CATHEDRAL OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
Diocese of St. George's in GRENADA, 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 centers upon request and at the Cathedral parish during office times.
HOLY HOUR & ADORATION
(Weekly)
5.30 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. at Cathedral on Fridays
(except 1st Friday’s)
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 TIMES:
CATHEDRAL:
Monday to Friday - 6.15 a.m., & 12.15 p.m.,
Saturday - 6.00 p.m.
Sunday - 8.00 a.m.
COMMUNITIES OF THE CATHEDRAL
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.
Our Lady Lily of the Valley, TEMPE: Sunday - 8.00 a.m.
SACRAMENTS & LITURGIES
REFLECTION AND READINGS
INTRODUCTION:
Welcome!
Today we celebrate Christ Jesus the King of the Universe. We remember the allegiance we owe him, which we would not and should not give to any other power on earth. Our lives are meant to bear witness to His Kingdom. Let us ask for His grace to be true witnesses.
First Reading: From the prophet Daniel chapter 7, verses 13 to 14. He foresees the coming of one who will have dominion over all peoples. Christians see this as a reference to Christ, the Universal King.
Second Reading: The book of the Apocalypse chapter 1 verses 5 to 8 tells us that Christ will take full possession of His Kingdom only at the end of time.
Gospel: According to John chapter 18, verses 33 to 37. Jesus declares before Pilate that He is indeed a King, but that His Kingdom is not like the Kingdoms of this world.
WEEKDAY READINGS / B
(PSALTER WEEK II)
25th Monday - Ordinary Time Weekday
St. Catherine of Alexandria, Virgin & Martyr
Revelation 14: 1-3, 4b-5; Luke 21: 1-4
26th Tuesday - Ordinary Time Weekday
Revelation 14: 14-19; Luke 21: 5-11
27th Wednesday - Ordinary Time Weekday
Revelation 15: 1-4; Luke 21: 12-19
28th Thursday - Ordinary Time Weekday
Revelation 18: 1-2, 21-23; 19: 1-3, 9a; Luke 21: 20-28
29th Friday - Ordinary Time Weekday
Revelation 20: 1-4, 11-21: 2; Luke 21: 29-33
30th Saturday - Ordinary Time Weekday
Feast of St Andrew, Apostle
Romans 10: 9-18; Matthew 4: 18-22
24th Sunday - Ordinary Time
First Sunday of Advent
First Reading: Jeremiah 33:14-16
Psalm: Ps 25:1-10
Second Reading: 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13
Gospel Acclamation: Ps 84:8
Gospel: Luke 21:25-36
SUNDAY REFLECTION IN ORDINARY TIME
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
The Solemnity of Christ, King of the Universe, which we celebrate today, is set at the conclusion of the liturgical year and recalls that the life of creation does not advance at random, but proceeds toward a final destination: the definitive manifestation of Christ, Lord of history and of all creation.
The conclusion of history will be his eternal kingdom. Today’s Gospel passage (cf. Jn 18:33-37) speaks to us about this kingdom, the kingdom of Christ, the kingdom of Jesus, recounting the humiliating situation that Jesus is in after being arrested in Gethsemane: bound, insulted, accused and led before the authorities of Jerusalem. And then, he is presented to the Roman prosecutor, as one who seeks to undermine political power, to become the king of the Jews. So Pilate conducts his inquest and, in a dramatic interrogation, twice asks Jesus if He is a king (cf. vv. 33, 37).
In his response, Jesus wants to make it understood that above and beyond political power there is another even greater one, which is not obtained by human means. He has come to earth to exercise this power, which is love, by bearing witness to the truth (cf. v. 37), the divine truth which ultimately is the essential message of the Gospel: “God is love” (1 Jn 4:8); and he wishes to establish in the world his kingdom of love, justice and peace. And this is the kingdom of which Jesus is king, and which extends until the end of times. History teaches us that kingdoms founded on the force of arms and on the abuse of power are fragile and sooner or later collapse. But the Kingdom of God is founded on his love and is rooted in hearts — the Kingdom of God is rooted in hearts —, conferring peace, freedom and fullness of life upon those who embrace it. We all want peace; we all want freedom and we want fulfilment. And how do you do this? Allow the love of God, the Kingdom of God, the love of Jesus, to take root in your heart and you will have peace, you will have freedom and you will have fulfilment.
Today Jesus asks us to allow him to become our king. A king who, with his word, his example and his life immolated on the cross saved us from death, and — this king — indicates the path to those who are lost, gives new light to our existence marred by doubt, by fear and by everyday trials. But we must not forget that Jesus’ kingdom is not of this world. He will give new meaning to our life — at times even put to difficult tests through our mistakes and our sins — merely on the condition that we not follow the logics of the world and of its ‘kings’.
