With all the premature hustle and bustle of businesses, media, entertainment and people in general already in the Christmas spirit, Advent offers us the chance to slow down, set aside the noise and distractions, and become attune to the subtle voice of the Lord. The Holy Spirit is ready to assist us, if we let […]
Grant us, we pray, O Lord our God, the constant gladness of being devoted to you, for it is full and lasting happiness to serve with constancy the author of all that is good.
100 Bells – Remembrance Day On November 11, at the going down of the sun, communities across Canada will mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War with the ringing of 100 bells. The ringing of bells emulates the moment in 1918 when church bells across Europe tolled as four years of […]
“The sacrament of Holy Orders communicates a ‘sacred power’ which is none other than that of Christ. The exercise of this authority must therefore be measured against the model of Christ, who by love made Himself the least and the servant of all” (CCC 1551). Jesus, protect and sanctify Your priests, who stand in persona […]
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