January 6th, 2013
Happy new year! In this week’s bulletin, the Leprosy Mission of Canada used stamp collection, Philippines typhoon relief, and casseroles for the Good Shepherd Centre.
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| Posted in Bulletin |
December 30th, 2012
Mary and Joseph and Jesus were a Holy and a troubled family – troubled from the word ‘go.’ Mary was pregnant before her marriage – Joseph had a mind to call off the wedding but in some way these two young people knew God was asking something special of them. We’ve just celebrate the birth of Mary’s first born under heartbreaking circumstances, in a stable meant for animals. Her son’s first bed was in a feeding trough. Forty days after his birth while fulfilling the requirements of the law that every first born Jewish male was to be dedicated to the Lord a strange man named Simeon intruded into this happy occasion and basically told Mary this child or yours is going to break your heart.
| Posted in Homily |
Father help us to live as the Holy Family, united in respect and love. The greatest blessing you bring to your family is the presence of God in your life. The fragrance of His presence sweetens the atmosphere of your home. The beauty of His presence warms the relationships within its walls. The joy of His presence lightens every heart. The glory of His presence fills all its chambers with rare and precious treasures.
Father help us to live as the Holy Family, united in respect and love.
The greatest blessing you bring to your family is the presence of God in your life. The fragrance of His presence sweetens the atmosphere of your home. The beauty of His presence warms the relationships within its walls. The joy of His presence lightens every heart. The glory of His presence fills all its chambers with rare and precious treasures.
“From God’s Heart to Yours” by Roy Leesin
Let us pray for one another. May God bless you and yours throughout this Christmas Season. We wish you a happy and peaceful New Year and always try to remember “Holiness is in the ordinary.”
December 25th, 2012
In the celebration of the Jewish Passover Meal the youngest child present asks the question ‘ why is this night different from all other nights? And an adult tells the story of how God delivered the Jewish people from the harsh slavery they endured under the Egyptians and led them on a long journey to their own promised land,
December 23rd, 2012
The person who should be preaching this Sunday should be a pregnant woman. Only she could grasp the dynamics of the visit of Mary to Elizabeth. These two chosen and expectant mothers meet. Mary frightened by the mystery of it all, “the holy spirit will come upon you and the child we be called ‘son of God.’” And Elizabeth overwhelmed by the wonder of it all. “she who is called barren is now in her sixth month, for nothing is impossible with God” Elizabeth’s unborn child catches his mother’s excitement at the unexpected visit of her cousin Mary and leaps in his mother’s womb. He kicked.
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