My dear sisters and brothers, I don’t brag about this a lot, but I am a great fan of the comics in the newspapers. To justify this I say that sometimes in the comics you’ll find commentaries on contemporary events and insights into human behaviour that are at least as telling and as perceptive as those one reads  in the news stories and the various columns of our papers. Sometimes even more so!

ECUMENISM MAKES ME FEEL GOOD

(OR “Ecce quam bonum et quam jucundum)

 As you know, our two dioceses: the Diocese of Qu’Appelle and the Archdiocese of Regina, entered into a Covenant last year. It was an ecumenical achievement of which we can be justifiably proud and which has drawn interest from far and wide. When our two dioceses first investigated the possibility of a covenant between us and then entered into that convenant at the beginning of this year, it was a great sign of hope for many of us and continues to be so.

My dear brothers and sisters it is a great pleasure for me to be with you this evening to celebrate the Compassionate Healers’ Mass for the benefit and the intentions of all of those good and wonderful people who are involved in the ministry of healing and care of the sick in our Archdiocese. We come together here this evening as people who see health care as a ministry and not simply a profession or a job.

My dear friends, I am very appreciative of this opportunity to be with you today for this special occasion and I thank you for your invitation to preside over this Mass of thanksgiving on the occasion of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Sisters Adorers of the Precious Blood.