Mass at Assumption Parish Ottawa

Maureen and I went to Assumption Parish on Sunday. What a beautiful church. What a beautiful service. Simple. No singing. Good short homily. The priest said this:

"Jesus has sweet words for us...come to me all who are burdened...the Mass is the source and summit of our life...the Eucharist was all taken away from us. All the signs of our fruits, our buildings were closed...not only should be open our churches...the government would not even consider them essential services...we must open our hearts...if we find it burdensome Jesus asks us to come to Him...my God and my all"

And the church has a crucifix. Amen to that.

Attending Mass and Receiving Holy Communion

Maureen and I went to Mass today at St. Patrick's Basilica in Ottawa. It was my first time since March 15. It was stinking hot and we wore our masks in the car like good CCP Virus protected citizens.

Our sister Barb attended Mass at St. Monica's, and our friend Madeleine attended Mass at St. Mary's.

What a blessing, thank you God. We are a gaggle of happy ladies.

I was also in the Annunciation of the Lord this week where for the first time ever, I witnessed the tabernacle on the altar, along with a small but actual Crucifix, Our Blessed Mother and a beautiful image of Jesus Christ. I stayed for a minute and prayed to our Good Lord in thanksgiving.

It was a week of two miracles. What could be better than that?

Taking up our cross

Beautiful homily by Fr. Shroff. Jesus said we must die to self and follow me. Jesus transforms our human suffering. And makes it holy.

We can use our suffering to glorify God. So we can offer up our suffering in union with Jesus on the Cross.

My Pilgrimage to Poland - crosses