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, May 4th – 9:00 am Eugenie Babineau
Tuesday, May 5th – 9:00 am John Montague (Anniv)
Wednesday, May 6th – 9:00 am Eileen F. Higgins
Thursday, May 7th – 9:00 am Ivan Court
Friday, May 8th – 9:00 am No Mass
Saturday, May 9th – 5:00 pm Nancy Bourgeois (Anniv)
Sunday, May 10th – 11:00 am Shirley & Abe Farrah
Weekly Reflections (Homily) from Msgr. Sheehan (May 1st, 2026)
FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
My dear friends:
The familiar Gospel is often read at funerals… therefore for many it has the memory perhaps of a dear one – perhaps of a mother, a father – a relative – a friend…
Within the funeral context it has a special dimension – but it has a greater dimension above and beyond the moment of death – and the loss of a dear one and their eternal life.
It has to do with our life now and the way we live it, and the presence of Christ who continues to speak and work in our world today.
The disciples in some way are conscious of Jesus’ departure… and departures for the most part are foreboding – especially if it is the departure of someone we count on – someone we need – someone we depend on – someone we love…
And so the disciples are troubled in heart… and I suppose of all the areas of our lives to be troubled – nowhere is it more painful to be troubled in heart – with John’s Gospel the word does not signify the mind – or intellect – but the affective dimension of love… their hearts were hurting.
Jesus says to them: “Do not let your hearts be troubled… Believe in God – or Trust in me still…”
Believing and trusting are closely associated… they are also associated with the heart – Jesus is not talking simply of intellectual assent – a mere cerebral assent to a dogma – but a firm trust – developed out of an ongoing relationship with another.
There is in those deep relationships in life… after a long journey through life… a measure of trust which develops… we recognize it in marriages, strong friendships, familiar persons…
There comes with such relationships – a near foreknowledge – a pattern – a pattern of behaviour… a way of acting – a way of reacting – it can be depended upon – nearly without wondering… without asking…
The perception of which might indicate something different… at first sight… but we say – “Ah! There must be a reason!” “In the end, they will come through!”… “I know, he or she will come around!” –
Where do these expressions come from? They come from a long association of presence, ways of acting, assurances given and received in the past…
And they are especially important to be recognized and remembered in times which are disheartening!
Especially then, we must remember… the faithfulness of the other, the dependability of the other, the constancy of the other…
And that is what Jesus does – he is the faithful other, the constant other, the dependable other always…
It may seem that he is absent… it may look as if he has abandoned us… it may be perceived that he no longer cares…
But he is more present to us than ever… He is ever with us… leading us through “dwelling places” in which they are not the same as before…
There are new situations, new environments… new times… new people… but always… the same Master… but there are new dwelling places… there are many “weigh stations”… they are but stops on the way – to the final place… to which Jesus goes not simply to prepare for us – but to come back to us – and be with us to dwell in us.
What is most important in this Gospel passage is Jesus’ comforting and consoling, hopeful – “hope-filled” word:
“I go to prepare a place for you… I will come again… and will take you to myself so that where I am, there you may be also.”
Amen.