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Monday, 25 February 2013

Big Red Ball

I was looking through my pictures and found this shot.

Look at the big red ball... oh wait that's my head!!
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Rite of Election

Our Bishops greets the newly elect and their sponsor from our Parishes.

I had the take a number of shots because our group was so large this year and... they love to socialize!




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Tuesday, 19 February 2013

Just what I needed

Our Family Skating went well except for my big fall. I thought I was doing so well but pride goes before the fall.

Thanks to the Neely Family for the much needed Epsom Salts left at my door.

Fr. Peter Keller

St. Michael's & Sacred Heart Faith Community

Get ready for life


Saturday, 16 February 2013

Happy Times

Sting wins 4 - 2
Fr. Peter Keller

St. Michael's & Sacred Heart Faith Community

Friday, 15 February 2013

Test

Hey I am testing the intergration on my twitter feed!
Fr. Peter Keller

St. Michael's & Sacred Heart Faith Community

What's with the Ash?

Family Skating

Monday, Family Day our parishes host a family skating party in Point Edward.  It is a wonderful event and this year I am brave enough to put on a pair of skates.   You see I have a confession to make; even though I love to ski… I never learnt to skate!  The Keller’s would cross country ski with just a skiff of snow and make runs down every little mound  in the Stratford area; but sadly skating was not part of Keller household activities.  I would love to skate, especially when I see people fly by so carefree around the ice.  People make it look easy yet the few times in the seminary where I have put on skates I realize it there are a lot of skills needed.  It was a very humbling experience.

It is the same way with the Catholic life; the saints make it look easy… grace filled; yet there are basic skills that need to learnt and practiced until it becomes part of us.  Lent is a time of returning to the three basic disciplines of a Catholic; namely prayer, fasting and sharing.  It can be very humbling but when these are integrated they help us gracefully move through life.   More importantly, they help us forget our fears, our doubts and our self-centered goals so that we may experience God’s will which is love.

So when you see me stumbling around the ski on Monday remember; LOOK OUT! I am not skating… I am learning how to be a saint.

Monday, 11 February 2013

Who will be the next pope? The contenders for Vatican's top job

Hey a Canadian is in the top choices for Pope.

http://m.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/11/next-pope-contenders-vatican-job

Fr. Peter Keller

St. Michael's & Sacred Heart Faith Community

From Scott Hahn

Back on April 29, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI did something rather striking, but which went largely unnoticed.

He stopped off in Aquila, Italy, and visited the tomb of an obscure medieval Pope named St. Celestine V (1215-1296). After a brief prayer, he left his pallium, the symbol of his own episcopal authority as Bishop of Rome, on top of Celestine's tomb!

Fifteen months later, on July 4, 2010, Benedict went out of his way again, this time to visit and pray in the cathedral of Sulmona, near Rome, before the relics of this same saint, Celestine V.

Few people, however, noticed at the time.

Only now, we may be gaining a better understanding of what it meant. These actions were probably more than pious acts. More likely, they were profound and symbolic gestures of a very personal nature, which conveyed a message that a Pope can hardly deliver any other way.

In the year 1294, this man (Fr. Pietro Angelerio), known by all as a devout and holy priest, was elected Pope, somewhat against his will, shortly before his 80th birthday (Ratzinger was 78 when he was elected Pope in 2005). Just five months later, after issuing a formal decree allowing popes to resign (or abdicate, like other rulers), Pope Celestine V exercised that right. And now Pope Benedict XVI has chosen to follow in the footsteps of this venerable model.
Fr. Peter Keller

St. Michael's & Sacred Heart Faith Community

Peter and Paul

Who is that looking over Peter's shoulder? It is Paul of course!
Fr. Peter Keller

St. Michael's & Sacred Heart Faith Community

Sunday, 10 February 2013

Last Run

Sunday is a day of rest so Dan and I took a short 10 km ski in the woods. We will be heading back towards Montreal tomorrow.
Fr. Peter Keller

St. Michael's & Sacred Heart Faith Community

Friday, 8 February 2013

Worth the view

The frost bite was worth it for this view. Beautiful snow came in today 20 cm!
Fr. Peter Keller

St. Michael's & Sacred Heart Faith Community

Frost Bite

Just a mild case after a great day of skiing
Fr. Peter Keller

St. Michael's & Sacred Heart Faith Community

Fart du Jour

Dan smiles like a 10 year old at the menu at the cross-country ski lodge. Yes, there is a recommended fart of the day here is Quebec. Green for the morning and blue for the afternoon. How civilized! They even have a room just for farting; the beautiful Salle de Fartage.

Now would someone please tell me what wax I should put on my cross-country skis? Stop laughing and no I don't need to fart; I just want to wax my skis!
Fr. Peter Keller

St. Michael's & Sacred Heart Faith Community

Wednesday, 6 February 2013

From the mountain top

I write this from the very crowded Grand Manitou Lodge on top of Mont Tremblant. It seems the colder it gets on the slope the busier the Lodge gets. No wonder it is busy, today is one of those classic Quebec days where it actually gets colder as the day goes on. It started out -7 this morning and it will be -20 by sunset. It may get as low as -30 tonight. This cold front brings beautiful blue skies and a beautiful view.
Standing here one can easily understand how mountain-top experiences are so important in the Bible. A chance to get away and gain perspective on hills and valleys of our lives. One can not stay on the mountain top because it is necessary to travel through the valleys but these brief experiences bring everything into focus.
We need these time out more often; even weekly. Sabbath is meant to be a day of the mountain top. Our service is to ascend with Christ to return renewed to our daily life.
Make lent a chance of renewal. Fast, pray and share to leave the grind behind and gain insight into life.
Fr. Peter Keller

St. Michael's & Sacred Heart Faith Community