March 20th, 2011
One of the places we visited on our trip to the Holy Land last November was the Mount of the Transfiguration. In the gospel Matthew tells us that Jesus took his favorites, Peter, James and John, up a very high mountain. It really is a very high mountain. We rode up the mountain so far by our tour bus and took taxis up the rest of the way. If memory serves me right it took well over an hour to make the trip. When we got to the top I had a hard time believing the four of them really climbed to the top of that mountain. It would have taken them days. The view from this mountain is spectacular. There are ruins of a Byzantine church and a new one built many years ago. In the main body of the church is a beautiful mosaic of the Transfiguration with two small chapels, one dedicated to Moses, the other to Elijah. It was one of the most impressive places we visited.
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In this week’s bulletin, the Parish Lenten Retreat, casseroles for the Good Shepherd Centre, and the Faith Connections movie night.
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March 13th, 2011
Today’s first reading can’t be read as actual fact. It is an attempt by a primitive people to understand the human condition. Someone said that the first book of the Old Testament should be Exodus, the deliverance of the Jewish people from the bondage of Egypt. This was an event they celebrate every year at Passover and it was in freedom the Jewish people began to reflect on their history as a people, beginning with the call of Abraham.
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In this week’s bulletin, the Parish Lenten Retreat, Recovering a Sacred Balance, and the ShareLife collection.
March 6th, 2011
Remember a few years ago when they had those terrible floods in Quebec? The damage from raging rivers was unbelievable. Whole towns were wiped out. I think it was in the town of Chicoutimi that an earth dam broke and the main street of the down was a scene of devastation. But from it all there was one photo that stood out. A small frame house sitting on a huge rock, everything around it has been washed away. A graphic picture that speaks so loudly to today’s words of Jesus about building your home on a rock.
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Companion for the Walk of the Stations of the Cosmic Earth
St. Gabriel’s Garden – Guided Sensory Reflective Walk
