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Homilies
Homily for Palm Sunday 2022
With the rising price of gas, people are driving more slowly than ever before. For those of us who are always in a hurry, we go around them and forget it. When a person cuts us off in traffic, we can let that go... When we have a falling out or disagreement with...
Homily for the 5th Sunday of Lent 2022
What was it like for her... this woman in today’s Gospel? Caught in an unacceptable act. Standing in the midst of a mob of powerful men, with no support of family or friends or no police protection? How did she feel when she heard those words, “the law says that she...
Homily for the 2nd Sunday of Lent 2022
This past Friday, was the 2nd anniversary of World Health Organization officially confirmed a global pandemic. On the radio, people were asked, “where were you this time two years ago...?” Closed up in our homes? Hiding under our beds? Praying up a storm? This was a...
Homily for the 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time
We humans are a funny lot. We get caught in so many things... we judge, we complain, we can get our noses bent out of shape...but more importantly, we can love! From early on, we want life to be balanced and fair. We want to be fair to our children, our students, our...
Thoughts & Reflections
Our Sacred Stories by Fr Jennings: Living a Synod: Change, Challenge & Fear – Faith, Hope & Love
Change is a challenge. It is also universally necessary. Whether we talk personally or communally, we constantly face changes in our life. The same is true for our church. Change is an ever-present need for us all. And, it always makes demands of us. Thus, it comes as...
Our Sacred Stories by Fr Jennings: Encountering Jesus in the Breaking of the Bread
Our Sacred StoriesEncountering Jesus in the Breaking of the Bread Can we live our faith in isolation? Are we able to be believers without a community? There are many who assert that they have a spirituality, but it is so personal that they live it...
Our Sacred Stories by Fr Jennings: Easter: Season of New Life and Rebirth for Jesus….and for Us
Our Sacred Stories Easter: Season of New Life and Rebirth for Jesus....and for Us "[He] suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried; he descended Into hell; on the third day he rose from the dead.”(Apostles Creed) It should come as no surprise...
Our Sacred Stories by Fr Jennings: Holy Week: A Pilgrimage through Death to Life, Darkness to Light
Our Sacred StoriesHoly Week: A Pilgrimage through Death to Life, Darkness to Light This Sunday we enter what we call Holy Week, that sacred season from Passion Sunday to Easter. As we bless the palms and listen to the Passion story once more, we...
Father’s Favourite Newsletters
Alpha Course starting January 18th, 2022
Share life, faith, hope and Jesus on Alpha Alpha is an 11-week course that creates a space, online, where people are excited to bring their friends for a conversation about life, faith and Jesus.Holy Spirit Parish is joining forces with St. Croix Parish in St....
Pastoral Letter – May 2021
Message from Father David regarding the Possible Exposure to Covid-19 at Holy Spirit Parish
Dear Parishioners of Holy Spirit Parish, This morning, we received a phone call from Public Health of New Brunswick, informing us that anyone who attended Mass on Sunday April 18, at St. Matthew’s Worship Site could have been exposed to the Covid 19 virus. With...