"God seeks to heal the suffering of every human person regardless of origin, based on sincere request and suffering."

On 29th Sunday after Pentecost, His Grace Bishop Ioan Casian served at St. George's Cathedral in Saint-Hubert, with Rev. Fr. Daniel Sandu and Protos. Nectarios.

Addressing the believers, the hierarch said:

 "Jesus Christ in this encounter with the 10 lepers teaches many things to those who heard and saw Him: He responds to a request that the 10 address in their suffering; shows the great respect it attaches to the tradition of the Old Testament by sending the 10 as prescribed by Law to the priests who had the duty to ascertain the healing and to reintegrate them in the community; by this he gives a clear proof to the priests of the Old Testament of his divine power and identity; shows that for all the benefit of God, gratitude is needed; in the end, not everyone who considers himself to be faithful, is indeed, but he who does things according to God’s will, is pleased to God. The Samaritan who was despised by those who were attached to the temple and considered themselves to belong to those with the right faith, shows more aptness, right attitude and faith than they. We also understand that God seeks to heal the suffering of every human person regardless of origin, based on sincere request and suffering."

At the end of the Divine Liturgy a memorial service was performed in the memory of the national poet Mihai Eminescu. On the day of the 170th anniversary of his birth of HG Bishop Ioan Casian, together with a group of believers, laid a bouquet of flowers and performed a Trisaghion in the Romanian Square in Montreal, where a statue of the poet is located.