“How will I thank the Lord for his goodness to me?” Ps 116 Dear parishioners, As I sit down to write my last pastor’s corner,...
“Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be satisfied… Woe to you who are filled now, for you will be hungry.” Lk 6,...
“No slave can serve two masters…You cannot serve both God and wealth.” Lk 16,13 Dear parishioners, Luke’s gospel provokes in...
“But Moses implored the Lord his God, … And the Lord changed his mind about the disaster that he planned to bring on his...
“I am sending him back to you… I wanted to keep him with me, so that he might be of service to me… But I am sending him back...
“To the humble the Lord reveals his secrets…By the humble he is glorified.” Si 3,20 Dear parishioners, No one should be more...
“I am coming to gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come and shall see my glory, and I will set a sign among them.”...
“I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry. He drew me up from the desolate pit, and set my feet...
“Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things; there is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better...
‘’The Law of the Lord is perfect, the decrees of the Lord are sure, the precepts of the Lord are right, the commandment of the...
“When you send forth your Spirit, they are created;And you renew the face of the earth.” Ps 104 Dear parishioners, Pentecost!...
“He ordered them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait there for the promise of the Father. ‘You will be baptized with the Holy...
“The Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and remind you of all that I...
“I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God…I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, ‘See,...
“There was a great multitude that no one could count…standing before the throne and before the Lamb,…These are they who have...
“Simon, son of John, do you love me? Yes Lord; you know that I love you. Then, feed my sheep.” Jn 21 Dear parishioners, The...
“Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe.” Jn 20,29 Dear parishioners, “Those who have not seen and...
“When the days for his being taken up were fulfilled, Jesus resolutely took the road to Jerusalem.”Lk 9,51 Dear parishioners,...
“Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old. I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you...
“There is a new creation. Everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!...God has reconciled us to himself...
“Sir, let it alone for one more year, until I dig around it and put manure on it. If it bears fruit next year, well and good,...
“This is my Son, my Chosen one; listen to him!” Lk 9,34 Dear parishioners, In today’s beautiful gospel of the...
“If you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be...
“Out of the good treasure of the heart, the good person produces good, and out of evil treasure, the evil person produces...
“The Most High is kind to the ungrateful and to the wicked, so be the children of the Most High; be merciful, just as your...
“ Blessed are you…Woe to you…” Lk 6 Dear parishioners, Decidedly, today’s readings are full of blessings and curses, of...
“Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? And I said: ‘Here am I; send me!’” Is 6,8 Dear parishioners, Today’s readings are...
LOVE IS EVERYTHING! Dear parishioners, Love is everything. That is my summary of St. Paul’s incredibly beautiful presentation...
“The Law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the decrees of the Lord are sure, making wise the simple. The precepts of...
“There are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates...
“When Jesus had been baptized, the heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form like a dove. And a...
“Mary treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart.” Lk 2,18 Dear parishioners, There is an awful lot to ponder...
“This is the commandment of God, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another.” 1 Jn 1,3 ...
“Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted...
“Rejoice and exult with all your heart…The Lord has taken away the judgements against you…The Lord is in your midst… do not...
“The Lord has done great things for us, and we rejoiced…Restore our fortunes, O Lord, may those who sow in tears reap with...
“May God so strengthen your hearts in holiness that you may be blameless before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord...
“My kingdom is not from this world.” Jn 18 Dear parishioners, With these words spoken to Pilate, Jesus acknowledges...
“They will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. He will send out the Angels, and gather his elect...
“The jar of meal was not emptied, neither did the jug of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord that he spoke by Elijah.”...
“Hear O Israel, and observe diligently the Lord’s commandments, so that your days may be long, so that it may go well with...
“See, I am going to bring them back, among them those who are blind and those who are lame, for I have become a father to...
I rejoiced when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord.” And now our feet are standing within your gates, O...
“There is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields, for my sake and for the...
“A man shall leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. So they are no...
“Would that all the Lord’s people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit on them all!” from today’s first...
“I am the salvation of the people, says the Lord. Should they cry to me in any distress, I will hear them, and I will be their...
“Whoever wants to save their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake, and for the sake of the Gospel, will...
“A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of...
“’Get up and eat, otherwise the journey will be too much for you.’ Elijah got up, and ate and drank; then he went in the...
“God the Father has set his seal on the Son of Man. He will give you food that endures for eternal life. The work of God is...
“The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season. You open your hand, satisfying the desire of every...
“I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the lands where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to...
“In Christ you were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit, the pledge of our inheritance toward redemption as God’s...
“As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look...
“Do not be afraid, just have faith.” Mk 5,36 Dear parishioners, Once again, the same message from Jesus as in last Sunday’s...
“Why are you afraid? Have you no faith?” Mk 4,40 Dear parishioners, I just love these words of Jesus from today’s gospel....
“It is good to give thanks to the Lord.” Ps 92 Dear parishioners, It’s always good to give thanks to the Lord, in particular...
“What shall I return to the Lord for all his bounty to me? I will lift up the cup of salvation, I will offer to you a...
“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy...
Dear parishioners, As you have heard, we are open for in-person attendance at church services effective this Sunday. So a few...
“When you send forth your Spirit, they are created; and you renew the face of the earth.” Ps 104 “the Risen Jesus breathed...
“As they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.” Ac 1,9 Just like that. He was lifted up...
“All the ends of the earth have seen the victory of our God.” Ps 98 Dear parishioners, Let me begin by giving you the reasons...
“Meanwhile the Church… had peace and was built up. Living in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it...
“We will be like him, for we will see him as he is.”1 Jn 3,2 Dear parishioners, On the last day, we will be transfigured by...
“The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers has glorified his servant, Jesus.” Ac 3,13...
“I shall not die, I shall live, and recount the deeds of the Lord. This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvellous in our eyes....
You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised; he is not here. Look, there is the place where...
“Our help is in the name of the Lord…who made Heaven and Earth.” Dear parishioners, Probably most of you have heard by now...
“When the days for his being taken up were fulfilled, Jesus resolutely determined to journey to Jerusalem.” Lk 9,51 Dear...
“When I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all people to myself.” Jn 12,33 Dear parishioners, Jesus’ beautiful words in...
“By grace you have been saved through faith. This is not your own doing. It is the gift of God. This is not the result of...
“The crucified Christ that we proclaim is a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those who are called,...
“O Lord, I love the house where you dwell, the place where your glory abides.” Ps 26 “I rejoiced when I heard them say ‘Let...
“After Jesus was baptized, the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness. He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by...
“Repent, and believe in the Gospel.” Dear parishioners, With these words which we pronounce on Ash Wednesday, we usher in the...
“Does not the human being have a hard service on earth, … I am allotted months of emptiness, and nights of misery are...
“I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their own kin; I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to...
Make me to know your ways, O Lord; and teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth, and teach me, for you are the God of my...
“Speak Lord, for your servant is listening.” 1 Sm 3,9 “Behold, I come to do your will, O God.” Ps 40,7.8; He 10,7 Dear...
“In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.” Mk 1,9 Dear parishioners, The...
“On entering the house, the wise men from the east saw the child with Mary his mother; and they knelt down and paid him...
“The shepherds went in haste, and found Mary and Joseph and the Infant lying in a manger.” Lk 2,16 Merry Christmas, dear...
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me; he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, to...
“O people of Sion, behold, the Lord will come to save the nations, and the Lord will make the glory of his voice heard in the...
“I, the Lord God, will rescue my sheep from all the places to which they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick...
“Brothers and sisters: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I give thanks to my God always...
Dear parishioners, In a leap of faith and hope that we won’t be shut down in the coming weeks, we have drawn up a schedule for...
Dear parishioners, First of all, our liturgy team has met to determine what Advent and Christmas will look like at St. Mary’s....
“There was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing...
Dear parishioners, Little to report this week. Quite frankly, I could have skipped this pastor’s corner, but I feel the need to...
“For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my chosen, I call you, Cyrus, by your name. I arm you, though you do not know me,...
Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff – they comfort...
Dear parishioners, This week, it’s all – or almost all – about money! It’s never easy to solicit funds, but when the causes are...
Dear parishioners, The sun is shining gloriously as I write this, so let’s all just remember, if the rains comes back, that on...
“My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord.” Is 55,8 No kidding. This much we know, that His...
“For to this end Christ died and lived again, so that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.” Rm 14,9 Dear...
“Where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.” Mt 18,20 Dear parishioners, Faithful to Jesus’ words in...
Dear parishioners, Just five things this week. The first, a somewhat unpleasant advisory. We have asked that you pre-register...
Dear parishioners, This week is mostly, I think, a repetition of things I’ve communicated to you in my last pastor’s corner,...
“Soon my salvation will come, and my deliverance be revealed… I will bring foreigners who love the name of the Lord to my holy...
Dear parishioners, Allow me to begin this week with an attempt to make some clarifications on our process for pre-registering...
“And all ate and were filled.” Mt 14,13-21 Dear parishioners, It just so happens that today’s gospel is what inspired the...
“All things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.” Rm 8,28-30 Dear...
Dear parishioners, I hope you’re all well. Here are the headlines for this week. First, the good news. All Were Filled is off...
“As the rain and the snow, … so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; … it shall succeed in the thing for which I sent...
Dear parishioners, Based on our first week’s experience of weekday masses with people in attendance, and on our projections for...
“When the crowds had had their fill, Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Gather the fragments left over, so that nothing will be...
Dear parishioners, This Sunday’s message is largely a repeat of last Sunday’s, but again, I believe, especially given the...
Dear parishioners of St. Mary’s Parish – Vancouver , Great news: we have decided that the time has come to re-open our...
Dear parishioners, Happy Solennity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. Firstly and most importantly, I want to share...
Dear parishioners of St. Mary’s, Vancouver Here are a few bits of information that I would like to share with you. Just a...
Dear parishioners, I have some very good news to share with you about this year’s Project Advance campaign. The first bit of...
Hello to all St. Mary’s parishioners! I hope everyone is holding out well. Here are a few updates on our parish situation. We...
Dear parishioners, Many of you, no doubt, have heard that we have been given the permission to re-open the church for masses...
Hello to all St. Mary’s parishioners! I hope everyone is holding out well. Here are a few updates on our parish situation. We...
“I shall not die, I shall live,… The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. This is the Lord’s...