God is Faithful
Linda Dion
December 14, 2025
Although we were few in number on our last Gather evening in November, the Lord was faithful and gracious and blessed so many of us. Marcel began the evening by recounting the story around our "Giraffe" word (see "The Giraffe" post) so that our faith might be stirred up to ask great things from God.
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Well, the following testimonies are proof that when we have the faith and the courage to ask God to move in our midst, He loves to answer that kind of prayer and grants us exactly what we need.
Dear Marcel and Linda,
I'd like to leave a little feedback on last night's "Gather" meeting.
On top of meeting friends both just recently met and others not seen for a long time, it was a beautiful, pleasant and peaceful gathering.
The absence of striking emotions, testimonies or prophecies in no way dampened the prayer meeting for me. The theme of the Lord's Kingship coupled with the soulful praise brought me to a profound peace that dissipated my anxieties over the Church's struggle, at the upper echelons, with doctrine and tradition and re-affirmed in me the conviction that "right praise" is the response my Lord is asking of me in these turbulent and, in fact, all times.
Thanks for being you, for being docile instruments in His Hands. Have a blessed Advent and Christmastide.
Gil Messier
I attended "Gather" on Friday November 28. Honestly I had forgotten about it and at 6:05 pm, the memory of the announcement popped back into my head as I drove by St. Maurice! Thank you Holy Spirit.
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When I arrived and there were few people there, I entrusted the evening to our Blessed Mother.
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I was so edified by the praise and worship through your band of musicians. I had been feeling a lot of discouragement since my separation and being one parent looking after my three children, feeling like a failure as a mother and wife. Not only was I strengthened, I was granted the grace to see myself as God sees me and how He rejoices in me 😊. I also experienced the grace to see how the ways I express my discouragement to my kids is not from God and actually exhausting and a disservice to my whole beautiful family. I am excited about offering up all my challenges for the conversion of my family and everyone God has placed in my life.
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I can't wait to see you again in January!
May God continue to bless both of you and your wonderful ministry.
Nancy Langdon​​
Two nights ago I drove to Ottawa to attend a gathering of praise and worship, led by Magnificat Ministries. We were encouraged to pray for healing, with faith that it would be accomplished, and not with the caveat “if it be your will, Lord” tacked on the end, as something to explain if the healing didn’t happen. So, throughout the hour and a half, I threw myself into the songs, the prayers, praying in tongues, focusing on every word, and always holding up before the Lord these 2 people I had been asked to pray for. I brought the words of each song to them, into their hearts, so they could receive all the love and grace and healing that Jesus wanted to pour out to them.
Now, I need to explain that I have had 2 areas of daily pain that I have, for some time, been asking the Lord to heal. One is my thumb, which I injured in the summer, and the other is my toes, which flare up many times a day in a burning, stinging kind of pain. I assume the latter is a form of arthritis.
At the end of the prayer session, I was feeling so blessed and flooded with the love of the Lord, I said to Him, “You know what, Lord? I don’t even care if you heal my body. I am happy to carry that pain so that I always have something to offer up to you, for your glory, and to benefit others.”
I have no idea how the 2 people I was praying for fared. I was asked to pray for them by people that I know, but I don’t really know them, just that they have deep suffering. But here’s the surprise: I have had no pain in my foot or my thumb since then. Only the odd twinge, to remind me of what used to be. I don’t know if it’s a reprieve, or a full on healing, but either way I am grateful and excited to be blessed in such an unexpected way.
Kathie Borys ​
God is faithful and true. He hears our praise and our worship. And He responds so graciously.
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Hebrews 13:15
Through him, let us offer God an unending sacrifice of praise, the fruit of the lips of those who acknowledge his name.
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Psalm 105: 1-4
Give thanks to Yahweh, call on his name,
proclaim his deeds to the peoples!
Sing to him, make music for him,
recount all his wonders!
Glory in his holy name,
let the hearts that seek Yahweh rejoice!
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Seek Yahweh and his strength,
tirelessly seek his presence!