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THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY

Thought for the Day # 24 – Wednesday April 8, 2020

“Always on the Mission”

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

We are at the eve of the Easter Triduum, the mystery of the death and
resurrection of Jesus Christ.

I would like to address particularly all of the people of God in
Montreal, all the faithful of the Catholic Church, the families, the baptised,
the confirmed, (the baptised but not yet confirmed), all the people who are
committed in the parish, all the volunteers, all those who devote themselves,
all the pastoral personnel, the pastoral staff, the children’s pastoral services,
deacons, priests, bishops, everybody, all the people of God.

And I want us to say, together, to each other, indeed we are on pause,
we have been put on pause by the pandemic, we are on pause because we are
practising social distancing, but we are still on the mission! We are in this
separation, but we carry on the mission. The mission starts by praying! The
mission is carried through with actions, but it always starts with prayer.

And so, I invite you to open the Bible every day, to read quietly a
passage from the Bible, to be in silence in front of the Lord. And the Holy
Spirit, who sends us on the mission, the Holy Spirit who is the mission that
Jesus Christ gives us, the Holy Spirit who can provide images, ideas new
to us, who is imagination, will keep us on the mission. Not to level off, but to
grow in the mission. Not to wait for something else to happen, but to be in the
mission here, today and now.

How can each and every one of us be together in the mission here and
now, by the grace of Jesus Christ, and with the gift of the Holy Spirit?

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