Please
note there will be a live streaming of Palm Sunday mass at St. Dominic’s. We
will update the time and link at the earliest!
Reflections
from Fr. Terry :
Whole
populations plunged into crisis. Everyday assumptions about normal life swept
away. In the midst of such turmoil we faithful Christians will feel one loss
acutely: the inability to take part physically in the core services of the
church’s year, the liturgies of the Tridum. But when accepted and reflected on,
this loss can provoke insight into the mystery that lies at the heart of human
experience. Recognised or not the dynamic of daily life is one of dying to old
ways and rising to freedom. The present pandemic challenges Christians to
manifest to a fear-filled world that the dying and rising of Jesus is the
ground of all hope.
Throughout
the season of Lent we have reflected on important moments in the life of
Christ. We explored the temptation of Jesus in the desert, His transfiguration
on the mountain, His gift of living water to the Samaritan woman at the well.
His miracle of bringing sight to the man who was born blind and His gift of
life to his dear friend Lazarus who had died. This Palm Sunday, we reflect on
the fact that Jesus did not suffer in order to appease an angry and vengeful
God. Rather, His suffering is an action of profound love, a love that redeems,
reconciles and heals. Jesus in his suffering unites himself to the human
situation and shows us that pain and affection, as terrible as they can be, are
part of everyone’s life, but are not the final words of about our lives. As St.
Paul reminds Jesus accepted suffering and death, and because of this “He is
highly exalted,” and that every tongue will confess that “Jesus Christ is the
Lord, to the glory of Hod the Father.” So, we see that suffering, love and
forgiveness are intimately related and are central to the Passion of Jesus. And
since all of us will surely suffer at one time or another in life, it is
precisely in the willingness of Jesus to suffer for us that we begin to
understand that it is only through love that suffering can have any meaning!
Dear
people of God .
At
a time like this I feel uncomfortable to talk about giving. Our primary concern
is health and well being of our parishioners. However, No doubt you are aware
that our Parish relies on the support of our parishioners to operate parish
salaries, programs and ongoing operating costs (Heating, Water,Electricity etc)
are funded through the generosity of our parish community. It will be a
challenge for our parish to maintain operations without the weekly offertory
collections.
Here
are the ways you can continue to support our parish at this time.
-
Drop off or mail your regular offertory contribution to the parish mail box
fixed at Atwater entrance door.
-Contribute
to your parish offertory by credit card.
-
Contribute through ore-authorized giving.
-
Contribute via online banking
For
more ways to give go to
Thank
you for your many contributions to our parish community.
God
bless you all
And
our Blessed Mother Mamma Mary intercede for us! 🙏
Fr. Terry Dias
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St. Dominics: REST IN PEACE:
+
Alex Costenuck
+
Bruna Gerosa
+ Clifford
Bowers
+ Clare Paul
+ Clare Paul
*My Virtual Prayer Book*
(Temporary,
during Coronavirus)
Nothing
is more significant than visiting God’s dwelling place - the Church, surrounded
by all His children, and receiving His Body & Blood in the Holy Eucharist,
for Jesus said:
“Where
two or three are gathered in my name, there I am in their midst”.
“He
who eats my body and drinks my blood shall not die, but have eternal life”.
*Virtual Masses*
*Act
of Spiritual Communion*
*The
Angelus Prayer*
*The
Chaplet of Divine Mercy *(Recited at 3 pm)
*Holy
Rosary*
*Stations
of the Cross *
