St. Joseph's Parish, Mississauga
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A GREAT MISSIONThe Gospels of the early Sundays of the Year following the Baptism of the Lord continue the account of the beginnings of His public ministry. Today we hear of the call of four of the Apostles: two...Wednesday, January 18, 2023 -
WHEN JOHN THE BAPTIST RECOGNISED OUR LORD AS SAVIOURThe theme of our Lord’s Baptism, which we celebrated last week as part of the Epiphany cycle of feasts, continues with today’s Gospel reading. John tells us how St. John the Baptist witnessed to Our...Wednesday, January 11, 2023 -
EPIPHANYOn St John Vianney, the patron saint of parish priests, once reflected on how very happy the magi would have been if, when they returned to their own country, they could have taken with them the King...Wednesday, January 04, 2023 -
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OUR LADY, MOTHER OF GODOn the eighth and final day of the Octave of Christmas, the Gospel commemorates the Circumcision and naming of Our Lord on the eighth day after His birth. Nevertheless, from the earliest times in the Roman Church, this day has...Saturday, December 31, 2022 -
A CHRISTMAS WELCOMEAt Christmas many people come to Mass whom we have not seen for some time. It is good that they do come back. The Lord never rejects those who approach Him with a sincere heart. If...Saturday, December 24, 2022
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ARCHBISHOP FULTON SHEEN ON ADVENT AND THE CHRISTMAS MYSTERYA Jewish scholar who became a Christian and who knew the Old Testament very well and all of the traditions of the Jews, said that at the time of Christ the rabbis had gathered together 456 prophecies concerning the Messiah...Tuesday, December 13, 2022 -
“O” - THAT YOU WOULD COME QUICKLY!From December 17th onwards, the appearance of short passages beginning with “O” will infuse the Sacred Liturgy. What are they? There are seven of them altogether, each allocated to a day in the last week before Christmas. They...Wednesday, December 07, 2022 -
THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTIONThis Thursday we celebrate the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. It is rather sad that many Catholics seem to think of the phrase “Immaculate Conception” in negative terms—merely that Mary was conceived without Original Sin. When...Wednesday, November 30, 2022 -
1st SUNDAY OF ADVENTOnce again we begin a new Church Year today with the urgent call to prepare ourselves for Christ’s Second Coming. Advent is a time of preparation. We tend to think of it first as a time of preparation...Thursday, November 24, 2022 -
CHRIST THE KINGThe 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 16, 2022 -
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NO MARRIAGE IN HEAVEN?Today’s Gospel passage introduces us to a small, but influential, group of Jews from our Lord’s time, of whom we hear much less in the Gospels than we do of their main opponents, the Pharisees. This...Wednesday, November 02, 2022 -
All Saints:The Triumph of Christian Rome over pagan Rome The celebration of the Feast of All Saints on November 1st is an ancient Roman Feast, originally in honour of all the...Thursday, October 27, 2022 -
Excerpt from Homily of Cardinal Thomas Collins for Stewardship Sunday: September 18, 2022We who have been given the message of the Gospel, the invitation to the Kingdom of God, and the grace of the Sacraments, especially the Holy Eucharist; we who have been given so many gifts from the...Wednesday, October 19, 2022 -
St. Luke EvangelistThis Tuesday is the feast of St Luke who was a physician and a Gentile, probably from Greece, and was the author of the third Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles. He was the only evangelist to record Our...Wednesday, October 12, 2022 -
ST. TERESAThe Church keeps the memorial of St Teresa of Avila, a Carmelite nun in 16th century Spain, this Saturday. She is rightly called the 'Great Teresa.’ Why great? Because she personally reformed and renewed the...Thursday, October 06, 2022 -
MIRACLES: FAITH AND WORKSThe Apostles ask Our Lord to “increase our faith!” His reply is “if you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and...Wednesday, September 28, 2022 -
OUR LADY OF VICTORIESSaturday begins the month of October; the month of the Holy Rosary; in which we contemplate how God has brought us life in Christ through Mary. The connection between the Rosary and the month of...Wednesday, September 21, 2022 -
Spiritual AND Religious“I am a very spiritual person, but I am not religious”. One hears this increasingly. The word religion derives from the Latin word religare, meaning ‘to bind’. Although this particular...Wednesday, September 14, 2022
