{"id":6826,"date":"2025-02-02T17:47:20","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T22:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.diocesemontreal.org\/microsites\/sasmad\/?page_id=6826"},"modified":"2025-02-03T19:25:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T00:25:52","slug":"wds-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/microsites.diocesemontreal.org\/microsites\/sasmad\/wds-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"WDS 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/microsites.diocesemontreal.org\/microsites\/sasmad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/02\/Priere-JMM2025-FRA.jpg&#8221; min_height=&#8221;923px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||790px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>\u00a0 Dear SASMAD friends and volunteers<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As you know, World Day of Sick is the highlight of our mission at SASMAD. All our volunteers, patients, caregivers, client support workers and friends of SASMAD&#8217;s mission to help the sick and elderly, the isolated and those more or less cared for by the healthcare system&#8230; you are all invited to join us. It&#8217;s always a beautiful day for the soul, pious, moving, rich in graces for us and the people we pray for. It&#8217;s a time for prayer, a time for inner meditation, and a time of shared hope as a group before the Lord who calls us to encounter him by visiting those who are sick. Let us bring them joy, faith and charity, praying to Mary, Our Lady of Lourdes, where so many miracles of healing take place.<\/p>\n<p>The Fondation les Ami.e.s de Jeanne Mance graciously invites you to a community meal after Mass (see program below).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1WIEfBrw145yIA0voLpapXWeLFfCn8_Vb\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"WDS 2025 Program\">Click on the link to download the day&#8217;s program<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Make a note of the date in your agenda and invite people you know to join you\/us at this celebration.<\/p>\n<p>Send any prayer intentions you might have to the following e-mail address: <a href=\"mailto:misericorde.mercysasmad@gmail.com\">misericorde.mercysasmad@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The SASMAD team thanks you for your participation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||106px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;Prayer for WDS 2025 (SASMAD)&#8221; image=&#8221;https:\/\/microsites.diocesemontreal.org\/microsites\/sasmad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/06\/dreamstime_xxl_99367009_small-scaled.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Lord God of all Love,<br \/>We present to you the elderly, the sick, and all those who are waiting for a better life. Pour forth in their hearts your Hope,<br \/>You are the source of Joy and Peace.<br \/>May this Star of the night draw to you messengers ready to give of themselves to visit those who thirst for your Presence in the midst of their solitude.<br \/>Jesus, great Messenger of Hope,<br \/>fill our hearts thirsting for your tenderness, truth, and justice.<br \/>Stay close and hold our hands<br \/>in moments of doubt.<br \/>Be our Beacon<br \/>throughout this jubilee year of Hope.<\/p>\n<p>Amen<\/p>\n<p><em>Sister Ir\u00e8ne Riopel ssa, <\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Faithful sponsor of SASMAD<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;Pope Francis Letter&#8221; url=&#8221;https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1QUeTDRVe43kIgci2itKg1jzXWYo4D5ye\/view?usp=sharing&#8221; image=&#8221;https:\/\/microsites.diocesemontreal.org\/microsites\/sasmad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/02\/1619990-le-pape-francois-place-saint-pierre-au-vatican-le-22-mars-2023.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; link_option_url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS<br \/>XXXIII WORLD DAY OF THE SICK<\/p>\n<p>11 February 2025<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHope does not disappoint\u201d (Rom 5:5),<br \/>but strengthens us in times of trial<\/p>\n<p>Dear brothers and sisters,<br \/>We are celebrating the 33rd World Day of the Sick in the Jubilee Year 2025, in which the Church invites us to become \u201cpilgrims of<br \/>hope\u201d. The word of God accompanies us and offers us, in the words of Saint Paul, an encouraging message: \u201cHope does not<br \/>disappoint\u201d (Rom 5:5); indeed, it strengthens us in times of trial.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1YSid8C9182P71oBqx77BsKJV4RPtoEHW\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click on the link to have the whole letter &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-media-figcaption-title\"><em>Le pape Fran\u00e7ois, place Saint-Pierre, au Vatican, le 22 mars 2023.<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-media-figcaption-credits\"><em>Cr\u00e9dit : Andreas SOLARO \/ AFP<\/em><\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Dear SASMAD friends and volunteers &nbsp; As you know, World Day of Sick is the highlight of our mission at SASMAD. All our volunteers, patients, caregivers, client support workers and friends of SASMAD&#8217;s mission to help the sick and elderly, the isolated and those more or less cared for by the healthcare system&#8230; you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":369,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6826","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.diocesemontreal.org\/microsites\/sasmad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.diocesemontreal.org\/microsites\/sasmad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.diocesemontreal.org\/microsites\/sasmad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.diocesemontreal.org\/microsites\/sasmad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/369"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.diocesemontreal.org\/microsites\/sasmad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6826"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.diocesemontreal.org\/microsites\/sasmad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6844,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.diocesemontreal.org\/microsites\/sasmad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6826\/revisions\/6844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.diocesemontreal.org\/microsites\/sasmad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}