Rejoice in the Lord always; I say, rejoice. Indeed, the Lord is near – this entrance antiphon embodies the Third Sunday of Advent. We are called to the joy that flows from the Lord. Having passed the midpoint of Advent the Church encourages us to continue our spiritual preparation for the second coming of Christ […]
You are invited!As we enter the 3rd week of Advent, it is a time to reflect and a time to prepare ourselves, for the coming of Jesus. Please join us at St. Lawrence Church for a very special Advent Celebration; as we gather as one community, to share in the hope, love, joy and peace […]
National Day of Prayer in Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples December 12, 2018 Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment The National Day of Prayer in Solidarity with Indigenous People is celebrated by the Catholic Church in Canada every year on December 12, the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas. This […]
The Liturgy of the Second Sunday of Advent introduces to us to Saint John the Baptist. He is identified as the “Voice in the wilderness” mentioned in the prophesies of Isaiah. Isaiah has been called the evangelist of The Old Testament because he wrote a lot about the coming Saviour. However it is only St. […]
Today we begin a new liturgical year with the First Sunday of Advent. The season of Advent is significant in two ways: It prepares us for Christmas, as we recall Christ’s nativity in Bethlehem and it is also a time when we look forward to Christ’s second coming at the end of the ages that […]
Solitude and time alone can sometimes seem at odds with our need for connections through friendship. As both human and Divine, Jesus provides us with many examples of the connection between solitude and friendship and what God teaches us about the need to seek out the solitary to prepare for friendship. December 16th, 2018 – […]