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SAUL, THE PHARISEE RECEIVES GOD’S GRACE January 19, 2025January 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...Posted: Jan-17-2025 -
1200 Gather to Give Thanks for the Elevation of Cardinal Leo to the College of Cardinals at St. Michael's Cathedral BasilicaA Holy Mass of Thanksgiving was celebrated for Cardinal Leo at St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica on Wednesday, January 15 at 7pm. 1200 faithful gathered to celebrate His Eminence and thank God for blessing the Archdiocese with Cardinal Leo's...Posted: Jan-16-2025 -
The Baptism of the Lord January 11, 2025Last week we were reminded of an ancient tradition whereby, on the Feast of the Epiphany, three different manifestations or “showings forth” of Our Lord to the world were commemorated. That is, His adoration by the Magi, His...Posted: Jan-08-2025 -
EPIPHANY January 5, 2025A VERY BIG THANK YOU! To all those who volunteered their time and efforts to decorate the church for Christmas with flowers, the nativity scenes, trees and wreaths! The church was adorned beautifully to greet the...Posted: Jan-02-2025 -
MARY, THE MOTHER OF GOD December 29, 2024Although we are used to thinking of Our Blessed Lady as the Mother of God, and honouring her as such, we must remember that there was a time in the history of the Church when certain theologians denied that Mary...Posted: Dec-26-2024 -
THE WORD BECAME FLESH - HOPE IS BORN December 22, 2024On Christmas Day we celebrate the appearance on earth of God in our human nature. This is the “miracle of the Incarnation”. For by becoming man, Jesus did not in any way cease to...Posted: Dec-17-2024 -
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST’S MISSION December 15, 2024Last Sunday we heard the voice of John the Baptist calling the people to repentance in preparation for the coming of the Christ. Today we hear some of the teaching that he gave in answer to the questions various groups...Posted: Dec-11-2024 -
THE VOICE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS December 8, 2024Today the Gospel introduces the figure of St. John the Baptist “proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins”. St. Luke, from whose Gospel we will be reading during this...Posted: Dec-04-2024
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BE ALERT! December 1, 2024Our Lord’s urgent message in today’s Advent Sunday Gospel would have had a very special place in the minds of our Catholic forebears only a few hundred years ago in a time of persecution in Elizabethan...Posted: Nov-27-2024
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Journey through Advent – First Sunday of Advent 2024Watch the Video 1 December 2024 – First Sunday of Advent – Year C Your redemption is drawing near. (Luke 21:25-28, 34-36) The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops presents Journey through Advent with the Most Rev. Frank...Posted: Nov-26-2024 -
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...Posted: Nov-20-2024 -
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...Posted: Oct-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...Posted: Oct-24-2024
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Thirsty Thursdays: Quench Your Thirst at the SourceThe desire of every human heart is for communion. And as we strive to fulfill this desire, often we are found wanting, until we go to the source: Jesus. With this in mind, in 2014, the Sisters of Life began...Posted: Oct-20-2024 -
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...Posted: Oct-19-2024
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St. Teresa’s Parish Celebrates 100 Year AnniversaryOn October 6, 2024, the Most Reverend Francis Leo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto traveled to Etobicoke, Ont. to celebrate Mass at St. Teresa’s Parish on the occasion of their 100th anniversary. According to the parish’s website...Posted: Oct-12-2024 -
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...Posted: Oct-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...Posted: Oct-02-2024
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The Archdiocese Celebrates the Solemnity of Saint Michael with the Inaugural Saint Michael Award RecipientsOn September 29, the Most Rev. Francis Leo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto, celebrated Mass at Saint Michael’s Cathedral Basilica as part of celebrations marking the Solemnity of Saint Michael, patron saint of the archdiocese. The celebration also provided...Posted: Sep-29-2024 -
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...Posted: Sep-29-2024
