<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp580cc27fyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Hi everyone,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">This Sunday, October 26, 2025, is the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time. The program of songs and responses is attached.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">It strikes me each year when the "ordinary Sundays" get up into the 30 plus range, that we are getting very close to the end of the liturgical year, and very close also to Advent and Christmas. In Toronto and Ontario, we're still holding on to rather mild weather for this time of year, which makes it hard, actually, to begin thinking about Christmas.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I will not be with you this Sunday. I will be at Ignatius Centre, in Guelph, in the midst of an 8-day silent, directed retreat. I love these opportunities for silence, and rest, and reflection. I love the Ignatius Centre; and this will be my last time to be on retreat there because the Jesuits are closing the Centre for good at the end of this year.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Our oldest daughter, Erin, will be with her Mom, my beloved Mary Lou, on Sunday in order to sign into our Zoom liturgy. I'll be back the following Sunday.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Best wishes to all.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Brian</div><div><br></div><div class="ydp580cc27fsignature"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:new times, serif;font-size:16px;"><b><i><font color="#4c76a2">Brian Halferty</font></i></b></div></div></div></div></body></html>