outline document - 110904 0900 - Homily audio file
110904 1045 fichier audio de l'Homélie - Série La Vie dans l'Esprit Semaine 4 - fichier document du Schéma
110904 1230 - Homily audio file

110829 Le témoignage, le martyre de Jean le Baptiste interpelle le Québec
Comme Abouna Badeea a partagé avec nos jeunes à la Liturgie de clôture du Camp Extreme hier et à leurs familles à partir de la parabole du semeur, la Parole de Dieu est si vitale que nous aimons l'entendre, mais pour qu'elle porte du fruit nous devons l'accueillir et l'intégrer en nous. Hérode aimait entendre Jean le Baptiste, mais il n'a pas accueilli cette Parole qui venait de Dieu; il a plutôt donné priorité à plaire ses invités, les convives à la fête. Il en va de même pour nous au Québec. L'état de notre Église et de notre société nous provoque une examen de conscience. Nous n'avons pas donné priorité à la Parole de Dieu ni au Seigneur Lui-même et alors nous avons donné au Seigneur mauvaise réputation, nous les prêtres les premiers. Nous sommes en bonne compagnie. Jérémie lui aussi, malgré les assurances de Dieu, se plaint de son sort. Demandons au Seigneur qu'Il renouvelle en nous son Esprit; afin que nous Lui portions davantage témoignage auprès de notre société.
(As Abouna Badeea shared with our youth and their families at Extreme Youth Camp closing Liturgy, the Word of God is so alive that it pleases those who hear it, but whether or not it bears fruit depends on our willingness and ability to take it in and integrate it.)

110830 Nous ne connaissons pas le jour de la venue du Christ dans sa gloire, mais nous Le rencontrons à tous les jours dans notre voisin, dans la prière, dans la Liturgie qui nous unit à la Liturgie du ciel, par l'Esprit Saint. We do not know the day of Christ's return in glory, but we meet Him every day in our neighbor, in prayer, in the Liturgy which unites us to the heavenly Liturgy, by the Holy Spirit.
110831 Even demons know who Jesus is, but that knowledge does them no good. Like them, we can be overly preoccupied with our own self and our own good. God sent his Son in the world in Jesus to lift us up out of our self-absorption so we can be more open to God and others and enhance the vitality of our family, parish, and Church. God is eager to do amazing things through us in his Church and in the world.. Let us pray with one mind and heart set on the things of the Kingdom and dispose ourselves to receive the Holy Spirit, who wants to make more effective our faith and liven our relationship with God and our whole Parish.
110901 L'Esprit Saint reconfigure notre pensée à celle du Christ, et notre coeur au Coeur Sacré de Jésus. L'Esprit veut nous remettre au diapason de Dieu, nous libérer de nos propres préoccupations, comme Il a fait pour les apôtres, pour nous faire ses instruments dans le monde. À tout coup l'Esprit nous unit à la Liturgie du ciel, et nous pouvons Lui faire confiance.
110902 The Bible is daunting, but we can draw light from our ordinary human experiences to understand the mysteries of God. Just as our parents could be one minutes tender and the next minute harsh to discipline us; so it is with God. In the O.T. the Son communicated to the Jewish People as He needed to, but in his humanity as Jesus, the Son has intimately bound himself up with us as our Head. We need to let Jesus direct us in all the dimensions of our lives; He has initiated the new times of God's Kingdom, but we insist on approaching God with the old pagan attitudes and ways: as if to a temperamental god whom we feel we have to appease like the terrifying gods to which people offered human sacrifices. The old ways don't work. Jesus sends the Holy Spirit to remake our minds and hearts. Let us welcome the Holy Spirit.

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LIFE IN THE SPIRIT SERIES - WEEK 4 - SEMAINE 4 - VIE DANS L'ESPRIT
God calls us to bear the burden, the cross, of being different from those in the world who live according to the flesh - this is our true worship of God. like Jesus who obeyed the Father's will. To be immersed in the Spirit, we must turn away from all that blocks our relationship with God and accept Jesus as our Lord. Next week we will pray to be immersed in the Holy Spirit, and the Father will grant this because He loves us.
Dieu nous appelle à porter volontiers le fardeau, la croix, de paraître différents des gens qui vivent selon la chaire dans le monde - voilà notre adoration véritable, comme Jésus qui obéit la volonté du Père. Pour être immergés dans l'Esprit, nous devons nous détourner de tout ce qui bloque notre relation avec Dieu et accepter Jésus comme notre Seigneur. La semaine prochaine nous prierons pour être immergés dans l'Esprit Saint, et le Père l'accordera parce qu'Il nous aime.

110827 1700 - Homily audio file - Life in the Spirit Series Week 4 outline document - 110828 0900 - Homily audio file
110828 1045 fichier audio de l'Homélie - Série La Vie dans l'Esprit Semaine 4 - fichier document du Schéma
110828 1230 - Homily audio file

110822 0900 Homélie - Prière pour nos Pèlerins JMJ - Our WYD Pilgrims a Prayer
110823 Vivre au diapason de Dieu comme Marie.... To live in sync with God like Mary....
110824 God is a Trinity of divine Persons, reflected in Jesus who enters into personal relationships with those he chooses as apostles.... Jesus continues to relate to us and offers us here and now a personal interior connection with Him and in the next few weeks we fully expect Him to bring us deeper into his life with the Father and to develop what He has already given us.
110825 Paul corrige audacieusement les croyants, et humblement ils mettent de côté leur volonté pour faire de la place pour une volonté plus grande que la leur, la volonté de Dieu, moyennant l'enseignement et la prédication de Paul; tout comme Jésus mit de côté sa propre volonté humaine pour faire de la place pour la volonté de son Père, et comme nous sommes appelés à faire nous aussi. Une telle humilité est récompensée dans une union intime avec Dieu par Jésus dans le Saint Esprit.
110826 Our culture entirely discredits our Church on sexual matters - which is exacerbated by the harm some priests and religious and others have done to the innocent - and turns to worldly experts. Sadly what is being ignored is God and his design for our human sexuality, to enable us to focus with love on the other person; instead, focus on our sexual pleasure closes us to the other as we focus on our self. Cf. Pope John Paul II's teaching, now called the Theology of the Body.

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LIFE IN THE SPIRIT SERIES - WEEK 3 - SEMAINE 3 - VIE DANS L'ESPRIT
In the face of all that is wrong with the world and our personal lives, we need God to give us the abundant life He promised. By immersion in the Holy Spirit we have access to this new life, which is the divine life in God, and we can see God bringing about changes in us.... Face à tout ce qui ne tourne pas rond dans le monde et dans nos vies personnelles, nous avons besoin que Dieu nous donne la vie abondante qu'Il a promise. Par l'immersion dans l'Esprit Saint nous avons accès à cette vie nouvelle, qui est la vie divine en Dieu, et nous voyons Dieu apporter des changements en nous....

110820 1700 - Homily audio file - Life in the Spirit Series Week 3 outline document - 110821 0900 - Homily audio file
110821 1045 fichier audio de l'Homélie - Série La Vie dans l'Esprit Semaine 3 - fichier document du Schéma
110821 1230 - Homily audio file

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LIFE IN THE SPIRIT SERIES - WEEK 2 - SEMAINE 2 - VIE DANS L'ESPRIT
There is definitely something wrong with the world that only God can fix - in fact Jesus battled to the death to obtain for us freedom and a new life in the Spirit.... Il y a définitivement quelquechose qui ne tourne pas rond dans le monde que seul Dieu peut réparer - en fait Jésus a lutté jusqu'à la mort pour nous obtenir la liberté et une nouvelle vie dans l'Esprit....

110813 1700 - Homily audio file - Life in the Spirit Series Week 2 outline document - 110814 0900 - Homily audio file
110814 1045 fichier audio de l'Homélie - Série La Vie dans l'Esprit Semaine 2 - fichier document du Schéma
110814 1230 - Homily audio file

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LIFE IN THE SPIRIT SERIES - WEEK 1 - SEMAINE 1 - VIE DANS L'ESPRIT
To open ourselves in a fresh way to the Lord and for our faith in God to be deepened and intensified by becoming a more personal relationship with Jesus Christ by the action of the Holy Spirit.... Pour nous ouvrir à nouveau au Seigneur et afin que notre foi en Dieu s'approfondisse et s'intensifie en devenant une relation personnelle avec Jésus Christ par l'action de l'Esprit Saint....

110806 1700 - Homily audio file - Life in the Spirit Series Week 1 outline document - 110807 0900 - Homily audio file
110807 1045 fichier audio de l'Homélie - Série La Vie dans l'Esprit Semaine 1 - fichier document du Schéma
110807 1230 - Homily audio file

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110628 Face à toute difficulté, à tout désastre, Jesus demande que nous ayons, que j'aie confiance en Lui. In the face of every difficulty, disaster, or trouble, Jesus asks us to put our trust in Him.
110629 Saint Peter and Saint Paul - both very conscious of their weakness and sin, both confessing their sinful state before the Lord their whole lives - they were touched by the love of God in Jesus, and they accepted to serve as his instruments of grace and of the proclamation of the Good News in the world. Jesus calls us not to be so preoccupied with our self that we limit what He can do in us and through us.
110701 Sacred Heart of Jesus - life is beautiful, difficult, a burden, a time of testing to bring out the good hidden within us; so we can become someone, the person God the Father knows we can become. We need humility to see and to accept the truth about God, about others, and about ourselves. We find it difficult to love, to be kind, when there is nothing coming back to us from the other. God doesn't want us to live alone; so were are in a Marriage between God, the Holy Trinity, and humanity, a Marriage focused in Jesus, Son of God and son of Mary. We receive all the love we need from the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Solennité du Seigneur - Solemnity of the Lord top of page
Le Corps et le Sang du Christ - The Body and Blood of Christ

110625 1700 It is difficult for us to accept that throughout our life God tests us to see what we have inside of us, whether we are willing to trust in Him and follow in his ways. But then we test each other constantly too whenever we call on one another for help and in all our expectations of one another. It is perfect love that prompts the Blessed Trinity to allow life to test us so that we ourselves may discover what we have within us and grow in strength and will to live the divine life they offer us hear on Earth and in eternity.
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110626 1045 Nous acceptons avec difficulté que le Bon Dieu nous met à l'épreuve tout au long de notre vie afin de voir ce qu'il y a au dedans de nous, si nous allons volontiers Lui faire confiance et marcher selon ses voies. Pourtant nous nous mettons les uns les autres à l'épreuve constamment en demandant de l'aide et dans nos attentes auprès de l'autre. C'est l'amour parfait qui fait que la Sainte Trinité permet à la vie de nous mettre à l'épreuve afin que nous puissions découvrir ce que nous avons en nous et pour que nous puissions croître dans notre habilité de vivre de la vie divine qu'Ils nous offrent ici sur Terre et dans l'éternité.

110624 Nativity of St John the Baptist - John reveals to us our own vocation as Catholic Christians : Jesus calls us to prepare his way before Him into the minds, hearts, and souls of the people of our time simply by walking ourselves by faith in the ways of the Lord. Fr Gilles shares some thoughts on his own sense of God's call to become a priest and on how it is that Jesus continually calls men - men who would make great husbands and fathers, or not, ordinary men and extraordinary men, and the full range of men in between - to follow Him as his priests today.
La Fête de la Saint Jean est devenue une fête nationale et séculière - mais pendant des siècles elle fut ce qu'elle est vraiment, une fête religieuse - Saint Jean le Baptiste nous montre notre vocation de chrétiens catholiques : le Seigneur Jésus nous appelle à Lui préparer la voie aux coeurs, aux esprits des gens de notre temps en marchant nous-mêmes avec foi dans les voies du Seigneur.

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La Très Sainte Trinité - The Most Holy Trinity

110617 Funérailles de Claudette Thibault - Textes : Prières et Écritures - Homélie de l'Abbé Gilles

Vivre de la vie en abondance en Dieu vs. vivre dans la crainte en ce monde - Living life in abundance in God vs. living in fear in the world

110614 Vivre l'extravagance de Dieu, refusant de vivre dans la crainte - practicing God's extravagance, refusing to live in fear
110615 Practicing the "fear of the Lord" - holding God as real, in great respect, with love and generosity - pratiquer la "crainte du Seigneur" - tenant Dieu pour réel, avec grand respect, amour et générosité
110616 Le péché d'Ève et d'Adam est aussi le nôtre, préférant la nouveauté, la parole du premier venu à celle de Dieu - voulant décider pour nous-mêmes ce qui est bon ou mal, refusant de nous soumettre à la volonté d'un autre - même de Dieu. Donc Jésus nous enseigne à prier pour la volonté du Père et à désirer nous y soumettre avec amour et confiance.

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110608 In his Ascension, Jesus makes an act of trust in the Father but also in the Apostles. Parents and pastors are called to do that as well, to be discreet in trusting others to correctly form and follow their conscience before God. 110610 Like Jesus, Paul left his faith communities a spiritual legacy, entrusting their welfare and future to the Lord. It is also our call and challenge to put all our trust in God.

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Matrimony Sunday - Dimanche des Unions Matrimoniales

World Communication Day - Journée Mondiale de la Communication

110604 1700 Marriage of Flora & Martyn Reed and renewal of Marriage vows of couples in the Assembly - Nuptial Blessing
110605 0900 Caught between the old man, old woman and the new man, new woman, Jesus comes to our rescue and calls us to put all our trust in the Father as He does - Renewal of Marriage Vows. 10h45 Nous sommes coincés entre le vieil homme, la vieille femme et le nouvel homme, la nouvelle femme, et Jésus vient à notre rescousse nous demandant de mettre toute notre confiance en Dieu le Père comme Lui - Renouvellement des Voeux de Mariage. 1230 Homily / Homélie - We are caught between the old man, woman and the new man, woman, and Jesus comes to our rescue, calling us to put all our trust in the Father as He does - Nous sommes coincés entre le vieil homme, la vieille femme et le nouvel homme, la nouvelle femme, et Jésus vient à notre rescousse nous demandant de mettre toute notre confiance en Dieu le Père comme Lui - Renewal of Vows - Renouvellement des Voeux - Bilingual Mass / Messe Bilingue - Eucharist / Eucharistie.

110531 Visitation of Our Lady / de la Sainte Vierge Marie - Avec Marie reconnaître devant Dieu notre pauvreté et Lui faire confiance, pratiquant la charité, allant jusqu'à parler nous-mêmes directement aux personnes avec lesquelles nous avons des différends, même le clergé. With Mary acknowledging before God our poverty and putting our trust in Him, practicing charity even to speaking directly ourselves with those with whom we have differences, even clergy.
110601 On sharing our faith in God and experience of his presence and action with others, even to feeling like we are making fools of ourselves, that all may come to know the ways of the Lord and walk in them.
110603 We are in the time of the Ascension - when Jesus is forever in the glorious presence of his Father but also present to us - there is no distance for God the Holy Trinity - it is now by faith that we have access to Jesus - the Three Divine Persons are so great that in each sacrament they give us a unique approach to them - Jesus draws us through our faith and trust into communion with Him and helps us to make of our life a daily gift of gratitude back to the Father; making us his instruments of blessing for others and the world.

Funeral Liturgy for Patsy (Patricia) Ann Kelly - May 31st, 2011

Fr Gilles' Homily The Lord's Prayer Prayer of Commendation

6th Sunday of Easter - 6e Dimanche de Pâques top of page

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5th Sunday of Easter - 5e Dimanche de Pâques top of page

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110517 Chrétiens et Juifs nous avons tout les deux toujours notre place dans le projet de Dieu pour le salut du monde. Jews and Christians both have their place in God's plan for bringing the whole world to Himself. 110518 Through Baptism God draws us into the intimacy of his own life. 110520 Jesus offers us union with Him and the Father through all of our human experiences, from pain to joy.

4th Sunday of Easter - 4e Dimanche de Pâques top of page

Funérailles d'Oncle Raymond Hotte - Homélie - samedi le 14 mai, 2011

110512 Dieu agit puissamment dans notre fragilité mais Il a besoin de notre consentement, notre volonté de porter notre croix, de Lui permettre de faire en nous selon la volonté de son Père, comme Lui-même a fait.

110511 Jesus now, as then, sends us out to boldly speak of Him to others.

Mothers' Day - 3rd Sunday of Easter - 3e Dimanche de Pâques top of page - La Fête des Mères

110508 0900         Loving God and loving our neighbour is the same love. Refusing to love certain people, such as enemies, prevents us from loving God or experiencing communion, intimacy with God. Being closed to God's will hinders us from being really open to others or loving them without terms or conditions. Loving consists in wanting the same things and avoiding the same things as the one we love, all the while allowing ourselves to be guided by God's greater will. (See Pope Benedict's first Encyclical Letter "God Is Love".)
1230                            110507 1700 Homily at 5:00 pm Mass with children and parents attending after Confirmation Retreat.

110508 1045 La volonté d'aimer Dieu et d'aimer son prochain provient du même endroit en nous. Quand je refuse d'aimer certains gens, comme des ennemies, cette fermeture m'empêche d'aimer Dieu ou d'avoir la communion, l'intimité avec Dieu. Me fermer à la volonté de Dieu m'empêche de vraiment m'ouvrir aux autres sans conditions. Aimer consiste à vouloir les mêmes choses et à éviter les mêmes choses tout en se laissant guider par la plus grande volonté de Dieu.        (Voir "Dieu est amour", la première encyclique du Pape Benoît XVI.)

110507 Annual CWL Diocesan Convention - Spiritual Advisor's Remarks - Fr Gilles

110503 110504 110506 The Church is an event... happening all the time all over the place.....

Divine Mercy Sunday - Dimanche de Miséricorde Divine top of page

110501 Rabbi Leigh Lerner's Yom Hashoah Remarks during the Christian Commemoration of the Shoah at St Luke Parish following upon an invitation to the Christian Jewish Dialogue of Montreal
110501 Remarques du Rabbin Leigh Lerner à l'occasion de la Commémoration Chrétienne de la Shoah à St Luc suite à une invitation au Dialogue Chrétien Juif de Montréal

Homily Funeral Mass for Laura Elivique - Thursday, April 28th, Octave of Easter, 2011 Final Words

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Joyeuses Pâques! Happy Easter!

Le Triduum Saint - The Holy Triduum top of page

Jesus is with me in each life experience as He was in Palestine - and He does this for each person who believes in Him - so that we may not be alone but walk with him as He leads the way, showing us how to live as children of God in a world caught in the trap of trying to impose solutions by force. In our weakness God wants to manifest his power of love for peace, justice truth and beauty.

CHRIST IS RISEN! ALLELUIA! ALLELUIA!

Jésus est avec moi dans chaque expérience de la vie - comme il faisait en palestine - et il le fait pour chaque personne qui croit en lui - afin que nous ne soyions pas seuls mais marchions avec lui qui nous montre le chemin, nous montrant comment vivre comme les enfants de dieu dans un monde qui se pense obligé d'imposer des solutions par la force. Dans notre faiblesse dieu veut manifester sa puissance d'amour pour la paix, la justice, la vérité, et la beauté.

christ est ressuscité! Alléluia! alléluia!

Easter Sunday - 110424 1230 Homily

Paschal Vigil Readings and Ritual - TEXT - Lectures et Rituel Veillée Pascale

Homélie - 8:00 pm / 20h00 - Homily

Good Friday - Liturgy of the Lord's Passion - Vendredi Saint - Liturgie de la Passion du Seigneur

Holy Thursday - Mass of the Lord's Supper - Jeudi Saint - la Dernière Cène

Holy Week - La Semaine Sainte top of page

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Passion / Palm Sunday & WYD - Dimanche de la Passion / des Rameaux & JMJ

Saturday 110416 1700 110417 1230 Sunday

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5th Sunday in Lent - 5e dimanche du Carême top of page

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Memorial Mass & CWL Honours for Ruth Searle - Homily - April 4th, 2011 at St Luke Parish

How deep is our conviction that God desires our happiness? What is the condition of our relationship with God? Our human experiences of relationship help us understand what is happening between God and us. What was the quality of Ruth's relationship with God? It's changed now... she has left behind the "mortal coil".... She has left behind the mortal habitation in which we came to know and love her. We must all leave the body behind when we die. There is something of a curse in death, the loss of this life, and in the original sin - we come into this world wrinkled, somewhat damaged by our parents and others. Perhaps surprisingly, God calls us to get over it and get on with it, to stop blaming others and take responsibility for ourselves, to see others as better than they are and through our kindness and love even for enemies, to cause a life-giving pressure that pulls them up to become better than they are. Ruth did that for others and lived in this way, and now she has gone to the Lord in Lent, the time of preparation for receiving the Easter joy which is God's gift of hope in the face of sin, suffering, challenges, and death itself, enabling us to walk on with humour and a sense of gratitude for all that has been and blessed us.... We thank God for the gift of Ruth and the way she lived her life and gave it back to God with "value added" as Jesus did himself....

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110328 RCIA On Reconciliation - the irreplaceable sacramental encounter with Christ

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110327 The first time we fall in love with God, with Jesus, isn't enough to carry us for the rest of our lives. Like the people of Israel and like the Apostles, we become overly preoccupied with our needs, challenges, troubles, and fears, and we need Jesus to rescue us, as He did the Samaritan woman at Jacob's well.

God's approach to us and how He gives us his own life....

Step 1 - Christ, sent by the Father to rescue us, came among us and died for the ungodly....
Step 2 - Our Lord Jesus Christ brings us peace with God, He comes among us, walks alongside us personally - directly and mysteriously, or simply through another person - and by showing interest in us, letting us know He cares that we exist, that we struggle and suffer, that we live, He gives us peace with God. This is most powerfully and effectively experienced whenever we repent and He forgives us our sins.
Step 3 - As we are touched by God and his peace begins to come over us we become willing to trust Him, and this tension of trust - however fragile - between us and God binds us to Him and justifies us. As Jesus said to those whom He healed, "Go in peace, your faith has saved you, has made you well. God and sin no more." We are made right with God, justified, made righteous in this very tension of trusting in God, because in this trust we recognize God to be God and not me, and admit ourselves to be only his creatures, his children, sinners. This tension of trust in the truth of who God is and who we are is our justification.
Step 4 - In the very act of being justified by our faith and trust in God, this tension operates the opening of our mind, heart, spirit, and even body to the Holy Spirit, who rushes in. The Father and Jesus are ever eager for us to be filled with the Holy Spirit over and over again, but the Holy Spirit can only come in when we open ourselves in faith and trust, putting us right with God.
Step 5 - In the very infilling of the Holy Spirit within us God's love - the Holy Spirit - is poured into our hearts and we know ourselves to be loved by God.
Step 6 - This love of God, the Person of the Holy Spirit, stirs up within us the hope of sharing in the glory of God. In spite of our weakness and sinfulness and profound poverty, we realize that God fully intends to share with us all the riches, the glory, of the life and love of the Trinity. Not only that, but...
Step 7 - we actually boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. But what is the glory of God? How has God who was once hidden in the heavens become known to us and glorious in our eyes? When the Son of God, hidden in the humanity of Jesus, became visible in his agonizing nakedness on the Cross, He revealed the glorious radiant quality and power of God's intense and jealous love for us. This agonizing dying man found the breath to boldly pray, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." He was praying for the very soldiers executing Him, and the religious leaders who had handed Him over, and the crowd ridiculing Him. To the thief who defended Him from the taunts of the other thief and who pleaded Jesus to remember him, Jesus found the agonized breath to say, "Truly I say to you this very day you will be with me in Paradise." Eternal reward for a moment of compassion towards Jesus.....

For us to share in the glory of God is simply to become like Jesus, this incredibly loving man and Son of God.

Jesus' evangelizing approach with the Samaritan woman at Jacob's well

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Comment le Bon Dieu s'approche de nous et nous donne de sa propre Vie....

1er moment - le Christ est mort pour les coupables que nous étions....
2e moment - nous sommes ainsi en paix avec Dieu par notre Seigneur Jésus Christ.... Il nous met en paix avec Dieu en marchant avec nous, nous faisant savoir qu'Il s'intéresse à nous, directement et mystérieusement our pare l'entremise d'une autre personne, et que notre existence Lui tient à coeur. Nous en faisons l'expérience puissamment quand nous nous repentons et Il nous pardonne nos péchés.
3e moment - alors que sa paix nous touche et nous enveloppe, nous devenons davantage enclins à Lui faire confiance. La tension de cette confiance que nous Lui faisons nous lie à Dieu et nous justifie, nous rétablit dans une relation juste et vraie avec Dieu, tout comme les gens que Jésus guérissait et à qui Il disait, "Va en paix, ta foi t'a sauvé. Va et ne pèche plus."
4e moment - ainsi justifiés par notre confiance en Dieu, aussi fragile qu'elle soit, l'Esprit Saint entre en nous et nous est donné.
5e moment - par le fait même c'est l'amour vivant en Dieu, la Personne de l'Esprit Saint, qui est répandu dans nos coeurs.
6e moment - l'amour de Dieu qui est l'Esprit suscite en nous l'espérance d'avoir part à la gloire de Dieu.
7e moment - encore plus, notre orgeuil est justement d'espérer avoir part à la gloire de Dieu. Et la gloire de Dieu, qu'est-ce exactement? Dieu, autrefois caché dans les cieux, nous est révélé en la Personne du Fils de Dieu dévoilée, toute nue et agonisante, mourante sur la Croix. Et tout agonisant et mourant qu'Il était, Jésus a trouvé le souffle de dire - même en pleine agonie - "Père, pardonne-leur, car ils ne savent pas ce qu'ils font." et encore au larron qui a su lui montrer compassion, "Aujourd'hui même tu seras avec moi au Paradis." Éternelle récompense pour une bref moment de compassion à l'égard de Jésus....

Partager la gloire de Dieu c'est devenir semblable à Jésus, cet homme tellement aimant et Fils de Dieu.

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110312-13 Homily text by Deacon Brian Cordeiro

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There is no getting away from law because there are always consequences to everything we think, say, and do - and the law points out as a warning the danger zones - if we transgress these we further put ourselves out of sync with our Creator.
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Still, it isn't enough to just follow the law, our spirit desires much more out of life. Jesus described the fullness of life the Father offers us, and in these words Jesus describes both Himself and all those who accept to become children of God his Father.
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We need the righteousness of God - we need to allow ourselves to be personally touched by God, to get to know Him, to practice putting our trust in Him, and to let Him work in us through all that He allows us to experience and endure in life.

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On ne peut échapper à la loi parce que chacun de nos pensées, de nos paroles, et de nos gestes ont nécessairement leurs conséquences - et la loi ne fait que nous avertir des zones dangéreuses - si nous les transgressons nous sortons encore plus loin de synchronicité avec notre Créateur.
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Pourtant, il ne suffit pas de simplement observer la loi, car notre esprit désire infiniment plus que cela de la vie. Jésus nous a donné une description de la plénitude de la vie que le Père nous offre, et ces paroles décrivent Jésus lui-même et toute personne qui accepte de devenir enfant de Dieu.
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Nous avons besoin de la justice de Dieu - nous avons besoin de nous laisser toucher personnellement par Dieu, de le connaître, de pratiquer mettre notre confiance en Lui, et de Le laisser travailler en nous moyennant tout ce qu'Il nous permet de vivre et d'endurer dans la vie.

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110227 1230 Missionary Preacher: Sr Collette Joubert, Missionary Sister of Notre-Dame d'Afrique
110227 15h00 Une causerie en après-midi avec Sr Collette Joubert, Soeur Missionnaire de Notre-Dame d'Afrique

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110222 La Chaire de Pierre, de l'Évêque, nous rappelle que Jésus demeure parmi nous, vivant, nous envoyant son émissaire, pas pour être une forteresse protégée des troubles du monde, mais au contraire pour être rassemblés par Jésus, fortifiés et pardonnés, puis renvoyés dans le monde sans crainte pour être ses témoins. Si nous sommes persécutés et même tués, alors nous devenons une gloire pour Dieu qui en toute génération est rejeté par l'humanité qui résiste le plan de Dieu que toutes les bonnes choses de la création soient accessibles à tous pour le bien-être de tous. Jésus est venu rappeler à l'humanité ce plan de Dieu surtout à ceux qui sont portés à accumuler et restreindre pour les autres cet accès aux bonnes choses faites par Dieu.
The Chair of Peter, of the Bishop, reminds us that Jesus dwells among us, living, sending us his emissary, not to make us a fortress safe from the troubles of the world, but on the contrary to be assembled by Jesus, strengthened and forgiven, and then sent out into the world without fear to be his witnesses. If we are persecuted or even killed, then we become a glory for God who in every generation is rejected by humanity which resists God's plan that all good things in creation be available to all for the good of all. Jesus came to remain humanity of this plan of God and especially those inclined to accumulate and restrict others from having access to the good things made by God.

110223 The lives of the saints and other people can help us know God better - without personal experience of God we can only hold onto God blindly by pure faith - but God wants us to know Him personally. It could be a need that we know He has met because no one else could know about it.... Polycarp knew John the Apostle for a few decades... the last living Apostle for a long time... who knew Jesus personally and risen from the dead by faith. We make room in our lives for other people - rare are those who never listen to anyone else - so wisdom helps us make room for God as we do for anyone else, to make room for God to influence my opinions, to change my opinions upon hearing what God has to say, to let God stretch my understanding, to let God affect how I feel about other people, to let God affect how I approach the day, these are good paths for coming to know God more, by giving God time and room in what we hold as precious - to make room for God in our thoughts, to make room in our feelings for God's heart, and it's only after having allowed God to stretch us that we can live what Jesus says in the Gospel and see what God is doing in the world and rejoice when people of other religions or of no religion do wonderful things, for surely God is with them.

110225 Homily One way of stepping back to have a look at how we are living our lives is to go on retreat. A business man, very successful and powerful, was terrified at his first silent retreat, suddenly aware of all his thoughts and feelings, with no place to hide. Only later did he begin to notice the fruits of the retreat, such an unusual grace God had worked in him that he had been uncomfortable. One grace was to have gotten of the merry-go-round and have a good clear look at his life in the light of God's love and in the presence of God. It is unbearable for human beings to see ourselves as we are by ourselves, without the light and warmth of God's love, because of our human condition. The Genesis account of the creation of human beings reads like a fairy tale but it is not, it is very serious. God did not create us as we are now, rather God created us for intimacy, for oneness, transparence, union of hearts, minds, and souls first with God the Trinity and then with each other. Jesus sheds light on our situation. God allowed divorce through Moses because of our hardness of heart, we were unmanageable. What blunt advice the Lord gives us through Sirach on friendship: be wary, don't trust too quickly, test people, don't conclude too quickly that someone is your friend..... Because of the human condition there are obstacles in us to transparence, bliss, union of minds, hearts and souls. In marriage the friendship of a man and woman becomes a new existence, the couple, which lives and grows as each of the spouses accept to put to death their previous existence as individuals... a pastor must accept to die to his former life as an individual in order to live a new life with the parish community. It is like that in any relationship - in order to really listen to you I must die to all my fears and concerns about what to say next and make room for you. It is good to hear this Word of God shortly before the Season of Lent, the season of repentance from preoccupation with ourselves so as to be washed and clothed anew with the life the Father desires for us.
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Funérailles de Papa Marcel Surprenant - Homélie - Intro au Notre Père - Rites d'Envoi

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La Présentation du Seigneur 40 jours après Noël - The Presentation of the Lord 40 days after Christmas

We rejoice in the radiance of Jesus' Birth - Soyons joyeux dans la lumineuse Nativité de Jésus

Week 1 2 3 4 2010 Semaine 1 2 3 4 Disciples & Stewards - Disciples et Intendants Week 1 2 3 4 2011 Semaine 1 2 3 4

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January 29-30, 2011 - 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time 4e dimanche du Temps Ordinaire - les 29-30 janvier, 2011

Disciples of Jesus & Stewards of Creation - 4 - Disciples de Jésus et Intendants de la Création

4e d'une série de 4: Alliance - 4th in a series of 4: Covenant

Homilies wrapping up our 4-week series on our call from the Lord to be his Disciples and good Stewards of his Kingdom on Earth - Homélie complétant notre série de 4 semaines sur notre appel du Seigneur à être ses Disciples et de bons Intendants de son Royaume sur Terre.

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January 22-23, 2011 - 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time 3e dimanche du Temps Ordinaire - les 22-23 janvier, 2011

Disciples of Jesus & Stewards of Creation - 3 - Disciples de Jésus et Intendants de la Création

3e d'une série de 4: Trésor - 3rd in a series of 4: Treasure

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January 15-16, 2011 - 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 2e dimanche du Temps Ordinaire - les 15-16 janvier, 2011

Disciples of Jesus & Stewards of Creation - 2 - Disciples de Jésus et Intendants de la Création

2e d'une série de 4: Temps, Talent, Nature - 2nd in a series of 4: Time, Talent, Nature

World Day of Migrants and Refugees - Journée Mondiale du Migrant et du Réfugié

CWL Testimony by Rosa       Homily 110116 0900    1230 Homily and Testimony by Lydia

God wants to make us a light to the nations. Our response to God is to wait patiently for the Lord, accepting to endure all that comes our way with confidence the Lord will act for our good at the moment He chooses and through our confidence in Him will bring people to Himself. Those who live entirely in the world and by its standards sooner or later find themselves dominated by worldly passions such as greed for gain, fear of loss, need to accumulate and to protect oneself from the demands and needs of others. There is no true peace in the world. As we try to live in God's reign, in his love, trying to put in Him our trust, we come to know what God is truly life and to recognize his ways of doing things - very different from the world's ways - and his peace dissipates our fears. Like little children, youth, and young adults who progressively learn to better know and sincerely love their parents with gratitude for who they are despite their human flaws; so through the practice of confidence in God we come to progressively know God better and love Him more truly.
God's remedy for our fears around time - regrets regarding time past, fear of future time, anxiety over present time (going too fast, not enough time) - is that we keep holy the Lord's Day: participating in Sunday worship each week and accepting the Day of Rest as a gift from God and putting aside all work and worry for the whole day.
God's remedy for our fears around the impossible demands and frightening needs of others is that we share our talents and try to serve one another and especially those who are poor or unable to help themselves adequately.
In doing these things, with confidence in God, we come into the wonderful experience of the freedom of God's children as He blesses our slightest efforts to live as good stewards of his gifts of time and talent, and in this freedom that the world cannot understand God gives us his peace which the world cannot give and imbues in us his joy which the world does not know, a joy that like his peace abides in us even under trial, when in pain and suffering, as in Jesus agonizing on the cross, yet still connected to his Father as He did his Father's will to the end.

Homélie 10h45      Témoignage CWL de Juliette

Beginning of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - Début de la Semaine de Prière pour l'Unité Chrétienne
Pope Benedict XVI - 2007 - 2010 - 2009 Search -   le Pape Benoît XVI - recherche

110111 110112 110114 The Lord wants us to know his ways so well, to know what He is like, that in every situation we might be able to see what He is doing and be able to guide others in their understanding of his ways in both the blessings and trials of their lives and in the great advances and tribulations of our times all over the world.

Le Baptême du Seigneur - La Noce de Cana - The Baptism of the Lord - The Wedding Feast at Cana
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Jesus is revealed in his identity as Beloved Son of God, Saviour, Teacher, and Lord!
Jésus est révélé dans son identité comme Fils de Dieu, Sauveur, Maître, et Seigneur!

Le Baptême du Seigneur met fin à la Saison de Noël - The Baptism of the Lord ends the Christmas Season
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January 8-9, 2011 - Baptism of the Lord Baptême du Seigneur - les 8-9 janvier, 2011

Disciples of Jesus & Stewards of Creation - 1 - Disciples de Jésus et Intendants de la Création

1er d'une série de 4: Disciples - suivre Jésus - 1st in a series of 4: Discipleship

We rejoice in the radiance of Jesus' Birth - nous sommes joyeux dans la lumineuse Nativité de Jésus

Deacon Brian Cordeiro reflected on our discipleship as we follow Jesus as a call to be confident in God's love, to live our lives doing good, and to let God accomplish his purpose in us by surrendering our will to his, putting our trust in Him in all things, as Jesus did in his life on Earth. Notre Diacre Brian Cordeiro a réfléchi avec nous sur notre vie en tant que disciples de Jésus, qui est un appel à être confiants en l'amour de Dieu, à vivre nos vies en faisant le bien, et à permettre à Dieu d'accomplir en nous son projet en soumettant notre volonté à la sienne, mettant en Lui toute notre confiance en toutes choses, tout comme Jésus l'a fait lors de sa vie sur Terre.

Memorial Mass for Omer Hank Dooley - Homily - Intro to the Our Father

Funeral Mass for Tony (Petronilo) Tejada, Friday, January 7th, 2011 - Homily - Our Father Intro

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L'Épiphanie du Seigneur - The Epiphany of the Lord
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Jesus is the manifestation in a human being like us, a man without sin, of the Love of God our Father and Creator of all of humanity - He gives to people of all nations his Beloved Son as our Brother, Saviour, Teacher, and Lord!
Jésus est la manifestation dans un être humain comme nous, un homme sans péché, de l'Amour de Dieu notre Père et Créateur de toute l'humanité - Il donne aux peuples de toutes les nations son Fils Bien-Aimé comme notre Frère, Sauveur, Maître, et Seigneur!
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110102 1230 The meaning of the Epiphany - at St Luke we become part of the Manger Scene... we are the Magi come from the ends of the Earth, drawn to Jesus by the light shining from above... Why gold, frankincense, and myrrh? What are the gifts we bring?

Marie, Mère de Dieu - Mary, Mother of God
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World Day of Peace - Journée mondiale de la Paix
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Joyeux Noël ! - Merry Christmas !

Celebrating Jesus' Birth immerses us in the wonder of the life God breathes into us.

Célébrer Noël nous immerge dans l'émerveillement de la vie que Dieu insuffle en nous.
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Christmas Day 101225 1230 Homily
Veille de Noël 101224 2300 Homélie
Christmas Eve 101224 1630 Children's Homily - Adult Homily

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Funeral Mass for Leo Donachey, Friday, December 10th, 2010 - Homily

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Messe des Funérailles de Madeleine Goudreault Gendreau, le 7 décembre, 2010 - Homélie

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Vigilance... Hope... The Lord calls us to continue putting our trust in Him rather than rely on ourselves. Each day we need to begin by repenting, confessing to Him our sins, our disruption within and around us of the order and harmony He gives to his Creation.... In return, our trust, repentance, and openness clear our eyes, ears, and heart to notice, to recognize his visitation in all the moments of our lives, even illness, pains, suffering, and humiliation.... because in those fragile, vulnerable times of our lives our resistance is down and He is able to give us the incredible spiritual gifts He has been longing to give us, but to which we had until then been closed. Our willingness to trust in his love and that He knows what He is doing opens the way to his continuous coming into our lives and into our world.

Vigilance... Espérance... Le Seigneur nous appelle à continuer de lui faire confiance plutôt que de compter sur nous-mêmes. Chaque jour nous avons à recommencer en nous repentant, Lui confessant nos péchés, nos dérangements en nous et autour de nous de l'ordre et de l'harmonie qu'Il donne à sa Création.... En retour, notre confiance, notre repentir, et notre ouverture donne à nos yeux, nos oreilles, et notre coeur de noter et de reconnaître sa visitation à tout moment dans notre vie, même dans la maladie, la douleur, la souffrance, et l'humiliation... parce que lorsque nous nous trouvons fragiles et vulnérables, notre résistance tombe et Il peut alors nous donner les dons spirituels incroyables qu'Il désirait si ardemment nous donner, mais auxquels nous étions jusqu'alors fermés. Faisant volontiers confiance à son amour et croyant qu'Il sait ce qu'Il fait ouvre en nous le chemin à sa venue continuelle dans notre vie et dans notre monde. 101205 1045

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Sunday Lectionary - Year A - 2011 - Année A - Lectionnaire du Dimanche
Weekday Lectionary Year I (odd years) - Lectionnaire Semaine (années impaires)

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34^e dimanche du Temps Ordinaire - 34^th Sunday in Ordinary Time top of page

Funeral Mass for Kristopher Kajfasz, Saturday, November 20th, 2010 - Homily
For Daddy - Poems by Brandon and Jennifer

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101107 1045 Nous sommes appelés à vivre une vie en famille avec Dieu - cela nous vient du Judaisme mais est unique et propre au Christianisme et grâce à Jésus

101106 1700 We are called to a family life in God unlike in other religions - God first showed Himself to be compassionate to Israel and Father to his people, but through Jesus He showed Himself to be Father to his only begotten divine Son incarnate in Jesus and Father to all who accept Jesus as Lord and Saviour.

Devout Muslims who practice their faith in accord with the Qur'an and with Islamic teaching and tradition will not tolerate any references to Allah that exist in the world and are given to human beings such as "father" - Allah is not father but only has titles that no other beings have such as "All Merciful" - See here or home page or do your own research and see for yourself.

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Picking up from Fr Badeea last week, God calls us to avoid insulating ourselves from others and their needs and instead connect with them and with Him by simply putting our faith in Him and opening our doors to experience his power and love, which motivate us to discipline ourselves to avoid isolation. 101002 1700 - As Fr Badeea said last week, eternal life has begun and whether we insulate ourselves from others or connect with them, this is the life which will continue into eternity. The Apostles asked Jesus to increase their faith but Jesus tells us that faith already has all it needs just like a seed, and it develops with use as we choose moment by moment to put our faith in God. The fruit then is that we come to love God and trust Him and experience his power, which is love, and we want to discipline ourselves to follow Him and live as children of God. Examples are our willingness to share in the troubles of others - which in the eyes of the world is not reasonable - and our willingness to put our faith in Jesus' Real Presence in the Holy Eucharist. After all, the Father created the universe out of nothing through the Word, the Son, and as a man the Son changed 120 gallons of water into exquisite wine. He changes bread and wine into his RISEN BODY AND BLOOD which is transfigured and transformed into something supernatural. In giving us himself in Holy Communion, Jesus transfuses us with divine life and gives us himself to eat as a mother gives herself to her baby nursing at the breast. 101003 0900 101003 1230

Comme Abouna Badeea le disait dimanche dernier, la vie éternelle est déjà commencée, et que je m'isole des autres ou que je m'ouvre à eux, voilà la vie qui continuera dans l'éternité. Les Apôtres demandent donc à Jésus d'augmenter leur foi, mais Il leur répond que la foi a déjà en elle tout le nécessaire, comme une graine de semence. La foi se développe au fur et à mesure que je mets ma foi en Dieu. Le fruit alors est l'expérience de la puissance de Dieu, l'amour, qui nous motive à nous discipliner à Le suivre et à vivre comme les enfants de Dieu. Deux exemples sont d'abord notre libre choix de partager les troubles des autres - ce qui aux yeux du monde n'est pas raisonnable - et de mettre notre foi en la Présence Réelle de Jésus au Saint Sacrement. Lui qui créas l'univers à partir de rien et qui changea 500 litres d'eau en un vin exquis peut certainement changer du pain et du vin en son corps ressuscité et glorieux, surnaturel, en en nous le donnant nous transfuser de la vie divine qu'Il a avec le Père et le Saint Esprit, tout comme une maman se donne à manger au nourrisson qui tête à son sein. 101003 1045

The Lord calls us not so much to follow our heart as to guide our heart. Le Seigneur nous appelle à diriger notre coeur plutôt que de le suivre. 100928 Comme les anges nous sommes appelés à faire la volonté de Dieu et mettre en Lui toute notre confiance. Like the angels we are called to do the will of god and put in Him all our trust. 100929 Avec Job on peut répondre à ceux qui nous questionnent que nous avons confiance en Dieu quoi qu'il advienne. On peut affronter la difficulté de lire la Sainte Écriture en nous rappelant tout simplement que Dieu est un grand mystère, mais tout en lisant la Parole de Dieu, l'Esprit Saint peut nous donner sa lumière moyennant notre désir de Le connaître et notre ouverture continue. Demandons au Seigneur de nous donner - en tant que Paroisse - de connaître la joie des disciples en allant recontrer les gens dans nos quartiers pour partager avec eux la Bonne Nouvelle. 100930

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24^e dimanche du Temps Ordinaire - 24^th Sunday in Ordinary Time top of page

We sometimes misuse the tremendous freedom our Father gives us - rebelliously like Israel in the desert, out of ignorance like Saul, like sheep looking for something better, or like the prodigal son or his jealous brother - but the Lord as the Good Shepherd always finds us and pleads with us to open our hearts and minds to Him and to each other....
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23^e dimanche du Temps Ordinaire - 23^rd Sunday in Ordinary Time top of page

Jesus wants us to care about life and to care for others, but not to be obsessed or anxious - rather, He wants us to enjoy the freedom to attach ourselves first of all to Him and to the Father's will - from which comes joy and enthusiasm.
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Mariage de Virginie Richard & Bryan Morin Wedding Day - Homily / Homélie - Vows / Voeux - Bénédiction Nuptiale, Signing of the Register

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22^e dimanche du Temps Ordinaire - 22^nd Sunday in Ordinary Time top of page

Jesus calls us to be humble - his teaching is very practical and opens us to learn and bear the fruit of love
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Jésus nous appelle à l'humilité - son enseignement est très pratique et nous ouvre à apprendre et à porter le fruit de l'amour 10h45

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21^e dimanche du Temps Ordinaire - 21^st Sunday in Ordinary Time top of page

Soul Survivor / Âme Survivante - St Luke Xtreme Youth Camp 2010 Camp Jeunesse Xtrème St Luc
100822 1700 - Strength - Faith - Unity / Self - God - Others // Force - Foi - Unité / Soi - Dieu - Les Autres

Why does God allow suffering, disasters, terrible human acts, and other evils? What good can come from suffering?
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Pourquoi Dieu permet-Il la souffrance, les désastres, de terribles actes humains, et tout autre mal? À quoi bon la souffrance?

Assomption de la B.V. Marie - Assumption of the B.V. Mary top of page

100814 1130 Dan Goyens & Erin Wiltshire Wedding Day - Homily - Marriage Rite
100815 Marriage Renewal Rite before all their Family Members and Friends

Vacances d'été et absence pour la Convention Nationale CWL 2010 en Temps Ordinaire - Summer Vacation & absence for CWL National Convention 2010 in Ordinary Time top of page

Summer Homilies - Homélies d'été - 100702 External observance vs true religion of both mind and heart / Pharisees vs Jesus / Islam vs Roman Catholics - 100803 - 100804 - 100805 - 100806 - 100813 - 100814 Wedding - 100816 - 100817 - 100818 - 100819 - 100820

13^e dimanche du Temps Ordinaire - 13^th Sunday in Ordinary Time top of page

100626 1700 Homily + Archbishop Turcotte's Message - 100627 Homélie en français et Message de l'Archevêque Turcotte -
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Mariage de Danielle Lachance & Johan Kohler Wedding Day - Homily / Homélie - Vows / Voeux - Liturgy of Holy Eucharist / Liturgie de la Sainte Eucharistie, Bénédiction Nuptiale, Signing of the Register

100625 Why did God let Israel be persecuted and why does He allow Christians to be persecuted? Jesus calls us to follow Him.

12^e dimanche du Temps Ordinaire - 12^th Sunday in Ordinary Time top of page

11^e dimanche du Temps Ordinaire - 11^th Sunday in Ordinary Time top of page

100613 1230 Matrimony Sunday Homily - Renewal of Vows / Dimanche du Mariage Homélie - Renouvellement des Voeux
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100612 1700 Matrimony Sunday Homily - Simple Renewal of Vows

Easter Season - Saison de Pâques top of page

Christ is Risen! Alleluia! Alleluia! - - - Christ est ressuscité! Alléluia! Alléluia!

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100507 Homélie - Vendredi au Sanctuaire Saint-Sacrement des Fraternités Monastiques de Jérusalem

100426 Homélie - jour de désert aux Fraternités Monastiques de Jérusalem

Saturday, April 24th, 2010 - St Luke Parish, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Québec, Canada

Melissa Smith and Remington Ayers - Wedding Day - Marriage Homily - Marriage Vows - Liturgy of the Holy Eucharist, Nuptial Blessing, Signing of the Register

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Le Triduum Saint - The Holy Triduum top of page

Jesus freely gives his life as a ransom for us all from death - as I accept Jesus to carry my sins and suffering, He lifts me up to share in his resurrection and draws me into his banquet of Easter joy.

Jésus donne sa vie librement pour nous tous en rançon de la mort - en acceptant que Jésus porte mes péchés et ma souffrance, Il m'élève pour partager sa résurrection et m'entraîne au banquet de sa joie pascale.

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Paschal Vigil - Veillée Pascale

Good Friday - Liturgy of the Lord's Passion - Vendredi Saint - Liturgie de la Passion du Seigneur

Holy Thursday - Mass of the Lord's Supper - Jeudi Saint - la Dernière Cène

Holy Week - La Semaine Sainte top of page

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Passion / Palm Sunday & WYD - Dimanche de la Passion / des Rameaux & JMJ

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Funeral Mass for Julius Caesar D'Souza, Saturday, March 27th, 2010 - Homily

Funeral Mass for Adelchi D'Agnolo, Friday, March 26th, 2010 - Homily

Lent theme: God Keeps His Word - Thème du Carême: Dieu Tient Sa Parole

Le Carême - Lent

Jesus invites us to enter into the desert of our own poverty, sinfulness, and fear, and the deserts of human life and society - where He shows himself to be with us - as I accept Jesus to carry my sins and suffering, He lifts me up to share in his resurrection and draws me into his Easter joy.
Jésus m'invite au désert de ma propre pauvreté, de mon péché, de ma crainte, et aux déserts de la vie et de la société humaines - où Il se manifeste avec nous - en acceptant que Jésus porte mes péchés et ma souffrance, Il m'élève pour partager sa résurrection et m'entraîne dans sa joie pascale.

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Monday March 22nd, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. - Homily - Funeral Mass for Augusto Moniz

5th Sunday in Lent - 5ième dimanche du Carême top of page

God has confidence in the sinner - Confiance de Dieu dans le pécheur

100320 1700 There is something primitive in us that is inclined to find fault with and judge others even though we don't have the full picture and don't know everything - Jesus will be our judge but He treats us instead with fairness, kindness, and mercy. Jesus ever offers to transform us that we might become for fully the person we are called to be.... 100321 0900 100321 1230

100321 1045 Nous pouvons facilement nous laisser entraîner à condamner quelqu'un sans savoir toute l'histoire.... Jésus nous interpelle à vivre autrement.... Il nous donne un exemple de gentillesse et compassion.... Il veut nous transformer, nous unit à lui....

We can meet Jesus in the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation - nous pouvons rencontrer Jésus dans le sacrement de Pénitence et Réconciliation - Dimanche de la Solidarité C'est aujourd'hui - Today is Solidarity Sunday. Today we make our Share Lent Offering to the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace - This is Solidarity Sunday - the Lord calls us to let ourselves be affected by that happens to others because we are all connected.

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4th Sunday in Lent - 4ième dimanche du Carême top of page

The Father has confidence in his Son - Confiance du Père en son Fils

100313 Homily by Deacon Brian Cordeiro - We are called to be the "Father" to others because we are so loved and forgiven by Him ourselves. Désolé - des problèmes techniques ont empêché l'enregistrement de l'homélie en français.

3rd Sunday in Lent - 3ième dimanche du Carême top of page

God has confidence in us - Confiance de Dieu en nous

Good bye and thank you to Fr Michael Tauro - Adieu et merci à l'Abbé Michael Tauro

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We trust in the Apostles - Notre confiance en les apôtres

100227 1700 Jesus accepted to be transformed into our condition of sin, suffering, and death so that through Him we might be transformed into his glory - this is the fulfillment of the covenant God made with humanity from the beginning 0900 Recording failed due to technical difficulties.... sorry! 1045 Dieu nous montre jusqu'où Il va pour nous exprimer à quel point nous avons du prix à ses yeux en Jésus, qui assume toute notre misère afin que nous puissions être transformés et assumés dans la gloire de Dieu. 1230 God shows us in Jesus how far He goes to express how much value we have in his eyes; as Jesus takes on all our misery so that we might accept to be transformed and assumed into the glory of God and be transfigured as He was.

Lent Mission 2010 - Evening #3 - "So you want to be a rock star, do you?" - by Fr. Gerald Westphal
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Lent Mission 2010 - Evening #2 - "Singing is a family affair" - by Fr. Gerald Westphal
100226 Fr Gilles introduces Fr Gerry Fr Gerry's Talk #2 - with Ignatian prayer of application of senses (with imagination) Open review of experiences from the assembly - God also uses our imagination to bring us near Fr Gerry's practical things to do to contemplate God

100225 Lent Mission 2010 - Evening #1 - "No one else can sing my song" - by Fr. Gerald Westphal

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1st Sunday in Lent - 1er dimanche du Carême top of page

We trust in Jesus - Notre confiance en Jésus

100221 WYD discernment retreat day - Homily at the Eucharistic Liturgy

100220-21 Fr Gerald Westphal - Sunday Homily

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100217 Le Carême est une marche avec Jésus et notre croix est souvent ce que la vie nous impose... mais c'est vers la joie inépuisable d'une solicitude sans limite à l'intérieur de l'amour de Dieu que Jésus nous mène et Il nous demande de Lui faire confiance.... Lent is a walk with Jesus and our cross is often what life imposes on us... but He is leading us into the inexhaustible joy of unlimited solicitude inside the love of God and He asks us to put all our trust in Him....

Messe des Funérailles de Michèle Mansour le 17 février, 2010 - Homélie

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100207 0900 Fr Raymond Marquis, OMI, on the deep spirituality, Christian faith, and resilience of the Haitian people that will see them through the next 10-15 years of rebuilding after this disastrous earthquake, calling us to apply our own spirituality and faith to reach out to the misery of our own neighbors right here....
100207 1045 l'Abbé Raymond Marquis, OMI, sur la profonde spiritualité, la foi chrétienne, et l'endurance du peuple Haïtien qui saura les aider à vivre les prochaines 10-15 années de reconstruction après ce désastreux séisme, qui nous interpelle à notre tour à mettre notre propre spiritualité et foi au service des miséreux autour de nous ici même....

Prière et Solidarité avec le Peuple Haïtien par l'Initiative de nos Jeunes - dimanche, 31 janvier, 2010
Sunday, January 31st, 2010 - Prayer and Solidarity with the Haitian People by the Initiative of our Youth

100206 14:00 CWL Workshop on Parish Councils and Spiritual Advisors / Pastors - quoting Catherine Doherty

100205 100206 10:15 First Penance - brief Homily for children and their parents

100202 CWL Archdiocesan Council Meeting - Homily - Presentation of the Lord - Mass at St Thomas à Becket

La Présentation du Seigneur 40 jours après Noël - The Presentation of the Lord 40 days after Christmas

We rejoice in the radiance of Jesus' Birth - Soyons joyeux dans la lumineuse Nativité de Jésus

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January 30-31, 2010 - 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time 4e dimanche du Temps Ordinaire - les 30-31 janvier, 2010

Disciples of Jesus & Stewards of Creation - 4 - Disciples de Jésus et Intendants de la Création

4e d'une série de 4: Alliance - 4th in a series of 4: Covenant

Week 4 wraps up our 4-week series of reflections on Jesus' call to follow Him and our ongoing response to Him and our development as Disciples of Jesus and Stewards of Creation.

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The intimate friendship with God and with each other lost by Adam and Eve caused the divine love in them to be replaced by fears.... The Father sent us Jesus to free us from fear but we are daunted by his perfect love, intimidated when we compare ourselves with others, and still fearful when facing opposition, indifference, persecution. These past three weeks we have been reflecting on how to make more room for Jesus in our lives, how to let gratitude to God motivate our living, prayer, and putting our time and talent at the service of others. A response to the 3rd week would be to examine how close to the biblical ideal of 10% my / our total giving to God, charities, and people in need comes, and see what steps I / we can freely take to be more generous and practice putting more trust in divine providence for everything. This week, we reflect: Do I admire Jesus enough, do I trust Him enough to follow Him? I can't be willing to follow Him wherever He will lead me unless I can know within me that He loves me, cares about me. Like Jeremiah, I may feel inadequate to follow Him, but like the Psalmist I can remember that God is ever present, and for me to pray is simply to wake up and remember the God who is present, and visit with Him, with the Father, with Jesus his Son, with the Holy Spirit. It's good that I do good things and participate in life and in my family, but it's even better when I do all those things with the inspiration and power of the love of God within me. As Mary said at Cana to the attendants, so she says to us: "Do whatever He tells you."

Funeral Mass for Gregoria Lola Blanco Alejandrino - Homily January 30, 2010

Lundi, 25 janvier, 2010 - Messe des Funérailles de René Gonzales - Homélie

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January 23-24, 2010 - 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time 3e dimanche du Temps Ordinaire - les 23-24 janvier, 2010

Disciples of Jesus & Stewards of Creation - 3 - Disciples de Jésus et Intendants de la Création

3e d'une série de 4: Trésor - 3rd in a series of 4: Treasure

Les questions dans l'Homélie de Brian Cordeiro Homily Questions

Funeral Mass for Hermanus Mens, Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 - Homily

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January 16-17, 2010 - 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 2e dimanche du Temps Ordinaire - les 16-17 janvier, 2010

Disciples of Jesus & Stewards of Creation - 2 - Disciples de Jésus et Intendants de la Création

2e d'une série de 4: Temps, Talent, Nature - 2nd in a series of 4: Time, Talent, Nature

Saturday, January 16th, Funeral Mass for Ramy Velasco - Homily - Prayer of Commendation

Monday January 11th, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. - Homily Funeral Mass for Abing Canuto Encarnacion

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Le Baptême du Seigneur met fin à la Saison de Noël - The Baptism of the Lord ends the Christmas Season
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January 9-10, 2010 - Baptism of the Lord Baptême du Seigneur - les 9-10 janvier, 2010

Disciples of Jesus & Stewards of Creation - 1 - Disciples de Jésus et Intendants de la Création

1er d'une série de 4: Disciples - suivre Jésus - 1st in a series of 4: Discipleship

We rejoice in the radiance of Jesus' Birth - nous sommes joyeux dans la lumineuse Nativité de Jésus

The Baptism of the Lord ends the Christmas Season, but at all the Masses January 30-31 we will observe the Presentation of the Lord (February 2nd), gather with our children around the Manger and give thanks to the Father for sending his divine Light into the world in Jesus. This week we witness a convergence of three wondrous gifts the Lord offers us: the Magi who with incredible generosity and gratitude spared no effort, expense, and trouble to find the Son of God; Jesus, who in magnificent freedom stands in the water of the Jordan before his cousin John, ready to face anything; and a reluctant Jesus at Cana who causes untold joy to erupt as He grants his Mother Mary's request and transforms 180 gallons of water into an incredible heavenly wine, a glimpse of the gift of his own precious Blood He will one day pour out so we might live. As we continue to enjoy these 40 days in the radiance of Christmas and Epiphany, our Parish Pastoral Team invites us to enter into our 3rd annual 4-week reflection series on "Disciples of Jesus and Stewards of Creation". Today our theme is discipleship. Jesus has come to comfort God's People and the Psalmist invites us to proclaim to everyone the wonders God does for his People. Jesus beckons us to follow Him and live a life of discipline focused on doing good and to follow the promptings of the Holy Spirit within us to tell others about the Father's love. The Father wants us to hear the words He addressed to Jesus in the Jordan as also applicable to us his children.

Homily on January 9-10, 2010 - Saturday at 1700 - Sunday at 0900 and at 1230

Discipleship reflection questions - pdf file

An invitation to all Catholic women to join the Catholic Women's League of Canada

Questions pour réfléchir - être disciple de Jésus - fichier pdf

Le Baptême du Seigneur termine la Saison de Noël, mais à toutes les Messes les 30-31 janvier nous observerons la Présentation du Seigneur (2 février) en rassemblant autour de la Crèche nos enfants pour rendre grâce à notre Père d'avoir envoyé dans le monde sa Lumière divine en Jésus. Cette semaine nous vivons une convergence de trois dons que le Seigneur nous offre: la gratitude et la générosité incroyables des Mages qui ont accepté volontiers tout effort, toute dépense, et de nombreux troubles afin d'aller trouver le Fils de Dieu; Jésus qui dans sa magnifique liberté dans le Jourdain devant son cousin Jean est prêt à tout; et ce Jésus que nous voyons à Cana peu intéressé et qui pourtant accorde la demande de sa Mère Marie et transforme 180 gallons d'eau en un vin exquis tombé du Ciel - aperçu du don que Jésus fera plus tard de son précieux Sang pour que nous puissions vivre - faisant par le fait même éclater une joie inédite. Durant ces 40 jours lumineux de Noël et de l'Épiphanie notre Équipe Paroissiale de Pastorale nous invite tous à entrer d'emblée une 3e année en réflexion pour quatre semaines sur les "Disciples de Jésus et Intendants de la Création". Aujourd'hui notre thème est être disciples. Jésus est venu réconforter le Peuple de Dieu et le Psalmiste nous invite à proclamer à tous les merveilles que Dieu accomplit pour son Peuple. Jésus nous fait signe de Le suivre et de vivre une vie de discipline afin de faire le bien et Il nous invite à agir sur les impulsions de l'Esprit Saint en nous de raconter aux autres l'amour de Dieu. Le Père veut que nous entendions les paroles qu'Il adressa à Jésus au Jourdain comme pertinente aussi pour nous tous ses enfants d'aujourd'hui.

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Funeral Mass for Margherita Foglietta Ferrante Funeral Mass for Adrian Alvarade

Memorial Mass for Donato, brother, & Pasqualina Calarese, sister-in-law of Carmela Leonardi

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 at 19:00

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L'Épiphanie du Seigneur - The Epiphany of the Lord

Jesus is the manifestation in a human being like us, a man without sin, of the Love of God our Father and Creator of all of humanity - He gives to people of all nations his Beloved Son as our Brother, Saviour, Teacher, and Lord!

Jésus est la manifestation dans un être humain comme nous, un homme sans péché, de l'Amour de Dieu notre Père et Créateur de toute l'humanité - Il donne aux peuples de toutes les nations son Fils Bien-Aimé comme notre Frère, Sauveur, Maître, et Seigneur!

Happy, Healthy and Holy New Year 2010! top of page Bonne, Heureuse et Sainte Année 2010!

Joyeux Noël ! - Merry Christmas !

The 40 Days of Christmas - Celebrating Jesus' Birth immerses us in the wonder of the life God breathes into us.

Les 40 Jours de Noël - Célébrer Noël nous immerge dans l'émerveillement de la vie que Dieu insuffle en nous.

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Feast of the Holy Family top of page Fête de la Sainte Famille

091227 1045 Le mystère de la personne et de la vie de Jésus - son obéissance à Marie et Joseph et sa participation dans la Sainte Famille - Certaines familles accueillent même les enfants des familles voisines - Comment il est possible même avec nos faiblesses de bien vivre notre vie de famille - Que faire quand tout s'écroule autour de nous - vivre de la même vie de confiance et d'amour que Jésus - nous faisons partie de la Sainte Famille de Dieu et nous sommes ses enfants chéris....

091226 1700 The mystery of Jesus' life and growth and his obedience to Mary and Joseph and participation in his family. God's plan for our happiness - Marriage and Family - each person is given an important role in the family for the good of all - we are not called to live in isolation - even monks and nuns are called to love and pray for others - how husbands/fathers, wives/mothers, and children need the love of the others in their family and how they can make so much difference in the lives of the others in their family with even a little love.... Written version of this reflection

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Joyeux Noël ! - Merry Christmas !

Celebrating Jesus' Birth immerses us in the wonder of the life God breathes into us.

Célébrer Noël nous immerge dans l'émerveillement de la vie que Dieu insuffle en nous.

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091225 0900 Homily by Deacon Brian Cordeiro

091224 2300 Homily by Deacon Brian Cordeiro

091224 1900 Dialogue Homily - Louise Cormier and Fr Gilles with the children - Adoration of Jesus at the Manger, Song by the Children's Choir - We are part of Jesus' story, and He wants to be part of our story - the Profession of our Faith.

091224 1700 Homélie Dialogue - Louise Cormier et l'Abbé Gilles avec les enfants - Adoration de Jésus à la Crèche - Dieu nous redonne nos enfants en cadeau - profession de notre foi.

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091220 1045 Homélie par le Diacre Brian Cordeiro -- Dieu nous bénit de maintes façons par les femmes dans notre vie. Élisabeth et Marie sont nos modèles pour voir comment mettre toute notre confiance en Dieu à tout âge, comment permettre à Dieu d'être notre plénitude dans la vie, et comment agir suite à notre souci pour les autres en étant là pour eux par amour. Question de la semaine: Comment pouvez-vous amener le Christ, Dieu avec nous, dans votre vie et dans la vie d’une personne que vous connaissez?

091219 1700 & 091220 0900 & 1230 Homily by Deacon Brian Cordeiro -- God blesses us in so many ways through the women in our lives. Elizabeth and Mary are models for us of how to put all our trust in God at all ages, how to let God be our fullness in life, and how to act on our concern for others by being there for them in love. Question of the week:
How can you bring Jesus, God amongst us, into your life and the life of at least one person that you know?

091218 Israel was shocked when the Temple of God was violated. Why did God allow this? Joseph was shocked when he noticed that Mary was visibly pregnant, though they had not come together. Why did Mary allow this to happen? We too ask these questions of God. In Advent the Lord tells us that the story is not complete, that He is leading us into the experience of his salvation, providing we put our trust in Him and allow Him to lead us through the events of life.
Israël fut écrasé quand le Temple de Dieu fut violé. Pourquoi Dieu l'a-t-Il permis? Joseph fut confus quand il observa que Marie était visiblement enceinte, sans qu'ils se soient unis. Pourquoi Marie l'a-t-elle permis? Nous questionnons aussi le Bon Dieu. Durant l'Avent le Seigneur tous rappelle que l'histoire n'est pas encore terminée et qu'Il nous mène vers l'expérience de son salut, pourvu que nous Lui fassions confiance et Le permettons de nous conduire à travers les événements de la vie.

091216 La plus grand souffrance pour Israël fut de voir violer le Temple de Dieu par des étrangers, pensant que Dieu était impuissant. Ils ont appris que Dieu est le seul vrai dieu et Dieu de l'univers. La plus grande souffrance du chrétien et de voir violer une personne chrétienne, un être humain. Comme les Juifs nous devons apprendre que Dieu agit, mais pas encore de façon éblouissante qui laisserait aucun doute. Il veut que nous Lui fassions confiance, et mettions notre foi en Lui.
English Israel's greatest suffering was to see the Temple of God violated by strangers, as though God was powerless to act. They learned that God is the only true god and God of the universe. The greatest suffering for a Christian is to see a Christian or any human being violated. Like the Jews we must learn that God acts, but not yet with such glory as to leave no doubts. He wants us to trust in Him and to put our faith in Him.

091215 Le regard d'amour du Seigneur nous scrute comme le bistouri du chirurgien pour nous guérir - ça peut faire mal sur le coup mais ensuite nous réjouit. Durant l'Avent, accepterons-nous de permettre au Seigneur ce regard pénétrant en nous? The Lord's look is a scrutiny of love that like a surgeon's scalpel cuts and then heals - though it hurts at first it later brings joy. During Advent will we allow the Lord to penetrate us deeply with his loving gaze?

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091213 1045 Jésus est notre joie. Nous devons admettre notre pauvreté avant de pouvoir accueillir sa Bonne Nouvelle. 091212 1700 In Jesus is our joy. We must embrace our poverty in order to be able to receive his Good News.

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091206 1230 In Advent we anticipate Christmas to celebrate Jesus' coming, but God is always present, never absent. So what's going on? Obstacles to our union with God are around us but also within us. Jesus calls us to be awake and open to the Holy Spirit drawing our attention to obstacles we can remove with his help. Jesus is ever coming to us, to me, to make himself at home with his Father in me and help me know and obey the Father's will as He does Himself. He calls children to obey their parents and parents to be kind to their children. Jesus helps us love his Father and our Father in Heaven.

091206 0900 In Advent we anticipate Christmas to celebrate Jesus' coming, but God is always present, never absent. So what's going on? Obstacles to our union with God are around us but also within us. Jesus calls us to be awake and open to the Holy Spirit drawing our attention to obstacles we can remove with his help. Jesus is ever coming to us, to me, to make himself at home with his Father in me and help me know and obey the Father's will as He does Himself. He calls children to obey their parents and parents to be kind to their children. Come meet Jesus in Reconciliation this week.

091204 In Advent the blind call us to recognize how we can be blind to God's presence and action in our lives and in the world, and ask Jesus to restore our sight, to remove all that hinders us from welcoming Jesus and the love of his Father into every aspect of our lives. Nous sommes aveugles à Dieu en nos vies, et Jésus offre de nous rendre la vue si nous voulons.

091202 It is moving to see Jesus really caring about the people following Him. Jésus se donne à nous pour nourriture comme les enfants "dévorent" leurs parents. To have a real sense that Jesus is looking at us we need to wait a little longer when we pray, after we've finished our active prayers, just visiting with God who is always there, and when He decides, He allows us to feel something of his presence. Une fois qu'on perçoit que Jésus nous regarde avec amour, ça change tout.

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091129 1045 Dieu est fidèle et garde ses promesses. Le Jour se lève et la Lumière du Monde, Jésus, se pointe à l'aurore. S'il est question de lumière et d'ombrages, c'est en raison de l'amour que le Seigneur nous montre, à nous qui sommes enclin à nous perdre dans le noir. Dieu est toujours présent, et rien ne peut l'empêcher de nous aimer, nous pardonner. L'univers existe avec une telle stabilité en raison de la stabilité de Dieu qui maintient l'univers en existence par son seul vouloir. Les divers moments de la vie alourdissent nos esprits, et nous devenons préoccupés de notre corps, de nos proches, de nos affaires, et nous oublions de vivre à tout moment en présence de Dieu et avec confiance en Lui. L'Avent est un cadeau de Dieu d'une saison pour nous replonger dans la conscience de la présence et de l'amour du Seigneur envers nous.

091128 1700 Brian Cordeiro preaching - 1st Sunday of Advent - Saturday Mass

Sunday Lectionary - Year C - 2010 - Weekday Lectionary Year II (even years)
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091127 In the face of scary prophetic statements about the end of the world, the Lord tells us not to be overly impressed by them or distracted from what is essential. Our life on Earth is brief and God asks us to be conscious of our conduct and to put our trust in Him, to look for his presence among us and his will for us. He calls us to live as his children, with all our trust in Jesus his divine Son, who reveals the Father to us and offers us his love. It is not our part to resolve the world's problems, but to do our part, and to entrust their outcome to the Lord, who makes life, justice, peace, and love possible.

091126 Funeral Mass / Messe des Funérailles - Marie Hannah McCarthy Denhez - Homily/Homélie - Prayers/Prières

091125 Christian witness - it's not our concern to try to persuade or change those whose faith or practice preoccupy us - that's God's part; Jesus is the Saviour, not you or me. Our part, says Jesus, is to take every opportunity to joyfully give an account of the hope He has given us and boldly witness to the great love and penetrating truth God has revealed in Jesus.
Témoignage chrétien - nous n'avons ni à persuader ni changer ceux dont la foi ou la pratique nous inquiète - c'est la part de Dieu; Jésus est le Sauveur, ni moi ni vous. Notre part, dit Jésus, est à tout moment de rendre joyeusement compte de l'espérance qu'Il nous donne et témoigner avec audace à l'amour immense et la vérité pénétrante que Dieu révèle en Jésus.

091124 Homily for Dante Foscato's Funeral Mass - Prayers of the Faithful

Mémoire de ma Mère par Robert Seguin - 091123 - Funérailles - Isabelle Fontaine Seguin - Homélie - Prières

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34^e semaine du Temps Ordinaire - 34^th Week in Ordinary Time

091122 1230 Christ the King - Our liturgical year ends this week and begins anew with Advent. In the 3 lectionary years - ABC - we are shown Jesus returning in glory at the end of time on clouds to gather before Him every human being that has ever lived for the judgement as a prelude to eternal life. Last year (A) we say Jesus as the Good Shepherd, who looks after his sheep and at the end of time will judge us as a shepherd separates sheep from goats "I was hungry and you gave me to eat.... etc." Next year (C) we'll see Jesus descended from King David and crucified on a cross, where He was attentive to the "good thief" who felt sorry for Him and asked to be remembered in his Kingdom. Today we see Jesus standing face to face with Pilate and taking interest in him enough to chat with him. This year, many loved ones and parishioners have had this experience because they died and are now with God. What will it be like to find ourselves face to face with Jesus, as happens for every single human being at the moment of death, whether they know Jesus or believe in Him or not? (Fr Gilles shares three stories of people he has known that give us glimpses of what it is like to face Jesus.... Maryann.... Steve.... Pete the musician....) Today Jesus shows us He is a King interested in every single person and gives each one a chance to open up to Him. He gave Judas a chance for 3 years, but he didn't, refused to make room for Jesus and his way of doing things. Jesus gave the same chance to the 11 other apostles and women and men disciples, who opened up to Him and made room for Him and the Father's will. This is a moment of grace Jesus offers us to open up to Him.

091122 0900 Christ the King - Last year (A) Jesus King was presented as the Good Shepherd, who looks after his sheep and at the end of time will assemble all of humanity before Him and judge us as a shepherd separates sheep from goats on the basis of "I was hungry and you gave me to eat.... etc." Next year (C) we'll see Jesus as King descended from King David and crucified on a cross, where He still made an effort to be attentive to the "good thief" who felt sorry for Jesus and asked Him to remember him in his Kingdom. Today we see Jesus standing face to face with Pilate and taking interest in him enough to chat with him. What will it be like to come face to face with Jesus, as happens for every single human being at the moment of death, whether they know Jesus or believe in Him or not? (Fr Gilles shares three stories of people he has known that give us glimpses of what it will be like to be face to face with Jesus.... Maryann.... Steve.... Pete the musician....) Today Jesus shows us that He is a King who is interested in every single person and gives each one a chance to open up to Him. He gave Judas a chance for 3 years, but he didn't open himself, he refused to make room for Jesus and his way of doing things. Jesus gave the same chance to the 11 other apostles and the women and men disciples, and many opened up to Him and made room for Him and the Father's will. Today is a moment of grace the Lord offers us to open up to Him.

091120 We celebrate our annual St Luke Feast Day by hosting a "Ministering to Ministers Day of Recollection" on the nearest Saturday to October 18th for the ongoing faith formation of all who serve through involvement and volunteerism. In addition, now we will also have the annual anniversary of the Consecration of our Church and Altar. Given our church architecture and call to follow Jesus, we must combine two important functions of a lively community of faith in the one space we have: (1) extending lively hospitality and greeting one another with mutual love, and (2) coming prayerfully into the Real Presence of Jesus, ever waiting for us in the Tabernacle. So, in order to pray amid the happy sounds of greeting, the cooing or complaining of infants, and delightful chatter of youth, we do as Mother Teresa taught her novices and learn to "make silence within us"; otherwise insisting on silence around us will do us no lasting good. To make silence within, we must humbly acknowledge to the Lord all the noise we carry in our minds, hearts, and spirits, and humbly beg Him to bring his holy silence within us through the power of the Holy Spirit, Lord and Giver of Life! "O my Jesus, I trust in You!"

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091118 1900 A reflection on what happens to us when we die and why it is so precious to still be alive in the body, no matter what we may be suffering. Annual Mass for deceased members and relatives of the Catholic Women's League - a benefit of membership. "Let every Catholic woman join the League and add her voice to the voiceless poor women of the world through our Canadian CWL representation at the United Nations...." Fr. Gilles

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091115 1045 Le Jour du Souvenir comporte un rituel de l'état civil et si nous prenons en paroisse un moment pour honorer les gens qui ont offert leur vie au service de leur pays ce n'est pas pour glorifier la guerre ni la politique, mais pour apprécier la valeur de la vie humaine, du don de leur vie fait par des gens au service de leur pays et de la justice selon leur conscience. Jésus répond aux questions de ses disciples en leur rappelant la fin des temps et son retour dans la gloire, mais quand il leur dit qu'ils verront de leur vivant se réaliser ses paroles, Il veut dire que pour chaque personne la fin du monde coincide avec leur mort et départ de cette Terre. Le don que Jésus a fait de sa vie pour que nos péchés soient pardonnés devient efficace pour nous quand nous réalisons ce qu'Il a fait et nous laissons toucher personnellement. La liberté, la gracieuseté, et la paix avec lesquelles Jésus a souffert sa passion et demandé à son Père de pardonner ses bourreaux mirent dans la gêne tous ceux qui en furent témoins. Ceux qui choisirent de demeurer dans leur malice quittèrent le Calvaire tôt; tandis que les autres se laissèrent toucher. Même le centurion devint chrétien. À notre tour de nous laisser gêner et toucher par l'amour de Dieu révélé en Jésus et de Le laisser changer notre vie à jamais. Rite: Commission d'Accompagnateurs Spirituels à Domicile.

091114 1700 One reason war and disaster stories fascinate us is to see how these challenges reveal human weaknesses but also cause many to rise to the occasion and do what is noble and courageous. In answer to his disciples' questions Jesus evoked the end of time and of the world when He will return in glory. He told them they would see these things in their lifetime, but we are still here. Jesus means that the world in effect ends for us when we leave it and die. Jesus offered his life so we might be forgiven, and this becomes really effective for us when we are touched personally or become embarrassed by the graciousness with which Jesus endured our sins imposed on Him. Only then do we begin to really change. On Calvary those who refused to be embarrassed rejected the truth and love of God revealed in Jesus and left. Those who let themselves be touched remained and stood in awe of Jesus. As we let Jesus touch our lives, we become instruments He is then free to use to touch others. Rite: Call and commissioning of Pastoral Home Care Visitors

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091113 Obedience to our Bishop (re. H1N1) is a way to obey Christ

091114 Esther Ghanimé - homélie à la Messe de ses funérailles

091114 Virgilio Hufana - Homily at his Funeral Mass - Commendation

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091108 1230 God looks after widows and orphans, granting them what they need to survive, but not to become rich. We who do become well off can come to trust only in ourselves and can become hardened to others. Disappointment and hurt can make it difficult for us to go on putting our trust in others. It's very painful for children who want to trust when parents and we around them go into panic when things don't go well. God is ever ready to restore our ability to trust in Him. Do I put my faith in God on condition that He grant me my requests, or do I put all my faith in God as a child puts all its trust in its parent(s)? Am I joyful?

091108 0900 Do I put my faith in God on condition that He grant me my requests, or do I put all my faith in God as a child? Children spontaneously put all their trust in parents and God and suffer when this trust is not also visible in their parents and in all of us, when we panic and behave as though we rely only on our own efforts. We can let the burden of responsibility to provide for our families and our fear of inadequacy prevent us from putting our trust in God. Our suffering when all does not go well is also God's suffering because so many people do not cooperate with God's plan for our happiness. In our choice to trust in God we can enjoy the joy and cheerfulness and innocence of children and youth. We have such saints among us, child like hearts trusting in God, and you carry the rest of us. Thanks.

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091101 1230 As the Apostle says, Jesus wants us to be children of God in his Kingdom. He wants us to have more than the children of this world, who are limited by what they can see. In his teaching that we generally call the Beatitudes, Jesus reflects with us on life in a way that no one else ever has. What more does it bring us, what difference does it make to be children of God? People who don't know God or trust in Him and are simply children of this world alone can enjoy life, have the satisfaction of participating, and desire to make the world a better place. In addition, as children of God facing the difficult, frightening, unattractive circumstances of life, our trust in God opens new possibilities that lead into the great adventure of life. Check it out!

091101 1045 Jésus nous parle de la différence entre vivre comme enfants de ce monde et vivre comme les enfants de Dieu. Il se peut que ceux qui frôlent la mort en faisant les sports extrèmes cherchent à se sentir toujours en vie. Jésus pour sa part nous dit que la plus grande aventure de toutes est la vie, vivre la vie sous toutes ses conditions. Dans le discours que nous appelons les Béatitudes, Jésus réfléchit avec nous sur les circonstances de la vie qui nous font peur ou qui nous répugnent, et nous montre comment elles deviennent autant d'ouvertures sur l'aventure qu'est la vie en Dieu. Chequez-moi ça!

091101 0900 I address this homily to all, and in particular to our youth. Some do extreme sports and push to the edge of death in order to feel alive. The greatest adventure for human beings, Jesus says, is to live life fully, all of it. Like children of this world, who have as their only perspective this world and what we see, we can enjoy life, have the satisfaction of participating in our life, and seek to make our contribution to the world. As children of God, we have a lot more. Jesus opens our spirit to possibilities where the human spirit is generally afraid to go. In what we call the Beatitudes Jesus reflects with us on aspects of life we find at first uninteresting, frightening, painful, or whatever, but on taking a closer look, actually open up onto the great adventure of life. Check it out!

091031 1700 As Jesus says, if I only seek my own life I must inevitably lose it, but if I lose my life for his sake, I will find it. For children of God in his Kingdom, following Jesus is possible. What misery for children of this world stuck on wanting God to answer in ways they expect; we may not see his answer if we only have eyes to see what we expect. Here follows a contemporary interpretation of the Beatitudes Jesus offers us in terms of our own experience. Check it out!

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091025 1230 Our hope isn't in our strength or ability but in the Lord. In the face of scandal, we must take our responsibilities and face it. God's ways are bigger than ours, his thoughts higher. Jesus loves and trusts us and shares with us his anguish at the evil done to others, especially the innocent. It's good that we want to make the world better and do our best, but it's not enough. Jesus wants us to work in partnership with Him. That's why the consecration of our church was so beautiful. All together around our Archbishop, Jesus manifests how beautiful we are in his love, He calls us his Bride, the Church. Life tests us, and like the bishop caught with child porn on his laptop, we can also get lost if we stop cultivating our inner life, our relationships: friendships, marriage, ordained ministry. If we don't let God reach us with his love, He has no choice but to reach us with the truth, with stronger medicine, like parents to their children: This can be fun and easy or it can be difficult. It's up to you. We are better, stronger, together and in God. Jesus asks us to bring to the Altar all our anguish, pain, hurt, and disappointment, as He brought his to the cross, and to offer it all to the Father, along with all the victims of abuse and all those who abuse them. Jesus calls men to become his priests and allow Him to go on offering Himself as Eucharist for future generations. Who will answer his call? Pray for our priests in this year of priests. - Creed etc.

091025 1045 Notre espérance ne repose pas en notre propre force ou habileté, mais dans le Seigneur. Face au scandal, il faut prendre nos responsabilités. Les voies du Seigneur et ses pensées sont plus hautes que les nôtres. Jésus nous aime et nous fait confiance, et partage avec nous son angoisse au mal fait aux autres, surtout les innocents. C'est bien que nous oeuvrons à faire du bien, mais c'est insuffisant. Dieu ne veut pas nous voir souffrir seuls sous le poids mais désire un partenariat avec nous. La consécration de notre église samedi dernier fut si belle parce que quand nous entourons notre Archevêque Jésus manifest plus clairement la beauté de son amour pour nous et nous prenons l'aspect de l'Épouse du Christe toute belle et radieuse pour son Époux, qui trouve en elle ses délices. La vie nous teste, et comme cet évêque pris au piège, nous pouvons aussi nous perdre si nous cessons de cultiver nos relations, nos amitiés, nos mariages, notre ministère ordonné. Si nous ne laissons pas Dieu nous rejoindre avec son amour, Il doit alors nous rejoindre avec la vérité, qui est souvent un médicament plus fort, comme les parents à leurs enfants: Cela peut se faire en douceur, sinon, ce sera plus rude. À vous de choisir. nous sommes meilleurs, plus forts ensemble et en Dieu. Jésus nous invite à amener à l'Autel toute notre angoisse, notre douleur, notre mal, et notre désappointement, comme Il amena le sien à la Croix et l'offrir au Père, ainsi que toutes les victimes d'abus et ceux qui les abusent. Jésus appelle des hommes à devenir ses prêtres et Lui permettre de continuer de s'offrir comme Eucharistie pour les générations à venir. Qui répondra à son appel? Prier pour nos prêtres en cette année pour les prêtres. - Profession de Foi et suite

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091025 0900 Our hope isn't in our strength or ability but in the Lord. In the face of scandal, we must take our responsibilities and face it. God's ways are bigger than ours, his thoughts higher. Jesus loves and trusts us and shares with us his anguish at the evil done to others, especially the innocent. It's good that we want to make the world better and do our best, but it's not enough. Jesus wants us to work in partnership with Him. That's why the consecration of our church was so beautiful. All together around our Archbishop, Jesus manifests how beautiful we are in his love, He calls us his Bride, the Church. Life tests us, and like the bishop caught with child porn on his laptop, we can also get lost if we stop cultivating our inner life, our relationships: friendships, marriage, ordained ministry. If we don't let God reach us with his love, He has no choice but to reach us with the truth, with stronger medicine, like parents to their children: This can be fun and easy or it can be difficult. It's up to you. We are better, stronger, together and in God. Jesus asks us to bring to the Altar all our anguish, pain, hurt, and disappointment, as He brought his to the cross, and to offer it all to the Father, along with all the victims of abuse and all those who abuse them. Jesus calls men to become his priests and allow Him to go on offering Himself as Eucharist for future generations. Who will answer his call? Pray for our priests in this year of priests. - Intentions

Opening Rite - 091024 1700 Homily: Our hope isn't in our strength or ability but in the Lord. In the face of scandal, we must take our responsibilities and face it. God's ways are bigger than ours, his thoughts higher. Jesus loves and trusts us and shares with us his anguish at the evil done to others, especially the innocent. It's good that we want to make the world better and do our best, but it's not enough. Jesus wants us to work in partnership with Him. That's why the consecration of our church was so beautiful. All together around our Archbishop, Jesus manifests how beautiful we are in his love, He calls us his Bride, the Church. Life tests us, and like the bishop caught with child porn on his laptop, we can also get lost if we stop cultivating our inner life, our relationships: friendships, marriage, ordained ministry. If we don't let God reach us with his love, He has no choice but to reach us with the truth, with stronger medicine, like parents to their children: This can be fun and easy or it can be difficult. It's up to you. We are better, stronger, together and in God. Jesus asks us to bring to the Altar all our anguish, pain, hurt, and disappointment, as He brought his to the cross, and to offer it all to the Father, along with all the victims of abuse and all those who abuse them. Jesus calls men to become his priests and allow Him to go on offering Himself as Eucharist for future generations. Who will answer his call? Pray for our priests in this year of priests.

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091018 1045 Maintenant consacreé notre Église avec son Autel est comme une Mariée, belle et toute prête pour son Époux, Jésus qui nous aime tous ensemble comme son Épouse. Nous sommes les pierres vivantes de son Église, nous Le portons en nous, Jésus Lumière du monde. Il nous invite à fixer notre regard sur Lui afin de marcher avec Lui en empruntant le sentier qu'Il nous a ouvert. Nous avons à vivre un pied sur Terre et l'autre au Ciel, ne voulant pas juste ce qui a de la valeur ici-bas mais avant tout ce que Dieu veut pour nous. Exemple: comment je prie pour Papa. Voici la suite de cette Messe....

091018 English Homiletic Reflection: Now consecrated, our Church with its Altar is beautiful as a Bride prepared for her Husband, Jesus who loves us all together as his Bride. We are the living stones of his Church. We carry Him within us, Jesus Light of the world. He invites us to keep our eyes fixed on Him so as to walk with Him on the path He has opened for us. We live with one foot on Earth and the other in Heaven, not wanting only what has value here below, but rather all that God wants for us. Example: how I pray for Papa.

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091017 Cardinal Turcotte's homily text - homélie du Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte 091017 Pastor's remarks - remarques du Curé

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Consecration Mass full ritual text October 17, 2009

Consecration Mass program leaflet October 17, 2009

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091011 1230 As I asked the children earlier, we can forget to say thank you, and go through periods like that. I did, and it's a miserable time. So what Good News is the Lord offering us today? Wisdom shines on us with attractive beauty, a radiance of the fullness that is in God, radiating in the beauty, harmony, and logic of Creation, God shining all over the place. The rich young man sees this beauty and goodness shining on Jesus and sees the Apostles have it and he wants it. The problem is that from infancy he has been used to owning things and he thinks this is just one more thing he can have. Jesus sees the good desire he has and loves him and welcomes him to join them. What Jesus is bringing is so big that he must leave everything else behind like Peter and the others did to make room for it. The young man is shocked, and the Gospel doesn't say whether he got over it or not, because the Lord wants us to see ourselves as that young man. All of us, women and men, can ask "How am I going to respond to Jesus?" All kinds of things can get us stuck and prevent us from welcoming the fullness of life Jesus offers us. Jesus also said we need the heart of a child to enter the Kingdom of God: the child knows it is poor and totally dependent on Mom and Dad and trusts them completely, taking delight in that bond of dependence and trust. Those are the qualities we need to enter the Kingdom of God. Children have it but what happens to them? We have to grow up, get a life, acquire learning, skills, and a trade or profession so we can put our hands on the world and work and contribute to it. Claude Ryan, a devout Catholic Christian and fine politician, often said one of the most neglected yet noble Catholic Christian vocations is to politics, to political office. It's an incredible act of courage and generosity to put our hands, heart, and mind on society to serve others. We are called to do that, to take our place in the world, but as we do we can become so learned, competent, insightful in understanding what's going on in the world that we can rely excessively on our own views and shut out others and even God. We lose the child's willingness to trust and Jesus speaks to that today. Peter says he and the others did leave everything behind to follow Jesus and he is right. They did and Jesus says they are already enjoying their reward by living in the Kingdom. Around 1200 A.D. 1 out of 4 people in Europe were in monasteries of men or women or were priests, and 1/4 to 1/3 of the geography of Europe belonged to religious orders and dioceses in the Church. Like Francis of Assisi and Dominic, people wanted to follow Jesus and found this to be a great way to do it, and they got closer to God. American mother and professional Kathleen Chesto said young parents leave everything behind to start a family: going into debt, getting a family vehicle instead of the sporty one, becoming servants to their children for 20 to 30 years. We can still get stuck, so full of what we're doing or preoccupied that we are no longer receptive. Jesus offers us today an opportunity to step back and ask "Am I enjoying the freedom of the children of God, aware of my poverty and dependence and delighted to put all my trust in God, or am I stuck?" Am I stuck in my misery or pain or worries? We can prefer our habits, things... if there is anyone in Hell it's by choice... we can prefer to cling to what is familiar, even misery, rather than accept to let the light of God shine on us. We can run away by being with people, afraid to look inside and find there's nothing there. It's not true. Jesus offers us the joy to know that God dwells with us inside and we have nothing to fear. It doesn't matter to Jesus that we are broken, poor, or fragile, or in pain or grieving, whatever we're going through. Jesus is delighted to dwell with us with his Father and the Holy Spirit, and they make us incredibly rich. Jesus calls us to have companions on our journey. Check out the Catholic times September issue Supplement on Faith Formation.

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091011 0900 Sometimes we can forget to say thank you. I did, and it's a miserable time. What then is the Good News the Lord offers us today? Difficult people can provoke us to go further into the Kingdom of God. Like children we need to realize our poverty and dependence and accept to trust completely in God to enter the joy of the Kingdom of God. As in God the love of husband and wife creates something new, a "we" which in time can become a new person, each child born of their love. It's not perfect, so we struggle and sometimes cry out to the Lord "How long?" Wisdom in God shines in our darkness and the Word of God like a sharp two-edged sword penetrating our depths with light and shows us what happens to the innocence of the child in us that we need to enter the Kingdom. It is good and necessary for us to grow, learn, acquire competence and skill, so we can put our hands on the world and work with God to cultivate the world and make it better, but as we become full of ideas and experience we can get stuck and rely too much on ourselves and our opinions, forget our poverty and dependence, and leave no room for others or for God, losing our innocence and going on our own, outside the Kingdom of God. Claude Ryan, a devout Catholic Christian and fine politician, often said one of the most neglected yet noble Catholic Christian vocations is to politics, to political office, where one can put one's hands on society and work to make it better for others. This requires heroism and generosity. The rich young man freaks out when Jesus answers him by calling him to leave everything behind and follow him; yet Peter and the others did just that. Around 1200 A.D. 1 out of 4 people in Europe were monks, nuns, and priests, and 1/4 to 1/3 of the geography of Europe belonged to religious orders and dioceses in the Church. People wanted to follow Jesus and found this to be a great way to do it, and they got closer to God. American mother and professional Kathleen Chesto said young parents leave everything behind to start a family: going into debt, getting a family vehicle instead of the sporty one, becoming servants to their children for 20 to 30 years. Still, we can get stuck on interior stuff, like Peter resisting Jesus when He talks about his approaching death. We can get stuck on personality traits, bad habits, our pleasures, and even prefer our misery to the company of others in the Kingdom. If any go to Hell it is by their own choice, preferring to hold onto their sins or misery. We need others to get unstuck, which is why our youth enjoy being together so much, why there are so many opportunities to study the Word of God and share experiences and faith offered this year. Check out the Catholic times September issue Supplement on Faith Formation. We can also get stuck running away from our inner self, afraid to look inside and find there's nothing there. It's not true because God dwells with us inside and we have nothing to fear. Jesus calls us to have companions on our journey.

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091004 1045 Nous pouvons perdre les pédales à la réponse de Jésus concernant le divorce en raison de nos trop nombreuses et tristes expériences reliées au divorce. Sont aussi reliées nos expériences de prêtres qui ont quitté le sacerdoce, cette petite mais terrible minorité de prêtres qui ont abusé les innocents et les plus vulnérables, le débat sur le célibat pour les prêtres, et le choc de la fréquence de l'abus caché des épouses et des enfants aux mains de ceux qui sont sensés les aimer et en prendre soin. Le plan de Dieu avant même la création d'Adam et Eve était pour notre bonheur. Les premiers humains jouissaient d'une familiarité avec et d'un pouvoir sur les créatures que nous n'avons pas entièrement perdus. Cette fin de semaine nous avons demandé à Dieu de bénir vos animaux familiers et vous aussi. Nous voyons en Adam et Eve une merveilleuse égalité de dignité et une belle complémentarité. Jésus définit le divorce non pas comme un sexe malpropre mais comme une offense contre l'époux ou l'épouse, leur ravissant quelquechose pour le donner à une tierce personne. Dieu nous appelle à aimer notre époux/se pour toujours avec un amour exclusif, et Il appelle les prêtres à aimer l'Épouse du Christ, l'Église, pour toujours avec un amour exclusif comme celui de Jésus, l'Époux. Dieu notre Père nous a faits par la Parole Divine son Fils dans l'Esprit Saint. Il sait qu'un seul amour suffit à dilater notre coeur à l'infini, pourvu que nous suivons sa gouverne. Jésus nous donne la clef pour ouvrir, comprendre, et emprunter le sentier que Lui-même nous a ouvert en l'empruntant le premier pour nous précéder. "Laissez les enfants venir à moi.... Celui qui n'accueille pas le Royaume de Dieu à la manière d'un enfant n'y entrera pas." Qu'y a-t-il chez le petit enfant qui puisse avoir un tel pouvoir d'une clef pour nous ouvrir le Royaume de Dieu? La pauvreté... conscience de son entière dépendance; confiance... la volonté de se confier entièrement à Maman, Papa, Dieu; l'innocence... incapable de faire le mal; joie... tout à fait ouvert pour observer, recevoir, et jouir de la vie, des autres, de Dieu. Cela commence à environs 8 mois, une naissance psychologique, alors que l'enfant devient capable et veut bien choisir une personne comme préférée pour lui prodiguer les soins et "tombe en amour avec" Maman, Papa, même la gardienne, ou la personne qui s'en occupe de façon fiable, régulière, et avec chaleur et gentillesse. Imaginez le mal que peut subir l'enfant quand ce premier lien d'amour est empêché, interrompu, ou endommagé... simplement par une absence par maladie ou hospitalisation, par un changement par le divorce, la mort, ou même la garderie, or par un traumatisme par accident, violence, ou la guerre. Voilà en quoi consiste et comment est transmis le péché originel à partir du moment de la conception nous avons tous été frippés, endommagés, blessés par le mal et les limites de la bonté tout autour de nous, et par les péchés des autres. Nous avons tous été introduits dans une vie d'amour imparfaite, à l'exception de Marie, qui par la grâce de l'Immaculée Conception fut préservée dans un état d'amour parfait par Dieu en anticipant qu'elle accepterait de concevoir et d'enfanter son Fils Divin comme l'humain qu'elle devrait appeler Jésus. Alors, comment Dieu fait-Il pour nous sauver? On nous le rappelle aujourd'hui que c'est par la souffrance. Étant donné la condition du monde, et le don que Dieu nous faits toujours de la liberté, il ne peut pas y avoir de solution magique au mal dans le monde; car à tout moment partout dans le monde nous choisissons de négliger le bien et de faire le mal. Dieu a choisi d'honorer son don de notre liberté et de nous sauver plutôt par la transformation par notre lutte et notre souffrance afin de parfaire notre apprentissage à l'amour et restaurer notre participation à l'oeuvre de Dieu de la Création en nous occupant du jardin et en cultivant les personnes et les relations. Le pouvoir de Dieu passe par la souffrance que Jésus a accepté de recevoir de nous et de partager dans un acte d'amour parfait pour nous. Voilà comment l'amour de Jésus nous pardonne, nous réconcilie, et nous guérit, et notre propre souffrance devient le prix que nous devons payer pour continuer d'aimer dans un monde déchu et brisé. Intro à la Prière universelle

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091003 1700 We can freak out at Jesus' answer to the question about divorce because of our many sad experiences. Also related are priests leaving the ministry, the small but terrible minority of priests who abuse the innocent and vulnerable, the debate over celibacy for priests, and the shockingly frequent but hidden abuse of spouses and children by those responsible to love and care for them. God's plan from even before the creation of Adam and Eve was for our happiness. The first humans enjoyed a familiarity with and power over the creatures, which we haven't completely lost. Today we asked God to bless all your pets and you. We see in Adam and Eve our equal dignity and complementarity. Jesus defines adultery not as dirty sex but an offense against one's spouse, taking something away from them to give it to a third party. God calls us to love our spouse forever with an exclusive love, and He calls priests to love the Bride of Christ, the Church, forever with an exclusive love like that of Jesus the Bridegroom. God the Father made us through the Divine Word his Son in the Holy Spirit. He knows that one love is enough to fill and expand our heart infinitely, providing we follow his guidance. Jesus gives us the key to open, understand, and follow the path He opened for us by walking in it first ahead of us. "Let the little children come to me.... whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it." What is it about a little child that is such a powerful key to let us enter the Kingdom of God? Poverty... awareness of complete dependence; trust... willingness to fully and completely trust in Mom, Dad, God; innocence... incapable of doing harm; joy... completely open to notice, receive, and enjoy life, love, others, and God. It all begins around 8 months of age, the psychological birth, when the infant becomes capable and willing to choose one person as the preferred care giver, and "falls in love" with Mommy, or Daddy, or the Nanny, or whoever is seen as steady, warm, kind, and reliable. Imagine the harm that happens when this first love affair is hindered, interrupted, or damaged... simply by an absence by illness or hospitalization of the care giver, by a change through divorce, death, or even day care, or by a trauma through accident, violence, or war. This is what the original sin is, that each of us from the moment of our conception have been wrinkled, damaged, wounded by the evils and limitations of goodness all around us, and by the sins of others. All of us have entered into a life of love that is not perfect, except Mary, who through the grace of Immaculate Conception was preserved in a perfect state of love by God in anticipation that she would accept to conceive and bear his Divine Son as the human whom she was to name Jesus. So then, how exactly does God save the rest of us? We are reminded today that it is by suffering. Given the condition of the world, and God's gift of freedom to us, there can be no magic solution to the problem of evil in the world, because we are constantly, all over the world, choosing to neglect good and do evil. God has chosen to honor his gift of our freedom and instead to save us by transformation through struggle and suffering and in this way complete our apprenticeship to love and our restore our responsible participation in God's work of Creation in tending the garden and cultivating people and relationships. The power of God is being channelled through the suffering Jesus accepted to share from us in an act of perfect love for us; so it is Jesus' suffering which forgives and reconciles us and heals us, and our own suffering becomes the price we must pay for ongoing love in a broken world.

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Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament - Evangelization Prayer - Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament - Vocation Prayer
Exposition du Très Saint Sacrement - Prière pour l'Évangélisation - Salut au Très Saint Sacrement - Prière pour les Vocations

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091002 We have trouble imagining Angels.... Each is granted a Guardian Angel at conception. At Baptism and Confirmation we became better able to pick up and follow our Angel's guidance. Had Adam and Eve not sinned, we would be much more like Jesus, even able to walk on water if necessary; certainly death would be a joyous moment and come only after a much longer life. In our condition of mortal sin we are inclined to separate from God and get caught in traps of darkness. Our Angel is ever helping us to get up, turn from the darkness, and step toward God. Our part is to ever cultivate the desire to change and the Lord lifts us up in the power of his love, in the Holy Spirit, in Jesus to come to the Father. Countless angels will now join us around Jesus at the Altar.

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090927 0900 Homily by Fr. Gilles

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090919 1700 We have a desire for abundance of life; yet when exaggerated this desire leads to all the troubles we see in the world. God's solution is to call us to enrol again each year and everyday in the School of Jesus, to learn more about God and the life He offers us. This learning goes hand in hand with experiencing God ourselves in daily life and in the Sunday Assembly. Jesus reveals to us the Father and with them we experience their love, the Holy Spirit. God opens the door to each of us today. After Mass come to the Hall and check out the learning opportunities God gives us here at St Luke. Offering of ourselves

090920 1045 Nous avons en nous-mêmes 2 façons de voir: terrestre et céleste: nous pouvons être reconnaissant de la beauté de la vie comme don de Dieu et nous pouvons voir les bonnes choses comme des biens à saisir. C'est ainsi que nous observons tous les troubles dans le monde. On veut que Dieu impose une solution magique, mais en raison du grand don de la liberté que Dieu nous a donné, à tout moment il y en a qui choisissent de mal agir. La solution de Dieu le Père est de nous donner Jésus qui nous appelle à son École de la foi. À tout moment mais surtout dans l'Assemblée du Jour du Seigneur le Dimanche, Jésus nous révèle le Père, et avec eux nous goûtons leur amour par l'Esprit-Saint. Dieu nous ouvre la porte aujourd'hui. Après la Messe venez à la Salle voir les opportunité d'apprentissage qu'Il nous offre cette année à St Luc. C'est à chacun et chacune de nous prévaloir de la vie abondante que le Seigneur nous offre.
Renouvellement des promesses baptismales

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090913 0900 When one is called to give their life for God He grants a remarkable grace of enthusiasm for it. Mostly to carry our cross and follow Jesus means to accept to live life fully - not picking and choosing - all of it, the good and the bad, joy and sorrow, success and failure, vigor and weakness, pleasure and pain. Then Jesus reveals the Father to us and the Holy Spirit dwells in us and lifts us up, and our prayers are answered. The Father saved Jesus when He prayed, not from dying but from failure inside himself, giving Him strength to remain true to Himself to the end, when He not only forgave and asked the Father to forgive those who tortured Him, but even excused them: "for they know not what they do." Even that is possible when we are in God. We have two choices in life: to stay home on little thrones putting ourselves above others with thoughts and opinions about everything and everyone else, or we can give that up and come to Church every Sunday to worship the Lord as God; then I don't have to carry the world on my shoulders and be a god because I worship Jesus as my Lord and He sets me free to be loved and to love as He does.

090913 12:30 We tend not to be ambitious to give our lives for our faith, but tens of thousands all over the world do, and when the time comes God gives them a grace of enthusiasm to carry them through it. Still, we cannot be disciples, Christians, without carrying our cross behind Jesus. First we come to Jesus, and as we try to know Him and ponder his words, He reveals the Father to us, and in time the love between them, the Holy Spirit dwells in us and fills us, and we become less focused on ourselves and more sensitive to others around us, more awake to what is happening all around us. I have two choices every day, every week. I can stay home with my thoughts and opinions about everything and everyone else like on a throne and push God out of the way, or when I catch myself doing that, I can get off my little throne and every Sunday come to Church with other Christians and worship the Lord as the true God and as my Lord, and let Him carry the burden of the world on his shoulders, as He did on the cross. Then I can put his mind and will above mine, which is a struggle, which is why Jesus suffered, putting these things to death in himself so we, I could put them to death in myself and be free to live life fully. This is what the Christian life is about: accepting to walk with Jesus and do as He did. The abundance of life the Father offers us puts Him in his Son Jesus at the center of our lives, and the Holy Spirit attracts us to Church. When I was little, the Holy Spirit used my parents to push/pull me to Church, until I could decide freely on my own to come worship the Lord and put Him first in my life, and then be free to welcome the abundance of life the Father offers us, and be open to all of life, not just all the good stuff, but even the difficult stuff. In the challenge of everyday life Jesus asks us to trust Him that we can only have the abundance by welcoming all of life with all our trust in Him and the Father's love. 090913 12:30 Introduction to the Our Father

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23^e dimanche du Temps Ordinaire - 23^rd Sunday in Ordinary Time top of page

090905 Marriage David & Tamara - Homily & Ritual

090905 1700 Jesus is sensitive, kind, but we have preferences based on appearances. We can find God's answer to prayer of the poor inconvenient when we are out of sync with God.

090906 1045 Jésus est gentil, sensible, mais trop souvent nous jugeons et préférons les gens par l'apparence. Nous pouvons trouver dérangeante la réponse de Dieu aux prières des pauvres.

090901 Marriage of Scott and Rosie - Homily - Ritual

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090830 0900 “How is your heart doing today?” or aligning our hearts to that of Jesus, by Brian Cordeiro, Diaconate Candidate

090830 1230 In finding fault with others we can avoid facing our own faults as the Pharisees criticized Jesus and wouldn't love Him. My only defence is to accuse myself, admit my faults, at night ask God to forgive me and regularly confess to Jesus through the priests He sends. Joy comes when we admit every day that all good things come from God. Peace dwells in us when we accept we cannot change others or the world, but set our will to live more fully with God's guidance, power, and love, accepting to live through everything that comes, even difficult and painful things, with trust in God.

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Xtreme Youth Camp Closing Mass

090823 0900 God sent his Son into the world so that we might come to know and love Him. Those that left Jesus didn't know Him enough to love Him. Being intimate is draining - we eat up those we love and are eaten up by those who love us - we are both nourished and drained by others. Paul is enthralled by Jesus' extreme love for us - He is a Marriage of God with us - but in our experience of Marriage it's hard to overcome our selfishness. When we forget ourselves and seek the good of the other, plunge into the other for love of them without any thought of getting anything back; that is already Heaven, squandering our life extravagantly for those we love, like Jesus. We can't do it, but Jesus nourishes us by his love and makes us capable of love like his.

090823 1615 - We doubt and ask, "Lord, this Host, this Wine in the Chalice, is it really You?" But God the Father continues to offer us Jesus so He might become part of our life and we might get to know and love Him. We are impressed by movies, but a 2 hour movie of your life after 60 years could only take 3 seconds a day of your life, only little dots. At your age I only saw my grandparents once a month or less, little dots, yet I knew them and loved them. It's like that with God. We don't feel close to God very often... only feel God's love for little moments, little dots.... but we come to know and love Him. We can't solve the world's problems, but when we say a good word, smile, forgive, or help someone, or send help to the poor... we are CIA - agents of hope!

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090822 1700 Disciples left Jesus - they didn't really know Him and so love Him, just as people left God after arriving in the Promised Land. Our greatest doubts are not "Is the Holy Eucharist really the Body and Blood of the Risen Christ, truly living?" but "Do I really want to get that close to Jesus as to know Him personally and love Him?" Paul's words to the Ephesians on wives and husbands is misunderstood too. It's not about domination or selfishness, which happens too often today, but about being able and willing to forget myself in loving the other, like Jesus loves me.

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090816 0900 Communion with Jesus is not magic; we meet Him as He comes to us again and again and come to know Him more in the time of anticipation and desire - like enjoying deciding what ice cream to have - satisfaction itself is short lived. We can freely open up in every moment of our living. Jesus wants not just a part of us but He wants to become part of our whole life....

090816 1230 Communion with Jesus does not "work" like what we expect magic might be like; we are meeting someone who is coming to us again and again. We come to know Jesus more in the time of anticipation and desire which we can freely open up in every moment of our living. Jesus wants not just a part of us but He wants to become part of our whole life....

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Mardi 090804 St Jean Marie Vianney, patron des curés and now patron of all priests

090805 Bienheureux Frédéric Jansoone prêtre remarquable generous and holy Franciscan

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090801 1100 Marriage of Rowena and Khai - homily and exchange of vows and rings

090801 1700 What we need for abundant life - what happens to us when we pray....

090802 0900 Abundant life - to connect with God we overcome obstacles like Indiana Jones....

090802 1045 Pour vivre à plein il faut prier et être en contact avec Dieu - comment faire....

090802 1230 Abundant life through contact with God puts us through several stages....

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Variations on a theme....

090725 1700 Miracles happen not by seeking but by living in the presence of God.... like Francis and Clare of Assisi.... Jesus... God seeks our love.

090726 0900 Like Elisha and Elijah, God calls us to focus not on the problem but on Him... What changed Francis and Clare of Assisi was finding God not just in the good things of life but also in the in-between moments - in the hunger and thirst, pain and sadness, tiredness and poverty - because He meets us there.

090726 1045 Avec François et Claire, Jésus nous rencontre même aux moments de la vie les plus pénibles.... par exemple, même dans le deuil....

090726 1230 As for Francis and Clare of Assisi, Jesus offers to help us find Him in every experience of life, even the most painful ones....

090725 Marriage of John and Natalie - Homily

090725 Marriage of John and Natalie - Marriage Rite

090725 Marriage of John and Natalie - Nuptial Blessing

090725 Funeral Liturgy for Ramon - Homily

090725 For Ramon - Song, Prayers, Our Father, Final Commendation, Gesture of Peace, Signing of the Register, Last Song

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Villa Madonna Retreat House - "Growing Spiritually in the Later Years of Life" Retreat offered by Brother Wayne J. Fitzpatrick, M.M., M.A., M.S.

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090702 Accueil de Maman Thérèse Hébert à l'Église St. Isaac-Jogues pour sa Messe de Funérailles et d'anticipation de la Résurrection

Je suis en vacances jusqu'au 23 juillet.... au revoir.... union de prière....

090702 Évangile et Homélie pour Maman Thérèse - "Comme le grain de blé jetté en terre doit mourir pour porter du fruit, ainsi en est-t-il...."

I'm on vacation until July 23rd... Bye for now.... we'll be together in prayer....

090702 Dernières prières pour Maman Thérèse avant son départ pour la préparation de la sépulture de ses cendres

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090620 1700 Like Job the Apostles readily give God credit for what happens, even extraordinary events, and Paul adds that because we have encountered the living God everything has changed - our lives are new as is our view of the world and of life itself - as fathers, as men, we are blessed to see in the eyes of our loved ones and others that we make a difference.

090621 0900 Like Job the Apostles readily give God credit for what happens, even extraordinary events, and Paul adds that because we have encountered the living God everything has changed - our lives are new as is our view of the world and of life itself - as fathers, as men, we are blessed to see in the eyes of our loved ones and others that we make a difference.

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Le Corps et le Sang du Christ - The Body and Blood of Christ

090614 0900 Abel loved God and Cain didn't. The One who spoke to Adam and Eve, Abraham and Moses is the Word, the Son of God, who became Jesus, the true Temple whose Blood really does take away our sins. In the Blessed Sacrament Jesus comes close so we might love Him and let Him transform us. Let us look at Him with love as He looks at us with love.

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090614 1230 Abel loved God and Cain didn't. The One who spoke to Adam and Eve, Abraham and Moses is the Word, the Son of God, who became Jesus, the true Temple whose Blood really does take away our sins. In the Blessed Sacrament Jesus comes close so we might love Him and let Him transform us. Let us look at Him with love as He looks at us with love.

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090609 Funeral Bob Ammon homily - Commendation

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Solennité du Seigneur - Solemnity of the Lord top of page
La Très Sainte Trinité - The Most Holy Trinity
Matrimony Sunday - Dimanche des Unions matrimoniales

090607 1045 Dimanche des Unions matrimoniales témoignages de Ghada et Fadi El-Hage

090607 1230 homily - Vows / les Voeux - Bénédiction / the Blessing

090606 1700 Matrimony Sunday testimony by Claudia & Mario Paolucci

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090607 0900 Matrimony Sunday testimony by Franca Piedmonte & Mario Bergamin

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Jesus shares with us the joy of his resurrection and victory over death - as I accept to receive the gift Jesus offers me of his life and love as the Bread of Life - He enables me to follow Him and proclaim his Easter joy with my life together with all those who believe in Him .

Jésus partage avec nous la joie de sa résurrection et de sa victoire sur la mort - en acceptant de recevoir le don que Jésus m'offre de sa vie et de son amour en le Pain de Vie - Il m'habilite de le suivre et de proclamer sa joie pascale par ma vie avec tous ceux qui croient en Lui.

Pentecost Sunday - Dimanche de la Pentecôte top of page

090531 0900 Pentecost Homily 01

090531 1230 Closing prayer and blessing - extinguishing the Paschal Candle

090531 1230 Pentecost Homily 02

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Ascension Sunday - Dimanche de l'Ascension top of page

090523 1700 Mass with First Communions

090524 1045 Messe avec des Premières Communions

Pope Benedict XVI - 43rd World Day of Communications

Pape Benoît XVI - 43e Journée Mondiale des Communications Sociales

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6th Sunday of Easter - 6e Dimanche de Pâques top of page

090517 0900 What happens when we receive Jesus in Holy Communion or when we have Spiritual Communion with Him?

090517 1230 First Communions - How we can welcome Jesus when we pray and receive Him in Holy Communion.

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090515 1100 funeral homily for Josef Kuersteiner - intentions

090516 1330 Marriage homily - Ricardo & Danielle

0905146 1330 Marriage vows - Ricardo & Danielle

5th Sunday of Easter - 5e Dimanche de Pâques top of page

090509 1700 The 2 voices in our conscience - Mothers' Day - to love as Jesus tells us we need to stay connected to Him - He gives us the Holy Spirit who gives us enthusiasm with an open mind, not fanaticism - Jesus gives us a Parish Community and Sunday Liturgy to stay connected to Him for a fruitful life - X-treme Youth is a fun connection for after Confirmation. Come on down!

090510 1045 Les 2 voix - fête des Mères - pour aimer comme Jésus il faut Lui être branché en communauté de foi et par la Liturgie dominicale et communion - Il nous donne l'Esprit qui nous rends enthousiastes avec l'esprit ouvert non fanatique

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4th Sunday of Easter - 4e Dimanche de Pâques top of page

090503 1230 Brian Cordeiro preaching

090502 Marriage homily 090502 Marriage vows, ritual, Eucharist (Youth Choir)

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090501 funeral homily 090501 funeral prayers, Mass

090502 funérailles

3rd Sunday of Easter - 3e Dimanche de Pâques top of page

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090425 1200 CWL Diocesan Convention homily - Our Lady of Good Counsel - the cost of self-giving - our refuge and rest is in the Lord, because He cares for us

090425 1700 God has called Louise and others to work for the Archdiocese - Jesus' method of approaching others and proclaiming the Good News - our vision and mission at St Luke

Christ est ressuscité! Alléluia! Alléluia! Christ is risen! Alleluia! Alleluia!

L'Octave de Pâques - The Easter Octave top of page
Jesus shares with us the joy of his resurrection and victory over death - as I accept to receive the gift Jesus offers me of his life and love as the Bread of Life - He enables me to follow Him and proclaim his Easter joy with my life together with all those who believe in Him .

Divine Mercy Sunday - Dimanche de Miséricorde Divine top of page

090419 0900 The parable of the balanced breakfast. A balanced breakfast is delightful as well as nourishing. So too must our relations with one another be balanced and even more so our relations with God, who is just, truth, goodness, beauty, Divine Mercy, and love.

090419 1230 The parable of the balanced breakfast. A balanced breakfast is delightful as well as nourishing. So too must our relations with one another be balanced and even more so our relations with God, who is just, truth, goodness, beauty, Divine Mercy, and love.

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Easter Sunday - Dimanche de Pâques top of page

090412 1045

Paschal Vigil - Veillée Pascale

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090411 Intro to Our Father

Good Friday - Liturgy of the Lord's Passion - Vendredi Saint - Liturgie de la Passion du Seigneur

Holy Thursday - Mass of the Lord's Supper - Jeudi Saint - la Dernière Cène

Jésus m'invite au désert de ma propre pauvreté, de mon péché, de ma crainte, et aux déserts de la vie et de la société humaines - où Il se manifeste avec nous - en acceptant que Jésus porte mes péchés et ma souffrance, Il m'élève pour partager sa résurrection et m'entraîne dans sa joie pascale.

Holy Week - La Semaine Sainte top of page

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Passion / Palm Sunday & WYD - Dimanche de la Passion / des Rameaux & JMJ

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5th Sunday in Lent - 5ième dimanche du Carême

090328 1045 Dieu nous offre de Le connaître personnellement surtout par le pardon de nos péchés - Jésus nous offre d'apprendre l'obéissance en Lui comme humainement Il apprit l'obéissance à la volonté de son Père. Le scandale de la croix de Jésus est jusqu'où Jésus est allé pour nous découvrir l'amour vrai de Dieu pour nous. Cet amour peut porter des fruits en nous alors que nous nous détournons de la crainte et offrons notre vie en don d'amour pour les autres à maintes reprises jusqu'à la fin, tout comme Jésus l'a fait lui-même.

090328 1700 God offers every human person to know Him personally and this happens primarily through the forgiveness of our sins - Jesus offers us to learn obedience through Him as he humanly learned obedience to his Father's will. The scandal of the cross of Jesus is the length to which Jesus went to uncover for us to see the true love of God for us. This love can bear fruit in us by our willingness to let go of fear and offer our life repeatedly for others until the end as a gift of love as Jesus did. 090328 1700 Presentation of the Creed - Third Scrutiny - Anointing with the Oil of Catechumens.

090327 God our Father wants every human being to be, to become just and have the joy to see God and others as they are. To protect ourselves from hurt we develop around our hearts a crust that makes us less sensitive to others and to God. Throughout the Bible we see how God desires to shatter that crust hardening hearts to restore the innocence of our souls. Then once again our hearts become sensitive and vulnerable, able to be touched by God and transformed.

090324 Mary's willingness to trust in God and say "Yes" to his will is an example for us to respond to the Lord's call. One way we do is to go to the priest to meet Jesus in the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation. Marie a fait confiance au Bon Dieu disant "Oui" à son appel. Nous faisons comme elle en allant au prêtre pour rencontrer Jésus dans le Sacrement de la Pénitence et la Réconciliation.

090325 La venue du Fils de Dieu parmi nous est un acte de foi et d'amour comme si nous acceptions de renaître dans un bidonville du tiers monde, laissant tout derrière nous. Were we to accept to be born again in the slums of the third world and leave everything we have and are behind, we would have a glimpse of what it was like for the Son of God to come among us out of faith and love.

090323 RCIA On Penance and Reconciliation - How this Sacrament encounter with the Risen Jesus developed - Why confess to a priest? Isn't it enough to confess to God, to the one we offend? How can I be sure I am forgiven? What do I get out of forgiving, or being forgiven? 090323 RCIA On Penance and Reconciliation - More questions and answers.

4th Sunday in Lent - 4ième dimanche du Carême top of page

090322 0900 Father and Pastor apologizes for words, sharing, or images that may have offended. Please forgive me if my choice of words or images shocked or disturbed you. However, when it is the Word of God which challenges and disturbs, I may not apologize for that. We cannot understand the "wrath of God" from a place of fear, but only of love. Fear is darkness, and love is light. Jesus comes into our darkness to shine his light and lead us out. Jesus wants to bring about in our lives what the Father did for Him when He walked the Earth. Our part is to surrender to his leading and guiding us all week and it begins here.

090322 1230 Father and Pastor apologizes for words, sharing, or images that may have offended. Please forgive me if my choice of words or images shocked or disturbed you. However, when it is the Word of God which challenges and disturbs, I may not apologize for that. We cannot understand the "wrath of God" from a place of fear, but only of love. Fear is darkness, and love is light. Jesus comes into our darkness to shine his light and lead us out. Jesus wants to bring about in our lives what the Father did for Him when He walked the Earth. Our part is to surrender to his leading and guiding us all week and it begins here.

090322 0900 Intention and introduction to the Our Father.

090320 Lent is a season that brings us joy, but this joy usually comes after the Word of God breaks open our hearts, cracks the armour we develop to keep ourselves from being hurt, and gives us to see ourselves as we are and to weep for ourselves and for others. Then his grace and love penetrate our heart through the cracks in our armour opened up by God's love.

090321 Réflection sur le Sacrement de la Pénitence et la Réconciliation lors de la retraite de l'Esprit Saint pour le Cours Alpha - Pourquoi me confesser au prêtre? Ne suffit-il pas de me confesser directement au Seigneur, à celui que j'ai offensé? Comment être certain que je suis pardonné? Qu'est-ce que cela me donne que de pardonner ou de recevoir le pardon?

090316 Homily by Fr. Michael Busch of St. Michael's Cathedral in Toronto at Daily Mass broadcast on Salt and Light TV and recorded on YouTube

090318 Before and after Jesus we human beings tend to drift away from God but He continues to seek us out.

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(Enregistré après la Messe)

090314 1700 Please forgive me if my choice of words or images shocked or disturbed you. However, when it is the Word of God which challenges and disturbs, I may not apologize for that. When we take the time to read below the surface of the 10 commandments, which seem harsh, we find God loves us so much He is jealous for us and our good; as any good parent because of intense love is jealous for the good, safety, and well being of their children. God wants a close and personal relationship with each of us; only then can we enjoy full happiness, peace, and love. At the Altar the Lord carries us as we offer ourselves to the Father with Him; then nourishes and comforts us.

090315 1045 Pardonnez-moi si mon choix de mots ou images vous ait choqué ou heurté. Cependant quand c'est la Parole de Dieu qui provoque ou bouscule, alors je ne dois pas m'excuser. Les 10 commandements semblent sévères, mais sous la surface nous voyons que Dieu nous aime d'un amour si intense qu'Il est jaloux pour nous et notre bien comme tout bon parent par amour intense est jaloux pour le bien, la sécurité, et la santé de ses enfants. Dieu veut une relation intime et personnelle avec nous tous; alors nous pourrons avoir le plein bonheur, la paix, l'amour. À l'Autel le Seigneur nous porte, nous nous offrons au Père, Jésus nous nourrit et nous réconforte.

090313 Hagar considered only her own advantage, and the descendants of her son are shown in the passage as merchants ready for any business to turn a profit, even slavery. The sons of Jacob are expected by God to show the same heart as Abraham to discern good from evil and to be sensitive to love and honor God, but they have become selfish and careless, jealous of their youngest brother and inconsiderate of their father's old age. It is a story about us. We needn't look any further to explain the origin of all the troubles in the world. All external troubles and inhumanity to others originate in the human heart. In light of the tragic drama of humanity, let us bring to the Altar all of humanity and offer them to God our Father with Jesus, and ourselves to do his will.

090310 Why we call our priests "father" when Jesus said to call no one "father" but our Father in Heaven. Lent is a good time to weep at becoming aware of how far short of God's love we fall. Pourquoi nous appelons nos prêtres "père" ou "abbé" quand Jésus nous a défendu de nommer quiconque "père" autre que notre Père au Ciel. Le Carême est le temps de pleurer le fait que nous sommes si loin d'être à la hauteur de l'amour de Dieu.

090311 We are like prophets when the world's trouble and rejection of God cause us pain. Jesus calls this drinking from his cup of suffering which comes back in Gethsemane. We endure because the Lord is good to us. We do it for Him. Nous sommes comme les prophètes quand les troubles du monde nous font souffrir. Jésus appelle cela boire de sa coupe de la souffrance, qui reviendra en Gethsémani. Nous endurons par amour pour le Seigneur.

2nd Sunday in Lent - 2ième dimanche du Carême top of page

090308 0900 How could God ask Abraham to stab and burn his only son Isaac? How can God expect us to trust in Him when we don't understand what's happening to us? What did Jesus give Saul to change him into Paul? How can Abraham and Paul help us in our walk of faith with Jesus?

090308 1230 How could God ask Abraham to stab and burn his only son Isaac? How can God expect us to trust in Him when we don't understand what's happening to us? What did Jesus give Saul to change him into Paul? How can Abraham and Paul help us in our walk of faith with Jesus?

090304 God is not bothered by our sin as much as by our refusal to repent - notre refus de nous repentir choque le Bon Dieu plus que notre péché. Jésus veut faire de nous comme le Père a fait de Lui un levain pour influencer toute l'humanité vers le repentir et l'ouverture à Dieu. Jesus wants to make of us as the Father made of Him a yeast to influence all of humanity towards heartfelt repentance and openness to God and make the Good News happen again.

090306 If God forced us to see our soul as it is, who could endure it? Even worse if God revealed our soul to others. It would be cruel. God doesn't expose our soul, though we sometimes expose others. God hovers over us like an anxious mother or father, eager for us to grow. Life provokes us and we discover what lies hidden in our heart, even evil things. Lent reminds us to confess our sins and ask God to weed our heart and make it good like his.

1st Sunday in Lent - 1er dimanche du Carême top of page

090228 1700 We are shocked, outraged by the violence of the God of the Old Testament - how can it be the same God as Jesus Christ? But then who am I to judge God? How we can begin to understand God's ways. Lent - Jesus invites us to walk with Him into the desert of our lives and face the truth about ourselves, others, the world, and God.... Jesus walks with us.

090301 1045 Nous sommes scandalisés par la violence du Dieu de l'Ancien Testament - peut-Il être le même Dieu que Jésus Christ? qui suis-je pour juger Dieu? Comment comprendre le Seigneur? Carême - Jésus nous invite à marcher avec Lui dans le désert de nos vies pour y faire face à la vérité - la mienne, celle des autres, du monde, de Dieu. Jésus marche avec nous.

090227 Jesus calls Himself the Bridegroom because He looks upon us, his Church, his assembly of disciples, as his Bride. As in the Old Testament God called his people his Bride who was all too often unfaithful; now Jesus shows that God holds the relationship of husband and wife in such high regard because in their unselfish, self-sacrificing love and mutual care - especially when they are fruitful in children - God sees Himself most perfectly reflected. Jesus fully expects us his disciples to fast so that we might repent of the discrepancies between our high calling to love and the sad reality of our sinfulness. Lent is a sad time in our willingness to regret and turn away from our sins but it is a holy time of joy because the Lord is eager to forgive and renew us.

Ash Wednesday - Mercredi des Cendres top of page

090225 0900 Jesus encourages us to fast for our humanity to be renewed, to pray and connect more deeply with God, and to give alms to renew our relations with others. Remaining hungry reminds me I draw life from God and moves me to be still and receptive in God's presence - visiting with God in prayerful presence - which prompts me into spontaneous charity and alms to show others the same goodness God shows me.
090225 0900 Blessing of the Ashes and people - Bénédiction des cendres et des fidèles

090224 Jesus catches his apostles disputing and rather than scold them He takes the good desire underneath their pettiness and elevates them higher. Jesus is a wonderful role model for parents and for all of us to see how to build one another up rather than criticize or tear down.

7e dimanche du Temps Ordinaire - 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time

090222 1045 Comment est-il possible d'être une bonne personne et quand même pécher contre le Seigneur? Paul nous rappelle que Jésus est le "Oui!" de Dieu. Jésus nous invite à entrer avec Lui dans le désert pour 40 jours du Carême pour écouter la voix de l'Esprit Saint.

090222 1230 How is it possible to be a good person yet at the same time to sin against the Lord? Paul reminds us that Jesus is the "Yes!" of God. Jesus invites us to enter with Him into the desert for 40 days of Lent to listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit.

6e dimanche du Temps Ordinaire - 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time

090215 1230 Different ways we affect other people - by what we say and do or when we are ill, and the solution God the Father sent Jesus to bring us. God is not concerned by our illness and suffering so much as our sin, selfishness, and self-destructiveness - Jesus got the attention of people by teaching, healing the sick, and wonders for the sake of the forgiveness of sins. See On the Christian Meaning of Human Suffering by Pope John Paul II.

5e dimanche du Temps Ordinaire - 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time top of page

090208 1045 Le Seigneur nous dit quoi faire selon 4 scénarios différents de la vie dans lesquels nous nous trouvons tôt ou tard sinon déjà - l'abondance; la souffrance, la douleur, et la tourmente; la guérison et la grâce, et le moment où nous sommes prêts à tout endurer par amour de Dieu.

090208 1230 The Lord shows us what to do in four different scenarios in which we inevitably will find ourselves in life, if we haven't already - in times of abundance; of suffering, pain, and torment; of healing and grace; and a time when we become willing to put up with anything for love of God.

090207 1700 The Lord shows us what to do in four different scenarios in which we inevitably will find ourselves in life, if we haven't already - in times of abundance; of suffering, pain, and torment; of healing and grace; and a time when we become willing to put up with anything for love of God.

090208 0900 The Lord shows us what to do in four different scenarios in which we inevitably will find ourselves in life, if we haven't already - in times of abundance; of suffering, pain, and torment; of healing and grace; and a time when we become willing to put up with anything for love of God.

+++++ La Présentation du Seigneur termine les 40 jours de Noël +++++++ The Presentation of the Lord ends the 40 days of Christmas +++++

Happy, Healthy, and Holy New Year! top of page Bonne, Heureuse, et Sainte Année 2009!

From the Vigil of the Nativity on Christmas Eve until the Presentation of the Lord on February 2nd we observe a festival of light - and rejoice in Jesus, God's Light in the world - and on the nearest Sunday will bless candles brought from home to welcome Jesus our Light all year!

À partir de la Veillée de la Nativité la Veille de Noël jusqu'à la Présentation du Seigneur le 2 février nous observons un festival de lumière - et nous réjouissons en Jésus, Lumière de Dieu pour le monde - et le dimanche le plus rapproché nous bénissons des chandelles apportées de nos maisons afin de pouvoir accueillir Jésus notre Lumière à l'année longue!

Quand le peuple Québécois mettra-t-il de côté son mépris pour leurs ancêtres qui eurent la grandeur d'âme, la confiance en Dieu, la gratitude pour le don de la vie, et la générosité d'avoir beaucoup d'enfants, dont ceux-là mêmes qui alors n'ont que de mépris pour eux?

When will the Québec people lay aside their contempt for the ancestors who had the greatness of soul, the trust in God, the gratitude for the gift of life, and the generosity to have lots of children, including those who now have nothing but contempt for them?

090202 Homélie - Quelle grandeur d'âme de Marie et Joseph - rares sont les parents qui dédient leur enfant à Dieu, d'où provient tant de vocations - demandons la miséricorde de Dieu pour notre peuple qui n'a que mépris pour nos ancêtres qui par gratitude pour le don de la vie et par générosité eurent beaucoup d'enfants, dont ceux qui les méprisent aujourd'hui.

090202 Homily - What greatness of soul in Mary and Joseph - rare are those parents who dedicate their child to God, from which come so many vocations - let us ask God to have mercy on our people who have nothing but contempt for our ancestors who had lots of children, including those who now have contempt for them, with generosity and gratitude for the gift of life.

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090202 La Présentation du Seigneur - Rassemblement avec cierges et bénédiction des fidèles et des cierges

090202 The Presentation of the Lord - Gathering with candles and blessing of the faithful and the candles

4e dimanche du Temps Ordinaire - 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time     top of page

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4e dimanche d'une série de 4: l'intendance du trésor et de l'alliance
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