The Rite of Baptism for Twins William John Setlakwe & Thomas Raymond Setlakwe - God the Father, Jesus his Son, and the Holy Spirit offer intimate friendship to each and every human being on Earth. - Le Bon Dieu offre de l'amitié dans son amour intime à toute personne humaine - il suffit d'accepter et d'ouvrir son coeur, sa pensée, son esprit à notre Dieu Créateur....
Rite du Baptême
VOCATION: Jesus calls us - He calls you to follow Him, to be filled with the Holy Spirit, and become a missionary disciple....
Jésus nous appelle - Il nous appelle à Le suivre, à nous laisser remplir du Saint Esprit, et à devenir ses disciples missionnaires....
MP3 Files - Opening Dialogue aux Portes - - The Texts / Les Textes
The Gospel / l'Évangile - - - L'Homélie / Homily - - - PDF Version
The Baptisms / les Baptêmes
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Homily Notes pour l'Homélie
« Au Nom du Père, et du + Fils, et
du Saint-Esprit. Amen ! » “God so loved the world, he gave us his only Son, that all who believe in
him might have eternal life.”
Three years ago, who would have believed we would all have to endure a worldwide
pandemic? None of us had any control over that… we could do nothing to stop it…
we could only endure it and so our best to remain safe. (en français)
A year ago, who could have
imagined that the world would be help hostage by a Russian invasion of Ukraine?
It could not be helped or stopped… and to this day we remain helpless and can
only stand by and watch, and do what we can to support Ukraine and to help
refugees as they come among us in Canada and Québec. (en français)
We do our best to make a
home for ourselves and our families, but we also spend a lot of time at work,
at school, in our extended families, and in our neighbourhoods. The workplace
is constantly putting pressure on us to enter into servitude. We are offered
promotions, shares in the company, bonuses, and further advancement, but all
too often, the bottom line is that we are being seduced to give our consent to
the new slavery… not a slavery with chains on our ankles, but a slavery of 10-to-12-hour
days, 6-to-7-day weeks, and moving ever closer to 24 / 7.
(en français)
“God so loved the world, he gave us his only Son,
that all who believe in him might have
eternal life.”
It is a running battle for both women
and men to seek and maintain a vital balance of life, to make and defend time
for our life as a married couple, as parents, as members of an extended family,
and even simply as human beings. We have to make deliberate efforts to take
time just to breathe, to stop and enjoy the scenery, and to remember who we are
and why we are alive.
(en français)
It is very stressful and
perhaps even impossible to win this battle to live a fully human and satisfying
human existence by our own efforts alone. That’s why God designed us to find
our life companion and become husbands and wives, for the most part. Some of us
can find support for living as celibates, but we all need the support of family
and friends.
(en français)
“God so
loved the world, he gave us his only Son,
that all
who believe in him might have eternal life.”
We also need to have a personal connection and
relationship with the living God, our Creator. Although our God chooses to
remain mysterious, we can come to know and to love God. God plays “hide and
seek” with human beings… the Holy Trinity does the hiding, and it is up to us
to do the seeking.
As in much of human life, we need mentors, we need
the example and help of others in order to find our way. Let me tell you a
little about how I was helped to come to know God.
What about you? What might be your earliest memory
of God? Of praying to God? Of opening your mind, heart, imagination, and soul
to God?
I invite you to pray with me…. “Holy Spirit of God.
Jesus promised to send You to guide us, to enlighten our minds, and to grant us
to remember all that You have said and given to us. Come Holy Spirit of God to
awaken in us, to awaken in me, my memories of all that God the Father has given
me, of all that Jesus has said, and of all that Jesus has done in me and for
me. O Most Holy Spirit, I trust in You!”
(en français)
Maman when I was 4 ½ - my fear of the dark... one memory now = every night for 6 months....
(en français)
Papa when I was 6 - he was staring at the sanctuary... I was puzzled... in my wondering, I knew that Papa could "see" God... and I knew that God existed, God is real....
When I was 8, my Confirmation, my first Confession,
and my First Holy Communion... the ways God gently touched my spirit and left traces of his Presence in me....
God our Creator knows us and loves us personally,
and He wants to reveal Himself to us. It is often in silence that God comes to
gently touch us deep within our spirit. Let us enter into the silence within us
as often as we can. Entering into our own experience of silence often, we can
then initiate our children to experience and enter into the silence within
themselves. Let us show them not to be afraid of the silence first through our
example before we talk to them about it. This is how the Most Holy Trinity make
themselves known to us personally, very gently, and in complete respect for our
freedom and autonomy. It’s all about love and generosity.
(en français)
“O my Jesus, I trust in You!” God, the
Father, + the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
In silence now, the Holy
Spirit pours the Divine Mercy deeply into our spirit..
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