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Lockdown Strictures
It is not possible to attend Mass in person.
Fr. Sembrano celebrates Mass daily. Mass is recorded and published on his YouTube channel and on this page.
Eucharistic Adoration is not available during lockdown.
Weddings and funerals are limited to five people plus the presider.
All in-person meetings and classes are cancelled.
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Mass: Thursday, November 26th
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Advent Events On Line
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Waiting for the Revelation of the Lord
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The Great Homecoming
"God desires to give us everything. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (457-460) tells us that the Word became flesh for four reasons: so that we would know God loves us, to be our model of holiness, to save us, and to make us 'partakers of divine nature' (see 2 Pet 1:4); then we will truly and fully know what it means to be a child of God. But the process of being 'divinized' is not something that begins after death. For you and I, beginning at baptism, the process has begun."
Read more of Advent and the Great Homecoming from Matt Nelson at Word on Fire.
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Hurry Up and Wait
"We get into a lot of mischief when we cannot wait and watch for the Lord, when we expect Him to conform to our schedule. We then assume control and seek to accomplish here and now what the Lord promised to do on that Day. We chase after secular, worldly messiahs to satisfy our longings. Without vigilance, we slowly but surely make peace with the world, settle down, and slouch into our own vices. With good reason the Church exhorts us to wait and watch."
Read more of Advent: Hurry Up and Wait? by Fr. Paul Scalia at The Catholic Thing.
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The Whole World Waits
"On the First Sunday in Advent, all over the world – in Los Angeles, in Rome, in Tibet – wherever Christians gather, in cathedrals and around kitchen tables, a single candle will be lit – the first candle of the Advent wreath. That single candle pierces the darkness. Hope is enkindled. Once again, as every year, the whole world waits."
Read more of Waiting for the Christmas Miracle during Advent by Sister Regina Marie, O.C.D..at Integrated Catholic Life.
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Why Do You Let Us Wander, Lord?
"This is a time of testing. God is allowing the devil a great deal of latitude so that each of us can make a decision to remain faithful to the Lord or to abandon Him. Like the masses, we can claim to still believe in Him while failing to follow His ways. In the Gospel today Jesus said the Master had given to each of His servants their own work and He expects they will be doing that work when He returns."
Read more from Fr. Robert Altier at Catholic Parents.
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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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