Lenten Retreat Part II

Dear Friends,

Here is the link to the second installment of a Lenten Retreat for this year.

Please follow the first part (also posted on an earlier post) in order to enter into the spirit of these talks.

I continue to pray for all of you during this Holy Season.

Blessings,

FP

Lenten Retreat Part I

Dear Friends,

I am offering today, Part I of a 3 Part Series on Redemptive Suffering.

It follows a traditional path through the Season of Lent as a means to help each of us deepen our relationship with Our Lord through His Passion, Death and Ressurection.

I hope you can use the following audio file for your own personal retreat. Parts 2 & 3 will be available on Friday and Saturday.

Be assured of my blessing during these Holy Days.

Father Paul (FP)

Homily for Third Sunday of Lent

Sorry Folks, this is really LATE!

Where does a priest's time go?

Ash Wednesday Homily

 Here is the homily from Ash Wednesday Mass at St. Ann's Parish, Flin Flon, MB.

Homily 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Going Deep

While the crowd was pressing in on Jesus and listening
to the word of God,
he was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret.
He saw two boats there alongside the lake;
the fishermen had disembarked and were washing their nets.
Getting into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon,
he asked him to put out a short distance from the shore.
Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat.
After he had finished speaking, he said to Simon,
“Put out into deep water and lower your nets for a catch.”
Simon said in reply,
“Master, we have worked hard all night and have caught nothing,
but at your command I will lower the nets.”
When they had done this, they caught a great number of fish
and their nets were tearing.
They signaled to their partners in the other boat
to come to help them.
They came and filled both boats
so that the boats were in danger of sinking.
When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at the knees of Jesus and said,
“Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.”
For astonishment at the catch of fish they had made seized him
and all those with him,
and likewise James and John, the sons of Zebedee,
who were partners of Simon.
Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid;
from now on you will be catching men.”
When they brought their boats to the shore,
they left everything and followed him. (Lk 5.1-11)

Here is the link for Sunday's Homily:

Homily for The 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time

 Luke 4:21-30

Jesus began speaking in the synagogue, saying:
“Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.”
And all spoke highly of him
and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth.
They also asked, “Isn’t this the son of Joseph?”
He said to them, “Surely you will quote me this proverb,
‘Physician, cure yourself,’ and say,
‘Do here in your native place
the things that we heard were done in Capernaum.’”
And he said, “Amen, I say to you,
no prophet is accepted in his own native place.
Indeed, I tell you,
there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah
when the sky was closed for three and a half years
and a severe famine spread over the entire land.
It was to none of these that Elijah was sent,
but only to a widow in Zarephath in the land of Sidon.
Again, there were many lepers in Israel
during the time of Elisha the prophet;
yet not one of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.”
When the people in the synagogue heard this,
they were all filled with fury.
They rose up, drove him out of the town,
and led him to the brow of the hill
on which their town had been built,
to hurl him down headlong.
But Jesus passed through the midst of them and went away.

Funeral Homily: Bro. Clifford Bringleson, CR

This morning, we laid to rest Brother Clifford Bringleson, CR at St. Mary's Church, Kitchener, ON. Fr. Sam Restivo, CR, Provincial Superior presided at the Mass of Resurrection assisted by numerous priests and Brothers of the Congregation of the Resurrection.

Brother Cliff was laid to rest with his siblings in attendance: Florence Cooper, Fred Bringleson and Kathleen Mitchell.The whole community joined in the celebration of Cliff's life and it was a fitting liturgy for a humble man.

Below you will find the homily from the mass which I had the privilege for sharing.