<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp11fad44eyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Hi everyone, </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I'm sending this to you all on Feb. 2nd, which is Groundhog Day. In Toronto today it is very bright and sunny, but the seasonal forecast from the various groundhogs around Canada and the U.S. is good. In spite of the sunny weather, apparently none of them saw their shadows when they emerged today, so that is supposed to mean an early spring for us all.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Here's a quote from the CTV News website:</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Times New Roman, serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);">Ontario's
Wiarton Willie, Nova Scotia's Shubenacadie Sam and Quebec's Fred la Marmotte
all reportedly did not see their shadows.</span> … The consensus on spring's
early arrival extended to western Pennsylvania's Punxsutawney Phil, whose
annual declaration exploded in popularity after the 1993 movie “Groundhog
Day".</i></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><p class="ydpc1a2f07dMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Times New Roman,serif"></span></p></span>Sorry for the digression into animal behaviour. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Attached below is the Program of songs and responses for this coming Sunday, Feb. 4th, 2024, which is the 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">See you on Sunday.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Good wishes,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Brian</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div class="ydp11fad44esignature"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:new times, serif;font-size:16px;"><b><i><font color="#4c76a2">Brian Halferty<br></font></i></b></div></div></div></body></html>