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Homilies
Homily for the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022
While the rest of the country was dealing with frigid temperatures and falling snow, we were enjoying warm sunny days that broke all records: People out walking without jackets, some going back to shorts and t-shirts. On the news I heard that nature was ‘mixed up’...
Homily for the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022
It happened to me not long after I was ordained a priest. My first appointment as the associate priest of what was then a large and active St. Mary’s Parish. Sitting in the church after one of the many weekend Masses, reflecting, praying and having some quiet time...
Homily for the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022
Driving to Saint John this past week, my eyes were drawn to the reds, oranges and yellows that now sweep our once green landscapes. Nature is telling us that we are in the midst of transition. Currently we are moving from one season to the next. Summer is over and...
Homily for the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time
In my teenager days, I had difficulty finding things… like clean clothes, in my closet. Almost always, I’d be asking/shouting downstairs to my mother for a favourite shirt or pair of jeans. And it would go like this... “They’re in your closet...” “I can’t find...
Thoughts & Reflections
Our Sacred Stories by Fr Jennings: We Believe: What is our creed? What is in our hearts?
Our Sacred StoriesWE BELIEVE: What is our creed? What is in our hearts? What we believe, our faith expresses who we are. It is, in so many ways, written on our hearts. This is what we hear from the prophet Jeremiah (Jer.31:31-34): I will put my law...
Our Sacred Stories by Fr Jennings: Earning God’s Love?
Our Sacred Stories Earning God’s Love? John’s Gospel tells a story of Jesus visiting the Temple in Jerusalem (John 2:13-25). The Gospel relates the story as a lead into seeing our relationship with God in a new light. In Israel, the Temple was the...
Our Sacred Stories by Fr Jennings: Transfigured and Transformed: A Vision of Hope
Our Sacred Stories Transfigured and Transformed: A Vision of Hope Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. There he was transfigured before them.... On the vigil of the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi...
Our Sacred Stories by Fr Jennings: Our Journey through Lent
Our Sacred Stories Our Journey through Lent Several years ago a couple of my friends embarked on the pilgrimage walk from southern France, over the Pyrenees to Santiago de Compostela on the west coast of Spain. They were on a 30-day journey over...
Father’s Favourite Newsletters
Is there more to life than this? Try Alpha!
As we begin a new year, we are breathing a sigh of relief that 2020 is over and a vaccine has been invented for the pandemic. But after we've experienced such a strange and distressing year, maybe you've been thinking thoughts like these: Does my life have a purpose?...
April 22, 2020 Ignatius House Jesuit Retreat Center Newsletter
Living the Resurrection, Weekly Reflections from Ignatius House Each Wednesday, during the Easter season, a member of our pastoral team will reflect on a resurrection story. Fr. Peter Fink, SJ, retreat director at Ignatius House, offers today's reflection.