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>> MY DEAR FRIENDS, GOOD DAY,
EVERY ONE.
WELCOME TO THE NATIONAL MASS FOR
LIFE.
I AM ARCHBISHOP LUIGI BONAZZI
APOSTOLIC NUNCIO TO CANADA.
IT GIVES ME THE HONOR AND JOY TO
REPRESENT POPE FRANCIS IN YOUR
BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY.
AND I BRING YOU, ON BEHALF OF
THE HOLY FATHER, POPE FRANCIS,
HIS GREETINGS.
I ALSO AM PLEASED TO VOICE IN MY
SUPPORT OF THIS ANNUAL EVENT,
THE MARCH FOR LIFE.
AND IN OTHER YEARS, WE BE WOULD
BE AT THE NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL
FOR THE CELEBRATION.
BUT TODAY, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN
ONLINE.
AND ONLINE, WE'LL JOIN IN
PRAYER.
WE JOIN IN PRAYER AS BROTHERS
AND SISTERS FOR LIFE AS PEOPLE
WHO ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE GIFT OF
LIFE AND WHO PROMOTE THE
SANCTITY OF LIFE FROM ITS VERY
BEGINNING UNTIL THE NATURAL END.
AND ALSO, IN ALL POINTS IN
BETWEEN THERE.
WE LOVE LIFE BECAUSE GOD IS A
LOVER OF LIFE.
AND WE WOULD LIKE AND PRAY THAT
THE BEAUTIFUL WORDS OF ST. CLARE
OF ASSISI, THE SPIRITUAL
DAUGHTER OF ST. FRANCIS OF
ASSISI PRONOUNCED THAT AT THE
VERY MOMENT OF HER DEATH, BE THE
WORDS OF EVERY HUMAN BEING, IN
EVERY MOMENT ON THEIR LIFE.
THIS PROCLAIMS, I THANK YOU
LORD, FOR HAVING CREATED ME,
GRATITUDE FOR LIFE.
AND ALSO, WE WOULD LIKE AND PRAY
THAT THE INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF
ENERGIES INVESTED ALL ACROSS
CANADA DURING THESE DAYS OF THE
PANDEMIC TO BE ATTENTIVE, TO
RESPOND FOR THE NEED OF THE MOST
VULNERABLE AND TO PROTECT LIFE.
WE LIVE LIFE TO SHOW THE SPIRIT
THAT ALL CANADIANS CONTINUE AND
RESPECT ESTEEM FOR LIFE.
FOR THIS REASON, ALLOW ME TO
QUOTE POPE FRANCIS IN HIS HOMILY
AT THE EASTER VIGIL.
POPE FRANCIS URGED PEOPLE IN THE
NATION TO PUT FORTH THE ENERGY
IN LIFE AND NOT DEATH IN AND HE
SAYS, IN HIS WORDS, LET US
SILENCE, THE CRIES OF DEATH, NO
MORE WARS.
MAY WE STOP THE PRODUCTION AND
TRADE OF WEAPONS, SINCE WE NEED
BREAD NOT GUNS.
LET THE ABORTION AND KILLING OF
INNOCENT LIVES END.
MAY THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHO HAVE
ENOUGH, BE OPEN TO FILLING THE
EMPTY HANDS OF THOSE WHO DO NOT
HAVE THE BARE NECESSITIES.
SO, THANK YOU, DEAR FRIENDS, FOR
YOUR ENGAGEMENT.
I EXTEND TO YOU THE PRAYERS AND
BLESSING OF POPE FRANCIS, FOR
YOU AND FOR ALL CANADA, FOR ALL
OF THE NATION.
I AM WITH YOU IN THIS
CELEBRATION OF THE MASS.
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>> IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER,
AND OF THE SON, AND OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT.
>> AMEN.
>> PEACE BE WITH YOU.
>> AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT.
>> DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS,
WELCOME TO THE NOTRE DAME
CATHEDRAL HERE IN OTTAWA.
THE CATHOLIC FAITH HAS AS YOU
KNOW RECOGNIZES THE WORTH AND
DIGNITY OF THE WHOLE PERSON,
BODY, MIND AND SOUL.
TODAY, WE'RE GATHERED TOGETHER
TO BEAR WITNESS TO THE BEAUTY
AND GOD-GIVEN DIGNITY OF THE
HUMAN PERSON FROM THE MOMENT OF
CONCEPTION UNTIL NATURAL DEATH.
WE ARE WITNESSES TO THE TRUTH
THAT EACH HUMAN BEING IS A
UNIQUE EXPRESSION OF GOD'S LOVE
AND THAT EACH HUMAN BEING IS
VALUABLE IN HERSELF OR HIMSELF
AS AN IMAGE AND LIKENESS OF GOD.
NOUS SOMMES RASSEMBLÉS EN CETTE
CATHÉDRALE POUR CÉLÉBRER, COMME
À CHAQUE ANNÉE, UNE EUCHARISTIE
EN FAVEUR DE LA VIE.
CETTE CÉLÉBRATION, COMME VOUS LE
SAVEZ, PRÉCÈDE LA MARCHE
NATIONALE POUR LA VIE QUE CETTE
ANNÉE SERA FÊTÉE EN MODE
VIRTUELLE.
MERCI D'AVOIR RÉPONDU À
L'INVITATION•D'ÊTRE PRÉSENT
AUJOURD'HUI PAR L'ENTREMISE DE
CETTE MESSE ENREGISTRÉE.
OUR GOAL, SIMPLY STATED, IS THE
FOLLOWING.
WE SEEK A CANADA IN WHICH EVERY
UNBORN CHILD IS PROTECTED IN LAW
AND WELCOMED INTO LIFE.
AND THAT EVERY LIFE IS PROTECTED
IN THE DAYS ALLOTTED BY GOD THE
CREATOR, WHOM WE KNOW AS THE
HEAVENLY FATHER OF JESUS, OUR
FATHER AND OUR GOD.
WE SEEK LEGAL REFORMS, WHICH WE
MUST WORK TO FOSTER THROUGH THE
POLITICAL PROCESSES THAT WE ARE
FORTUNATE TO ENJOY IN A
DEMOCRACY, AND WE ALSO LOOK FOR
A SPIRITUAL/CULTURAL RENEWAL
THAT IS NEEDED IF CANADA IS TO
EXPERIENCE A NEW BIRTH OF
FREEDOM ORDERED TO GOODNESS.
THIS WILL BE A LONG AND ARDUOUS
PATH, BUT DESPITE THE HARDSHIPS,
WE CANNOT GIVE UP THE FIGHT.
SALUTATIONS À VOUS QUI, ANNÉE
APRÈS ANNÉE, PARTICIPEZ À NOTRE
RENDEZ-VOUS ANNUEL ET À CEUX ET
CELLES QUI ÊTES LÀ POUR LA
PREMIÈRE FOIS!
EN CE TEMPS PASCAL, FAISONS
MONTER UNE GRANDE ACTION DE
GRÂCE AU DIEU DE LA VIE.
ET, AU DÉBUT DE CETTE
CÉLÉBRATION À LA FÊTE DE SAINT
MATTHIAS APÔTRE, DEMANDONS AU
SEIGNEUR SON PARDON ET SA PAIX.
AT THE BEGINNING OF MASS, LET US
ACKNOWLEDGE OUR SINS AND SO
PREPARE OURSELVES TO CELEBRATE
THE SACRED MYSTERIES.
[PAUSE]
>> ♪ KYRIE, ELEISON ♪
>> ♪ KYRIE, ELEISON ♪
>> ♪ CHRISTE, ELEISON ♪
>> ♪ CHRISTE, ELEISON ♪
>> ♪ KYRIE, ELEISON ♪
>> ♪ KYRIE, ELEISON ♪
>> ♪ GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST
AND ON EARTH PEACE TO PEOPLE OF
GOOD WILL ♪
♪ WE PRAISE YOU, WE BLESS YOU,
WE ADORE YOU, WE GLORIFY YOU, WE
GIVE YOU THANKS FOR YOUR GREAT
GLORY, LORD GOD, HEAVENLY KING,
O GOD, ALMIGHTY FATHER ♪
♪ GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST
AND ON EARTH PEACE TO PEOPLE OF
GOOD WILL ♪
♪ LORD JESUS CHRIST, ONLY
BEGOTTEN SON, LORD GOD, LAMB OF
GOD, SON OF THE FATHER, YOU TAKE
AWAY THE SINS OF THE WORLD, HAVE
MERCY ON US ♪
♪ HAVE MERCY ON US ♪
♪ YOU TAKE AWAY THE SINS OF THE
WORLD, RECEIVE OUR PRAYER ♪
♪ RECEIVE OUR PRAYER ♪
♪ YOU ARE SEATED AT THE RIGHT
HAND OF THE FATHER, HAVE MERCY
ON US ♪
♪ HAVE MERCY ON US ♪
♪ GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST
AND ON EARTH PEACE TO PEOPLE OF
GOOD WILL ♪
♪ FOR YOU ALONE ARE THE HOLY
ONE, YOU ALONE ARE THE LORD, YOU
ALONE ARE THE MOST HIGH, JESUS
CHRIST, WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT IN
THE GLORY OF GOD THE FATHER,
♪ GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST
AND ON EARTH PEACE TO PEOPLE OF
GOOD WILL ♪
♪ AMEN ♪
♪ AMEN ♪
♪ AMEN ♪
>> FATHER: ♪ LET US PRAY ♪
0 GOD, WHO GAVE SAINT MATTHIAS A
PLACE IN THE COLLEGE, REJOICING
HOW YOUR LOVE HAS BEEN ALLOTTED
TO US REMAIN TO BE NUMBERED
ALONG THE ELECT, THROUGH OUR
LORD JESUS CHRIST WHO LIVES AND
REIGNS WITH YOU IN THE UNITY OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT, ONE GOD FOREVER
AND EVER.
AMEN.
[READING IN FRENCH]
THE WORD OF THE LORD.
>> THANKS BE TO GOD.
>> ♪ PRAISE THE LORD WHO LIFTS
UP THE NEEDY ♪
>> ♪ PRAISE THE LORD WHO LIFTS
UP THE NEEDY ♪
>> ♪ PRAISE, 0 SERVANTS OF THE
LORD, PRAISE THE NAME OF THE
LORD, BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE
LORD, FROM THIS TIME ON AND
FOREVER MORE ♪
>> ♪ PRAISE THE LORD WHO LIFTS
UP THE NEEDY ♪
>> ♪ THE LORD IS HIGH ABOVE ALL
NATIONS, AND HIS GLORY ABOVE THE
HEAVENS, WHO IS LIKE THE LORD
OUR GOD, WHO IS SEATED ON HIGH,
WHO LOOKS FAR DOWN FROM THE
HEAVENS AND THE EARTH ♪
>> ♪ PRAISE THE LORD WHO LIFTS
UP THE NEEDY ♪
>> ♪ THE LORD RAISES THE POOR
FROM THE DUST AND LIFTS THE
NEEDY FROM THE ASH HEAP TO MAKE
THEM SIT WITH PRINCES, WITH THE
PRINCES OF HIS PEOPLE ♪
>> ♪ PRAISE THE LORD WHO LIFTS
UP THE NEEDY ♪
♪
♪
>> ♪ ALLELUIA ALLELUIA
ALLELUIA ♪
>> ♪ ALLELUIA ALLELUIA
ALLELUIA ♪
[RESPONSE SUNG IN FRENCH]
>> ♪ ALLELUIA ALLELUIA
ALLELUIA ♪
>> ♪ ALLELUIA ALLELUIA
ALLELUIA ♪
>> THE LORD BE WITH YOU.
>> AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT.
>> A READING FROM THE HOLY
GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOHN.
>> GLORY TO YOU, O LORD.
>> JESUS SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES,
AS THE FATHER HAS LOVED ME, SO I
LOVE YOU.
ABIDE IN MY LOVE.
IF YOU KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS, YOU
WILL ABIDE IN MY LOVE JUST AS I
HAVE KEPT MY FATHER'S
COMMANDMENTS AND ABIDE IN HIS
LOVE.
I HAVE SAID THESE THINGS TO YOU
SO THAT MY JOY MAY BE IN YOU,
THAT YOUR JOY MAY BE COMPLETE.
THIS IS MY COMMANDMENT, THAT YOU
LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS I HAVE LOVED
YOU.
NO ONE HAS GREATER LOVE THAN
THIS, TO LAY DOWN ONE'S LIFE FOR
ONE'S FRIENDS.
YOU ARE MY FRIENDS IF YOU DO
WHAT I COMMAND YOU.
I DO NOT CALL YOU SERVANTS ANY
LONGER BECAUSE THE SERVANT DOES
NOT KNOW WHAT THE MASTER IS
DOING.
BUT I HAVE CALLED YOU FRIENDS
BECAUSE I HAVE MADE KNOWN TO YOU
EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE HEARD
FROM MY FATHER.
YOU DID NOT CHOOSE ME, BUT I
CHOSE YOU.
AND I APPOINTED YOU TO GO AND
BEAR FRUIT, FRUIT THAT WILL
LAST.
SO THE FATHER WILL GIVE YOU
WHATEVER YOU ASK HIM IN MY NAME.
I'M GIVING YOU THESE COMMANDS SO
THAT YOU MAY LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
THE GOSPEL OF THE LORD.
♪
♪ ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA,
ALLELUIA ♪
♪ ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA,
ALLELUIA ♪
>> MES CHERS FRÈRES ET SeURS
DANS LE SEIGNEUR, DEAR BROTHERS
AND SISTERS IN CHRIST, THE FEAST
OF ST. MATTHIAS HAS SPECIAL
IMPORTANCE FOR ME SINCE IT WAS
ON THIS DAY IN 2007 THAT I WAS
ELECTED BY POPE BENEDICT XVI TO
SERVE THE CHURCH AS ARCHBISHOP
OF OTTAWA.
ELECTIONS OR CHOICES IN THE
CHURCH HAVE TAKEN VARIOUS FORMS,
FROM THE VARIOUS ERAS, AND
FROM THE CASTING OF LOTS, IN
TODAY'S FIRST READING, TO THE
CONSULTATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN
TAKING PLACE TO ELECT A
COADJUTOR ARCHBISHOP AS MY
SUCCESSOR IN THE NEW ARCHDIOCESE
OF OTTAWA-CORNWALL.
THE QUALIFICATIONS ARE ALSO
SHAPED BY THE ERAS IN WHICH THE
CHOICES ARE MADE.
TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO, ELEVEN
APOSTLES GATHERED TO CHOOSE A
SUCCESSOR TO JUDAS, WHO HAD
DEFECTED FROM DISCIPLESHIP AND
COMMITTED SUICIDE OUT OF
DESPERATION.
PETER, WITH THE OTHER APOSTLES,
HAD ABANDONED JESUS IN THE
GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE AND THEN
BETRAYED HIS LORD DURING THE
PASSION BY DENYING THREE TIMES
THAT HE EVEN KNEW HIM.
BUT AFTER TEARS OF REMORSE,
PETER RECEIVED CHRIST'S
FORGIVENESS AND WAS RESTORED AS
HEAD OF THE FLEDGLING APOSTOLIC
COLLEGE.
AFTER THE ASCENSION IN THE DAYS
BEFORE PENTECOST, HE STOOD IN
THE CENACLE AND DEFINED THE
QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE APOSTLE
WHO WOULD TAKE JUDAS'S PLACE.
THE CRITERIA INCLUDED HAVING
BEEN A DISCIPLE OF JESUS FROM
THE TIME OF THE PREACHING OF
JOHN THE BAPTIST AND BEING A
WITNESS TO ALL THAT JESUS SAID
AND DID UNTIL CHRIST'S
RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION.
WHY, WE MIGHT ASK, WAS HE
WITNESSING THE RESURRECTION AND
THE ASCENSION, A CRITERION?
BECAUSE THESE MYSTERIES THAT
CONCLUDED CHRIST'S PRESENCE, HIS
RISING TO NEW LIFE AND ASCENSION
INTO GLORY, MANIFESTED THE
DIVINELY ACHIEVED VICTORY OF
GOOD AND THE DEFEAT OF EVIL AND
OF SIN.
THOUGH JESUS WAS RAISED, HE DID
NOT LORD IT OVER ANYONE.
INSTEAD, HE APPEARED IN
SIMPLICITY TO THE FAITHFUL
WOMEN, TO THE ELEVEN, AND TO
SEVERAL OTHERS LIKE THE
DISCIPLES ON THE ROAD TO EMMAUS.
WE READ ABOUT THAT SEVERAL
SUNDAYS AGO.
JÉSUS ENVOYA TOUS CES DISCIPLES
TÉMOIGNER DE SA RÉSURRECTION,
ANNONCER À UN MONDE QUI NE LE
CONNAISSAIT PAS QU'IL EST LE
VIVANT, ET PROCLAMER LA BONNE
NOUVELLE QUE TOUS SONT APPELÉSÀA
VIVRE LEUR VIE EN ABONDANCE.
SI NOUS PARTAGEONS TOUS CETTE
FOI AUJOURD'HUI, C'EST QUE
MATTHIAS ET LES AUTRES APÔTRES
ONT PRIS À CeUR LE MANDAT QUE
JÉSUS LEUR A CONFIÉ.
IN CHOOSING CANDIDATES TO
REPLACE JUDAS, THE APOSTLES DID
NOT, AS WE MIGHT, CALL A MEETING
TO REVIEW RESUMES.
INSTEAD, THEY DID THE ONE
FUNDAMENTAL THING THE CHURCH
SHOULD ALWAYS DO BEFORE MAKING
ANY IMPORTANT DECISION.
THEY PRAYED TO KNOW GOD'S WILL.
YOU, LORD, WHO KNOW THE HEARTS
OF ALL, SHOW US WHICH OF THESE
TWO YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO TAKE THE
PLACE IN THIS APOSTOLIC MINISTRY
FROM WHICH JUDAS TURNED AWAY.
THE ELECTION OF MATTHIAS WAS NOT
HIS MOMENT OF PERSONAL TRIUMPH
OR THE FULFILLMENT OF A LIFELONG
AMBITION.
RATHER, JESUS CONFIDED TO
MATTHIAS WHAT HE SAYS TO US IN
THE GOSPEL, "IT WAS NOT YOU WHO
CHOSE ME, BUT I WHO CHOSE YOU
AND APPOINTED YOU TO GO AND BEAR
FRUIT THAT WILL REMAIN."
AT THE LAST SUPPER, JESUS
DECLARED THAT WHEN DISCIPLES
OBEY GOD BY FOLLOWING HIS
TEACHINGS AND EXAMPLE, THE
RESULT IS AN INTERIOR JOY.
"I HAVE SAID THESE THINGS TO YOU
SO THAT MY JOY MAY BE IN YOU,
AND THAT YOUR JOY MAY BE
COMPLETE."
THIS JOY, THE INDWELLING OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT, RESULTING FROM
UNION WITH JESUS, IS CONTAGIOUS
AND BEARS FRUIT IN THE LIVES OF
BELIEVERS.
ONCE CHOSEN, MATTHIAS UNDERSTOOD
HE WAS SENT TO PROCLAIM THE
GOSPEL.
TRADITION TELLS US HE PROCLAIMED
THE GOSPEL THROUGHOUT JUDEA,
ETHIOPIA, AND JERUSALEM, AND,
THAT HE DIED A MARTYR'S DEATH.
A WITNESS TO CHRIST.
HIS MINISTRY WAS EXTRAORDINARILY
FRUITFUL, OPENING THE MINDS AND
HEARTS OF MANY TO JESUS, THE
RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE.
OUR RESURRECTION, AND OUR LIFE.
JE VOUS PARLE DE LA VIE EN
ABONDANCE, DE LA VIE NOUVELLE À
LAQUELLE VOUS AVEZ EU LE
PRIVILÈGE DE PARTICIPER DEPUIS
VOTRE BAPTÊME.
VOUS QUI REGARDEZ CETTE ÉMISSION
ET PARTICIPEZ À CETTE MARCHE
ÊTES FIERS DE PROCLAMER, DE
TÉMOIGNER, DE LA DIGNITÉ DE LA
VIE HUMAINE.
LA VIE DE TOUTE PERSONNE
COMMENCE AU MOMENT DE SA
CONCEPTION.
ELLE DOIT ÊTRE PROTÉGÉE COMME UN
TRÉSOR JUSQU'À SON DERNIER
SOUFFLE LORS DE LA MORT
NATURELLE.
WE ARE HERE THIS YEAR, DEAR
FRIENDS, TO BE WITNESSES TO LIFE
BY TAKING PART IN A VIRTUAL
MARCH FOR LIFE, WITH THIS
BROADCAST FROM THE CATHEDRAL OF
OUR LADY IN CANADA'S CAPITAL
CITY.
THIS DAY IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF
CANADIAN FEDERAL LEGISLATION,
PASSED ON MAY 14, 1969, THAT
OPENED THE DOOR TO SO-CALLED
THERAPEUTIC ABORTIONS.
THIS QUICKLY EVOLVED INTO
ABORTION ON DEMAND AT ANY TIME
AND FOR ANY REASON.
OFTEN, IT IS BECAUSE THE
FRIGHTENED MOTHER AND SOMETIMES
HER PARTNER FEEL THEY HAVE NO
WAY TO BRING THE PREGNANCY TO
TERM AND AFFIRM LIFE.
HERE, THEN, IS OUR NATIONAL
CHALLENGE, TO SUPPORT THEM IN
THEIR NEED.
TO BE WITH THEM.
TO ACCOMPANY THEM.
INCREASINGLY IN CANADA, WE FIND
THAT THE RADICAL CLAIM TO
PERSONAL AUTONOMY REPRESENTED BY
THAT LEGISLATION 51 YEARS AGO
HAS SPAWNED OTHER EXPRESSIONS OF
PERSONAL CHOICE, INCLUDING NOW
CHOOSING HOW AND WHEN TO DIE.
THEREFORE, THE MARCH FOR LIFE
INCREASINGLY NEEDS TO AFFIRM THE
DIGNITY OF EACH HUMAN LIFE AND
RESPECT OF THE CREATOR'S
INTENTIONS FOR US BY REFUSING
EUTHANASIA AND ASSISTED SUICIDE.
RECENTLY, WE HAVE SEEN TRAGEDIES
AT HOME AND AROUND THE GLOBE AS
COMMUNITIES HAVE STRUGGLED TO
COPE WITH THE SCOURGE OF THE
COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
ONE REPERCUSSION OF THE PANDEMIC
IS THE LOSS OF OUR ELDERLY TO
THE CORONAVIRUS, INCLUDING FOUR
SAD TO SAY, FIVE OF MY JESUIT
CONFRÈRES OVER THREE DAYS, SAD
TO SAY.
THE TRAGIC SPREAD OF THE VIRUS
IN LONG-TERM FACILITIES HAS
BROUGHT TO LIGHT THE PRECARIOUS
SITUATION OUR SENIOR CITIZENS
LIVE WITH DURING OUTBREAKS OF
ILLNESSES, DESPITE THE
EXTRAORDINARY EFFORTS OF CARE
WORKERS.
I AM PROMPTED TO REFLECT ON HOW
WE VALUE AND CARE FOR OUR
ELDERLY NEIGHBOURS, EVEN IN
NORMAL TIMES.
DO WE SAFEGUARD THEIR HEALTH BUT
ALSO RESPECT THEIR GOD-GIVEN
WORTH AND DIGNITY?
THEY ARE AN ESPECIALLY
VULNERABLE SEGMENT OF OUR
POPULATION, AS THE PANDEMIC
TRAGICALLY REVEALED.
WE ARE CALLED TO PROCLAIM BOLDLY
THAT CONSULTATIONS AIMED AT
EXTENDING THE SCOPE OF
EUTHANASIA AND ASSISTED SUICIDE
WILL PLACE OUR FRAIL SENIOR
CITIZENS AT EVEN GREATER RISK AS
PARLIAMENT CONTEMPLATES MORE
ACCESSIBLE LIFE-ENDING MEASURES.
TAKING MEASURES TO END ONE'S
LIFE EASIER TO ACCESS WHILE
CONTINUING TO UNDERFUND GOOD
LONG TERM CARE SENDS A CLEAR
MESSAGE.
IT SAYS THAT SOCIETY VALUES
EXPEDIENCY OVER COMPASSIONATE,
DIGNIFIED HEALTH CARE AND
ASSISTANCE.
BETTER CARE FOR SENIORS SHOULD
NOT BE A PRIVILEGE ONLY AFFORDED
BY THE WEALTHY, BUT A BASIC
RIGHT FOR ALL OF OUR OLDER
PEOPLE.
READY ACCESS TO PALLIATIVE CARE
ACROSS CANADA FROM THE MOMENT OF
THE DIAGNOSIS OF A TERMINAL
CONDITION IS SOMETHING WE ALSO
NEED TO PROVIDE AS A
COMPASSIONATE SOCIETY.
COMPETENT PALLIATIVE CARE WILL
HELP THOSE WHO ARE MOST
VULNERABLE TO RECEIVE THE
MEDICAL HELP AND COMFORT THEY
NEED, INSTEAD OF GIVING THEM AN
INCENTIVE AT THEIR MOST
DEFENSELESS MOMENTS TO SEEK AN
EARLY DEATH.
INCREASINGLY, THOSE SUSCEPTIBLE
TO THIS TEMPTATION INCLUDE
PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL
ILLNESS, PEOPLE WITH A
DISABILITY, AND EVEN OUR YOUNG.
SELLING EUTHANASIA AND ASSISTED
SUICIDE AS A SOLUTION TO
SUFFERING IS INVITING A
DIFFERENT KIND OF INFECTION TO
SWEEP THROUGH OUR COMMUNITIES,
THE DEVALUATION OF HUMAN LIFE
OUT OF A MISGUIDED QUEST FOR
PERSONAL AUTONOMY.
I ASK YOU THIS,
DOESN'T EVERY FAMILY DESERVE THE
RIGHT TO THE CARE OUR ELDERS
NEED TO SUSTAIN THEIR LIVES,
RATHER THAN AN EXPEDIENT MEANS
OF ENDING IT PREMATURELY?
PRIONS SAINT MATTHIAS, LUI QUI A
JOUÉ UN GRAND RÔLE DANS LE
PREMIER TEMPS DE TRANSITION DANS
L'ÉGLISE PRIMITIVE, DE NOUS
AIDER EN CES TEMPS OÙ NOUS
SOUHAITONS ARDEMMENT LE RETOURÀA
LA VIE NORMALE, DANS NOTRE VIE
SOCIALE, SCOLAIRE, AU TRAVAIL ET
DANS NOTRE VIE PAROISSIALE.
PUISSIONS-NOUS TOUS FAIRE DE
BONS CHOIX, DE BONNES DÉCISIONS
ON THE FIRST OF MAY, THE BISHOPS
OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
CONSECRATED THEIR COUNTRIES,
DIOCESES, PARISHES, FAMILIES,
AND INDIVIDUALS TO MARY, MOTHER
OF THE CHURCH, THAT SHE WOULD
SPREAD HER PROTECTIVE MANTLE
OVER US DURING THIS PANDEMIC AND
WHEN LIFE IS UNDER THREAT.
TODAY, WE RENEW THAT PRAYER TO
OUR BLESSED MOTHER, THAT SHE
INTERCEDE WITH HER SON FOR US
AND OUR COUNTRY AS WE RECOVER
FROM THE EFFECTS OF THE
PANDEMIC, AS WE DISCERN THE BEST
WAY TO CARE FOR OUR MOST
VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY,
AND AS WE SEEK TO FOSTER THE
CULTURE OF LIFE IN THIS, OUR
BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY.
CANADA.
I ASK YOU TODAY TO PRAY FOR ME,
AS I DO FOR YOU.
AND MAY GOD, THE AUTHOR AND
SUSTAINER OF ALL LIFE, BLESS US
ONE AND ALL.
PRIEZ POUR MOI COMME JE LE FAIS
POUR VOUS.
ET PUISSE LE SEIGNEUR, NOTRE
DIEU CRÉATEUR, CELUI QUI
MAINTIEN TOUTE VIE, VOUS BÉNIR
ET VOUS COMBLER DE SA GRÂCE.
AMEN.
>> DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS,
GATHERED AS ONE, TO CELEBRATE
THE GOOD THINGS WE HAVE RECEIVED
FROM OUR GOD, LET US ASK HIM TO
PROMPT IN US PRAYERS THAT ARE
WORTHY OF HIS HEARING.
>> THE RESPONSE WILL BE SUNG,
KYRIE, KYRIE, ELEISON.
>> POUR L'ÉGLISE, POUR LE PAPE
FRANÇOIS ET NOTRE ÉVÊQUE
TERRENCE ET NOUS TOUS APPELÉS À
TÉMOIGNER DE L'ÉVANGILE DE LA
VIE À CHAQUE FOIS ET À CHAQUE
ENDROIT À TRAVERS LE MONDE,
PRIONS LE SEIGNEUR.
>> ♪ KYRIE, KYRIE, ELEISON ♪
>> FOR POLITICIANS, LEGISLATORS
AND POLICY MAKERS WHO CONSIDER
EXPANDING ACCESS TO EUTHANASIA
AND ASSISTED SUICIDE IN CANADA,
THAT THE LORD WILL ENLIGHTEN
THEIR MINDS TO THE DIGNITY AND
WORTH OF HUMAN LIFE, ESPECIALLY
AT LIFE'S MOST VULNERABLE
MOMENTS, WE PRAY TO THE LORD.
>> ♪ KYRIE, KYRIE, ELEISON ♪
>> POUR UN AMOUR CROISSANT ET LE
RESPECT DE CHAQUE PERSONNE
HUMAINE, FAITE À L'IMAGE ET À LA
RESSEMBLANCE DE DIEU DE LA
CONCEPTION À LA MORT NATURELLE,
PRIONS LE SEIGNEUR.
>> ♪ KYRIE, KYRIE, ELEISON ♪
>> FOR ALL WHO LIVE IN NURSING
HOMES, AND ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE
WHO ARE ALONE OR IN PAIN, THAT
WE MIGHT CHERISH THE GIFT OF
THEIR WISDOM, AND THE PERDURING
EXAMPLE OF THEIR FAITH, WE PRAY
TO THE LORD.
>> ♪ KYRIE, KYRIE, ELEISON ♪
>> POUR TOUS CEUX ET CELLES QUI
PRENNENT SOIN DES MALADES
CHRONIQUES ET DES MOURANTS QUI,
PAR L'INTERCESSION DE SAINT JEAN
ET DE LA SAINTE VIERGE MARIE,
POURRAIENT SE JOINDRE À LA CROIX
DU CHRIST, PRIONS LE SEIGNEUR.
>> ♪ KYRIE, KYRIE, ELEISON ♪
>> FOR ALL WHO ARE VERY SICK,
AND ESPECIALLY THOSE AFFLICTED
BY THE COVID-19 VIRUS AND THOSE
WHO CARE FOR THEM, THAT WE MIGHT
SHOW THEM THE COMPASSION AND
LOVE OF CHRIST, WE PRAY TO THE
LORD.
>> ♪ KYRIE, KYRIE, ELEISON ♪
>> POUR LE REPOS DES ÂMES DE
TOUS CEUX ET CELLES QUI SONT
MORTS, QU'ILS PUISSENT ÊTRE
ACCUEILLIS DANS LE BANQUET
CÉLESTE ÉTERNEL DE LA VIE
ÉTERNELLE, PRIONS LE SEIGNEUR.
>> ♪ KYRIE, KYRIE, ELEISON ♪
>> MAY THE PETITIONS OF YOUR
CHURCH BE PLEASING IN YOUR
SIGHT, O LORD, SO THAT WE MAY
RECEIVE FROM YOUR MERCY WHAT WE
CANNOT ASK OUT OF CONFIDENCE IN
OUR OWN MERITS.
THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD.
AMEN.
[OFFERTORY HYMN]
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♪ IMMACULATE MARY, THY PRAISES
WE SING, WHO REIGNS IN SPLENDOR
IN HEAVEN WITH JESUS OUR KING ♪
♪ AVE, AVE, AVE MARIA ♪
♪ AVE, AVE, AVE MARIA ♪
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♪ AVE, AVE, AVE MARIA ♪
♪ AVE, AVE, AVE MARIA ♪
♪
♪
>> PRAY, BRETHREN, THAT MY
SACRIFICE AND YOURS MAY BE
ACCEPTABLE TO GOD, THE ALMIGHTY
FATHER.
>> MAY THE LORD ACCEPT THE
SACRIFICE AT YOUR HANDS FOR THE
PRAISE AND GLORY OF HIS NAME,
FOR OUR GOOD AND FOR THE GOOD OF
ALL HIS HOLY CHURCH.
>> AMEN.
>> ♪ THE LORD BE WITH YOU ♪
>> ♪ AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT ♪
>> ♪ LIFT UP YOUR
HEARTS ♪
>> ♪ WE LIFT THEM UP TO THE
LORD ♪
>> ♪ LET US GIVE THANKS TO THE
LORD OUR GOD ♪
>> ♪ IT IS RIGHT AND JUST ♪
[PREFACE IN FRENCH]
>> ♪ SANCTUS, SANCTUS, SANCTUS
DOMINUS DEUS SABAOTH ♪
♪ PLENI SUNT CAELI ET TERRA
GLORIA TUA ♪
♪ HOSANA IN EXCELSIS ♪
♪ BENEDICTUS QUI VENIT IN NOMINE
DOMINI, HOSANA IN EXCELSIS ♪
♪ HOSANA IN EXCELSIS ♪
♪ HOSANA IN EXCELSIS ♪
>> YOU ARE INDEED HOLY, O LORD,
AND ALL YOU HAVE CREATED RIGHTLY
GIVES YOU PRAISE, FOR THROUGH
YOUR SON OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST,
BY THE POWER AND WORKING OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT, YOU GIVE LIFE TO
ALL THINGS AND MAKE THEM HOLY,
AND YOU NEVER CEASE TO GATHER A
PEOPLE TO YOURSELF, SO THAT FROM
THE RISING OF THE SUN TO ITS
SETTING, A PURE SACRIFICE MAY BE
OFFERED TO YOUR NAME.
THEREFORE, O LORD, WE HUMBLY
IMPLORE YOU, BY THE SAME SPIRIT
GRACIOUSLY MAKE HOLY THESE GIFTS
WE HAVE BROUGHT TO YOU FOR
CONSECRATION, THAT THEY MAY
BECOME THE BODY AND BLOOD OF
YOUR SON, OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST,
AT WHOSE COMMAND WE CELEBRATE
THESE MYSTERIES.
FOR ON THE NIGHT HE WAS
BETRAYED, HE HIMSELF, TOOK BREAD
AND GIVING YOU THANKS, HE SAID
THE BLESSING, BROKE THE BREAD
AND GAVE IT TO HIS DISCIPLES,
SAYING, TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU,
AND EAT OF IT, FOR THIS IS MY
BODY WHICH WILL BE GIVEN UP FOR
YOU.
[PAUSE]
IN A SIMILAR WAY, WHEN SUPPER
WAS ENDED, HE TOOK THE CHALICE,
AND GIVING YOU THANKS, HE SAID
THE BLESSING AND GAVE THE
CHALICE TO HIS DISCIPLES,
SAYING, TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU,
AND DRINK FROM IT, FOR THIS IS
THE CHALICE OF MY BLOOD, THE
BLOOD OF THE NEW AND ETERNAL
COVENANT, WHICH WILL BE POURED
OUT FOR YOU AND FOR MANY FOR THE
FORGIVENESS OF SINS.
DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME.
[PAUSE]
♪ THE MYSTERY OF FAITH ♪
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>> THEREFORE, O LORD, AS WE
CELEBRATE THE MEMORIAL OF THE
SAVING PASSION OF YOUR SON, HIS
WONDROUS RESURRECTION AND
ASCENSION INTO HEAVEN, AND AS WE
LOOK FORWARD TO HIS SECOND
COMING, WE OFFER YOU IN
THANKSGIVING THIS HOLY AND
LIVING SACRIFICE.
LOOK, WE PRAY, UPON THE OBLATION
OF YOUR CHURCH AND RECOGNIZING
THE SACRIFICIAL VICTIM BY WHOSE
DEATH YOU WILLED TO RECONCILE US
TO YOURSELF, GRANT THAT WE WHO
ARE NOURISHED BY HIS BODY AND
BLOOD OF YOUR SON, MAY BE FILLED
WITH HIS HOLY SPIRIT AND BECOME
ONE BODY, ONE SPIRIT IN CHRIST.
MAY HE MAKE OF US AN ETERNAL
OFFERING TO YOU, SO THAT WE MAY
OBTAIN AN INHERITANCE WITH YOUR
ELECT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE MOST
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, MOTHER OF
GOD, WITH BLESSED JOSEPH, HER
SPOUSE, WITH YOUR BLESSED
APOSTLES AND GLORIOUS MARTYRS
AND SAINT MATTHIAS,
AND WITH ALL THE SAINTS, ON
WHOSE CONSTANT INTERCESSION IN
YOUR PRESENCE WE RELY FOR
UNFAILING HELP.
MAY THIS SACRIFICE OF OUR
RECONCILIATION, WE PRAY, O LORD,
ADVANCE THE PEACE AND SALVATION
OF ALL THE WORLD.
BE PLEASED TO CONFIRM IN FAITH
AND CHARITY YOUR PILGRIM CHURCH
ON EARTH, WITH YOUR SERVANT,
FRANCIS OUR POPE, AND TERRENCE
OUR BISHOP, THE ORDER OF
BISHOPS, ALL THE CLERGY AND THE
ENTIRE PEOPLE YOU HAVE GAINED
FOR YOUR OWN.
LISTEN GRACIOUSLY TO THE PRAYERS
OF THIS FAMILY WHOM YOU HAVE
SUMMONED BEFORE YOU.
IN YOUR COMPASSION, O MERCIFUL
FATHER, GATHER TO YOURSELF ALL
YOUR CHILDREN SCATTERED
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
TO OUR DEPARTED BROTHERS AND
SISTERS AND TO ALL WHO WERE
PLEASING TO YOU AT THEIR PASSING
FROM THIS LIFE, GIVE KIND
ADMITTANCE TO YOUR KINGDOM.
THERE WE HOPE TO ENJOY FOREVER
THE FULLNESS OF YOUR GLORY
THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD THROUGH
WHOM YOU BESTOW ON THE WORLD ALL
THAT IS GOOD.
♪ THROUGH HIM, WITH HIM, AND IN
HIM, O GOD, ALMIGHTY FATHER,
IN THE UNITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
ALL GLORY AND HONOR IS YOURS,
FOR EVER AND EVER ♪
>> ♪ AMEN, AMEN, AMEN,
ALLELUIA ♪
>> ♪ PRAECEPTIS SALUTARIBUS
MONITI, ET DIVINIA INSTITUTIONE
FORMATI AUDEMUS DICERE ♪
>> ♪ PATER NOSTER, QUI ES IN
CAELIS SANCTIFICETUR NOMEN TUUM
ADVENIAT REGNUM TUUM FIAT
VOLUNTAS TUA, SICUT IN CAELO, ET
IN TERRA ♪
♪ PANEM NOSTRUM QUOTIDIANUM DA
NOBIS HODIE ET, ET DIMITTE NOBIS
DEBITA NOSTRA, SICUT ET NOS
DIMITTIMUS DEBITORIBUS NOSTRIS
ET NE NOS INDUCAS IN TENTATIONEM
SED LIBERA NOS A MALO ♪
>> DELIVER US, LORD, WE PRAY,
FROM EVERY EVIL, GRACIOUSLY
GRANT PEACE IN OUR DAYS, THAT BY
THE HELP OF YOUR MERCY, WE MAY
BE ALWAYS FREE FROM SIN AND SAFE
FROM ALL DISTRESS, AS WE AWAIT
THE BLESSED HOPE AND THE COMING
OF OUR SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST.
>> FOR THE KINGDOM, THE POWER,
AND THE GLORY ARE YOURS, NOW AND
FOR EVER.
>> AMEN.
>> LORD JESUS CHRIST, YOU SAID
TO YOUR APOSTLES, PEACE I GIVE
YOU, PEACE I LEAVE YOU, LOOK NOT
ON OUR SINS BUT ON THE FAITH OF
THE CHURCH AND GRACIOUSLY GRANT
HER PEACE AND UNITY IN
ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR WILL, WHO
LIVE AND REIGN FOREVER AND EVER.
>> AMEN.
>> THE PEACE OF THE LORD BE WITH
YOU ALWAYS.
>> AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT.
>> LET US OFFER EACH OTHER THE
SIGN OF PEACE.
>> ♪ AGNUS DEI --
>> ♪ -- QUI TOLLIS PECCATA
MUNDI, MISERERE NOBIS ♪
♪ MISERERE NOBIS ♪
>> ♪ AGNUS DEI --
>> ♪ -- QUI TOLLIS PECCATA
MUNDI, MISERERE NOBIS ♪
♪ MISERERE NOBIS ♪
>> ♪ AGNUS DEI --
>> ♪ -- QUI TOLLIS PECCATA
MUNDI, DONA NOBIS PACEM ♪
♪ DONA NOBIS PACEM ♪
>> BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD,
BEHOLD HIM WHO TAKES AWAY THE
SINS OF THE WORLD.
BLESSED ARE THOSE CALLED TO THE
SUPPER OF THE LAMB.
>> LORD, I AM NOT WORTHY THAT
YOU SHOULD ENTER UNDER MY ROOF,
BUT ONLY SAY THE WORD AND MY
SOUL SHALL BE HEALED.
[COMMUNION HYMN]
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>> LET US PRAY.
BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE TODAY CAN'T
RECEIVE HOLY EUCHARIST, WE HAVE
A PRAYER FOR SPIRITUAL
COMMUNION.
MY JESUS, I BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE
PRESENT IN THE MOST HOLY
SACRAMENT.
I LOVE YOU ABOVE ALL THINGS AND
DESIRE TO RECEIVE YOU INTO MY
SOUL.
SINCE I CANNOT, AT THIS MOMENT,
RECEIVE YOU SACRAMENTALLY, COME
AT LEAST SPIRITUALLY INTO MY
HEART.
I EMBRACE YOU AS IF YOU WERE
ALREADY THERE.
AND I UNITE MYSELF WHOLLY TO
YOU.
NEVER PERMIT ME TO BE SEPARATED
FROM YOU.
AMEN.
>> LET US PRAY.
NEVER CEASE WE PRAY 0 LORD TO
FILL YOUR FAMILY WITH DIVINE
GIFTS AND FOR BLESSED MATTHIAS
INTERCESSION FOR US, GRACIOUSLY
ADMIT US TO A SHARE OF THE LOT
OF SAINTS IN LIFE.
THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD.
>> AMEN.
>> ♪ THE LORD BE WITH YOU ♪
>> ♪ AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT ♪
>> ♪ MAY ALMIGHTY GOD BLESS YOU:
THE FATHER, AND THE SON, AND THE
HOLY SPIRIT ♪
>> ♪ AMEN ♪
>> ♪ GO IN PEACE ♪
>> ♪ THANKS BE TO GOD ♪
[RECESSIONAL HYMN]
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>> I'M THOMAS CARDINAL COLLINS,
THE ARCHBISHOP OF TORONTO.
AS WE REFLECT UPON THE THEME OF
THIS YEAR'S MARCH FOR LIFE, BE
NOT AFRAID, WE DO SO IN THE
MIDST OF A GREAT CRISIS AND
STRUGGLE IN OUR WHOLE SOCIETY,
WHICH IS CALLING PEOPLE TO
REFLECT UPON THE REALITIES OF
LIFE AND DEATH.
IN WHICH WE HAVE SO MANY OTHER
DISTRACTIONS STRIPPED AWAY THAT
OFTEN LEADS US INTO ILLUSION.
NOW WE NEED VERY MUCH, WE NEED
THAT DEEPER INSIGHT WHICH COMES
FROM FAITH, AND WHICH COMES FROM
OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE
NOT AFRAID IN THE MIDST OF THE
DARKNESS AND THE STRUGGLE
BECAUSE OUR FAITH IS IN THE LORD
WHO COMES TO US AND STRENGTHENS
US, AND CALLS US TO MOVE FORWARD
COURAGEOUSLY IN THE DEFENSE OF
LIFE.
IN THE DEFENSE OF THE MOST
VULNERABLE OF THOSE WHO ARE
UNBORN, WHOSE GREAT DANGER IS
SOMETHING THAT FILLS US WITH
HORROR AND SADNESS.
IN THIS SITUATION, IN WHICH WE
FIND OURSELVES, WE ALSO REFLECT
NOT ONLY UPON THAT, BUT AT THE
OTHER END OF OUR JOURNEY THROUGH
LIFE.
WE REFLECT UPON THE DANGERS
WHICH PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE
OLDER YEARS OF THEIR LIFE,
FACING, PARTICULARLY THE COLD
HAND OF THE CULTURE OF DEATH
WHICH IS GETTING A FURTHER GRIP
IN THE BILL BEFORE PARLIAMENT TO
EXPAND THE CRITERIA FOR
EUTHANASIA.
WE'VE SEEN RECENTLY, IN ANOTHER
COUNTRY, WHERE EUTHANASIA HAS
BEEN ENTRENCHED FOR A LONG TIME.
WE SEE THE KILLING OF PEOPLE WHO
HAVE DIMENTIA.
THIS IS GOING ON AND ON.
AND IT REQUIRES OF US, FIDELITY,
STRENGTH, COURAGE, AND THE
WILLINGNESS TO PROCLAIM WITH
CLARITY AND CHARITY, THE GOSPEL
OF LIFE.
THIS TIME IN WHICH WE ARE
REALIZING, SO MUCH, ALL OF US,
THE VULNERABILITY WHICH WE FACE
IN LOVE, WE NEED TO REACH OUT IN
THIS TIME ESPECIALLY TO CARE FOR
THOSE AMONGST US WHO ARE
ISOLATED, ALONE, TO CARE FOR THE
ELDERLY, THOSE FACING DANGER AND
DIFFICULTY, IN THIS TIME OF
PANDEMIC.
BUT MAY THE AWARENESS OF THE
FRAGILITY OF OUR LIFE DURING
THIS EARTHLY JOURNEY LEAD US TO
A DEEPER COMMITMENT FOR THE
PROTECTION OF LIFE, FROM THE
FIRST MOMENT OF CONCEPTION TO
NATURAL DEATH.
THERE'S A GREAT TRAGIC OF THAT,
WHERE PEOPLE ARE NOT BEING
TREATED AS PERSONS, BUT AS OF
THINGS.
THAT IS SOMETHING WHICH IS A
GREAT CAUSE OF FEAR AND CONCERN,
AND A GREAT DANGER TO GOD'S
BELOVED PEOPLE.
YET, THE LORD SAYS TO US, AS HE
SAID TO THE APOSTLES, BE NOT
AFRAID.
IT IS IN THAT SPIRIT, BASED UPON
OUR FAITH AND OUR AWARENESS OF
THE PROBLEMS OF GOD, THAT WITH
COURAGE, AND WITH GENTLENESS,
LOVE, AND COMPASSION, AND WITH
PERSISTENCE, WE PROCLAIM THE
GOSPEL OF LIFE.
MAY ALL WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THIS
GREAT MISSION BE BLESSED BY THE
LORD ABUNDANTLY AS THEY SERVE
HIM AND SERVE THOSE AMONGST US
WHO ARE HIS BELOVED, THOSE WHO
ARE MOST VULNERABLE.
MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
>> [FRENCH]
>> [FRENCH]
THERE IS JESUS CHRIST, WHO DIES
ON THE CROSS, HE DIES WHILE
PRAYING AND LOVING US.
HE IS PRAYING TO THE FATHER FOR
ALL OF HUMANITY, TO THE ETERNAL
FATHER.
HE IS LOVING US AND FORGIVING
US, FORGIVING ALL OF OUR SINS.
HE IS OUR SAVIOR.
WE NEED THE SALVATION OF JESUS
CHRIST.
WE NEED HIS LOVE.
WE NEED HIS MERCY.
AND AS WE ARE GATHERED TO PRAY,
AND TO REFLECT ON LIFE, ON THE
VALUE OF LIFE, WHATEVER STAGE OF
LIFE, WE TURN TO GOD TO IMPLORE
HIS MERCY, AND HIS LIFE, BECAUSE
HE HAS THE POWER TO TOUCH EACH
ONE OF US.
[FRENCH]
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