Jubilee 2025 - We are God's "secret agents". - "My son, my daughter, do you love me?" Yes, Lord Jesus, I love You." "Care for my sheep." - Saturday 17:00 p.m. & Sunday 10:30 a.m. Mass at Transfiguration of Our Lord Parish, Montreal - May 3rd-4th, 2025

In the "New Covenant" made by our Creator God with humanity, as reported in Jeremiah 31:31-34, every human being can know God from within - because the Holy Spirit is revealing our Creator to all who are willing to know the Lord and trust in Him. We can still help each other along the way; so please feel free to share with others these homilies and your own personal faith in God through Jesus Christ. G.S.

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3rd Sunday of Easter   

Saturday 5:00 p.m. Mass 

Sunday 10:30 a.m. Mass 

First reading: Acts 5:28-32, 40b-41 

Responsorial: Psalm 30 "I will extol you, Lord, for you have raised me up!"

Second reading: Revelation 5:11-14 

Alleluia. Alleluia. Christ is risen, the Lord of all creation; he has shown pity on all people. Alleluia.

Gospel: John 21:1-19 

Saturday audio recording of the Gospel and Homily - MP3 File  

Sunday audio recording of the Gospel and Homily - MP3 File  

After Communion Reflection: It is only human to feel we are not good enough: too short, too tall, too fat, too thin, not pretty enough, not handsome enough, not smart enough, too shy, too awkward... and so on, and so on.... Such dark thoughts may come from within our own weak, wounded humanity, but they can also come from the "enemy of humanity", the rebellious angels, the demons, who don't want us to serve as God's instruments in the world; they are jealous and don't want us to enjoy God's mercy and forgiveness, God's peace and love, or the joy of eternal life with God in Heaven. Jesus invites us to turn our attention away from such dark thoughts and instead to give all our attention to Him and trust in God's love for us. Jesus then sends us out into the world - to our families, at school, at work, and in the world, to notice other people and, whatever is happening with them, to pray for them and ask God to bless them; as Jesus does for each of us. - MP3 file  

Exhortation to pray for vocations to the priesthood and final blessing - MP3 file 

Homily Note Points 

We all face the same challenge as all the people we meet in the Bible, in the Old Testament and also in the New Testament. Every day and in every situation we have a decision to make. Will I give my attention mostly to the things of this world, be impressed by this world, feel afraid and insecure, or will I instead give my attention primarily to God and his Kingdom?

The problem is that this world is tangible: we see and hear it, we feel it, taste it, and smell it; it's pretty hard not to be impressed by everything in this world. God and his Kingdom, on the other hand, are invisible, but that doesn't make them less real. The love of the people who have loved us is real, but we cannot see the actual love; we can only see signs of love.

The religious leaders who had Jesus killed simply could not, or would not, believe that Jesus could be the Messiah, or that He could be the Son of God. That is why they had Him killed. We face the same challenge. So, how can we learn to give our attention to God and his Kingdom? We don't have to go looking for it, because God connects with us from within our own life: in the depths of our thoughts, in the middle of our heart, and at the center of our soul.

As we come and assemble together every Sunday, we practive giving all our attention to God, and we do that every day when we take a moment to pray. We can learn to make room for God in the very midst of our living all day long and all night in all of our experiences of life. The Holy Spirit helps us to learn how to do that, and the more we try, the more familiar we become.

We remember and pray for Pope Francis

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In the "New Covenant" made by our Creator God with humanity, as reported in Jeremiah 31:31-34, every human being can know God from within - because the Holy Spirit is revealing our Creator to all who are willing to know the Lord and trust in Him. We can still help each other along the way; so please feel free to share with others these homilies and your own personal faith in God through Jesus Christ. G.S.

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The universe shouts "God is great!" Yet humanity lives in denial or contempt of God. - Monday 12:10 p.m. Mass at St. Patrick Basilica, Montreal - February 24th, 2025

In the "New Covenant" made by our Creator God with humanity, as reported in Jeremiah 31:31-34, every human being can know God from within - because the Holy Spirit is revealing our Creator to all who are willing to know the Lord and trust in Him. We can still help each other along the way; so please feel free to share with others these homilies and your own personal faith in God through Jesus Christ. G.S.

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WEEKDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 

Monday, February 24th at St. Patrick Basilica

The Homily - PDF file  

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In the "New Covenant" made by our Creator God with humanity, as reported in Jeremiah 31:31-34, every human being can know God from within - because the Holy Spirit is revealing our Creator to all who are willing to know the Lord and trust in Him. We can still help each other along the way; so please feel free to share with others these homilies and your own personal faith in God through Jesus Christ. G.S.

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© 2006-2025 All rights reserved Fr. Gilles Surprenant, Associate Priest of Madonna House Apostolate & Poustinik, Montreal  QC
© 2006-2025 Tous droits réservés Abbé Gilles Surprenant, Prêtre Associé de Madonna House Apostolate & Poustinik, Montréal QC 

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