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Cardinal Leo's Message for Red WednesdayMessage for Red WednesdayHis Eminence Frank Cardinal LeoMetropolitan Archbishop of Toronto Dear brothers and sisters, May Jesus and Mary be in your souls. As we journey through this Holy Year of Jubilee under the theme “Pilgrims of Hope,&rdquo...Tuesday, November 04, 2025 -
THE POPE’S CATHEDRAL CHURCH | November 9, 2025Today’s feast known generally as the “Dedication of the Lateran Basilica” recalls the Dedication of the Pope’s Cathedral Church in Rome, or, to give it its full title, the Archbasilica of Our Saviour and...Wednesday, November 05, 2025 -
THE CHURCH SUFFERING November 2, 2025This Sunday day is the commemoration of All Souls in Purgatory, those whom we call the “Church suffering”, and begins what is virtually a whole month of prayer for the Faithful Departed. It is worth reflecting that the...Wednesday, October 29, 2025
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REFLECTION October 26, 2025“The humble man’s prayer pierces the clouds”, says the writer of the Book of Ecclesiasticus (also known as Sirach), in to-day’s...Wednesday, October 22, 2025
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DON’T GIVE UP PRAYING OCTOBER 19, 2025Our Lord gives a very graphic image of persistence in prayer in the Gospel today: He talks about a woman with a claim against her neighbour who nags and hectors away until she gets what she wants from an unjust...Wednesday, October 15, 2025
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GIVING THANKS October 12, 2025In today’s gospel, only one leper out of ten, a foreigner at that, came back to thank Our Lord for healing him. What is the proportion of thanksgiving in your prayers compared with requests...Wednesday, October 08, 2025
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" FAITH " October 5, 2025The Apostles ask Our Lord to “increase our faith!” His reply is “if you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could tell a tree to uproot itself and be planted in the sea, and...Wednesday, October 01, 2025
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THE HOLY ARCHANGELS September 28, 2025On Monday we will be celebrating the Feast of the Holy Archangels and on 2nd October we keep the Feast of the Guardian Angels. We honour the Archangel Raphael, who represents the healing power of God...Wednesday, September 24, 2025
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IRRATIONAL ATHEISM SEPTEMBER 21, 2025Recently I saw a poster which, in some words, shows the absurdity, the irrationality and nihilistic nature of atheism. It read: ...Wednesday, September 17, 2025
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THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS September 14, 2025It is easy, when you live in a country which is at least Christian in its cultural roots, to take the sign of the Cross for granted. Most of us see several crosses per day, on...Friday, September 12, 2025 -
WHAT DOES IT COST TO BE A TRUE FOLLOWER OF OUR LORD? September 7, 2025Today's Gospel contains one of our Lord’s “hard” teachings. Even by Our Lord’s own account, being His follower is not easy. There are choices to be made, and consequences to be taken on...Wednesday, September 03, 2025
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THE FEAST OF STS. PETER AND PAUL June 29, 2025We celebrate today a particular feast of the Roman Church. Peter, chosen by Christ to be the First among the Apostles; and Paul, chosen by Christ ‘as one born out of due time’, because he encountered Our Lord...Wednesday, June 25, 2025 -
CORPUS CHRISTI June 22, 2025Today is Corpus Christi Sunday. Since Holy Thursday was too close to the sufferings of Our Lord to offer any but the briefest celebration of such a momentous gift as the Eucharist, the Church took the...Wednesday, June 18, 2025
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OUR GOD WHO IS LIGHT, LIFE AND LOVE June 15, 2025Immediately after Pentecost we celebrate the central mystery of our faith: the One, Almighty God in three equal and undivided, yet distinct Persons. We call God the “Holy Trinity” to express this truth which Our Lord taught us...Wednesday, June 11, 2025 -
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE “SOUL OF THE CHURCH” June 8, 2025We call today’s feast the “Birthday of the Church” because the outpouring of the Holy Spirit marked the beginning of the Apostles’ mission to the world, a mission which the Church on...Wednesday, June 04, 2025 -
THE ASCENSION June 1, 2025The Ascension of Our Lord to the right side of His Father in heaven, is the climax of His earthly existence. After His resurrection He said to Mary Magdalene, ‘I have not yet ascended to My Father.’ Now...Wednesday, May 28, 2025 -
SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER May 25, 2025The season of Eastertide lasts for eight weeks, during which time we celebrate the resurrection, the appearances of the Risen Lord to the disciples, and His preparing them for His Ascension and for the Coming of the Holy Spirit. So...Wednesday, May 21, 2025
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CITIZENS OF THIS WORLD - AND THE NEXT May 18, 2025In today’s Gospel reading from the Last Supper discourse in St. John, Our Lord gives us a new commandment: “Love one another as I have loved you”. As Catholics we know that...Thursday, May 15, 2025
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WHAT MAKES A SHEPHERD “GOOD”? May 11, 2025In the Gospel of the Fourth Sunday of Eastertide each year we hear a passage from the tenth chapter of St. John’s Gospel in which Our Lord speaks to us about Himself as the...Thursday, May 08, 2025
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THE RISEN SAVIOUR'S GIFT OF PEACE! May 4, 2025I am sure you have noticed the frequency with which, after His Resurrection, Our Lord greets His disciples with those simple words: “Peace be with you”. They are words which also come to us in one form or...Wednesday, April 30, 2025
