Christmas Message, December 2024His Eminence Frank Cardinal LeoMetropolitan Archbishop of Toronto
My Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Praised be Jesus Christ.
Christmas is a wonderful time that provides us with a unique and blessed occasion of grace to contemplate the immensity...
Although 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...
On 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...
Last 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...
Today 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...
Our 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...
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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...
The 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...
There’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...
The 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...
This 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...
Throughout 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...
First, 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...
It 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...
is 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...
Our 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...
You 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...
Last 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...
Our 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...
In 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...