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HOMILIES

We certainly passed through a time of trial, but we were able to leave it stronger and drawn
more closely to Jesus Christ. While we could not personally participate in the celebration of
the Eucharist, we could deepen our personal prayer and our family prayer, as we journeyed
in a personal, community and family way. Our desire to celebrate Mass allowed us to put the
Eucharist more into the centre of our life, to better respond to the call of Jesus, to life more
fully through Jesus Christ, and, in this way, to live more fully through the Eucharist.

Do we want to live by Jesus Christ? Do we want to live by the Eucharist? This takes us back
to the Lord’s Day. Each Sunday, we celebrate the Day of the Lord, the day when the people of
God are called to live by the Eucharist.

Let us take a moment to pray for each other so that we, as a people of God, not only personally
as individuals, but as a people of God, as a family, we rediscover together the importance of
Eucharist and its central character in our lives. Let us pray that we can always remain aware
that the Eucharist is Jesus Christ given to us and coming into our heart.

Toward the end of this Mass, to end the Mass, there will be a moment when we are sent on
mission.

When the prayer after communion is said, the Blessed Sacrament will be exposed, and we will
pray in silence.

Then, I will stand outside the Cathedral to bless the city. I will bless the city and the world,
Urbi et Orbi, as is the ancient custom.

Thereafter, I invite you to join me in this adoration in spirit and in truth. May our thirst be
ever-increasing that through Jesus Christ, we live by the Eucharist.

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