We Are in the Big Picture of What God Is Doing - Legion of Mary Annual Day of Recollection - St. Patrick Basilica Hall & Chapel - Saturday, September 6th, 2025

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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ANNUAL DAY OF RECOLLECTION

VILLE-MARIE CURIA, LEGION OF MARY, MONTREAL

"What grace(s) are you asking of God today?"

This is the question given to us by Saint Ignatius of Loyola and since then used by Jesuits and others giving an Ignatian retreat. When we ask a specific grace from God, then we are more likely to notice when God gives us that grace. We are being asked to observe, to notice, and to ponder as Mary did.

Our Day of Recollection picks up again the theme given to us on our Annual Pilgrimage, which was to Sanctuaire du Sacré-Coeur de Beauvois - Link to those recordings 

THEME: God's work of salvation is to restore in us the friendship He our Creator first offered to the first human beings at the beginning of humanity.

As you scroll, you will find hotlinks to the texts and audio recordings allowing you to open and see/hear or download.

Here are the complete 13-page speaker's notes with full text Fr. Gilles used today - PDF FILE 

Here is the participant's Journal - brief 7- page highlights of Fr. Gilles' speaker notes - PDF File 

Today's development of this theme:

Talk #1: What's happening? What is God doing? Q&A

Audio recording - MP3 File 

At the beginning of talk #2, Fr. Gilles invited us to come up for a closer look at two contemporary paintings from Northern Ireland - "Jesus welcomes you" - The Two Patricks Home Page: - - About the two Patricks.

Jesus as Christ the King

Jesus as Christ the King: wounded and bloody, yet serene, confident, royal, with a penetrating, loving gaze penetrating our souls with the love of the Father.... 

Mary, Patron of the Aborted

Mary, Patron of the Aborted: her tender, compassionate face lovingly, gently catching the little lives who died in their mother's womb... there is no judgement of those women, but only loving attention to those little lives suddenly finding themselves in God's infinity.... We know that Mother Mary has the very same tender and compassionate face for all women and others who suffered the loss of a child who died in the womb, whatever the reason of the way they died....

Talk #2: Where are we... where am I... inside the big picture of what God is doing? Audio recording - MP3 File 

Q&A Audio recording - MP3 File 

Holy Mass audio recordings 

1. Beginning of Mass - MP3 File 

2. Homily & Prayers of the Faithful - MP3 File 

3. Intro to the Our Father & Holy Communion - MP3 File 

What grace(s) did you ask from God at the beginning of this Day of Recollection? Now, at the end of this day, or in the days following, what grace(s) have you received, have you noticed happening, arising within you as you ponder like Mary did?

God our Father trusts us to use both our mind and our heart to make room for both his mercy and his justice, and at long last, to put all our trust in Him. As we do, Jesus brings us to his Father, and He becomes more and more our Father too.

O my Jesus, I trust in You! 

Jesus shares with us his Blessed Mother Mary to guide us and bring us to Him, our Saviour.

Mary, Queen of Legionaries, pray for us!

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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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© 2006-2025 All rights reserved Fr. Gilles Surprenant, Associate Priest of Madonna House Apostolate & Poustinik, Montreal  QC
© 2006-2025 Tous droits réservés Abbé Gilles Surprenant, Prêtre Associé de Madonna House Apostolate & Poustinik, Montréal QC 

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You will receive the power of the Holy Spirit coming upon you, and you will be my witnesses, even to the ends of the earth. Alleluia. - Monday 12:10 p.m. Mass at St. Patrick Basilica, Montreal - June 2nd, 2025

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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WEEKDAY IN THE EASTER SEASON

Monday, June 2nd at St. Patrick Basilica

The Homily - MP3 file  

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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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© 2006-2025 All rights reserved Fr. Gilles Surprenant, Associate Priest of Madonna House Apostolate & Poustinik, Montreal  QC
© 2006-2025 Tous droits réservés Abbé Gilles Surprenant, Prêtre Associé de Madonna House Apostolate & Poustinik, Montréal QC 

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