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
19TH SUNDAY IN OT
INTRODUCTION:
Welcome!
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
Welcome to the liturgy of the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Today’s liturgy invites the assembly to move from fear to faith. Elijah hears God not in wind, earthquake, or fire, but in a gentle whisper; the disciples in the boat discover Jesus’ saving power in the midst of the storm. Together, the prayers and readings call the Church to confidence in God’s hidden and steady presence.
First Reading: 1 Kings 19:9a, 11-13a: Elijah, exhausted and afraid, encounters God on Mount Horeb. The lesson is that the Lord is often found not in spectacle, but in silence and subtlety.
Second Reading: Romans 9:1-5: St. Paul speaks with deep sorrow for his fellow Israelites, showing the depth of his love and his longing that they come to know Christ.
Gospel: Matthew 14:22-33: Jesus walks on the water, calms the disciples’ fear, and lifts Peter when he begins to sink. It calls believers to keep their eyes fixed on Christ in the midst of life’s storms.
WEEKDAY READINGS
(PSALTER WEEK III: YEAR A)
10th Aug Monday - 19th Week in OT - Weekday
Saint Laurence, Deacon, Martyr
2 Corinthians 9: 6-10; John 12: 24-26
11th Aug Tuesday - 19th Week in OT - Weekday
Saint Clare, Virgin
Ezekiel 2: 8 - 3: 4; Matthew 18: 1-5, 10, 12-14
12th Aug Wednesday - 19th Week in OT - Weekday
Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, Religious
Ezekiel 9: 1-7; 10: 18-22; Matthew 18: 15-20
13th Aug Thursday - 19th Week in OT - Weekday
Saints Pontian, Pope, and Hippolytus, Priest, Martyrs
Ezekiel 12: 1-12; Matthew 18: 21 - 19: 1
14th Aug Friday - 19th Week in OT - Weekday
Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Priest, Martyr
Ezekiel 16: 1-15, 60, 63 or 16: 59-63; Matthew 19: 3-12
15th Aug Saturday - 18th Week of OT - Weekend
Solemnity, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Revelation 11: 19a; 12: 1-6a, 10ab Luke 1: 39-56
16th Aug Sunday - 20th Sunday in OT - Weekend
First Reading: Isa 56:1, 6-7
Psalm: Ps 66: 2-3. 5-6. 8 r.4
Second Reading: Rom 11:13-15, 29-32
Gospel Acclamation: John 10:27/cf. Matt 4: 23
Gospel: Matt 15:21-28
19TH SUNDAY IN OT REFLECTION
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
In the Gospel, Jesus comes to the disciples not after the storm has passed, but while the wind is still against them. That is important for preaching: Christ does not always remove the struggle immediately, but he does reveal his presence in the midst of it, and his word, “Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid,” becomes the anchor of the whole scene.
Peter’s walk on the water is a powerful image of faith that is bold but fragile. He begins well when his eyes are fixed on Jesus, but he begins to sink when he becomes overwhelmed by the wind and waves; in other words, fear can drown faith when we give more attention to the storm than to the Lord. Yet the Gospel is not about failure alone: Peter’s cry, “Lord, save me,” is already an act of faith, and Jesus’ immediate hand teaches us that grace is always nearer than our fear.
This can connect well with Grenada’s Carnival, especially the energy of Spicemas and J’ouvert, where people go out before dawn, into noise, movement, paint, powder, and a kind of controlled chaos. Carnival can be seen as a human attempt to push back against heaviness and oppression, to reclaim joy, voice, and freedom; in a Christian key, the Gospel reminds us that real freedom is not just loud celebration, but trust in Christ in the middle of life’s storms. So the message for the parish could be: even in the noise of carnival, Christ is the one who steadies the boat, saves the sinking disciple, and leads us from fear into worship.
