This Sunday, we conclude the Easter Octave, we see
one of the most important ways Jesus established for us to enter into his Risen
joy: it’s through the experience of his
merciful love that he gives us in the Sacrament of his Merciful Love. Jesus
walked through the closed doors of the upper room where the apostles were
huddling together out of fear and he said to them, Shalom! “Peace be with you!”
Jesus has come down from heaven to earth and had sacrificed his life to give us
peace, but it was a special kind of peace, one the world can’t give or take
away. The peace Jesus gives is not the mere absence of war or conflict, but
harmony with God through the forgiveness of sins. Without this type of peace,
no other form can endure, because it is sin that destroys interior peace, the
peace of the home, the peace of friendship, the peace of communities, the peace
of nations. And so Jesus, wasting absolutely no time to set the next stage of
his peace plan in motion, in the night of his resurrection divinely empowered
the apostles as his peacemakers to bring that gift, and the joy to which it
leads, to the ends of the earth. It’s important for us to pay close attention
to the various steps Jesus took in today’s Gospel so that we can understand
better the divine foundation of the sacrament of Mercy. Jesus gave the apostles
the Holy Spirit so that they might forgive the sins in God’s name, just as we
hear every time the priest pronounces those beautiful words in the sacrament of
Penance. “God the father of mercies, through the death and resurrection of his
Son, has reconciled......sent the Holy Spirit among us for the forgiveness of
sins.” Hence, every reconciliation is a Resurrection. That’s why it’s so
fitting today, as we conclude the Easter Octave, that we celebrate Divine
Mercy Sunday. Back in 2000, St. John Paul II established this feast on the
second Sunday of Easter so that all of us could thank God for the gift of his
merciful love that led him to stop at nothing in order to save us from our sins
and from the eternal death to which our sins lead. Let this Divine Sunday be
for us an opportunity to show mercy to others especially those who have wronged
us. Knowing fully that God is always forgiving us and granting us divine mercy. Divine mercy of Jesus we trust in you, let your presence before us. For the
sake of his sorrowful passion! Abba Father Have Mercy on us and on the whole world!
Mama Mary pray for us! Amen!
A BIG THANK YOU
Dear people of God . During this difficult and
important time of Holy Week, with your support and cooperation we were able to
reach out to our community through Instagram by live-streaming of our Holy Week
Services.
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Thanks
to Larissa, Freddy, Leonardo , Farrel
and Camilus Hyginus for their initiative and assistance to this little way of
reaching out to our people and getting them connected to our parish.
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Thanks
to Franca and Sergio for providing new linens for the altar and fixing the
mailbox at Atwater church entrance door and donating New processing cross. Sean provided music for
Easter Sunday Mass and will continue to do so on all Sunday masses.
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I
acknowledge his good job in setting up St. Dominic
Church Mississauga YouTube. Com page. This Sunday Mass
will be broadcasted on YouTube at 11 am. We also Especially Thank
you, for sending your donations through various ways and supporting your
Church.
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Thanks
to Luis Gomes who does a wonderful job in updating our St. Dominic website page
regularly in a creative way! Thank each and everyone of you for all that you
do for the church!
God bless us all. May our Blessed Mother Mamma
Mary intercede for us! St. Dominic pray for us!
REST IN PEACE
+Dominic Baah
+Tarcisio Doracin
MEMORIAL MASS
On April 26, 2020 is the First Death Anniversary of
our beloved former Pastor Fr. Phil Jones
We will be offering the Mass for his Soul. May God grant him eternal
rest! May his soul Rest In Peace!
