Ongoing Journey of Faith
Dearly beloved parishioners of St. Joseph Calasanctius parish
It has been over two weeks that all the priests in the Diocese of Prince Albert could not celebrate the Holy Eucharist with their faithful parishioners on weekdays , especially on Sunday mass. It was indeed an agony for them and for myself as well.
Yet I have celebrated private mass without a congregation in the Church.
Please be assured that on Sundays , according to the Canon Law, a priest must celebrate mass to pray for the parishioners (pro populo).
As Bishop Albert had instructed to the whole diocese, people can come to the church at the fixed times 10 am to 12 pm on weekdays. Henceforth, our parish continues to follow this instruction by having the Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament on the Altar.
There were ten people coming regularly to the Church to adore, to recite the Hoy Rosary and the Divine Chaplet, including the Station of the Cross on Friday. We can see a continuous journey of faith in them, representing the whole parish in this time of isolating.
I am moved and so touched by the tremendous faith that they have shown in the Church by having two hour adoration, praying in front of the Blessed Sacrament.
I strongly believe that ours was a common prayer imploring an end to the pandemic of the Covid-19 virus.
May the compassionate God continue to keep our parishioners away from sickness, especially from this terrible Virus.
May Jesus, the Divine Healer, touch and heal the world.
May the Virgin Mother guide us on this journey and obtain for us from her divine Son the grace to be able to use our life for love of Jesus at the service of brothers.
Remember you all in my daily private mass and prayers. Let us pray for one another.
Fr. Phinh Do
Pastor
Merry Christmas 2019
Christmas 2019 “For a child has been born to us!”
Tonight, we solemnly celebrate the Feast of the Birth of Jesus whom the Angel at the first Christmas in
Bethlehem announced as the Savior (Luke 2:11) and Isaiah, centuries earlier had forseen as a Redeemer (Is 52:9)
Tonight we receive God’s promise: the Lord’s Birth. The Heavenly Father
has given us His own Son: for this indescribable gift we are filled with joy.
The Son of God, conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit in the womb
of the Immaculate Virgin Mary and born in the stable at Bethlehem chose to enter
the world within a family – the Holy Family of Nazareth.
Yet, the Savior of the world has come down from Heaven. Let us rejoice.
This proclamation, filled with deep rejoicing, echoed in the night of Bethlehem.
Tonight, the Church renews it with unchanged Joy: the Savior is born for us.
As this holy night comes, the message of Jesus, the Savior, who is Light echoes
once more from the crib of Bethlehem in the ears of each Christian, and
re-echoes in our hearts with an ever new freshness of Joy and Piety
God of Peace, Gift of Peace, come to live in the heart of every
Individual and of every family of St. Joseph Calasanctius parish.
May the Joy of Christmas and this Holy night and the peace which the
Birth of the Savior brings into the world be in your hearts forever.
Merry Christmas! May God the Savior shower His abundant blessing upon you
and your families. Have a blessed Christmas, and a prosperous New Year!
Father Phinh Do