Friday, March 20, 2026

Lent Fridays at the GSDM - Grand Séminaire de Montréal - Friday 7:15 a.m. Mass - February 20th and March 20th, 2026

In the "New Covenant" made by our Creator God with humanity, as reported in Jeremiah 31:31-34, every human being can know God from within - because the Holy Spirit is revealing our Creator to all who are willing to know the Lord and trust in Him. We can still help each other along the way; so please feel free to share with others these homilies and your own personal faith in God through Jesus Christ. G.S.

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Friday in the 4th Week of Lent 


Before entering seminary, I hesitated because I felt inadequate. Even in seminary and until my ordination itself, I felt inadequate. For us to be overly dismayed by our human limitations and weakness and feelings of inadequacy has something to do with pride. God offers us the grace of humility, to enable us to come to terms with our humanity and to accept our limitations.

This is for the same reason that the Lord gave to St. Paul when he asked the Lord to take away his "thorn in the flesh": 
“My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.” 

2 Corinthians 12:9 


Friday in the 1st Week of Lent 

"The kingdom of God is among you." Jesus said. It is within us when the Holy Spirit lights within us the "fire" of God's love. This is prayer, attending to God's presence, his love, within us. It is God's love within us which impels us to be open to our neighbour, to welcome and accept this fire of God's love, and to let his love flow out to others. Each time we accept to "endure" others out of love, we are becoming like Jesus, becoming love. Accepting to suffer by accepting others is a good Lent practice and a good spiritual sacrifice worthy of bringing to the Altar.

Contact me for the audio recordings: fathergilles@gmail.com 

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In the "New Covenant" made by our Creator God with humanity, as reported in Jeremiah 31:31-34, every human being can know God from within - because the Holy Spirit is revealing our Creator to all who are willing to know the Lord and trust in Him. We can still help each other along the way; so please feel free to share with others these homilies and your own personal faith in God through Jesus Christ. G.S.

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Lent Fridays at the GSDM - Grand Séminaire de Montréal - Friday 7:15 a.m. Mass - February 20th and March 20th, 2026

In the "New Covenant" made by our Creator God with humanity, as reported in Jeremiah 31:31-34, every human being can know God from...