God the Father continues to send truth tellers to humanity, but we reject and persecute them; even his own Son, Jesus. - Wednesday, 2nd Week of Lent, March 16th, 2022 - S + L Mass at MQW Cathedral downtown Montreal

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We continue to Pray & Fast for Peace in Ukraine

Good Morning. Today Mass is offered for peace in Eastern Europe and the world, for the deliverance of the oppressed, healing of the sick and wounded, and peace for the souls of the dead….  

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ…. The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine shows how complicated human history and international relations really are. All we can do is humbly admit our ignorance and poverty, pray in solidarity with those who suffer, and help as we can.

Penitential Rite         Brothers and sisters let us acknowledge our sins and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries.  (Formula 3)

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HOMILY

The unexpected invasion of Ukraine by Russia has shocked the world. Ukraine claims it is being unjustly invaded by Russia; while Russia claims it is rescuing its brothers and sisters from extremists who have taken over the government. One thing cannot be denied: the loss of life and suffering by innocent civilians is scandalous. We feel helpless, but we can and must remain in solidarity with all those who suffer on both sides and pray for them, praying for both friends and enemies, for the suffering, and for the repose of the souls of those who have died.

In the face of such scandalous behaviour by nation states, and of the suffering of ordinary people, we can very well ask: “Lord, what are You doing?” Once again today in his inspired Word of Sacred Scripture, our God makes clear what are “the ways of the Lord”. His ways are not our ways. We want to experience abundance of life in undisturbed peace, but the mind of the Lord is perfectly adjusted to our human reality as it is; not as we would like it to be.

God continually sends good people, prophets, truth tellers like Jeremiah into society. The problem is that people generally don’t want to hear the truth, do not want to hear the truth; they say they don’t want God to tell them what to do, even though that is not what God does. God does not tell us what to do. God sends truth tellers so that humanity might hear the truth and be attracted to the truth.

The truth is that God, the Most Holy Trinity, is at the center of Creation; so, we need to pay close attention to the presence, the promptings within us, and the action of our Creator God and Saviour. In Jesus, God has come into our world not to dominate humanity, but to serve, to help us carry the burden of our humanity, and in the end, to accept to suffer with us and for us; that by the power of the Holy Spirit, we might learn to love perfectly.  “O my Jesus, I trust in You. Immaculate Mother Mary, pray for us. Saint Joseph, pray for us. We give praise to You, O God, the Father, + the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.”

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In Lent God offers to let our hearts be broken; so that his Love may enter into us, and then also go out from us to others. - Ash Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022 - S + L Mass at MQW Cathedral downtown Montreal

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Day of Prayer & Fasting for Peace in Ukraine

Good Morning. Today's Mass is offered by Mary and Des Cunningham for the deliverance of Ukraine and the conversion of the heart of Vladimir Putin and his associates.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ…. As we look out into our world, we see a lot of angry people, much yelling and running around. It’s a wonderful experience to be passionate about loving God and others, but it’s a terrible thing to be a slave of any of the human passions.

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HOMILY

We are part of this world. We cannot help but be sad these days, as we witness the Bear harassing the Lamb in Eastern Europe, but we know that when Jesus visits; the bear will lie down with the lamb. Jesus loves us and enables us, when there are enemies, for them to become friends.

Brothers and sisters, have you ever suffered from heartbreak? I hope so; our lives are not truly full until we have experienced something like that. Today, as we enter into Lent, the Lord is offering us precisely the grace of a broken heart. We’re not talking about a little selfish heart that is pained because it isn’t getting what it wants. No. We’re talking about a heart courageous enough to love others and to go out and care for others, and in this process of going out is rejected and wounded by the rejection. Jesus wept over ancient Jerusalem because He who is Love in Person offered Himself to his people, but they rejected Him, they rejected God’s Love. The suffering of Jesus is Love unable to give itself to those who are unwilling to receive.

You’ve heard the expression “It is better to have loved and lost; than not to have loved at all.” To enable us to love more fully, God is offering to break all the self-absorption and self-preoccupation which are part of the human condition unfortunately, but which form a hard crust over our hearts, preventing us from feeling sympathy with the sufferings of others, causing us to turn away and not look, not see, not hear; preventing us from reaching out with words, gestures, and actions of love, of compassion and caring. Lent is a great gift from God every year to his people and the Christian spiritual practices of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving have great value and effect, not only in those who practice them, but also for all those around them; to the degree that these practices come from our deepest heart, out of a genuine desire to leave selfishness behind, to love God by going out to love our neighbour and even our enemy; to be willing to be disturbed, to receive others with a hospitable heart.

How many of us truly listen to others? When we are seated at table, if there’s never a moment of silence, however joyful the meal and the company may seem to be, if there’s never a moment of silence, is there really listening or is it just an avalanche and a tumble of words falling over one another? It’s not just hearing them, but letting their words and all that is hidden behind those words to enter into us, to move us, to disturb us profoundly, and to let all those meanings become part of us and have a real effect on how we carry ourselves in the company of those people, how we look at others and how we behave towards others. A heart deeply listening to others will necessarily be broken so that love can come in and go out.

The mystery of our human existence, brothers and sisters, is that our heart, the human heart, has a set of gates, you know, big gates, one set of gates. Now, when we shut the gates against the possibility of being hurt, the gates are closed; no love can come in, no love can go out; no forgiveness can go out, no forgiveness can come in. There’s nothing more tragic than a human heart with the gates closed and shuttered. 

So, Lent is an occasion for us to put our trust elsewhere than in ourselves, to put our trust in God. Have you noticed in the Scriptures today that there’s a lot about God listening to us; there’s a lot about God taking powerful action in the world, but whenever we ask the question “What is God doing? Why isn’t God doing something about it?” It’s often because we’re pushing God out of the way. We’re throwing ourselves into the heart of the action, trying to take over, trying to fix it, trying to resolve it, trying to impose our will on others, and God waits for us to be finished with all of this busyness because God cannot really bring about his reign, cannot really give life, cannot really bring peace until we are willing to stop and become willing to receive what it is that God wants to give. 

“Father, may your Holy Spirit break open our hardened hearts so we can love like Jesus by accepting first to receive his love.”  “O my Jesus, I trust in You. Mother Mary, pray for us. Saint Joseph, pray for us. Lord have mercy on your children in Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia. We give praise to You, O God, the Father, + the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.”

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We are called to live and love as children of God, conscious of the Holy Trinity dwelling within us! - Wednesday in the 6th Week in Ordinary Time, February 16th, 2022 - S + L Mass at MQW Cathedral downtown Montreal

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Good Morning. (Unfortunately, there is no sponsor for the Holy Mass this morning; however, the Holy Spirit continues to join our intentions and offerings to those of Jesus who enables us to offer ourselves with Him to the Father.)

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ…. As we look out into our world, we see a lot of angry people, much yelling and running around. It’s a wonderful experience to be passionate about loving God and others, but it’s a terrible thing to be a slave of any of the human passions.

Penitential Rite         Brothers and sisters let us acknowledge our sins and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries.  (Formula 1)

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HOMILY

Did you notice in the Gospel passage today how considerate Jesus was for the feelings of the blind man? Jesus knew how self-conscious the man was, or perhaps embarrassed by those who brought him to Jesus. So, Jesus brought him outside the village out of sight of people.

The Apostle James advises us to be slow at the right time and quick at the right time. If I do or say something quickly because of human impulses; then I am not acting out of the freedom of the children of God, but as a slave to the many human passions. Mary, Joseph, and all the saints were quick to listen, but slow to speak. Listening attentively to others is an act of love. As I give others my full attention, I am able to notice things that may have been hidden before.

As children of God and disciples of Jesus, we are called to be constantly vigilant to notice the gentle promptings of the Holy Spirit deep within us, which is what Jesus Himself did.

Much of the world – other people, society around us, and life itself – rarely go the way we would like them to go. When I am full of myself; then, I am likely to let myself be carried away by feelings of frustration and anger, as if the whole world revolved around me.

The truth is that God, the Most Holy Trinity, is at the center of Creation; so, we need to pay close attention to the presence, the promptings, and the action of our Creator God and Saviour.

“O God, true Light, pour into your faithful the brilliance of perpetual light, that You may be pleased to glorify Yourself in us, even in our weakness, and save many souls.”  “O my Jesus, I trust in You. Immaculate Mother Mary, pray for us. Saint Joseph, pray for us.

We give praise to You, O God, the Father, + the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.”

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Christian, you are a Christopher, a "Light Bearer" - with God in you, boldly bring the Light of Christ into the world! - Wednesday in the 4th Week in Ordinary Time & The Presentation of the Lord, February 2nd, 2022 - S + L Mass at MQW Cathedral downtown Montreal

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Good Morning. There is no sponsor for this Holy Mass today.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ…. Today we celebrate the Presentation of the Lord, the 4^th Joyful Mystery of the Rosary. We too were presented to the Lord at our Baptism. Jesus, with Mary and Joseph, help us live closely with God by love of neighbour and enemy alike. We pray that many women and men will become witnesses to God’s love in the consecrated life.

Penitential Rite         Brothers and sisters let us acknowledge our sins and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries.  (Formula 1)

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HOMILY

Today is the 40^th Day of Christmas! Surprised? It’s true that we ended the Christmas Season with the Baptism of the Lord, but Christians have always remembered with devotion this 40^thday when Mary and Joseph accomplished their obligation to present the Child Jesus to God his heavenly Father in the Temple in Jerusalem. Their visit to the Temple allowed Mary to perform the purification rite for women who have given birth.

The observance of The Presentation of the Lord has always been a festival of light. Candles were blessed at the beginning of Mass at the Christmas Manger Scene and the faithful carrying lighted blessed candles processed to the sanctuary to continue the Holy Mass. You may imagine or perhaps remember participating in such a candle light procession, making visible our call as Christians to be Christopher’s, bearers of light, to bring the Light of Jesus into the dark places of our world, our neighborhoods, our families, and yes, even to the dark places in our churches.

Brothers and sisters, you don’t need a special permission, ritual or blessing to be capable of bearing the Light of Christ into the world, in your family, neighborhood, and parish. At Baptism you were made a child of God, a sister or brother to Jesus; so, you are a member of the Family of God, the Most Holy Trinity, for all eternity. At Confirmation, the Holy Spirit filled you with the power of God; so that your human weakness might no longer frighten or embarrass you. It is precisely our weakness that Jesus asks us to offer to God, as He did Himself; so that through our weakness God might make it obvious that it is his power that saves. Carry the Light boldly!

“O God, true Light, pour into your faithful the brilliance of perpetual light, that You may be pleased to glorify Yourself in us, even in our weakness, and save many souls.”  “O my Jesus, I trust in You. Immaculate Mother Mary, pray for us. Saint Joseph, pray for us.

We give praise to You, O God, the Father, + the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.”

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At every moment, especially when facing adversity, Jesus calls us to trust in Him - Wednesday in the 2nd Week in Ordinary Time & Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, January 19th, 2022 - S + L Mass at MQW Cathedral downtown Montreal

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HOMILY

We saw yesterday how God instructed the Prophet Samuel to anoint the young shepherd, David. When he poured the holy oil on David’s head, “the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David from that day forward.” We can see how the Spirit of the Lord makes the weak strong. King Saul doubts that the boy could possibly take on the giant soldier Goliath, but the Spirit of the Lord strengthens David’s natural abilities and dispels whatever fear he may have.

This is how God works in us. The Lord is pleased with who we are, and He blesses what He has already given to us. God enhances who we are, and with our attitude of trust, He makes a partnership with us to perfect our human weakness with his mighty power as God.

In a similar way, the Holy Spirit came to the aid of Jesus in his human weakness. Rather than be put off by the skepticism and opposition of his enemies among the religious leaders, Jesus set out to find the simple faith in those who were in need of his help. The man with the withered hand did not ask anything of Jesus, but Jesus saw the man’s infirmity, and He was apparently aware of the man’s humble prayers and supplications before God. 

God did not magically take away the defiance of the giant Philistine soldier. God’s way is rather to offer a grace to his people, his soldiers. Whoever wanted it could receive a grace to be made strong, wise, and courageous by the Lord to go out against the challenge with help from the Lord. In all of Israel there was only the shepherd boy David willing to accept this grace.

Jesus was constantly in communion with his Father; so, He was always willing to face his challenges with the strength and wisdom of the Holy Spirit. Now, today and every day, Jesus calls us to walk in his steps. At every moment we face a challenge, trouble, task or duty, even in the face of fear and self-doubt, the Holy Spirit unites Christians who believe in God to put our trust in the Lord Jesus; by asking Him to use our weakness to bring about the Father’s will. Peace and joy are given by the Holy Spirit when we put our trust in the Lord in everything.

“Father in Heaven, like your Beloved Son Jesus, help us put our trust in You.”  “O my Jesus, I trust in You. Immaculate Mother Mary, pray for us. Saint Joseph, pray for us.

We give praise to You, O God, the Father, + the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.”

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Good Morning. (Today there is no sponsor for this Holy Mass.)

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ…. Brothers and Sisters, today the Lord cautions us not to be afraid of those who are against us but to trust in Him. We ask for the help of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of the World, and of her Spouse Saint Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church.

Penitential Rite         Brothers and sisters let us acknowledge our sins and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries.  (Formula 1)

 Prayer after Communion                                    Announcement 

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Mother Mary, pray for us. Saint Joseph, pray for us.    Blessing and Dismissal

 

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God delights to bless those who open themselves to Him - these women call us to enter into the joy of doing God's will - Wednesday in the 4th Week of Advent, December 22nd, 2021 - S + L Mass at MQW Cathedral downtown Montreal

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        By now, Mary and Joseph are more than half way between Nazareth and Bethlehem; a very difficult journey on foot, with the donkey for Mary, in those days. But we experience with them the joy of anticipation of the birth. 

        This morning our God seems proud of his two daughters Hannah and Myriam of Nazareth whom we know as Mary. Much later when Jesus engaged in his ministry, He also favoured the women who came to Him like the sinful women or the Samaritan woman who accepted to chat with Him at Jacob's well. With men God seems to have had a harder time throughout history; even with his own apostles.

Why do you think that is? When the religious leaders were scandalized at Jesus forgiving the sins of the woman they were accusing, Jesus explained that she had loved much. They may love wrongly, at times, but women are the first to give themselves in selfless love. Hannah and Mary are among countless women who open their mind, heart, and soul – even their bodies – to God and his will, ready to put all their trust in God for their past, their present, and their future.

When Spanish priests started the Cursillo movement, they insisted that men had to follow the retreat first. They knew that women would be far more willing to follow a retreat, to take the time and make the effort to open themselves to God and grow closer to Him. It is true that God our Creator has designed women for love and to love, with their whole being open to and motivated for loving attentiveness to others and wholehearted service to give and nurture life.

 God our Creator has designed us men with strength to lead, courage to fight, ability to organize, and the will to apply ourselves to hard labors; so that we might care for the Earth and the human family. We attend to things; while women attend to people. I am generalizing here, that is true. Men are capable of caring for people too, and women are capable of taking care of business. Still, it's true to say the world is a mess, and both women and men are in need of the Most Holy Trinity in order to get our act together and care better for our world. Please pray with me…

Prayer to St. Joseph from the Madonna House Apostolate for the Year of St. Joseph which just ended.

“Hail, Guardian of the Redeemer, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary. To you God entrusted his only Son; in you Mary placed her trust; with you Christ became man. Blessed Joseph, to us too, show yourself a father and guide us in the path of life. Obtain for us grace, mercy and courage, and defend us from every evil. Amen.” 

"Mary, our Mother, you made room for God within yourself, in your life, we ask your intercession, that by God's grace we also may make more room for Jesus in our lives." 

“Father in Heaven, like Mary and Joseph help us make more room for Jesus.”  “O my Jesus, I trust in You. Immaculate Mother Mary, pray for us. Saint Joseph, pray for us.

We give praise to You, O God, the Father, + the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.”

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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ…. Brothers and Sisters, today Almighty God encourages us to trust in Him like the women and men of the Bible. We ask for the help of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of the World, and of her Spouse Saint Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church.

Penitential Rite         Brothers and sisters let us acknowledge our sins and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries.  (Formula 1)  

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We too are called to constant communion in the Most Holy Trinity - Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Wednesday in the 2nd Week of Advent, December 8th, 2021 - S + L Mass at MQW Cathedral downtown Montreal

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 Good Morning. (Today there is no sponsor for this Holy Mass - I offer it for Maureen Marolly.)

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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ…. Brothers and Sisters, today with the universal Church we honor the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of the World, and also her Spouse Saint Joseph, whom Pope Pius IX declared Patron of the Universal Church in 1870.

Penitential Rite         Brothers and sisters let us acknowledge our sins and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries.  (Formula 1)  

HOMILY

Once again, Brothers and Sisters, Happy Feast Day!

Brothers and Sisters, Eve did not bring an apple to Adam, even though medieval churches were decorated with frescoes portraying Adam and Eve eating a similar fruit. The devil tempted them to stop trusting in God and instead to taste evil as well as good and get experience. As a result, Adam was ashamed of his nakedness, which had not been a problem before. Perhaps the evil knowledge they were tempted to experience was something sexual, we don’t know.

When we consider the mess that humanity has been in since then, sexuality may very well have been the original arena of human sinfulness. The Gospel celebrates human sexuality in the virginal conception Mary had by the Holy Spirit and the natural conception Elizabeth and her husband Zechariah had in their old age. For both couples, it was all about the transmission of life and the love of husband and wife. We have received that Joseph respected Mary’s virginity; though they loved one another as brother and sister, their love was deep and life giving. Jesus would grow up knowing that his parents loved one another with a perfectly devoted love.

Much human drama and suffering is the direct result of trying to separate sexual intimacy from this perfectly faithful and chaste love of husband and wife and from that couple’s capacity to lovingly generate and transmit life, thereby truly living and loving in God’s image.

Whether or not married couples like Mary and Joseph, like Elizabeth and Zechariah, are able to have their own children, or whether they have recourse to adopting children or caring for foster children, or whether they are fruitful and generate life by caring for children in their extended family or for poor children in need or other people in distress; there are so many ways in which we human beings can generate life and pour ourselves out selflessly in love of others.

Today, one of the truths we celebrate is that Mary, like the son she was about to have, Jesus, was always in communion with the Most Holy Trinity, always aware of God's love and Presence, pondering the mysteries of God's love for us in the world. We are capable of the same communion; that is what prayer is - to open our mind, heart, and soul to God at all times. During this Mass let us ask Our Blessed Mother, Immaculate Heart of Mary, to pray for us; that we may do just that.

Please pray with me now…

Prayer to St. Joseph from the Madonna House Apostolate for this Year of St. Joseph

“Hail, Guardian of the Redeemer, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary. To you God entrusted his only Son; in you Mary placed her trust; with you Christ became man. Blessed Joseph, to us too, show yourself a father and guide us in the path of life. Obtain for us grace, mercy and courage, and defend us from every evil. Amen.”

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Father in Heaven, your plan for our life on Earth then eternal life after death is the best possible plan. May the example and intercession of Mary Immaculate and Joseph help us to know and do your holy will in our lives as they did and help us follow in the steps of Our Lord Jesus Christ.”  “O my Jesus, I trust in You. Immaculate Mother Mary, pray for us. Saint Joseph, pray for us.

We give praise to You, O God, the Father, and + the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.”

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The Preparation of the Gifts and Our Offering

In lieu of the Prayers of the Faithful, which we would have on a Sunday, I invite you now to reflect during the Offertory Hymn, and as the bread and wine are prepared, to reflect on what intentions you bring to the Lord this morning for yourself, for your family, for the Church, and for the world. A big one is asking God to grant us vocations to the priesthood and to give the men He is calling the courage and the generosity to respond to the call; but also, we place on the Altar our efforts we have made since the last time we were in Church, our efforts to live as God's children, our desire, or perhaps the lack of our desire, to be in communion with God at all times. 

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Reflection after Holy Communion

This moment of silence after Communion, just as after the Homily, is part of the Liturgy because the Lord wants us to learn that the Most Holy Trinity does most of the work in our life and deep within us. We can at times be so anxious about how to pray, how long to pray, and what to pray, but really all we need to do is just to be there, with an open mind, heart, and soul, and allow God to do what God wants to do deep within us. As a woman is content to sit in the hairdresser's chair and allow her to do good things to her, and as a man doesn't mind sitting in the barber's chair and allow the barber to do those things; so we are to approach God with an even better attitude of allowing the Lord to do all He wants to do within us; as Mary did, and as Joseph did. 

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Let us offer a Hail Mary for the good of the Church, for the good of souls, and for the remedy of all those who may have been harmed in any way in their experience of the Church. "Hail Mary...."

Our Lady of Ville-Marie, pray for us. Saint Joseph, pray for us. 

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