Sunday Liturgy
Saturday: 5:00 pm
Sunday: 11:00 am
Mission Statement
We are a welcoming Christian community called to embrace and respect the uniqueness of each individual as we join together in our faith and worship. Our ongoing mission is to engage our youth, promote renewal, out reach, evangelization and ecumenical cooperation.
MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
Monday, December 1st – 9:00 am Special Intention
Tuesday, December 2nd – 9:00 am Bryan (Bogie) MacDonald (Anniv)
Wednesday, December 3rd – 9:00 am Arthur & Tammy LeBlanc
Thursday, December 4th – 9:00 am Percy & Edith Ennis/Lloyd & Edith Muzzerall
Friday, December 5th – 9:00 am First Friday – Frank Haggarty
Saturday, December 6th – 5:00 pm Leslie Bruce (Anniv)
Sunday, December 7th – 11:00 am Bill Shingleton
Weekly Reflections (Homily) from Msgr. Sheehan (November 28, 2025)
FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT
There is an Advent refrain today that is sounded in our readings and it is basically a call from the spokesmen of the Lord… “Come… let us do… Let us do this… let us do that…”
As you know, the great cry of Advent is: “Come, Lord Jesus… come into our hearts… come into our world… bring about your kingdom, your reign…”
But today on this beautiful Sunday of Advent… I am struck by the refrains of the spokesmen of God… in the vision of Isaiah, by the psalmist, by St. Paul… and what they are saying… is “Come let us go to the mountain of God…” “Come let us walk in the light of the Lord.”
The psalmist says… “Come let us go to God’s house… I rejoiced when I heard them say… let us go to God’s house.”
St. Paul in the letter to the Romans says… “The time has come… the night is over… it will be daylight soon… “Let us give up all the things we prefer to do under cover of the dark… let us arm ourselves and appear in the light… let us live decently as people do in the daytime.”
There is an enthusiasm about all of this which is somewhat frightening at first… if not foreboding…
I have a brother who is like that… you know the kind… if there is a family gathering, he organizes the children, summer field days, fishing trips, games, searches, etc. … There is an enthusiasm in him that I confess is lacking in me and the other ones of the family…
He is always full of suggestions for anniversaries, for birthdays, for Christmas. “You know what we should do, Brian?!!” Usually what he meets with is a sigh lack interest, if not outright opposition… or even more subtle opposition.
The one thing about my brother is that he is an “Awake” person… some times he can drive us all nuts… but there is a quality very akin to what our readings speak of today.
“So stay awake… be alert… stand ready…” These are opportunities not to be missed…
And those who know something of God and what he is like – Isaiah, the psalmist, Paul… all enthusiastically call to us, challenge us… out of our lethargy, out of our complacency, out of our fears…
“Let us live decently… let us arm ourselves and appear in the light… let us go to God’s house… let us allow our lives to radiate the goodness of God… let us go to the mountain of the Lord… let us walk in his paths… let us allow Him to teach us his ways…”
Isn’t it wonderful… it is a call to do something… and to do it together… that is us my dear friends.
Even as the days get shorter… and there is more darkness we are called to lighten up our world – by following in the ways of God…
“The time is come… wake up now… the night is almost over… it will be daylight soon… let us arm ourselves… and appear in the light… let us live decently as people do in the daytime…”
We are saying to the Lord Jesus… Come Lord Jesus… Come into our lives… fill us with your spirit… He is saying to us… “Come with me… walk with me… follow me… walk in the light… let us walk together… brighten our world…
brighten our lives… let your light shine so that they may praise your Father in heaven…”
“You be the real lights of Christmas… the Christ light that is in you by your goodness… your generosity… your patience… Come now… wake up…”
“Let us walk in the light of the Lord.”
Amen.