June 19th, 2011
This weekend we celebrate the foundational mystery of our Christian faith, the mystery of the Trinity, a mystery that teaches us that the inner life of God is a life of relationships – Father and Son bound together by the love of the Holy Spirit. As I mentioned before, a mystery is not something of which we can know nothing, a mystery is a reality of which we cannot know everything. Our limited minds cannot grasp the infinite reality of God.
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In this week’s bulletin, the TCDSB Director of Education search, and the parish social.
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June 12th, 2011
This feast of Pentecost is a lively feast. The imagery found in the scripture is so dynamic, so vibrant; it’s a feast that pulsates with energy, a rushing, violent wind that filled the entire house, tongues of fire darting from person to person. But what is more important is the transformation that took place in each person. They were spirit filled and spirit driven, each one proclaiming the wonderful works of God, each one determined to tell the good news of Jesus Christ, crucified and risen to all who would listen.
In this week’s bulletin, congratulations to the students from St. Gabriel’s School who received their First Communion, the parish barbeque social, and the Mosaic interfaith group.
June 5th, 2011
You probably have all heard the story from the Second World War about soldiers who liberated a village in France. After they had help reorganize life in the village several of the soldiers found a demolished statue of Christ in square in the village. They made an effort at patching it up and restoring it. They found all the pieces but the hands. One of the soldiers made a sign and put it at the base of the statue – it read ‘I have no hands but yours.’
Founded by St. Paul of the Cross, every Passionist takes a special vow to spend his or her energies in promoting remembrance of the sufferings of Jesus, the memory of the Cross, and reflection of the meaning of the Cross for the world.
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Companion for the Walk of the Stations of the Cosmic Earth
St. Gabriel’s Garden – Guided Sensory Reflective Walk
