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| Have you ever experienced the New Catechumenal Way in celebrating the Eucharist? It was recently approved by Vatican II. What people don't know that, the Eucharist is the most important part of the celebration. I got a chance to last Saturday when my mommy just dragged me in to going coz I was with her for the entire day and I really wanted to go home but she didn't bring me home and I didn't want to BMW it home coz it was nasty pouring rain all day. So I stayed.
I'll try to explain the New Catechumenal Way of celebrating the Eucharist. But really, you would have to experience it yourself so I will just share my experience instead of explaining it. It was such a blessing to experience it.
Basically its mass celebrated around a table. The hymns are taken back to the old ways of celebration. The priest he explained to me and my mom before we started the explanation on how we would proceed in celebrating the mass because it was our first time experiencing it and they didn't want us to be overwhelmed. It actually to me it felt like a journey where we went back in time and sat around the table of the Last Supper. Because the priest explained to us, there are two tables in this celebration. One is the the table given with the word of God, and the other table we sit around it. No one is worthy of sitting as head of the table not even me, even if I am a priest. He says. The mass was celebrated as a party. It was really festive. There would be the two readings and the gospel. But the only difference after the gospel there isn't a homily, we share our experiences of the readings in what God was trying to speak to us through the readings. It was nice and different. Plus when it came to communion, the bread was actually a real flat bread that we would share with each other and the wine be served in a chalice. The experience when the priest came to you at communion, we would always have to stand up in pairs to recieve the bread and wine. At the end of the mass everyone would go around the table and dance to end the celebration. Was truely a blessing to experience a new way of celebrating the Eucharist.
Go check it out! Celebrations every Saturday nights at 730pm at the Notre-Dame de la Consolate Parish. I think thats the name of the Parish. Corner of Papineau/Jean Talon across Metro Fabre.
Yes it is far. Its all the way far East of Montreal.
The priest that celebrated the mass with us came with a team of a three. With a seminarian from Italy and a woman that is single for God (I forget whats the real word for it) they're all from Italy. Fr.Easydore.(I don't know how to spell his name either.) Them three they travel across Canada doing these celebrations of the New Catechumenal Way. Well mainly Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal for now. It would be awesome to see this in our Parishes.
Its a new journey of faith and getting to know God. But you should go experience it for yourself. Or we can contact Fr.Easydore to come to our Parishes and he can celebrate the New Catechumenal Way with us.
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| At this years SHOUT, we were asked to put things in our boxes that we cherished in our YFC career. No matter how long you've been in the community. In my shoe box. All I had was this picture. It was from Atlantic Regions Woman Forum from last summer. It was when the leaders, well the sister leaders got together that day. We had an activity, to give ms. Ellen Maigue-Talacca a make over. We all just hung out that day and what not. I miss it. The most I cherish is the sisterhood bonding we have together. The bond we have as sisters is unbreakable. Without them it would be different. I'm so glad to be blessed with them. Thank you Lord for blessing me with Sisterhood. Thank you Lord for blessing me with the love that we have as Atlantic Region, Montreal.
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| So last night, I was watching TV and I ended up watching a short film on Terry Fox on CTV with my sister. I can say that as I was watching it, my heart just kinda just stopped at some point. I felt overwhelmed for some odd reason. Terry Fox is truely a great man. He was a man from Port Coquitlam, BC who was diagnosed with cancer and it was so bad that they had to amputate his leg under his thigh. He had this passion of love for others. Helping others to find a cure for cancer even though he went through a lot himself. He was a brave man who walked from Newfoundland all the way to Thunder Bay until his cancer got worse and he couldn't go further anymore.
At times, people would tell him to give up and asks him why would anyone care in what he would do? But as determined he was he didn't care what others said. Things has gotten in his way through his journey of marathon, but he never gave up. I guess, what I'm trying to say is, not many people is like him and he in a way was another kind of figure like Jesus. Also his love for others, especially for the people he didn't know. His love was so big, it reminded me of SHOUT our theme. "Come after me...and I will make you fishers of men" - Mt 4:19. And also it reminded me of conference. Everything ties in somehow. Love is something that has been used and manipulated by the media. But thats something else for a later post. I honor Terry Fox for giving his love for others in putting others first even though he suffers himself.
Okay, my post is sort of starting not to make sense anymore. So I'll leave it be for now. K the end.
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| As the old YFC year closes and the new year enters with Conference and SHOUT. For me, it was a blessing to actually have had the chance to go to Conference and to SHOUT. I originally wasn't gonna go to Conference because of my no money issue. But then, the week before Conference, I was blessed with a job and my thought of that was, I just started a job, I probably still won't be able to still go to Conference. But I checked my work schedule and it said I wasn't working the weekend of conference. So for me I was like, wow, I was really meant to go to Conference. God was really calling me to go.
I guess from my entire summer, I forgot how to Love and to rely on God. At times, I would have really late night fights with my mom when my sisters would be on the other side of the world. The reasons for those fights its all because of on my future and how we would pay for school and all that. I guess I was fighting and crying so much that I forgot how to just shut up and listen to God and have what he wants instead of what I have in my own hands. From all those late night fights, I guess I forgot how to love. I knew Love was there, God had never given up on me. It was a major refresher for me during the sessions. God was speaking to me through it all. My heart was filled with many messages from the Lord. I was a bit overwhelmed. But it was a very good one. I have to confess this, I was blinded in wanting to leave Montreal for my wants and to the point that I guess God didn't want me to leave. He took away what was in my hands and to put what was in his plans.
I know Conferences people meet and reunite. That part was awesome for me too to reunite with my brothers and sisters from Western Canada which we haven't seen each other since the Montreal Conference in 2006. It was awesome to meet new faces and see the old ones. But The best part of Conference for me was when everyone was praying over each delegation, and when they were praying over Atlantic it really got to me the love for Atlantic region. I felt so blessed to be Atlantic Region because we have so much to offer but we are such a small region. But I that day, I saw the love that each and every single one of us for God was there. It made me smile because everyone is so young. But they are all willing to say Yes to God at such a young age. It reminded of me when I was their age.
After Conference, Montreal had a SHOUT. Our Summer HOUse Training. I've been to so many SHOUTs in my career in YFC, but really, this one has been the best SHOUTs ever. It was a spiritual route for me. Our theme for SHOUT was, "Come with me and I will make you fishers of men" - MT 4:19. Its simply for us to just go out there to love everyone and to go get the others. It ties in to our Conference theme "Love one another as I have loved you." - John 13-34. Even though that our Shout only got to be 3 days only cause we all started school or had work. But this year I got the chance to attend the entire SHOUT cause I had no work or school like I did last year. It was a fruitful weekend. I was so proud of some of the youngings. I remember them when they used to hesitate and to say yes to serve. Now they have the courage to say yes and to do it for God. It was really inspiring to see the young ones go out and be Mission Ready.
Atlantic Region, I love you guys! We are one, we are one family no matter.
God is Love!
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| Dear Friends,
I've been always meaning to come back to blog on xanga. But I never got to do it. In a way I guess for the past few months I have learned a lot too. I have tried to write on xanga the past few times. But by the end of the blog I'd just don't end up posting them. I will try to come back to xanga. I guess its a good way to sit and reflect. Since its been awhile. It does kinda feel weird to blogh again. k Well enough of that.
The past few months has actually been a struggle for me everything seemed to be a test from God. The key things I've learnt was learning to live life simple and to be patient . Those are the three things I learned. I guess I can start off with living life simple. For those who knew, I was jobless for quite sometime. I was a few months jobless and struggling and thinking I can't do many things either. But through that I learnt to live simple because when I use to be making money I'd spend it on materialistic things like shoes and hoodies. I love shoes and hoodies for those who don't know that. I'd keep buying new shoes almost every week or every few weeks. Was a horrible habit and they weren't cheap. I was selfish and not living a simple life. I had to present myself with new shoes all the time. Its sad. But I guess God realized that and he had to teach me a lesson and to take away my job from me for awhile.
I've learnt to be patient. I'll just keep it short. It connects to me living a simple life too. When he took away my job, I obviously was looking for a new one. It was not only finding a job got to me. Waiting for a response for my intern and the Quebec Government for York was really long. I grew impatient and I didn't want to have the feeling of being ansty. But it did happen. It took the entire summer of waiting, pulling my heart of struggling to be patient on things. I got my Government loan for school, but I didn't get enough money to pay for school. So I had no choice in not going to school anymore. I was sad that I wouldn't be joining the York Dorks. But I guess God has a better plan for me. I just was blind and didn't see it. I was putting everything to what I want instead of what God's want from me. Also my heart has many things to keep patient of. I'm starting to grow a little impatient but in time. Its all in Gods hands.
P.S I have a feeling I will be back to blog more. So don't wait up!
P.P.S Wow, this blog feels so formal. haha. I ended up with signing it. Weeeird! Whatevs. k the end.
Jasmine
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