Our world is filled with mysteries.  The most wondrous thing in the world is the mysterious.  Our life is a faint tracing on the surface of mystery.  We live with mysteries very comfortably.  Today’s feast of the most Holy Trinity celebrates the mystery of three persons in the one God, all bonded together by love.  […]

The coming of the Spirit on that first day of Pentecost was not a once and for all event, but the beginning of the permanent presence in the church. By virtue of our baptism, the Holy Spirit is closer to us than we dare imagine.  Wherever there are hearts open to receive him, the Spirit […]

  Today is Ascension Sunday.  It is the day that we remember that Jesus, forty days after his resurrection, returned to heaven to be with God.  The time immediately following Jesus’ ascension, was actually the most critical time for Jesus, for his disciples and their mission of preaching the Gospel to the whole world.  Jesus […]

On Saturday, May 5th and Sunday, May 6th at the three weekend Masses, 40 younger parishioners celebrated their First Holy Communion. Two more children will celebrate their First Eucharist in the coming weeks. Mostly Grade 2 students, the children had been preparing for the sacrament of the Eucharist since late September 2017. Preparations included 24 lessons using the […]

Jesus not only told his disciples what to do but also gave them a standard by which to measure their love.  He said, “Love one another as I have loved you.”  This love knows no limits.  This love symbolizes total self-giving.  Perhaps one of the reasons why both the Lord and his beloved disciple constantly […]

Abiding in Christ is at the heart of who we are.  Abiding in Christ is at the very heart of our lives.  When Jesus says:  I am the vine, you are the branches, he was proclaiming the true secret of life there is absolutely nothing as important as our union with Jesus Christ.  Nothing!  We […]

On Sunday, April 22nd at the 10:30am Mass, Bishop Richard Grecco sealed 42 youth with the Gift of the Holy Spirit in the sacrament of Confirmation. Five more candidates from the parish will be confirmed in neighboring parishes over the next month. These Grade 9 and 10 students had been preparing for the sacrament of […]

One of the most favored images of Christ in the early Church was that of the “Good Shepherd”.  This image appears several times in the paintings found in the catacombs in Rome.  Some of them date back to the late second and early third centuries.  There are many depictions of the Good shepherd in our […]

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.  People come to our livres for a reason, a season, or a lifetime.  Jesus always made it clear […]

In the Gospel today, the risen Jesus appears to his apostles, shows them his wounds and bestows peace on them. Then he inaugurates the mission of the Church. This mission is the exact same mission he received from the Father, a mission accomplished by his death and resurrection: the reconciliation of people with the Father, through […]