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Attending Mass in Person
The current attendance limit at St. Emile is 99 people.
Proof of vaccination is not required.
Face masks are required at all times. Masks must cover the mouth, nose, and chin without gapping.
Sit in the pews with green tape and maintain a distance of six feet from other households in all directions.
Smaller households, please sit in the short side aisles.
Everyone must sign in and provide contact information.
Self-screen the day you attend Mass. If you feel ill, stay home!
Please do your best to arrive a little early to allow for signing in.
There is more detail on the Mass page.
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Thirty-fourth Sunday in ordinary time
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Christ the king of the universe
At its heart, Christianity is about seeing the invisible in faith. The Church of Jesus the Christ is first and foremost about people, and above all about groups of people. It has never been a religion of individuals. One of the wonders the early Christians perceived in their journey of faith was to see reality in a Christocentric way, meaning, Christ Jesus became the center of everything. In this way, time and the cosmic powers subjected to it were becoming Christocentric. Life and death surrendered to the dictates of the Risen Lord. Politics and ruling would never be spared from this perspective. There were no other ruling higher than the Triumph of the Cross. Contemplating the solemnity of Christ the King of the universe is a reminder for us, Catholics, to put Christ at the heart of our decisions, of our lives and relationships. Thus, we sing, "TO Jesus Christ, our sovereign King, who is the world's salvation."
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When the Man Comes Around
"At the consecration during Mass, Christ is truly present body, blood, soul and divinity, under the appearances of bread and wine. But if – for example – the appearances themselves should change to the natural and glorified form of Christ, it would be the end of the world. This is exactly what we pray for at every Mass. ‘Dying you destroyed our death, rising you restored our life, Lord Jesus come in glory!‘ or ‘When we eat this bread and drink this cup, we proclaim your death Lord Jesus, until you come in glory.’ At every Mass we are always praying that Christ will come again."
Read more from Fr. Leon Pereira, O.P. at Torch.
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Winning and Losing
"[W]e should notice that, in both the First Reading and the Gospel Reading, there are two endings of the story of a human life, not just one. There is the end of the story in this world, when Christ’s true disciples will be hated and afflicted. And then there is the real and final end of the story, at the last judgment, where each person will see himself as he really is."
Read more from Eleonore Stump at the University of St. Louis.
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It is Accomplished
"In his human mind Jesus could see into the divine mind; he enjoyed the vision of God which we hope to share. .... In his humanity Jesus was permitted to draw out from this vision certain things so as to handle them conceptually and teach them. These things did not include the date of the end. They did include the saving power of his Passion, Death and Resurrection."
Read more from Fr. Richard Conrad, O.P. at Torch.
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Why doesn't God make things easier?
"Perhaps the most vexing faith-question of all-time is the problem of God’s silence and his seeming indifference: why does God allow evil? Why do bad things happen to good people? ... Why is God (seemingly) hidden? If God is so massively real, why do so many people not recognize, acknowledge, or care about his existence? Why do believers have to live, almost always it seems, on the edges of doubt? Why doesn’t God make his (her) existence clear, a fact beyond doubt? Why doesn’t God silence his critics?"
Read more from Fr. Ron Rolheiser, O.M.I. on the web site of St. Louis University.
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St. Emile Roman Catholic Church is located in the St. Vital area of south-east Winnipeg near the intersection of Saint Anne's Road and Bishop Grandin Boulevard.
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Office hours are 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday to Friday. The office door is to the left of the main church doors on Saint Anne's Road. Push the button marked "office" to be admitted.
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