Cathedral of the
Immaculate Conception
Diocese of Saint George's
Grenada, W.I., Caribbean
BECOME PART OF OUR CATHEDRAL FAMILY
"We recognize that the Sacraments have a visible and invisible reality, a reality open to all the human senses but grasped in its God-given depths with the eyes of faith." (USCCB) The Sacraments are divided into: the sacraments of Christian initiation (Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy Eucharist); the sacraments of healing (Penance and Anointing of the Sick) and the sacraments at the service of communion and mission (Holy Orders and Matrimony). The sacraments touch all the important moments of Christian life. All of the sacraments are ordered to the Holy Eucharist “as to their end" (Saint Thomas Aquinas).
CONFESSION:
Cathedral: Saturdays: 7.00 a.m. - 8.00 a.m.
Confession is also available at other Mass centres upon request and at the Cathedral parish during
office times.
HOLY HOUR & ADORATION (Weekly)
5.30 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. Cathedral on Fridays
(Except 1st Fridays)
5.30 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. at Tempe on Thursdays
7.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. at Mt. Moritz on Thursdays
MASS SCHEDULE TIMES:
CATHEDRAL: Weekday Masses:
Monday - Friday - 6:15 a.m. & 12:15 p.m.
Saturday - 6.00 p.m.
Sunday - 8.00 a.m.
HAPPY HILL: Wednesday 5:30 p.m.
COMMUNITIES OF THE CATHEDRAL WEEKEND MASSES:
Our Lady Queen of Peace, BELMONT: Saturday - 6.00 p.m.
Saints Joachim & Anne, BRIZAN: Sunday - 6.30 a.m.
Blessed Trinity, FONTENOY: Sunday - 10.00 a.m.
Church of the Uganda Martyrs, HAPPY HILL: Sunday - 8.00 a.m.
Our Lady Queen of the Universe, MT. MORITZ: Sunday - 10.00 a.m.
St. Benedict the Moor, RIVER ROAD; DARBEAU:
Our Lady Lily of the Valley, TEMPE: Sunday - 8.00 a.m.
SACRAMENTS & LITURGIES
REFLECTION AND READINGS
11TH SUNDAY IN OT
INTRODUCTION:
Welcome!
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
Welcome to this liturgy as we gather as God's covenant people, reminded of our unique identity as a "kingdom of priests". Our liturgy today awakens us to God's profound love—demonstrated when Christ died for us while we were still sinners—and calls us to respond by joining Christ's mission as labourers in His harvest.
First Reading: Exodus 19:2–6a: God's covenant with Israel: He bore them "on eagle wings" and calls them to be a "kingdom of priests, a consecrated nation".
Second Reading: Romans 5:6–11: God's love proved in Christ's death: "while we were still sinners Christ died for us"; we are reconciled and will be saved by His life.
Gospel: Matthew 9:36–10:8: Jesus' compassion for the crowds "like sheep without a shepherd"; He sends His disciples proclaiming "The kingdom of heaven is at hand" and giving them authority to cure and cleanse.
WEEKDAY READINGS
(PSALTER WEEK III: YEAR A)
15th June Monday - 11th Week in OT - Weekday
1 Kings 21: 1-16; Matthew 5: 38-42
16th June Tuesday - 11th Week in OT - Weekday
1 Kings 21: 17-29; Matthew 5: 43-48
17th June Wednesday - 11th Week in OT - Weekday
2 Kings 2: 1, 6-14; Matthew 6: 1-6, 16-18
18th June Thursday - 11th Week in OT - Weekday
Sirach 48: 1-14; Matthew 6: 7-15
19th June Friday - 11th Week in OT - Weekday
Saint Romuald, Abbot
2 Kings 11: 1-4, 9-18, 20; Matthew 6: 19-23
20th June Saturday - 11th Week of OT - Weekend
Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
2 Chronicles 24; Matthew 6: 24-34
21st June Sunday - 12th Sunday in OT - Weekend
First Reading: Jer 20:10-13
Psalm: Ps 68:8-10. 14.17. 33-35 r.14
Second Reading: Rom 5:12-15
Gospel Acclamation: John 1:14.12
Gospel: Matt 10:26-33
11TH SUNDAY IN OT REFLECTION
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
At the sight of the crowds, Jesus' heart was moved with profound compassion. He saw people who were "troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd". This image reveals the deep spiritual emptiness of humanity—people harassed by sin, helpless without guidance, and scattered by the failure of religious leaders who judged and bullied rather than shepherd with kindness. Jesus' pity was not passive sympathy but the compassionate impulse of the Messiah Himself, the true Shepherd who came to seek and save the lost. His heart was stirred by the very condition that we all share: our homelessness in sin and our need for divine guidance.
From this compassion flows Jesus' urgent call to mission. He tells His disciples, "The harvest is abundant but the labourers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out labourers for his harvest". The harvest metaphor means there are many people who desperately need the Gospel, yet too few are willing to go and bring it to them. Then Jesus summons the twelve disciples and gives them authority over unclean spirits, to cure every disease and illness. He immediately commissions them: "Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. As you go, make this proclamation: 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.' Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons". The mission is not optional—it is the natural response to Christ's compassion.
The Gospel ends with the foundational principle of Christian mission: "Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give". We are the sinners Jesus died for, the sheep without a shepherd whom He now calls to become shepherds for others. We have received grace—reconciliation, healing, the Kingdom—without paying for it, and we are called to give it freely without counting the cost. Today, Jesus asks us to respond to His compassion by becoming labourers in His harvest, carrying forward His mission of curing, cleansing, raising, and proclaiming that the Kingdom of heaven is at hand.
