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Tears are a Language
Fr. Babu Mathew, CSsR, Pastor
Edmonton-Toronto Redemptorists:
Tears are a language. Tears express desires and touch hearts in a way words cannot. What we may not obtain through ordinary means may often be obtained through tears. There is something deeply moving about tears. When we see someone weeping, it can have quite an effect on us. The stronger the person
who weeps the more powerful the effect is upon us.
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My Relationship to Mary
Fr. William Comerford, CSsR
Edmonton-Toronto Redemptorists:
Mary is the patroness of our Congregation and we love her and honor her. At St. Mary's College,
for example, each evening before supper we recited the
Rosary together, and, in the beautiful month of May, one hundred aspirants
to the priesthood processed joyfully to the well- decorated, outdoor shrine
to Mary, while singing hymns of Praise acknowledging Mary as "Queen of the
Angels, Queen of the May".
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My Life with Redemptorists
Fr. Brendan Boland, CSsR (1924-2017) Edmonton-Toronto Redemptorists:
I cannot think of Mary, the mother of Jesus, without thinking of the picture of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. There's couldn't be a Redemptorist place without that picture. Where ever you went, you're always welcomed by the picture of Our Mother of Perpetual Help.
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Perpetual Help
Agata Kroondyk
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Vancouver, BC:
When I think of Mary, the image that often comes to mind is a picture of a
young woman with child. And as my family grows, and I am challenged as a mother and a wife every day, I look to Mary as a role model for how I'd like to be. I think of all she had to go through and all she had to sacrifice in
her life - all the seemingly unexplainable and difficult tasks God gave her, and suddenly my situation doesn't seem half as hard as I originally thought.
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Mary as Mediatrix
Derek Carr
Prof. Emertius, Dept. of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies, UBC:
The story reminds us that, like it or not, we are all prone to sin of one
kind or another, no matter how devout we strive to be, and that none of us
can claim the privilege of casting the first stone. Sin may cause us social
strife or rejection in this world, but true repentance will greatly improve
our lot in the next. And Our Lady, time after time after time, is there to
help.
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Mary as My Guide
Amber Zolk
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Vancouver, BC:
Being in the presence of Saint John Paul the great really changed the
direction of my life. It was one year later that I began to work as a
full time lay missionary on university campuses. As a woman in the church,and particularly as a leader in ministry, I now often to look to Mary as aguide.
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Early Thoughts on Mary
Katia & Alessandro Tewfik
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Vancouver, BC
Mother Mary is my Mother because she is Jesus' mother who sacrificed himself
for our life and made us free. I have always loved her but now that I am
older I feel I know more about her and thinking about her makes me happy. I pray to her everyday and she makes me feel that everything is good in
heaven. If I pray to her I feel she will make me have a great day.
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Marriage with Mary
Jim & Marilyn Cameron
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Vancouver, BC:
The name Our Lady of Perpetual Help is profound-she is always there for us, holding our hands and understanding our deepest needs. I sincerely
believe that with much prayer Mary will be our intercessor to Jesus, and
peace and calm will come in our world.
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Contemplating Mary
Bertilla Watanabe
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Vancouver, BC:
Mary wasn't mad at me. Her eyes were sympathetic, understanding, forgiving, non-judgemental, accepting. I felt her attention solely focussed on me. I
felt I could tell her my side of the story, she would be listening. After that my troubles just melted away. My heart was not bitter and angry
anymore.
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My Journey
Dimitrios Nikolitsas
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Vancouver, BC
When the angel Gabriel comes to Mary and tells her she will bear a Son
through the power of the Holy Spirit, her reply forms the model for my
relationship with God in doing His will. She says, "Here I am, the handmaid of the Lord. Let it be done unto me according to thy word.
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Lord I Lift Your Name on High
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish School Choir
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Shout to the Lord
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish School Choir
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I Surrender All
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish Choir
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Holy Holy Holy
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish Choir
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I Sing a Maid
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish Choir
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