Sunday, June 7, 2020

Soul Health XI: LOVE! Trinity Sunday; More online parish masses?

“For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16, today’s Gospel for the feast of the Holy Trinity)

Pope Francis reflecting on God the Holy Trinity: “God is not indifferent – he’s close and personal” “The Trinity is therefore Love, all at the service of the world, which he wishes to save and recreate.”

1- When are we re-opening the Church? The first step is for a de-confinement committee to meet next week. Thanks to those who have come forward. We need a couple more volunteers to begin meeting online. Directives are beginning to come in, the second tab at:

https://tinyurl.com/yd9wtjtt


2- Watch this 2-minute video of Pope Francis on the killing of George Floyd and “the sin of racism”:

https://tinyurl.com/y9nh2zxr


3- Parents of children in Confirmation preparation have received an email with a survey so we can continue gatherings online next weekend – please complete the survey! It may involve producing weekly parish masses.

4- Should we offer more online masses as we did at Pentecost? It turns on your view, so please take a couple of minutes to share your thoughts anonymously:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DVXKKXZ


5- To produce last weekend’s mass, we had to import a couple of volunteers from other parishes: Mark Boyer on the guitar who grew up at St. TM, and Patrick on the video camera from our neighbors St. Jean de Brebeuf in Lasalle. If we are to produce another mass, we require a parish volunteer to video and one for audio. Please contact me.

6- An excellent opportunity to enliven your spiritual life. I began today with this 7-day Unleashing Fire retreat, on the 7 gifts of the Holy Spirit in our life, 30 minutes each:

https://tinyurl.com/yc7h5dvb


7- A particular thanks to all who continue to support the parish financially. While April givings were right on budget, except for the Easter collection, May was down 25%.

8- You may receive this email twice or thrice today, as I’m working on trying to overcome some transmission issues. I welcome feedback on these Soul Health emails (in the survey above), or anything else.

I’m off to the altar to offer this Trinity Sunday mass with special intention for all of you.


Prayer to the Holy Trinity

Glory be to the Father, Who by His almighty power and love created me,
making me in the image and likeness of God.
Glory be to the Son, Who by His Precious Blood delivered me from hell,
and opened for me the gates of heaven.
Glory be to the Holy Spirit, Who has sanctified me in the sacrament of Baptism,
and continues to sanctify me by the graces I receive daily from His bounty.
Glory be to the Three adorable Persons of the Holy Trinity, now and forever.
Amen.

Fr. Robert Pastor,
St. Thomas More Parish Verdun

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