2020 I am Blessed Campaign started on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. 
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Give
Support of Parishes:
– You may donate directly to your parish
– Assist parishes in their building loans

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Act
“As God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. Bear with one another and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive each other; just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful.” Colossians 3:12-15

Be that light for others. Be a good friend especially to those who are in need as it fulfills what it means to be a disciple of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Pray
​”Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer.” ~ Romans 12:12

To become light for others in these difficult times, we need to support others through prayer. We need to help others carry their burdens by praying in solidarity with them.

“Be that light for others... pray with all your might for those in need. Rejoice with them, unite with their suffering and persevere in prayer.”

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At 12 noon today, the Holy Father Francis appeared at the window of the study in the Vatican Apostolic Palace to recite the Angelus with the faithful and pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square.

These are the words of the Pope in introducing the Marian prayer:

“Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!

This Sunday’s Gospel passage ( Mt 25 : 1-13) invites us to prolong the reflection on eternal life, which began on the occasion of the Feast of All Saints and the commemoration of the faithful departed. Jesus narrates the parable of the ten virgins invited to a wedding feast, a symbol of the Kingdom of heaven.

At the time of Jesus it was customary for weddings to be celebrated at night; therefore the procession of guests had to proceed with the lamps on. Some bridesmaids are foolish: they take the lamps but do not take the oil with them; the wise ones, however, together with the lamps also take oil. The bridegroom is late, late in coming, and they all doze off. When a voice warns that the bridegroom is about to arrive, the foolish ones realize at that moment that they have no oil for their lamps; they ask the wise ones, but they answer that they cannot give it, because it would not be enough for everyone. While the foolish go to buy oil, the bridegroom arrives. The wise girls enter the banquet hall with him, and the door is closed. The others arrive too late and are rejected.

It is clear that with this parable, Jesus wants to tell us that we must be prepared for the encounter with him. Not only for the final encounter but also for the small and large daily encounters in view of that encounter, for which it is not enough. the lamp of faith, the oil of charity, and good works are also needed. The faith that truly unites us to Jesus is that as the apostle Paul says, “which becomes active through charity” ( Gal5.6). This is what the attitude of the wise girls represents. Being wise and prudent means not waiting for the last moment to correspond to God’s grace, but actively doing it right away, starting now. “I… yes, then later I will get converted…” – “Get converted today! Change your life today! ” – “Yes, yes… tomorrow”. And the same says tomorrow, and so it will never come. Today! If we want to be ready for the last encounter with the Lord, we must from now on cooperate with him and carry out good actions inspired by his love.

We know that unfortunately it happens that we forget the goal of our life, that is, the definitive appointment with God, thus losing the sense of waiting and making the present absolute. When one absolutizes the present, looks only at the present, he loses the sense of expectation, which is so beautiful, and so necessary, and also throws us out of the contradictions of the moment. This attitude – when you lose the sense of waiting – precludes any perspective on the beyond: you do everything as if you never had to leave for the other life. And then we only worry about possessing, emerging, settling down … And more and more. If we allow ourselves to be guided by what appears most attractive to us, by what I like, by the pursuit of our interests, our life becomes sterile; we do not stock any oil reserves for our lamp, and it will be extinguished before the encounter with the Lord. We must live today, but today that goes towards tomorrow, towards that encounter, today full of hope. If, on the other hand, we are vigilant and do good by corresponding to God’s grace, we can calmly await the arrival of the bridegroom. The Lord can come even while we sleep: this will not worry us, because we have the reserve of oil accumulated with the good works of every day, accumulated with that expectation of the Lord, that He will come as soon as possible and that He will come to take me with Him.

Let us invoke the intercession of Mary Most Holy, so that she may help us to live, as she did, an industrious faith: she is the luminous lamp with which we can cross the night beyond death and reach the great feast of life.

[01343-EN.02] [Original text: Italian] – Vatican New – Bulletin

At 12 noon today, the Holy Father Francis appeared at the window of the study in the Vatican Apostolic Palace to recite the Angelus with the faithful and pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square.

These are the words of the Pope in introducing the Marian prayer:

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!

On this solemn feast of All Saints, the Church invites us to reflect on the great hope, which is based on the resurrection of Christ: Christ is risen and we too will be with him. The Saints and the Blessed are the most authoritative witnesses of Christian hope, because they lived it fully in their existence, amidst joys and sufferings, carrying out the Beatitudes that Jesus preached and which today resound in the Liturgy (cf. Mt 5: 1-12a). The evangelical Beatitudes, in fact, are the way to holiness. I now dwell on two Beatitudes, the second and the third.

The second is this: ” Blessed are those who weep, for they will be comforted ” (v. 4). These seem contradictory words because crying is not a sign of joy and happiness. Reasons for weeping and suffering are death, illness, moral adversity, sin, and mistakes: simply everyday life, fragile, weak, and marked by difficulties. A life that is sometimes wounded and tried by ingratitudes and misunderstandings. Jesus proclaims blessed those who weep for these realities and, despite everything, trust in the Lord and place themselves under his shadow. They are not indifferent, nor do they harden their hearts in pain, but patiently hope for the consolation of God. And this consolation they already experience in this life.

In the third Beatitude, Jesus says: ” Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth ” (v. 5). Brothers and sisters, meekness! Meekness is characteristic of Jesus, who says of himself: “Learn from me for I am meek and humble of heart” ( Mt11.29). Myths are those who know how to dominate themselves, who leave room for the other, listen to him and respect him in his way of life, in his needs and in his requests. They do not intend to overwhelm or belittle it, they do not want to dominate and dominate everything, nor to impose their ideas and interests to the detriment of others. These people, whom the worldly mentality does not appreciate, are instead precious in the eyes of God, who gives them as an inheritance the promised land, that is, eternal life. This beatitude also begins here and will be fulfilled in Heaven, in Christ. The meekness. In this moment of world life, too, where there is so much aggression…; and also in everyday life, the first thing that comes out of us is aggression, defense… We need meekness to go forward on the path of holiness. Listen, respect,.

Dear brothers and sisters, choose purity, meekness, and mercy; choosing to rely on the Lord in poverty of spirit and affliction; to commit oneself to justice and peace, all this means going against the current of the mentality of this world, of the culture of possession, of meaningless fun, of arrogance towards the weakest. This evangelical path has been traveled by the Saints and the Blessed. Today’s solemnity, which celebrates All Saints, reminds us of the personal and universal vocation to holiness, and offers us sure models for this journey, which each one walks in a unique way, in an unrepeatable way. Just think of the inexhaustible variety of gifts and concrete stories that exist between saints and saints: they are not the same, each has his own personality and has developed his life in holiness according to his own personality. Each of us can do it, go down that path. Meekness, meekness please and we will go to holiness.

This immense family of Christ’s faithful disciples has a Mother, the Virgin Mary. We venerate her with the title of Queen of all Saints, but she is first of all the Mother, who teaches each one to welcome and follow her Son. May she help us to nourish the desire for holiness, walking on the path of the Beatitudes.

[01310-EN.02] [Original text: Italian] – Vatican News – Bulletin

Calgary Catholic Charismatic Renewal Society invites you to the Annual General Meeting 

When:     November 28, 2020, at 10:00 am
Where:    www.zoom.us
How:  Meeting ID:  826 6987 8334
Password:  103230 

or join at   https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82669878334?pwd=M0hGZm4xY202Z1lkNVlSNXV5UHh1Zz09

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Calgary Catholic Charismatic Renewal Society invites you to Prayer Breakfast on Zoom

When:    December 12, 2020, at 10:00 am
Where:   www.zoom.us
How:       Meeting ID:  833 6153 5806
Password:  386358

or join the meeting at
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