2016 Diocesan Pilgrimage to The Martyrs’ Shrine

A Reflection Guide for the Journey

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Prayer of Pope Francis for the Jubilee Year of Mercy

Lord Jesus Christ, you have taught us to be merciful like the heavenly Father, and have told us that whoever sees you sees Him. Show us your face and we will be saved. Your loving gaze freed Zacchaeus and Matthew from being enslaved by money; the adulteress and Magdalene from seeking happiness only in created things; made Peter weep after his betrayal, and assured Paradise to the repentant thief. Let us hear, as if addressed to each one of us, the words that you spoke to the Samaritan woman: “If you knew the gift of God!” You are the visible face of the invisible Father, of the God who manifests his power above all by forgiveness and mercy: let the Church be your visible face in the world, its Lord risen and glorified. You willed that your ministers would also be clothed in weakness in order that they may feel compassion for those in ignorance and error: let everyone who approaches them feel sought after, loved, and forgiven by God. Send your Spirit and consecrate every one of us with its anointing, so that the Jubilee of Mercy may be a year of grace from the Lord, and your Church, with renewed enthusiasm, may bring good news to the poor, proclaim liberty to captives and the oppressed, and restore sight to the blind. We ask this of you, Lord Jesus, through the intercession of Mary, Mother of Mercy; you who live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever. Amen. © Copyright Pontifical Council for the Promotion of New Evangelization, Vatican State. All rights reserved.

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2016 Diocesan Pilgrimage

to The Martyrs’ Shrine

A Reflection Guide for the Journey

Table of Contents

Blessing of Pilgrims as they Set Out ……………………………………………………………… 4

What is a Pilgrimage? ……………………………………………………………………………... 6

Pope Francis on Pilgrimage during the Year of Mercy ..………………………………………….... 8

The Stories of the Canadian Martyrs and Prayers …………………………………………………. 9

The History of The Martyrs’ Shrine ……………………………………………………………... 14

Pope St. John Paul II’s Homily at The Martyrs’ Shrine …………………………………….......… 17

Prayers to the Canadian Martyrs ……………………………………………………………....…. 20

Scriptural Rosary: The Joyful Mysteries .……………………………………………………..…... 22

Celebration of the Eucharist…………………………………………………………………...… 26

Blessing of Pilgrims on their Journey Home ………………………………………………..…… 33

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Blessing of Pilgrims as they Set Out

The present order may be used by a priest or deacon. While maintaining the structure and chief elements of the rite, the celebrant should adapt the celebration to the circumstances of the place and the people involved.

INTRODUCTORY RITES

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. R. Amen.

May God, our strength and salvation, be with you all. R. And with your spirit.

Brothers and sisters, as we set out, we should remind ourselves of the reasons for our resolve to go on this holy pilgrimage. The place we intend to visit is a monument to the devotion of the people of God. They have gone there in great numbers to be strengthened in the Christian way of life and to become more determined to devote themselves to the works of charity. We must also try to bring something to the faithful who live there: our example of faith, hope, and love. In this way both they and we will be enriched by the help we give each other.

WORD OF GOD

A reader, another person present, or the celebrant reads a text of sacred Scripture.

A reading from the second letter of Paul to the Corinthians:

So we are always confident; even though we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord—for we walk by faith, not by sight. Yes, we do have confidence, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him. For all of us must appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each may receive recompense for what has been done in the body, whether good or evil. (2 Corinthians 5:6-10)

RESPONSORIAL PSALM: Psalm 24

R. Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face.

The LORD's are the earth and its fullness; the world and those who dwell in it. For he founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers. R.

Who can ascend the mountain of the LORD or who may stand in his holy place? He whose hands are sinless, whose heart is clean, who desires not what is vain. R.

He shall receive a blessing from the LORD, a reward from God his savior. Such is the race that seeks for him, that seeks the face of the God of Jacob. R.

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INTERCESSIONS

God is the beginning and the end of life's pilgrimage. Let us call on him with confidence, saying:

R. Lord, hear our prayer.

Father all-holy, of old you made yourself the guide and the way for your people as they wandered in the desert; be our protection as we begin this journey, so that we may return home again in safety. (For this we pray:) R.

You have given us your only Son to be our way to you; make us follow him faithfully and unswervingly. (For this we pray:) R.

You gave us Mary as the image and model for following Christ; grant that through her example we may live a new life. (For this we pray:) R.

You guide your pilgrim Church on earth through the Holy Spirit; may we seek you in all things and walk always in the way of your commandments. (For this we pray:) R.

You lead us along right and peaceful paths; grant that we may one day see you face to face in heaven. (For this we pray:) R.

PRAYER OF BLESSING

With hands outstretched, the celebrant continues with the prayer of blessing.

All-powerful God, you always show mercy toward those who love you and you are never far away for those who seek you. Remain with your servants on this holy pilgrimage and guide their way in accord with your will. Shelter them with your protection by day, give them the light of your grace by night, and, as their companion on the journey, bring them to their destination in safety.

We ask this through Christ our Lord. R. Amen.

CONCLUDING RITE

The celebrant concludes the rite by saying:

May the Lord guide us and direct our journey in safety. R. Amen. 1

1 Book of Blessings by Prepared by International Commission on English in the Liturgy A Joint Commission of Catholic

Bishops' Conferences, The Liturgical Press, Collegeville, Minnesota, 1989

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What is a Pilgrimage? A pilgrimage is a journey a pilgrim makes to a sacred place for the purpose of venerating it or to ask for heavenly aid, and ultimately to come to know God better. Christian pilgrimages were first made to sites connected with the birth, life, crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Shortly after, pilgrimages started being made to Rome and other sites associated with the Apostles, Saints and Christian martyrs, as well as places where there had been apparitions of the Virgin Mary. In the past, pilgrims would leave their homes, families, and comforts to walk for hundreds of miles with nothing but what they could carry on their backs. Just as the pilgrims from the early centuries, we modern pilgrims also leave our homes, families and comforts in order to journey to sacred places.2 Common Reasons for Going on Pilgrimage

People go on pilgrimage for as many reasons as there are pilgrims. Often, people go on pilgrimage when they are at a crossroads in their lives, when undergoing a change in their life’s direction or relationships. Others may be in search of a deeper spirituality, healing and forgiveness. Or it may be that pilgrimage marks a special birthday, retirement or other occasion for giving thanks. It’s also a great adventure with the chance to meet new people and see new places. For Christians, the reasons for going on pilgrimage might be: • To set aside time for God and feel closer to him • To discern his will and guidance at times of transition or difficulty • To be strengthened in faith • To feel inspired by the communion of saints who have gone before us

The Joy of Pilgrimage

Pilgrimage can be a life-changing, transformational experience. A time of letting go of the old to let the new come in. Pilgrims don’t merely visit a place as tourists, they come away inspired and changed by it in some way. Going on pilgrimage may give us a new sense of awareness and wonder. Or result in a greater sense of our life’s purpose. Pilgrimage helps to illuminate the journey of life by helping us to focus on ‘what really matters’ and to rediscover the joy of giving and generosity. And to have a greater appreciation for life’s gifts.

2 http://worldyouthday.com/

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Getting More out of a Pilgrimage

As we are travelling to Midland, reflect on the reasons why you are going on this pilgrimage.

- What event or situation made you decide to take this Pilgrimage? - What would you like to get out of it? - What are your prayer intentions as you journey?

Be open to those you meet and be prepared to help one another. And mark your journey in some way—perhaps by keeping a journal, taking photos, sketching or writing poetry.

Learning to be adaptable is the mark of a real pilgrim—it’s when the best things often happen. Accept that adversity is as much a part of pilgrimage as the joy and gladness that comes from reaching your destination.3

3 http://www.pilgrimswaycanterbury.org/

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Pope Francis on Pilgrimage during the Year of Mercy Bull of Indiction of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Sunday, 11 April 2015

The Church’s first truth is the love of Christ. The Church makes herself a servant of this love and mediates it to all people: a love that forgives and expresses itself in the gift of oneself. Consequently, wherever the Church is present, the mercy of the Father must be evident. In our parishes, communities, associations and movements, in a word, wherever there are Christians, everyone should find an oasis of mercy.

13. We want to live this Jubilee Year in light of the Lord’s words: Merciful like the Father. The Evangelist reminds us of the teaching of Jesus who says, “Be merciful just as your Father is merciful” (Lk 6:36). It is a programme of life as demanding as it is rich with joy and peace. Jesus’s command is directed to anyone willing to listen to his voice (cf. Lk 6:27). In order to be capable of mercy, therefore, we must first of all dispose ourselves to listen to the Word of God. This means rediscovering the value of silence in order to meditate on the Word that comes to us. In this way, it will be possible to contemplate God’s mercy and adopt it as our lifestyle.

14. The practice of pilgrimage has a special place in the Holy Year, because it represents the journey each of us makes in this life. Life itself is a pilgrimage, and the human being is a viator, a pilgrim travelling along the road, making his way to the desired destination. Similarly, to reach the Holy Door in Rome or in any other place in the world, everyone, each according to his or her ability, will have to make a pilgrimage. This will be a sign that mercy is also a goal to reach and requires dedication and sacrifice. May pilgrimage be an impetus to conversion: by crossing the threshold of the Holy Door, we will find the strength to embrace God’s mercy and dedicate ourselves to being merciful with others as the Father has been with us.

The Lord Jesus shows us the steps of the pilgrimage to attain our goal: “Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven; give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For the measure you give will be the measure you get back” (Lk 6:37-38). The Lord asks us above all not to judge and not to condemn. If anyone wishes to avoid God’s judgement, he should not make himself the judge of his brother or sister. Human beings, whenever they judge, look no farther than the surface, whereas the Father looks into the very depths of the soul. How much harm words do when they are motivated by feelings of jealousy and envy! To speak ill of others puts them in a bad light, undermines their reputation and leaves them prey to the whims of gossip. To refrain from judgement and condemnation means, in a positive sense, to know how to accept the good in every person and to spare him any suffering that might be caused by our partial judgment, our presumption to know everything about him. But this is still not sufficient to express mercy. Jesus asks us also to forgive and to give. To be instruments of mercy because it was we who first received mercy from God. To be generous with others, knowing that God showers his goodness upon us with immense generosity.

Merciful like the Father, therefore, is the “motto” of this Holy Year. In mercy, we find proof of how God loves us. He gives his entire self, always, freely, asking nothing in return. He comes to our aid whenever we call upon him. What a beautiful thing that the Church begins her daily prayer with the words, “O God, come to my assistance. O Lord, make haste to help me” (Ps 70:2)! The assistance we ask for is already the first step of God’s mercy toward us. He comes to assist us in our weakness. And his help consists in helping us accept his presence and closeness to us. Day after day, touched by his compassion, we also can become compassionate towards others.4

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The Stories of the Canadian Martyrs

The following are the stories of the saints who journeyed to Midland, Ontario from France, and who were martyred there.

St. Jean de Brébeuf (1593-1649) Jean de Brébeuf, born in Normandy, was ordained at the age of thirty-three. He was the first Jesuit Missionary in Huronia (1626) and a master of the Huron language. He worked throughout all the district of Huronia for thirteen years, founded Mission outposts and converted thousands to the faith. He inspired many Jesuits to volunteer for the Missions of New France. He was known as the Apostle of the Hurons and the Huron called him Echon. He was massive in body, strong yet gentle in character. Before leaving Normandy, he revealed his sentiments. “I felt a strong desire to suffer something for Christ.” And he prayed: “Lord make me a man according to your own heart. Let nothing separated me from your love; neither nakedness, nor the sword, nor death itself.” He made a vow signed in his blood, never to refuse to offer of Martyrdom if asked to

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die for Christ. His visions of the cross and of his future martyrdom were fulfilled when captured March 16, 1649, he was tortured for hours. He was martyred at St. Ignace, six miles from Ste. Marie at the age of fifty-six.

Pause for a Moment of Reflection We pray… Saint Jean de Brébeuf, obtain for us, through your intercession, courage to overcome all human respect, resignation in times of trial, confidence in God’s power and goodness, and zeal for our spiritual welfare; so that, raised above the things of earth, we may lead a truly Christian life and gain merit for eternity. Amen. St. Charles Garnier (1606-1649) Charles Garnier, a Parisian, a Jesuit, and a priest, was attracted to the arduous Missions of Canada. He came to Huronia at the age of thirty-one and for thirteen years, laboured among the Hurons and Petuns. Once driven from the Petun nation as a sorcerer, he later returned to find a rewarding outlet for his zeal. On December 7th, 1649 he was a victim of the Iroquois massacre of the village of Etharita, thirty miles from Ste. Marie. He refused to escape but exercised his charity to the end. Even when mortally wounded, he tried to assist a Huron who had also received his death wound. A blow of an Iroquois tomahawk sent his pure soul on its flight to God. Saint Charles Garnier was always a person of innocence and purity with a strong devotion to Our Lady whom he acknowledged looked after him as a youth and to whom he owed his vocation to the Society of Jesus. Gentle, innocent, fearless, he succeeded in winning many souls to God both at St. Joseph’s Mission and among the Petuns. Replete with every gift of nature and grace, converts were won to the faith and moved to devotion at the mere sight of his angelic face and all who came in contact with him took away a deep impression of his virtue. This interior perfection of soul was, as in the case of all holy men, sustained by a life of rigid penance – a foretaste of the Martyrdom which was soon to be his reward.

Pause for a Moment of Reflection We pray… Saint Charles Garnier, help us to be generous in the service of God. We fear pain, we shun mortification, we lack generosity. Your example is before us; your spotless purity, your rigorous penances, your devotion to Our Lady, all impress us. We now ask your intercession whereby our resolutions may be strengthened. Inspire in us a love of purity and zeal. Give us courage to do something for our souls, so that in the end we may share your bliss in Paradise. Amen.

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St. Gabriel Lalemant (1610-1649) Gabriel Lalemant, a Parisian, became a Jesuit at age 19. His ambition was to labour in the Missions and he asked to be sent to the Canadian Missions. He was “one of the most feeble and delicate in health.” A scholar, he was professor of Philosophy, and dean of studies in French Colleges. In 1646, his repeated request to be sent to New France was granted. He left immediately. In Canada, he wanted to go at once to Huronia in September, 1648 where in words of Scriptures, he was destined to complete a long time in a short space. In Huronia seven months, just beginning to speak native tongue, he was sent to assist Brébeuf in February, 1649. He was captured with Brébeuf and tortured for seventeen hours at the stake. Gabriel Lalemant died on March 17th in his 39th year, at St. Ignace, six miles from St. Marie. He summed up his own strength, “My strength is the strength of God. In Him, I can do all things.”

Pause for a Moment of Reflection We pray… Saint Gabriel Lalemant who, notwithstanding weakness and ill-health and the appeals of family and friends, generously gave yourself to the work of saving souls, and in so doing sacrificed your life by a cruel death, intercede for us and obtain this for us, detachment from the things of this world, so that, strong in the freedom of the children of God and following your example, we may share your reward in Heaven. Amen. St. Antoine Daniel (1601 – 1648) Antoine Daniel was born In Normandy, turned from the lure of worldly honours, became a Jesuit at 20, was ordained a priest at 29, answered a strong call to the Mission of Canada, was a Missioner near Bras d’Or Lakes (1632), founded first boys College in North America (Quebec 1635), laboured in Huronia for twelve years. Brébeuf wrote of him, “I never saw one more resolute to start out for Huronia even when he was told he might lose his life on the way.” He mastered the language and dreamed of forming future catechists among the Hurons who would instruct other members of their tribe. Finishing his annual retreat at Ste. Marie July 2, 1648, he left for his mission at St. Joseph, twelve miles away. Two days later, he had just finished saying Mass when the Mission was attacked by the Iroquois. Fr. Daniel encouraged the converts to meet death as Christians should; he hastily baptized all he could and went out to face the enemy. His body was pierced with arrows and bullets. The Iroquois set fire to the Chapel and threw his body into the flames. He was Martyred at Mount St. Louis, 12 miles from Ste. Marie at the age of 48, on July 4th, 1648.

Pause for a Moment of Reflection We pray… Saint Antoine Daniel, cold as we are in God’s service, we realize that we do little for our own soul and less for the soul of our neighbors. Strengthen us with your courage; Inspire in us a lively interest

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for all that makes for the glory of God and the welfare of His Church; impart to our souls some of your enthusiasm and zeal, so that we may also share in the happiness you are now enjoying in heaven. Amen. St. Noël Chabanel (1613-1649) Noël Chabanel became a Jesuit at the age of seventeen, a priest at twenty-eight; was a successful professor and humanist in France. Experiencing a strong desire to consecrate himself to the Canadian Missions, he arrived in Quebec in 1643 and then to Huronia. The enthusiasm of the young missionary quickly lost its glamour. Unable to learn the Indian language, feeling useless in the ministry, sensitive to the surroundings, his life was to be one unbroken chain of disappointments, an ordeal that he himself called a “bloodless Martyrdom.” Tempted to return to France, he bound himself by a vow to remain in New France till death. For two years he stood in the shadow of death and then was slain secretly by an apostate Huron on the banks of the Nottawasaga, twenty-five miles from Ste. Marie on December 8th, 1649.

Pause for a Moment of Reflection We pray… Saint Noël Chabanel, whose heart burned with the desire to sacrifice all for the glory and honor of God, obtain for us a right appreciation of the trials and sufferings of this life. Let not disappointments discourage us nor crosses weigh us down, so that strengthened by the example of your heroic constancy and perseverance in the service of God on earth, we may some day share your reward in heaven. Amen. St. Isaac Jogues (1607-1646) Isaac Jogues was a priest only seven months and was 29 years of age when he came to Canada in 1636. He set out at once for Huronia. For three years he supplied at mission outposts, instructing and baptizing. He helped to build Ste. Marie (1639) and explored as far west as Sault Ste. Marie. When the Iroquois blockaded the Ottawa route and the missionaries faced starvation, he volunteered to go to Quebec. On the return journey, he was captured by the Iroquois, brutally tortured, and made a slave. Thirteen months later, he escaped to France. Pope Urban VIII granted him permission to celebrate Mass, notwithstanding his mutilated hands, remarking that “A Martyr of Christ should be allowed to drink the blood of Christ.” The following year, he was back in Canada and was sent as an emissary to discuss a treaty with the Iroquois. He went, “his heart seized with dread,” at the prospect of again falling into the hands of his torturers. They blamed him for the disaster of a harvest failure. He was seized at Ossernenan (now Auriesville, New York) and cruelly beaten. A blow from a tomahawk gave him the crown of Martyrdom on October 18, 1646, at the age of 39.

Pause for a Moment of Reflection We pray…

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Saint Isaac Jogues, glorious martyr of Jesus Christ, help us by your intercession to be patient in the trials that God may send us. Amen. St. René Goupil (1608-1642) René Goupil entered the Jesuit Order but had to leave because of ill health. He studied medicine and then offered his services to the Jesuit Missions in Canada. If he could not work directly in the apostolate, he could help those who did. He arrived in Canada in 1640 and served French colonists and native converts in whom he saw Our Lord in His suffering members and whom he treated with patience and charity. On his way to Huron country with Isaac Jogues in 1642, they were captured by the Iroquois, tortured and taken to the Mohawk country. The virtue of René Goupil revealed itself in those crucial moments of his life. In an act of sublime resignation, he exclaimed, “May God be blessed. May His will be done. I accept this cross. I desire it. I embrace it with all my heart.” On the journey to Mohawk country he begged Isaac Jogues to receive his vows. A month later he was martyred for making the sign of the cross on a little Indian child. He was martyred at Auriesville, N.Y. at the age of thirty-five, on September 29, 1642.

Pause for a Moment of Reflection We pray… Saint René Goupil, whose zeal for the Cross of Christ merited the crown of martyrdom, give us the courage always to glory in the Cross and never to be ashamed of it. Help us to understand, what seems so hard to our ungenerous soul, that the more willingly we carry our cross the lighter it becomes; so that, following your example, we may in patience and long-suffering carry our burdens bravely to the end. Amen. Jean de Lalande (d. 1646) Jean de Lalande, at nineteen offered his services as a layman to the Jesuits in New France. He accompanied Isaac Jogues to the Mohawk Mission (1646), was captured with him and tortured. He saw Jogues martyred. On the following day (October 19, 1646), he himself was killed, a martyr, at Auriesville, N.Y.

Pause for a Moment of Reflection We pray… Saint John de Lalande, who consecrated your life to God in the service of His missionaries, who served those holy men in lowly employments, and who in the end received the crown which is rewarded of humble and devoted soul, intercede for us with the Divine Master, so that if our petition be agreeable to His holy will we may obtain what we ask. Amen.5

5 http://martyrs-shrine.com

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The History of the Martyrs’ Shrine

Canada’s national shrine of the Canadian Jesuit Martyrs will celebrate its 90th anniversary of the opening of the present church on the hill in 2016. It is Canada’s only national shrine outside of Quebec. The only other national shrine is St. Joseph’s Oratory which is approximately of the same age as Martyrs’ Shrine and is located in Montreal, Quebec. Devotion to the Martyrs had flourished for many years before they were beatified in 1925. In 1907, Archbishop Denis O’Connor of Toronto blessed a chapel near the site of martyrdom of Fathers Jean de Brébeuf and Gabriel Lalemant within the parish limits of Waubaushene, about 12 kms. from the present Shrine. For 18 years, thousands of devout pilgrims visited this humble shrine and stayed at the 40-room shrine hostel nearby.

In June of 1925, Father John M. Filion, then provincial superior of English speaking Jesuits across Canada, felt the need for a larger Shrine that would be closer both to pure spring water and to Ste-Marie-among-the-Hurons, the missionaries’ “home of peace.” So he purchased the Standin brothers’ farm on the hill across the dirt road from the ruins of Ste-Marie. Acting as his own architect and foreman, he hired 50 local seamen in the fall of 1925 and had the roof placed by winter. Some of the lumber came from the Waubaushene shrine and the remainder was donated by lumber companies north of Lake Huron. “I wanted a church both rustic and amateur and I am sure all the high-class architects will agree that it is quite rustic and quite amateur,” Father Filion used to chuckle in later years. As part of the rustic theme, he shaped the ceiling as an inverted canoe. Since birch bark was in short supply for the entire interior, he chose a durable substitute, British Columbia three-ply cottonwood called Lamatco. With the stone facing put on the church by Reuben Webb, the edifice on the hill has always looked quite handsome. The craftsman used Longford stone from the east side of Lake Simcoe. The old St. Peter’s Church on Bathurst Street in Toronto was being replaced, so the Shrine got the three altars, the communion rail, the rose windows and the pews. The same year the cathedral in London, Ontario was being renovated and the architect rejected the 14 Stations of the Cross which are now in our church and are one of its chief ornaments. We also got the stained glass windows from the cathedral. They were painted in Germany. They came to us gratis. Of course, there were expenses in erecting the magnificent church, so several Ontario bishops had diocesan collections to help pay the bills. The Shrine was blessed on June 25, 1926 by Cardinal O’Connell of Boston. He arrived in Midland on the cruise ship, South American, after attending the Eucharistic Congress in Chicago. Mostly in wagons, 500 proper Bostonians made their way to the brand-new Shrine.

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On the next day, Sunday, 10,000 pilgrims gathered in front of the church for a Pontifical High Mass celebrated by Archbishop Neil McNeil of Toronto. Five other heads of dioceses were present, and Bishop Michael Fallon of London preached the sermon on the outside steps. Almost four years to the day later, as Pope Pius XI was canonizing the eight Canadian Martyrs in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, another vast congregation gathered in front of the altar at the 12th Station of the Cross on the hill overlooking Georgian Bay. Once more Archbishop McNeil celebrated a Mass of Thanksgiving, and this time Monsignor Joseph O’Sullivan, rector of St. Augustine’s Seminary, Toronto, preached. In those days most pilgrims from southern Ontario came by excursion train that stopped adjacent to Ste-Marie-among-the-Hurons. The Shrine director from 1927 to 1953, Father Thomas Lally, S.J., would follow the processional cross and lead every pilgrimage up the big hill. In 1936 and 1937, he organized historical pageants about the Martyrs and ordinary people flocked to them. But there were other summer days over the years when he welcomed kings, governors-general, apostolic delegates, prime ministers, premiers, and flocks of bishops. At the end of the Depression, it took three years of appeals in The Martyrs’ Shrine Message for the Director to collect the $4,000.00 purchase price of Sainte-Marie from a local businessman. It was a top priority. With the site of the home of peace back in Jesuit hands in 1940, Fr. Lally wanted archaeologists to get busy, so he encouraged, first, Professor Kenneth Kidd of the Royal Ontario Museum and, then, Professor Wilfrid Jury to supervise teams of diggers — for whom he provided room and board at the Shrine Inn. The biggest find of the digs came in August, 1954 when Father Denis Hegarty, S.J. of the Shrine staff uncovered in the Native chapel a lead plaque, “Père Jean de Brébeuf bruslé par les Iroquois le 17 de mars, l’an 1649.” That was five years after the Tercentenary celebrations of the deaths of those Martyrs. A trainload of pilgrims came from Quebec City with Archbishop Maurice Roy taking personal charge of the skull of Brébeuf which came up the hill in a solemn procession. Premier Robert Schuman of France was there too. Cardinal James McGuigan of Toronto led the welcoming party. More memorable for some of us that summer of 1949 was the Pageant, Salute to Canada, written and directed by Father Daniel Lord, S.J. of St. Louis, Missouri. The numbers were impressive: four nights, 25 musicians of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, 500 actors, including the Volcoff Dancers, 40,000 enthralled viewers. Some evenings it rained in the area, except on the hillside of the Pageant! On the 26th anniversary of his directorship, Father Lally died at the Shrine in October, 1953. Father John McCaffrey, S.J. was Director for the next 15 years. In 1964 the Jesuits negotiated an agreement between the Upper Canadian Province of Jesuits and the Government of Ontario whereby the historic site of Sainte-Marie and adjoining land on the south side of highway 32 were leased to the Provincial Government for 100 years for a consideration of one dollar. In turn the Government undertook to rebuild and operate Ste-Marie- among-the-Hurons. As Director from 1970 to 1974, Father Angus Macdougall, S.J. researched and wrote a multitude of pamphlets on the Martyrs. He also had the 124 room Inn demolished before a fire could break out. The next Director, for five years, was Father Winston Rye, S.J. who erected a cairn to the faith of the Native Indian people, marking a fitting relationship between Native people and missionaries. The annual Native prayer days at the Shrine began at that time.

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He was followed in the Fall of 1978 by Father Edwin Merchant, S.J. who built up devotion to the newly beatified Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha and commissioned a statue in her honour. Father James Farrell, S.J. provided the leadership following Father Merchant. First, he put a hall, the Filion Centre, under the church even though naysayers said the building would collapse in the doing. Then in the highlight of highlights these 80 years, he welcomed (in September, 1984) Pope John Paul II who, through television told the country and the world that “this Martyrs’ Shrine is a place of pilgrimage and prayer, a monument to God’s blessings in the past, an inspiration as we look to the future.” In 1992, to mark the 150th anniversary of the return of the Jesuits to Canada, the Jesuits of Quebec offered the precious relic of the skull of St. Jean de Brébeuf to the Martyrs’ Shrine. In the presence of Archbishop Aloysius Ambrozic of Toronto Father Rene Latourelle, S.J., of Quebec told the assembly at the papal altar, “Here Brébeuf was and still is fully at home.” Annually, pilgrims come to Canada’s only national shrine outside of Quebec — individuals, organizations, schools, parishes, dioceses. They come in convoys of cars or buses, or alone, even on foot. Their numbers at one time had grown to 200,000 a year. Today some 100,000 pilgrims still visit this national shrine. Smaller ethnic shrines all over the grounds are focal points for huge pilgrimages which include procession, hillside Mass, singing and praying in more than 20 languages. Following the death of Father Farrell in 1996 the next Director was Father Don Beaudois, SJ (1996 – 2000) and he was followed by Father Robert Wong, SJ (2000 – 2004). Today the Director is Father Alex Kirsten, SJ. Over these many years pilgrims from near and far have worshipped in Fr. Filion’s rustic church at the four English-language Masses a day. The words of our Holy Father still echo from the hill: “Let us recall for a moment these heroic saints who are honoured in this place and who have left us a precious heritage.” Keeping the history alive The shrine has its own archivist, volunteer teacher Steve Catlin, to maintain its records. Besides the two validated cures which led to the raising of the Martyrs to sainthood back in 1930, the shrine has literally thousands of letters from pilgrims who report a cure or favour being granted through the intercession of the martyrs.” Mr. Catlin says he has known people who recovered from bad backs and legs after prayer and placing hands on one of the reliquaries. His own mother, who had been unconscious for three days following a bad fall, recovered quickly, he believes, once she came in contact “with cloth that had been touched by the bones of the martyrs.” The archives holds photographs such as the one of Gerald Henry who, in 1928, was “instantly cured of stuttering when blessed with the relics” and a Montreal Standard feature from 1939 is filled with the names and addresses of those who claimed to be cured of such afflictions as infantile paralysis, heart disease and even goiter. Today, far more discretion is applied to such information.6

6 http://martyrs-shrine.com

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Pope St. John Paul II’s Homily at The Martyrs’ Shrine Liturgy of the Word with the Native Peoples of Canada

Saturday, 15 September 1984

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

1. Chay! With this traditional Huron word of welcome I greet you all. And I greet you, too, in the

name of Jesus Christ who loves you and who has called you out "of every race, language, people and

nation" (Apoc. 5, 9) to be one in his Body the Church. Truly, Canadians are a people of many races

and languages, and thus it gives me great joy to pray with you at this holy place, the Martyrs’ Shrine,

which stands as a symbol of the unity of faith in a diversity of cultures. I greet those of you who

have come from the far North and the rural areas of Ontario, those from the cities to the South,

those from outside Ontario and from the United States as well. And in a special way I greet the

native peoples of Canada, the descendants of the first inhabitants of this land, the North American

Indians.

2. We are gathered at this site in Midland which is of great importance in the history of Canada and

in the history of the Church. Here was once located the Shrine of St. Marie which one of my

predecessors, Pope Urban VIII, designated in 1644 as a place of pilgrimage, the first of its kind in

North America. Here the first Christians of Huronia found a "house of prayer and a home of

peace". And here today stands the Martyrs’ Shrine, a symbol of hope and faith, a symbol of the

triumph of the Cross. The reading from Saint Paul’s Letter to the Romans, which we have just

heard, helps us to understand the meaning of this holy place, and what it was that gave the martyrs

the courage to lay down their lives in this land. It helps us to understand the power that attracted the

native peoples to the faith. And this power was "the love of God made visible in Christ Jesus our

Lord" (Rom. 8, 39).

3. Saint Paul also tells us how firmly he believed in the love of Christ and in its power to overcome

all obstacles: "Nothing can come between us and the love of Christ" (Ibid. 8, 35). These are words

which proceed from the very depths of his being and out of his personal experience as an Apostle.

For this great missionary faced many trials and difficulties in his zealous efforts to proclaim the

Gospel. To the Corinthians, he writes: "I have been in danger from rivers and in danger from

brigands, in danger from my own people and in danger from pagans; in danger in the towns, in

danger in the open country, danger at sea and danger from so-called brothers. I have worked and

laboured, often without sleep; I have been hungry and thirsty and often starving; I have been in the

cold without clothes, and, to leave out much more, there is my daily preoccupations: my anxiety for

all the churches" (2 Cor. 11, 26-28).

And yet, Paul glories in these hardships and says of them, "These are the trials through which we

triumph, by the power of him who loved us" (Rom. 8, 37). All these hardships he gladly bears

because he is convinced of the love of Christ, and that nothing can ever separate him from that love.

4. A similar confidence in God’s love guided the lives of the Martyrs who are honoured at this

Shrine. They, like Paul, had come to consider the love of Christ as the greatest of all treasures. And

they, too, believed that the love of Christ was so strong that nothing could separate them from it,

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not even persecution and death. The North American Martyrs, then, gave up their lives for the sake

of the Gospel - in order to bring the faith to the native people whom they served. In fact, we are

told that their faith was so strong that they yearned and prayed for the grace of martyrdom. Let us

recall for a moment these heroic saints who are honoured in this place and who have left us a

precious heritage.

Six of them were Jesuit priests from France: Jean de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues, Gabriel Lalemant,

Antoine Daniel, Charles Garnier and Noël Chabanel. Fired with love for Christ and inspired by

Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Saint Francis Xavier and other great saints of the Society of Jesus, these

priests came to the New World to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the native peoples of this

land. And they persevered to the end despite difficulties of every sort.

Two lay brothers were part of the missionary group: René Goupil and Jean de la Lande. With no less

courage and fervour, they assisted the priests in their labours, showed great compassion and care for

the Indians, and, laying down their lives, won for themselves the martyr’s crown.

And as these missionaries laid down their lives, they looked forward to a day when the native people

would enjoy full maturity and exercise leadership in their Church. St. John de Brébeuf dreamed of a

Church fully Catholic and fully Huron as well.

A young woman of Alonquin and Mohawk ancestry also deserves special recognition today: Blessed

Kateri Tekakwitha. Who has not heard of her outstanding witness of purity and holiness of life? It

was my personal joy, only four years ago, to beatify this woman of great courage and faith, who is

known by many as the "Lily of the Mohawks". To those who came to Rome for her beatification I

said: "Blessed Kateri stands before us as a symbol of the best of the heritage that is yours as North

American Indians" (June 24, 1980).

5. As we are gathered in prayer today at the Martyr’s Shrine, we remember the many efforts of the

Church, beginning three and a half centuries ago, to bring the Gospel of Christ into the lives of the

native peoples of North America. The Martyrs honoured here are only a small representation of the

many men and women who took part in this great missionary effort. We wish to pay tribute as well

to all those who joyfully embraced the Christian faith, like Blessed Kateri, and who remained faithful

despite many trials and difficulties. Of great importance to the Church of Huronia is Joseph

Chiwatenwa, who together with his wife Aonnetta, his brother Joseph and other family members

lived and witnessed to their faith in an heroic manner. Their fidelity is yet another testimony to the

truth attested to by the Apostle Paul: "Nothing can ever separate us from the love of Christ". A

statue now commemorates the life and mission of Joseph Chiwatenwa. Particularly striking is the

testimony of Saint Charles Garnier on the inscription: "It was in this Christian that we had our hope

after God". These men and women not only professed the faith and embraced Christ’s love, but

they in turn became evangelizers and provide even today eloquent models for lay ministry.

We also recall how the worthy traditions of the Indian tribes were strengthened and enriched by the

Gospel message. These new Christians knew by instinct that the Gospel, far from destroying their

authentic values and customs, had the power to purify and uplift the cultural heritage which they had

received. During her long history, the Church herself has been constantly enriched by the new

traditions which are added to her life and legacy.

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And today we are grateful for the part that the native peoples play, not only in the multicultural

fabric of Canadian society, but in the life of the Catholic Church. Christ himself is incarnate in his

Body, the Church. And through her action, the Church desires to assist all people "to bring forth

from their own living tradition original expressions of Christian life, celebration and thought"

(Ioannis Pauli PP. II, Catchesi Tradendae, 53).

Thus the one faith is expressed in different ways. There can be no question of adulterating the word

of God or of emptying the Cross of its power, but rather of Christ animating the very centre of all

culture. Thus, not only is Christianity relevant to the Indian people, but Christ, in the members of

his Body, is himself Indian.

And the revival of Indian culture will be a revival of those true values which they have inherited and

which are purified and ennobled by the Revelation of Jesus Christ. Through his Gospel Christ

confirms the native peoples in their belief in God, their awareness of his presence, their ability to

discover him in creation, their dependence on him, their desire to worship him, their sense of

gratitude for the land, their responsible stewardship of the earth, their reverence for all his great

works, their respect for their elders. The world needs to see these values - and so many more that

they possess - pursued in the life of the community and made incarnate in a whole people.

Finally, it is in the Eucharistic sacrifice that Christ, joined with his members, offers up to his Father

all that makes up their lives and cultures. In his Sacrifice he consolidates all his people in the unity of

his Church and calls us all to reconciliation and peace.

As we go forward, let us commend ourselves to the intercession of the North American Martyrs, to

Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, Saint Joseph, Patron of Canada, and all the Saints, together with Mary

the Queen of Saints. And in union with the whole Church - in the richness of her diversity and in

the power of her unity - let us all proclaim by the witness of our own lives that "neither death nor

life... nor any created thing, can ever come between us and the love of God made visible in Christ

Jesus our Lord" (Rom. 8, 38-39).7

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Prayers to the Canadian Martyrs

Prayer to the Canadian Martyrs Holy Martyrs and patrons, protect this land which you have blessed by the shedding of your blood. Renew in these days our Catholic faith which you helped to establish in this new land. Bring all our fellow citizens to a knowledge and love of the truth. Make us zealous in the profession of our faith so that we may continue and perfect the work which you have begun with so much labour and suffering. Pray for our homes, our schools, our missions, for vocations, for the conversion of sinners, the return of those who have wandered from the fold, and the perseverance of all the faithful. And foster a deeper and increasing unity among all Christians. Amen. Prayer to St. Joseph (Patron of the Martyrs and of Canada) O God, who in your special Providence deigned to choose blessed Joseph to be the spouse of your holy Mother, grant, we beseech you, that we may deserve to have him as our intercessor in heaven whom we venerate on earth as our protector; You who live and reign world without end. Amen. Prayer to Our Lady Glorious Queen of Martyrs, to whom the early missionaries of this country were so devoted and from whom they received so many favours, graciously listen to my petition. Ask your Divine Son to remember all they did for His glory.

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Remind Him that they preached the Gospel and made His Holy Name known to thousands who had never heard of Him, and then for Him had their apostolic labors crowned by shedding their blood. Exercise your motherly influence as you did at Cana, and implore Him to grant me what I ask in this novena, if it be according to His holy will. Amen. Prayer of Petition O God, who inflamed the hearts of your blessed Martyrs with an admirable zeal for the salvation of souls, grant me, I beseech you, my petitions and all the requests recommended here today, so that the favours obtained through their intercession may make manifest before men the power and the glory of your name. Amen. St. John de Brébeuf, pray for us. St. Isaac Jogues, pray for us. St. Gabriel Lalemant, pray for us. St. Antoine Daniel, pray for us St. Charles Garnier, pray for us. St. Noël Chabanel, pray for us. St. René Goupil, pray for us. St. John de la Lande, pray for us. Holy Mary, Queen of Martyrs, pray for us.

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Scriptural Rosary – Joyful Mysteries

THE FIRST JOYFUL MYSTERY – THE ANNUNCIATION Our Father…

1. In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph; of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. (Lk 1:26-27) Hail Mary…

2. And [Gabriel] came to her and said, “Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you!” (Lk 1:28) Hail Mary…

3. But she was greatly troubled at the saying and considered in her mind what sort of greeting this might be. (Lk 1:29) Hail Mary…

4. And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.” (Lk 1:30) Hail Mary…

5. “And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.” (Lk 1:31) Hail Mary…

6. “He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; and of his kingdom there will be no end.” (Lk 1:32-33) Hail Mary…

7. And Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I have no husband?” (Lk 1:34) Hail Mary…

8. And the angel said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.” (Lk 1:35) Hail Mary…

9. “Therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.” (Lk 1:35) Hail Mary… 10. And Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to your

word.” (Lk 1:38) Hail Mary…

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins. Save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to Heaven, especially those in most need of Thy mercy.

THE SECOND JOYFUL MYSTERY – THE VISITATION Our Father…

1. In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country to a city of Judah, and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. (Lk 1:39-40) Hail Mary

2. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the child leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. (Lk 1:41) Hail Mary

3. And she exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!” (Lk 1:42) Hail Mary

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4. “And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.” (Lk 1:45) Hail Mary

5. And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden.” (Lk 1:46-48) Hail Mary

6. “For behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed; for he who is mighty has done great things for me.” (Lk 1:48-49) Hail Mary

7. “And holy is his name. And his mercy is on those who fear him from generation to generation.” (Lk 1:49-50) Hail Mary

8. “He has shown strength with his arm, he has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.” (Lk 1:51) Hail Mary

9. “He has put down the mighty from their thrones, and exalted those of low degree.” (Lk 1:52) Hail Mary

10. “He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent empty away.” (Lk 1:53) Hail Mary

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins. Save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to Heaven, especially those in most need of Thy mercy. THE THIRD JOYFUL MYSTERY – THE NATIVITY Our Father…

1. And while [Mary and Joseph] were [in Bethlehem] the time came for her to be delivered. (Lk 2:6) Hail Mary

2. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes. (Lk 2:7) Hail Mary

3. And [she] laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. (Lk 2:7) Hail Mary

4. And in that region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with fear. (Lk 2:8-9) Hail Mary

5. And the angel said to them, “Be not afraid; for behold, I bring you news of a great joy which will come to all the people.” (Lk 2:10) Hail Mary

6. “For to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.” (Lk 2:11) Hail Mary

7. “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among men with whom he is pleased!” (Lk 2:14) Hail Mary

8. And going into the house [the Wise Men] saw the child with Mary his mother. (Mt 2:1, 11) Hail Mary

9. And they fell down and worshipped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, / gold and frankincense and myrrh. (Mt 2:11) Hail Mary

10. But Mary kept all these things pondering them in her heart. (Lk 2:19) Hail Mary

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Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins. Save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to Heaven, especially those in most need of Thy mercy. THE FOURTH JOYFUL MYSTERY – THE PRESENTATION Our Father…

1. And when the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, [Mary and Joseph] took [Jesus] up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord. (Lk 2:22) Hail Mary

2. Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon and this man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. (Lk 2:25) Hail Mary

3. And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. (Lk 2:26) Hail Mary

4. And inspired by the Spirit [Simeon] came into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the law, he took him up in his arms and blessed God. (Lk 2:27-28) Hail Mary

5. “Lord, now let your servant depart in peace, according to your word.” (Lk 2:29) Hail Mary 6. “For my eyes have seen your salvation which you have prepared in the presence of all

peoples.” (Lk 2:30-31) Hail Mary 7. “A light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel.” (Lk 2:32) Hail

Mary 8. And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is set for the fall

and the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is spoken against.” (Lk 2:34) Hail Mary 9. “And a sword will pierce through your own soul also, that thoughts out of many hearts may

be revealed.” (Lk 2:35) Hail Mary 10. And when they performed everything according to the law of the Lord, they returned into

Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth. And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him. (Lk 2:39-40) Hail Mary

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins. Save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to Heaven, especially those in most need of Thy mercy.

THE FIFTH JOYFUL MYSTERY – THE FINDING OF JESUS IN THE TEMPLE Our Father…

1. Now [Jesus’] parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the Passover. And when [Jesus] was twelve years old, they went up according to custom. (Lk 2:41-42) Hail Mary

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2. And when the feast was ended, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. / His parents did not know it. (Lk 2:43) Hail Mary

3. And when they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem seeking him. After three days, they found him in the temple. (Lk 2:45-46) Hail Mary

4. [He was] sitting among the teachers, listening to them, and asking them questions. (Lk 2:46) Hail Mary

5. And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers. (Lk 2:47) Hail Mary

6. And his mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us so? Behold, your father and I have been looking for you anxiously.” (Lk 2:48) Hail Mary

7. And he said to them, “How is it that you sought me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?” (Lk 2:49) Hail Mary

8. And they did not understand the saying which he spoke to them. (Lk 2:50) Hail Mary 9. And he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them. (Lk 2:51)

Hail Mary 10. And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and man. (Lk 2:52)

Hail Mary

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins. Save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to Heaven, especially those in most need of Thy mercy. Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve: to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary! Leader: Pray for us O Holy Mother of God, All: That we may be worthy of the promises of Christ. 8 O God, who inflamed the hearts of your blessed Martyrs with an admirable zeal for the salvation of souls, grant us, we beseech you, our petitions and all the requests recommended here today, so that the favours obtained through their intercession may make manifest before all the power and the glory of your name. Amen.

Saint Jean de Brébeuf, pray for us Saint Isaac Jogues, pray for us Saint Gabriel Lalemant Saint Antoine Daniel Saint Charles Garnier Saint Noël Chabanel Saint René Goupil Saint Jean de Lalande Mary, Queen of the Martyrs, pray for us9

8 http://rosaryarmy.newevangelizers.com

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Celebration of the Eucharist Feast of Saint Bartholomew, Apostle

Celebrant: Most Reverend Ronald P. Fabbro, Bishop of London

INTRODUCTORY RITES

OPENING HYMN: The Servant Song

Text and music: Richard Gillard. © 1977, Scripture in Song. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission under LicenSing #626631.

GREETING PENITENTIAL ACT OPENING COLLECT

LITURGY OF THE WORD

FIRST READING: 1 Revelation 21:9-14

One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”

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And in the spirit he carried me away to a great, high mountain and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God. It has the glory of God and a radiance like a very rare jewel, like jasper, clear as crystal.

It has a great, high wall with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates are inscribed the names of the twelve tribes of the Israelites; on the east there were three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates.

And the wall of the city has twelve foundations, and on them are the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM: Psalm 145

Text: The Grail; Music: Stephen Somerville. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION: Celtic Alleluia

Text and music: Fintan O’Carroll and Christopher Walker. © 1985, OCP Publications. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission under LicenSing #626631.

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GOSPEL: John 1:45-51

After Jesus had called Philip to be a disciple, Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him about whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth.” Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”

When Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, he said of him, “Here is truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!” Nathanael asked him, “Where did you get to know me?” Jesus answered, “I saw you under the fig tree before Philip called you.” Nathanael replied, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!” Jesus answered, “Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these.”

And Jesus said to Nathanael, “Very truly, I tell you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.”

HOMILY

UNIVERSAL PRAYER

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

HYMN DURING THE PREPARATION OF THE GIFTS: Alleluia! Sing to Jesus!

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EUCHARISTIC PRAYER (Acclamations from Angeles Mass)

HOLY, HOLY

Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of hosts. Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION

We proclaim your death, O Lord, And profess your resurrection Until you come again.

AMEN

Amen. Amen. Amen.

COMMUNION RITE

THE LORD’S PRAYER

SIGN OF PEACE

LAMB OF GOD (from Angeles Mass)

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, grant us peace.

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COMMUNION HYMN: Taste and See

Text: James E. Moore, Jr. (based on Psalm 34); Music: James E. Moore, Jr. ©1983, GIA Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Reprinted under One License – A-726227.

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

CONCLUDING RITES

BLESSING AND DISMISSAL

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CONCLUDING HYMN: Holy God, We Praise Your Name

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The Blessing of Pilgrims as they Journey Home

INTRODUCTORY RITES

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. R. Amen.

May God, our hope and our strength, fill you with peace and with joy in the Holy Spirit. Glory to God now and for ever. R. Amen.

In the following or similar words, the celebrant prepares those present for the blessing. Our pilgrimage has been a privileged period of grace given us by God. We who have come in trust to this holy place are moved with a new resolve to be renewed in heart.

The sanctuaries that we have visited are a sign of that house not built with hands, namely, the Body of Christ, in which we are the living stones built upon Christ, the cornerstone. As we return home, let us live up to the vocation God has given us: to be a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people God claims for his own, so that we may everywhere proclaim the goodness of him who called us from darkness into his marvelous light.

THE WORD OF GOD

A reader, another person present, or the celebrant reads a text of sacred Scripture.

A reading from the first book of Chronicles:

Then the people rejoiced because these had given willingly, for with single mind they had offered freely to the LORD; King David also rejoiced greatly.

Then David blessed the Lord in the presence of all the assembly; David said: “Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of our ancestor Israel, forever and ever. Yours, O Lord, are the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty; for all that is in the heavens and on the earth is yours; yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all. Riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might; and it is in your hand to make great and to give strength to all. And now, our God, we give thanks to you and praise your glorious name.

“But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to make this freewill offering? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you. For we are aliens and transients before you, as were all our ancestors; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope. O Lord our God, all this abundance that we have provided for building you a house for your holy name comes from your hand and is all your own. I know, my God, that you search the heart, and take pleasure in uprightness; in the uprightness of my heart I have freely offered all these things, and now I have seen your people, who are present here, offering freely and joyously to you. O Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel,

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our ancestors, keep forever such purposes and thoughts in the hearts of your people, and direct their hearts toward you. (Chronicles 29:9-18)

RESPONSORIAL PSALM: Psalm 84

R. How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord mighty God!

My soul yearns and pines for the courts of the LORD. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. R.

Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest in which she puts her young-- Your altars, O LORD of hosts, my king and my God! R.

Happy they who dwell in your house! continually they praise you. Happy the men whose strength you are! their hearts are set upon the pilgrimage. R.

When they pass through the valley of the mastic trees, they make a spring of it; the early rain clothes it with generous growth. They go from strength to strength; they shall see the God of gods in Zion. R.

INTERCESSIONS

The celebrant says: The Lord of heaven willed that in Christ's humanity the fullness of divinity should dwell as in its temple. Let us pray to him, saying:

R. Lord, hear our prayer.

Father all-holy, in the Passover exodus you prefigured the blessed road of your people toward salvation; grant that in all the paths we follow we may remain wholeheartedly faithful to you. (For this we pray:) R.

You set your Church in this world as a sanctuary from which the true light would shine for all to see; grant that many people will enter this sanctuary and walk in your ways. (For this we pray:) R.

You have told us that here we have no lasting city; grant that we may always seek the city that is to come. (For this we pray:) R.

You teach all the faithful to perceive the signs of your presence along all the pathways of life; grant that like the disciples of Emmaus we may come to recognize Christ as the companion of our journey and know him in the breaking of the bread. (For this we pray:) R.

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PRAYER OF BLESSING

With hands outstretched, the celebrant continues with the prayer of blessing.

Blessed are you, O God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. From all races of the earth you have chosen a people dedicated to you, eager to do what is right. Your grace has moved the hearts of these, your friends, to love you more deeply and to serve you more generously. We ask you to bless them, so that they may tell of your wonderful deeds and give proof of them in their lives.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

R. Amen.

CONCLUDING RITE

The celebrant concludes the rite by saying:

May God, the Lord of heaven and earth, who so graciously has accompanied you on this pilgrimage, continue to keep you under his protection. R. Amen.

May God, who gathered all his scattered children in Christ Jesus, grant that you will be of one heart and one mind in Christ. R. Amen.

May God, whose goodness inspires in you all that you desire and achieve, strengthen your devotion by his blessing. R. Amen. 10

10 Book of Blessings by Prepared by International Commission on English in the Liturgy A Joint Commission of Catholic

Bishops' Conferences, The Liturgical Press, Collegeville, Minnesota, 1989

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