PARISH SCHOOLS - GRADUATION MASSES
June 25 Blessed John XXIII 6:30
pm
June 26 St. Bernadette 10:00 am
June 26 St. Gerard 6:30 pm
June 27 St. Martin H.S. 10:00 am
June 27 St. Jerome 6:30 pm
June 28 St. David of Wales 6:30 pm
My Dear Graduates,
As you graduate from Grade 8,
high school, college, or university, keep strong your faith in God. God blessed you with unique talents and
abilities and you should use those gifts well.
Work hard to prepare for a challenging future.
As you celebrate your
graduations remember the love of your parish, family and friends. Remember your own sacrifice and hard work and
remember that God has a special plan for your life. You have so much to be thankful for and so
much to look forward to. I wish you many
new joys and accomplishments and go as far as your dreams can take you. May God give you all the faith it takes to
make your dreams come true. May His
light shine down upon you each and every day and may His love and wisdom guide
you on your way.
Congratulations and best
wishes in everything you do.
God Bless you.
Father Joyson Pottackal, O.
Carm.
To All Fathers:
We celebrate the loving example of your life
this Father’s Day. You bless not only
your own children and family, but also all others who have the special
privilege of knowing you.
Thank you for “fathering,” mentoring, guiding,
and nurturing so many whose paths you cross.
Happy Father’s Day to all the wonderful fathers
in our parish and may God Bless you all!
Body and Blood of Christ
Think for a moment what it
means that blood is in us to give.
Whether donating to the blood bank, working for a worthy cause or giving
birth, are we not really talking about more than blood cells, platelets and
plasma? Do we not mean that life itself
is in us to give?
To the people of Israel blood
symbolized the pouring out of their lives to the God who had chosen them,
redeemed them from slavery in Egypt and made a covenant with them. Moses sprinkled both the altar (which represented
God) and the people with blood to show how intimate was the bond between God
and the chosen people.
The story might have ended
there. But the same people who had
promised to be faithful later built the golden calf. On the Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, the high
priest asked forgiveness for the people’s sins when he entered the Holy of
Holies (the Temple’s innermost sanctuary) and sprinkled sacrificial blood on
the altar.
Trinity Sunday
“God so loved the world …” Love is the first
step in the dance, and God always takes the lead. It’s the dance into which we have been
introduced at our baptism; life in the Trinity.
If you want to begin to approach the mystery of
the Trinity as anything other than a math equation, begin with love. It’s love poured out, love given, love
received and shared that is the essence of this mystery. Then, think love in motion – not a static
equation, but love moving between persons whom we name as Father, Son and
Spirit. Think of a dance between three
equal lovers who have nothing else to do but love. That’s the essence of Trinitarian life.
We tend to think of the Trinity as ‘up there,’
distant from us – a distance that absolves us from any obligation to
participate! But Trinity, in fact, is
our home address. We live in the Trinity. From the time of our baptism, we have been
caught up in the dance that is love poured out, handed over, returned,
shared. This love is our highest
calling, our source of morality and our greatest delight.
That humanity is invited into the communion of
love that is the God of Jesus Christ boggles our minds. But don’t get caught in the boggle. Ignore your two left feet. Let God lead you in the best dance of your
life.
Bernadette Gasslein, Edmonton, AB.
Feast of the Most Holy Trinity
God, the Father, Creator; God the Son,
Redeemer; God the Holy Spirit, Sanctifier.
When we “go out to make disciples of all nations”,
we have a lot to tell! God is present
everywhere.
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