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HOMILIES

It is not only our health that needs to be protected, but our heart as well! Our human,
family and social relationships also need protection. In life, our heart lives by a soul open
to God and calling us to prayer. We pray that our soul remains protected so that we will
emerge stronger from the challenges of this pandemic.

Even as the Government slowly lifts the confinement measures, we will continue to be
affected by the pandemic. In this situation, we are called to move forward, relying on Jesus
Christ by living by Jesus Christ, always in a spirit of service to others.

Today is Mother’s Day. Perhaps on this Mother’s Day, when our hearts are filled with love for
our mother, we are also experiencing the limits of our ability to reach out and hold her, to
express our affection for her.

Maybe we could, together in prayer, turn to God and say to him: “Lord, I thank you for the
gift of my mother.” Again, take the time to stop and say: “Lord, I thank you for the gift of my
mother.”
Whether she has already died or is still with us in this world, we say: “Lord, I thank you for the
gift of my mother.”

Let us keep this thought safe in our heart, remembering her in silence, and giving expression
to our thoughts of affection and understanding: “Lord, I thank you for the gift of my mother.”

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This Mother’s Day is a time to thank God for our mother and to embrace our mother. Maybe
it is a time to think about our family and all families. And through this pandemic, as families
we are getting together in our own home, as “the nuclear family,” as we say. As such all over
the earth, what was at stake? I would say, what was left? What is left all over the earth? In each
home, there is an individual and a family. And God. To God we can turn wherever we are,
however lonely we are, however isolated we are. We can turn to him in whatever is the
situation, whatever is the situation of our family, of society. Everyone on this earth, at any
time, can turn to God.

(cont’d)

Collection of texts by the Most Rev. Christian Lépine 155