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More than 450 Priests Gather for Annual Chrism Mass
On Tuesday, April 15, 2025, Frank Cardinal Leo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto, celebrated the annual Chrism Mass at St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica. This prayerful moment during Holy Week brought together more than 450 priests serving in the Archdiocese...
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HOSANNA! - (OH LORD, SAVE US!) April 13, 2025
Palm Sunday recalls Our Lord’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem at the very beginning of the same week in which He would be arrested, tortured, condemned to death and executed on the cross.
All four...
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PASSIONTIDE April 6, 2025
The Fifth Sunday of Lent is often known as the "First Sunday in Passiontide", because now the "time of Our Lord's saving Passion is drawing closer".
This week ahead takes on many of the characteristics...
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DO GOOD TO THOSE WHO HATE YOU March 30, 2025
We live in an era in which verbal attack is commonplace. Politically, much of western society has become divided to the point of extreme polarization, in which one side views the other as positively evil. One politician running for the...
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LISTEN TO HIM! March 16, 2025
Christ is the Lord of glory as we hear in today's Gospel of the Transfiguration. At first sight it seems strange to hear this account in Lent, the season of austerity, and preparation for Holy Week. Yet we must...
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THE FORTY DAYS’ FAST March 9, 2025
St. Luke tells us in today’s Gospel reading that the Holy Spirit who had come down upon Our Lord at His Baptism, then led Him out into the wilderness for forty days, and during that time He held...
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SEVENTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR February 23, 2025
In the gospel reading this Sunday, Saint Luke is giving his readers a course in practical Christianity through Our Lord’s saying on this theme.
Luke is unique among the evangelists in writing for...
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SIXTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR February 16, 2025
Today’s gospel reading consisted of Saint Luke’s presentation of the Beatitudes. The Catechism describes these words of Jesus as the heart of the Gospel. If we are to find the message of Our Lord distilled...
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11,476 Years of Marriage Under One Roof – Marriage Sunday Celebration
On February 9, 2025, the Archdiocese of Toronto celebrated Marriage Sunday, recognizing married couples throughout the archdiocese who have demonstrated a beautiful witness of love and fidelity. At the local level, many parishes have special initiatives to honour married couples...
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FISHERS OF MEN February 9, 2025
Today the Gospel tells of a miracle and a vocation. When Our Lord called Simon Peter to be His follower, He won His admiration by working a miracle. Simon was a fisherman. On the occasion we hear of today, he...
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THE PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE February 2, 2025
This Sunday is the final feast of the Christmas cycle, in which we celebrate the event which St. Luke tells us took place forty days after our Lord was born, when “in accordance with the Law of the Lord...
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THE THIRD SUNDAY OF THE YEAR January 26, 2025
Today's Gospel Reading runs together the introduction St. Luke wrote at the beginning of his Gospel, with the opening of the account of Our Lord's public ministry. St. Luke describes Our Lord's return from His baptism by...
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Celebrate the Year of Jubilee and Elevation of Cardinal Leo
Regional Eucharistic Celebrations with Cardinal Leo & Auxiliary Bishops
All are welcome to attend Regional Masses that will be held throughout the Archdiocese of Toronto in the coming days.
There will be two groups of Masses – one Mass in...
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2025 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (WPCU) is a global ecumenical observance, which in the northern hemisphere is held annually from January 18 to 25. During this time, Christians of all denominations and ecclesial communities are invited to pray...
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SAUL, THE PHARISEE RECEIVES GOD’S GRACE January 19, 2025
January 25th is the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul. The New Testament saint has such an enormous influence on the Christian Church. The basic facts are quite well known. Saul, a young and fanatical pharisee, was a rising...
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