St. Joseph's Parish, Mississauga
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Pope Francis Elevates Archbishop Francis Leo to the College of CardinalsPope Francis has announced that Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto, the Most Rev. Francis Leo will be elevated to the College of Cardinals. The announcement came at the conclusion of the Holy Father’s Sunday Angelus in Rome. The Holy...Sunday, October 06, 2024 -
CHRIST THE KING November 24, 2024The Last Sunday of the Church’s Year corresponds to the End of Time. In the Creed we proclaim that "He (Christ) will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and His kingdom will have...Wednesday, November 20, 2024 -
THE LAST TIMES—WHEN WILL THEY COME? November 17, 2024There’s almost a feeling of “unreality” about Our Lord’s sayings concerning the End Times of the world. Maybe we don’t want to listen too closely to those words of His...Wednesday, November 13, 2024 -
THE WIDOW’S MITE November 10, 2024The value of something is not necessarily the same as its price. In the gospel Our Lord impresses upon us the truth that the real value of the widow’s offering to the...Thursday, November 07, 2024 -
St. Michael Award Winner Western Region 2024This year, Archbishop Francis Leo started the St. Michael award to recognize outstanding service in parish life, education, social outreach or health care. We are VERY pleased to announce that our own Melanie Nazareth, was...Wednesday, October 30, 2024 -
PRAYING FOR OUR BELOVED DEPARTED November 3, 2024Throughout the month of November, which began with the great celebration of what we all hope one day to be in heaven—Saints—, we continue with prayer on behalf of those souls who are now between death and...Wednesday, October 30, 2024
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WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM TODAY’S GOSPEL? October 27, 2024First, of the three Evangelists who recount this miracle, St. Mark alone tells us the blind man’s name: “Bartimaeus” (that is Son of Timaeus). St. Mark usually tells us someone’s name in the course...Thursday, October 24, 2024
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Twenty-Ninth Sunday of the year October 20, 2024It is part of our Catholic Faith that we are to have a living relationship with the saints. Today, we meet the Sons of Zebedee, Saints James and John. Christ had called them to follow Him...Saturday, October 19, 2024
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THE LAST SUPPER ….October 13, 2024is surely one of the scenes most cherished by Christians of all denominations. You might have an image of the Last Supper in your dining room. For us Catholics it is the occasion on which Our Lord instituted the Holy...Wednesday, October 09, 2024
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IN TODAY’S GOSPEL….October 6, 2024Our Lord Jesus Christ shows that what Moses taught about divorce was permitted only because man was so hard-hearted. What Christ offers instead is a more perfect way, a new heart, a new life...Wednesday, October 02, 2024
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THE HOLY ARCHANGELS September 29, 2024You will have noticed how in the translation of the Sanctus in the Mass, reference is made to the Lord God of Hosts. This of course is a reference to the vision of the Prophet Ezekiel, where he sees Almighty...Sunday, September 29, 2024
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WELCOME, LORD! September 22, 2024Last week we heard in the Gospel how Our Lord began to prepare His Apostles for the terrible death of the Cross He was to endure. We heard then how Peter spoke up indignantly that this must not happen, and...Wednesday, September 18, 2024
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WHAT KIND OF MESSIAH IS HE? September 15, 2024Our Lord had not only to overcome the misunderstanding of His followers, as we heard a few weeks ago when many of His disciples refused to accept His teaching about receiving His flesh and blood in Holy Communion. In today...Wednesday, September 11, 2024
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THE SEVEN SPIRITUAL & CORPORAL WORKS OF MERCYIn the Epistle of St James, we read that faith without work is a dead thing. As Catholics, we believe that good works performed in a state of grace win more merit for us in the sight of God. This...Thursday, September 05, 2024
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SAINT PAUL June 30, 2024Sunday after Sunday we listen to St Paul’s epistles. It is over two thousand years since the birth of St. Paul in Tarsus, in modern-day eastern Turkey. Paul, originally called Saul, was a...Wednesday, June 26, 2024 -
WHO IS THIS? June 23, 2024In the Gospel we hear that once when Our Lord and the Apostles were crossing the Lake of Gennesaret, a great storm blew up while Our Lord was asleep in the boat. The boat was buffeted by wind and waves...Wednesday, June 19, 2024
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HEAVEN ON EARTH June 16, 2024In the inspired gospels, Our Lord’s teaching consists of many different strands. He taught His hearers about God, that is to say, about Himself and the other two Persons of the Blessed...Wednesday, June 12, 2024
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THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS June 9, 2024The month of June is dedicated to the Sacred Heart which sums up all the phases of the life of Jesus recalled in the liturgy from Advent to the Feast of Corpus Christi. ...Wednesday, June 05, 2024
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CORPUS CHRISTI June 2, 2024Today is Corpus Christi Sunday. You may wonder why Corpus Christi begins with Thursday in the first place. It is on account of the fact that it was on a Thursday that the Blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist, the Sacrificial...Friday, May 31, 2024 -
TRINITY SUNDAY May 26, 2024The Feast of Pentecost, which we celebrated last week, brought to a conclusion the yearly cycle of the Paschal Mystery, in which we commemorate: the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Our Lord; His Glorification in Heaven; and His Gift of...Wednesday, May 22, 2024
