Palm Sunday Homily

Peace be with you!



I had the privilege of giving the homily on Palm Sunday at St Paul the Apostle Parish this year. By clicking on the title you can listen to it. We are blessed this year to read Marks account of the passion.



A blessed Holy Week to All.

4th Sunday of Lent - Gospel and Homily

Greetings,
I hope everyone is having a blessed Lent. For your information here is the Gospel reading and homily proclaimed at St Paul the Apostle Parish, Burlington.
Peace,
Deacon Randy

Ash Wednesday - Gospel and Homily

Greetings!
With Ash Wednesday we begin our Lenten journey to Easter. I invite you to listen to the Gospel and Homily of Ash Wednesday - February 25th, 2009.
Peace,
Deacon Randy

The Conversion of St Paul - Homily

Greetings,
Here is another new venture! Posting my homilies in audio format, what a better time than the occasion of celebrating the Conversion of St Paul. I offered this homily on January 25th at St Paul the Apostle Parish in Burlington. I am grateful for the encouragement our wonderful parishioners. Especially to our holy associate pastor Fr Mariusz who recorded this homily for me.
To listen to the homily 'click' on the title of this post and follow the prompts.
Peace.

Calling

In preparing to give a homily for last Sunday I came across a commentary that I found very pertinent. At least for me, maybe for yourself as well.

You see I have a Blackberry. Now I am not here to promote one brand over another or even to promote cell phones. For me these types of devices are very handy and I find it very useful. But I must be very conscious ... does it control me or do I control it.

It is very functional, it fits in my pocket, it contains a lot of good stuff - my schedule, addresses, it is a calculator - all very functional for my busy life. And yes I can make calls or receive them! Now what is really interesting is that when someone calls me - if they are in my address book their name, number and possibly a photo appears. If the person calling is not in my address book what appears is a unknown number or a number of which I do not recognize.

I have choices!

Do I want to speak with this person or not. Is this person enjoyable to speak with or not? Is it good news or not? Will they want something or my time....

I can answer the call or send it into 'voicemail'! Then I can decide to call them back later or ignore them all together.

God is calling us all the time! Do we answer the call? Do we recognize the number? Are we afraid of what He may be asking us to do? Are we afraid to spend time with Him?

You see it is not just cell phones, we may have the service on our home phone ... and in our hearts

Telephone technology really does not matter ... it is the technology of our hearts.

Are we prepared to answer His call!

Giving Birth to Jesus ... as Mary did ...

I read with interest recently a homily given by Fr Cantlemessa. He refers us to being like Mary ...

We conceive Jesus and we give birth to him. Well not in a physical sense, but in a spiritual way. The conception takes place in our hearts when we allow the Holy Spirit to reveal the love of God to us.

We give birth by allowing the Holy Spirit to overshadow us, transforming our lives and we manifest this by our actions. Giving birth to our Saviour!

If we conceive, but not give birth - have we not done a spiritual abortion?

At this joyous time of the year - Christmas - may we be open following the role of Mary by allowing the Holy Spirit to work in our lives and give the gift of Jesus to all we meet.

Walking Pilgrimage to Canadian Martyrs Shrine

This years walking Pilgrimage will begin on Saturday August 2nd with Mass at St Paul the Apostle Parish in Burlington. Mass time is 9am.

This will begin an 8 day journey with stops in Caledon, Mono Mills, Alliston, .... ending with Mass at the Shrine on Saturday August 9th.

For information please view http://walkingtomidland.blogspot.com/