Carpe Diem (Rev 14:14-19; Ps 96; Lk 21:5-11) ********************************** A message offered us by the movie Dead Poet’s Societyis to Carpe Diem– to grasp the day, to make the most of our time each day. Our liturgy today in this final week of ordinary time encourages us to make all our time here on earth […]

Giving All to Christ (Rev 14:1-5; Ps 24; Lk 21:1-4) ********************************* The message of the gospel today is to put our complete faith in Christ; to surrender to him totally. It is interesting that in one translation, Jesus looked up and sawor watched rich people put donations into the treasury, but he noticedthe poor widow […]

Christ the Servant King (Daniel 7:13-14; Psalm 93; Rev 1:5-8; John 18:33-37) ********************************************************** A wife heard her husband come back into the house not too long after he had left. She said, “Hon, I thought you were going to your lodge meeting.” “It was postponed,” He replied, “The wife of the Grand Exalted Invincible Supreme […]

The Transfiguration and Resurrection Memorial: St Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions (Rev 11:4-12; Ps 144; Lk 20:27-40) ********************************************** During a course I once took on addiction’s awareness, I found out only two out of twenty-three participants actually believed in the resurrection. All the others were into reincarnation. A friend tells me her niece seemed to also […]

The Word of God (Rev 10:8-11; Ps 119; Lk 19:45-48) ********************************* The Law of the Lord is sweet, like honey to the mouth. A message that can be drawn from the readings today is to pray more contemplatively, to focus on the Word of God. According to Robert Barron, the Messiah had four distinct roles: […]

Victorious in Christ – Memorial: St. Cecilia (Rev 5:1-10; Ps 149; Lk 19:41-44) ****************************************** Recall your experience of winning an event of any kind, the feelings involved of being on the winning side and the way those feelings return when we remember the event, like Canada winning Olympic gold. I remember the highway I was […]

Memorial: Presentation of Mary (Rev 4:1-11; Ps 150; Lk 19:11-28) *********************************** This memorial of the Presentation of Mary is a commemoration of 543 dedication of the basilica St. Mary the New in Jerusalem. In 1585 this memorial spread to the Western Church. An apocryphal account tells us of Joachim and Anna bringing Mary as a […]

Faith, Repentance and Acceptance (Rev 3:1-22; Ps 15; Lk 19:1-10) ******************************************** Is your faith hot, cold or lukewarm? The readings today invite us to keep our relationship with God and Jesus fresh and strong through contemplative prayer, repent of our sins, and learn not to judge others. In the first reading from Revelations, St. John […]

Faith, Forgiveness and Healing (Rev 2:4; Ps 1:1-6; Lk 18:35-43) **************************************** “Lay your hands gently upon us, Let Your touch render Your peace! Let them bring Your forgiveness and healing; Lay Your hands, gently lay your hands.” Those words from the hymn by Carey Landry touch on the message from today’s readings – having a […]

The End of The World: Last Things Resource: Who Knows the Shape of God? by Corbin Eddy. (Daniel 12:1-3; Ps 16; Hebrews 10:11-14, 18; Mk 13:24-32) ************************************************************ Are you in a rut, or in a groove? Some people are in a rut so long they think it’s a groove. Today’s readings are designed to jar us […]