
Called in good time
Fr. Whitfield's homily for the 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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First parish of the diocese, Hamilton 1827



Mass and Devotions times
Weekend Mass Times: Saturday at 5 p.m.; Sunday at 9 a.m. & 11 a.m.
Weekday Mass Times (effective September 1, 2023): Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.;
Wednesdays, Thursdays* & First Fridays of the month (September to June) and Fridays in Advent and Lent at 8 a.m.
NO MASS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13 DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER ADVISORY
Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturdays 3:45 to 4:30 p.m. (last penitent at 4:30 p.m.); and by appointment
Public Rosary: following the Wednesday-Friday morning Masses; after Wednesday evening benediction (see below)
Eucharistic Adoration & Benediction: from end of Wednesday morning Mass to 7 p.m. Starts October 9 to June 11, 2025
Perpetual Help Novena: following the Thursday morning Mass
Pastor’s Reflections

Called in good time
Mass readings for the 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time:Isaiah 6.1-8 Psalm 138.1-8 1 Corinthians 15.1-11 Luke 5.1-11 It may be the way we read the Biblical story that the impression is created that God intervenes in human affairs in times of crisis. Indeed, we can think of figures from both the Old and New Testaments, […]

A light for all
Mass readings for the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord:Malachi 3.1-4 Psalm 24.7-10 Hebrews 2.10-11,13b-18 Luke 2.22-40 This is my first Candlemas celebrated in this parish as the Sunday liturgy; it’s quite nice to highlight this event of Jesus’ presentation in the temple to the many who can’t make it out to the celebration […]

Carrying water for Christ
Mass readings for the 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time:Isaiah 62.1-5 Psalm 96.1-4, 7-10 1 Corinthians 12.4-11 John 2.1-12 In today’s gospel we have a crisis. It’s a wedding, and the wine’s running out – so, hardly end of the world stuff, but a drama nonetheless. For the wedding couple and their families, its a looming […]