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:
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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
ASCENSION SUNDAY
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INTRODUCTION:
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Welcome! ​
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On this day we celebrate the glorification of Jesus, our Brother, when the Father raised him up in glory. Jesus wants us to share in his glory. On this Ascension Sunday, let us reflect on the glory to which we are called.
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First Reading: From the Acts of the Apostles chapter 1 verses 1 to 11. We hear of the Ascension of Jesus into heaven, and of his promise to send the Holy Spirit to his disciples.​
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Second Reading: Paul sets out the meaning of the ascension: God raised Jesus above all earthly powers, and made him head of the Church and Lord of creation. From his letter to the Ephesians chapter 1 verses 17 to 23.​
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Gospel: According to Luke chapter 24 verses 45 to 53. Before ascending into heaven, Jesus promises to send the Holy Spirit to his disciples.
WEEKDAY READINGS / C
(PSALTER WEEK III)
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2nd Monday Ordinary Time - Weekday
St. Marcellinus and Peter
Acts 19: 1-8; John 16: 29-33
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​​3rd Tuesday Ordinary Time - Weekday
St. Charles Lwanga & Companions, Martyrs
Acts 20: 17-27; John 17: 1-11a
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4th Wednesday Ordinary Time - Weekday
Acts 20: 28-38; John 17: 11b-19
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5th Thursday Ordinary Time - Weekday
Boniface, Bishop, & Martyr
Acts 22: 30; 23: 6-11; John 17: 20-26
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6th Friday Ordinary Time - Weekday
Acts 25: 13b-21; John 21: 15-19
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​​7th Saturday Ordinary Time - Weekend
Acts 28: 16-20, 30-31; John 21: 20-25
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8th Sunday- 5th Ordinary Time - Weekend
Pentecost Sunday
First Reading: Acts 2:1-11
Psalm: Ps 103: 1. 24. 29-31. 34 r. 30
Second Reading: 1 Cor 12:3-7, 12-13
Gospel Acclamation: Come, Holy Spirit,
fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle
in them the fire of your love.
Gospel: John 20:19-23
ASCENSION SUNDAY REFLECTION
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Today in Grenada and in many countries, the Ascension of the Lord, that is, his return to the Father, is being celebrated. In the Liturgy, the Gospel according to Luke narrates the final apparition of the Risen Christ to the disciples (cf. 24:46-53). First of all, He says to his friends: “I send the promise of my Father upon you” (v. 49). He is talking about the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, he who will accompany them, guide them, support them in their mission, and defend them in spiritual battles. We thus understand something important: Jesus is not abandoning the disciples. He ascends to Heaven, but he does not leave them alone.
Rather, precisely by ascending towards the Father, he ensures the effusion of the Holy Spirit, of his Spirit. On another occasion he had said: “It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Counsellor will not come to you”, — that is, the Spirit — (Jn 16:7). In this too, we see Jesus’ love for us: his is a presence that does not want to limit our freedom. On the contrary, he leaves space to us, because true love always generates a closeness that does not stifle, is not possessive, is close but not possessive; indeed, true love makes us protagonists. And in this way, Christ reassures, “I will go to the Father, and you will be clothed with power from on high: I will send you my Spirit and with his strength, you will continue my work in the world!” (cf. Lk 24:49). Thus, ascending to Heaven, instead of remaining beside a few people with his body, Jesus becomes close to all with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit makes Jesus present in us, beyond the barriers of time and space, to make us his witnesses in the world.
Straight afterwards — it is the second action — Christ raises his hands and blesses the apostles (cf. v. 50). It is a priestly gesture. Ever since the times of Aaron, God had entrusted the task of blessing the people to priests (cf. Nm 6:36). The Gospel wants to tell us that Jesus is the great priest of our life. Jesus ascends to the Father to intercede on our behalf, to present our humanity to him. Thus, before the eyes of the Father, with the humanity of Jesus, there are and always will be our lives, our hopes, our wounds. So, as he makes his “exodus” to Heaven, Christ “makes way” for us. He goes to prepare a place for us and, from this time forth, he intercedes for us, so that we may always be accompanied and blessed by the Father and be able to intercede for one another.
May Our Lady, blessed among women, who was filled with the Holy Spirit intercede for us all.
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