Holy Week is the week which precedes the great feast of the resurrection of Jesus on Easter Sunday. Holiness means desiring with God’s help to be filled with God’s love and doing the will of the Heavenly Father. Jesus leads us in our growing in holiness especially as we join him in the last days…
Forty Hours Devotion This is a special period of continuous prayer during which the Eucharist is exposed in a monstrance for adoration. The devotion begins with a Mass followed by continuous adoration over a 40-hour period, and it ends with a Mass and Benediction. In the Bible the number 40 is associated with a sacred…
Pope Francis recently presented to all Church members a very engaging letter with the name Gaudete et Exsultate. This is Latin for “rejoice and be glad” It is available at the website vatican.va This letter speaks in practical terms about holiness and its fruits, which include joy and gratitude. Below are a few excerpts to…
In the hectic business of His public ministry we are told that Jesus “got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed”. He did so to be in communion with His heavenly Father and also to teach us that it is by silence and prayer that we enter into communion with…
On February 3, the custom on the optional memorial of St. Blaise, is to bless the throat of the faithful after Mass. The words the priest uses are as follows: “Through the intercession of St. Blaise, Bishop and Martyr, may God deliver you from every disease of the throat and from every other illness. In…
The Catholic Catechism teaches about three states of the Church (n.954): “When the Lord comes in glory and all his angels with him, death will be no more and all things will be subject to him. But at the present time some of his disciples are pilgrims on earth. Others have died and are being…
By Father Pablo Santa Maria “Look, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel’, which means, ‘God is with us.” “Pour forth, we beseech you, O Lord, your grace into our hearts, that we, to whom the Incarnation of Christ your Son was made known by the message of…
By the Very Reverend Stanley Galvon, Rector of the Cathedral Part of our church’s Advent liturgy since the sixth century A.D., are verses known as the “O antiphons”. The writer drew seven titles of God from the Old Testament which express the people’s yearning for the coming of the Messiah. These days the O Antiphons…
The Our Lady of Lourdes Pilgrimage to Mission takes place on Saturday August 20, 2016, 9:30am to 4pm at Mission Heritage Park. Confessions begin at 10am, Mass at 1pm. Followed by procession to the Grotto where the Rosary is prayed and then Benediction. Please bring table and chairs. Hot lunches can be purchased on site or you can bring your…
Come support the next Rosary Rally on Saturday, July 9 at 10am at the South Plaza of the Vancouver Art Gallery (North side of Robson Street, between Hornby & Howe Street). These rallies are arranged by a small group of local Catholics, with no connection to any organized group.