Message for Easter20 April 2025His Eminence Frank Cardinal LeoMetropolitan Archbishop of Toronto
Easter 2025
My Dear Brothers and Sisters,
May Jesus and Mary be in your souls.
The greatest liturgical celebration of the Church is of course Easter. The enthusiastic...
On Saturday, May 31 – the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary – the first annual archdiocesan “A Day With Mary” will be taking place outdoors at Villanova College in King City.
All are invited...
Readings: Acts 10: 34. 37-43; Col 3:1-4; Mk 16:1-7
Easter means that God is on a collision course with injustice, with violence, with exploitation. God is against the betrayal of Judas, the denial...
Readings: Isaiah 50.4-7 Philippians 2.6-11 Luke 22.14-23,56
Today is Palm Sunday and the doorway of the Holy Week. Today is also known as Passion Sunday as the Passion Narrative introduces us to the...
Readings: Isaiah 43:16-21 Philippians 3:8-14 John 8:1-11
“Neither do I condemn you. Go, and from now on do not sin any more.” By saying this Jesus didn't mean that...
Readings: Joshua: 5:9a,10-12 2 Corinthians: 5:17-21, Luke: 15:1-3, 11-32
Today on Laetare Sunday, we are encouraged and uplifted by the Parable of the Prodigal Son First, notice the context. Jesus was...
Readings: Ex 3, 1-8.13-15; I Cor 10, 1-6. 10-12; Gos: Lk 13, 1-9)
Among other things, the Lenten Season invites us to true repentance. The parable in the Gospel today sets out...
Readings: Genesis 15:5-12,17-18; Philippians 3:17-4:1; Luke 9:28-36.
The story of the transfiguration is a reminder of the transformation that is proper to authentic Christian living. Every day is a transfiguration...
Readings: Deut. 26, 4-10; Rom 10, 8-13; Lk 4, 1-13
On Ash Wednesday we began our journey with Christ. As a journey that will last for about six and half weeks, the Lenten season presents to...
Readings: 1 Samuel 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23 1 Corinthians 15:45-49 Luke 6:27-38
Love your enemy! We Christians have become so used to hearing these words that it is truly difficult...
Readings: Jeremiah 17:5-8; First Corinthians 15:12,16-20; Luke 6:17, 20-26
The word beatitude literally means happiness. The way of happiness that Jesus outlines calls for a transformation from within, a conversion of life. That...
Readings: Isaiah 6:1-9a, 3-8 1Cor 15:1-11 Lk 5:1-11
Many times we hear people when they are challenged to serve the Church, their immediate reactions are: ‘I am not...
Readings: Mal 3:1-4 Heb 2:1-14-18 Lk 2:22-40
The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord is an ancient celebration in the Church. It is also called Candlemas because, on this...
Readings: Nehemiah 8:2-6, 8-10; First Corinthians 12:12-30; Luke: 1:1-4, 4:14-21
Today, Jesus presents his mission. This is, the fulfillment of the prophecy of Isaiah 61: “The Spirit of the Lord...
Readings: Isaiah 62:1-5 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 John 2:1-11
The reading from the Prophet Isaiah today tells us that God cannot be silent any longer. God loves His bride, the Church, the people...
Readings: Isaiah 40:1-5, 9-11 Titus 2:11-14; 3:4-7 Luke 3:15-16, 21-22
The Book of the Prophet Isaiah is called the Book of Consolation. It is placed here today because the...
Readings: Isaiah 60:1-6 Ephesians 3:2-3a.5-6 Matthew 2:1-12
On the Solemnity of Epiphany, the Church calls us to contemplate and to celebrate the mystery and significance of the birth of Jesus the...
Readings: Isaiah 60:1-6 Ephesians 3:2-3a.5-6 Matthew 2:1-12
On the Solemnity of Epiphany, the Church calls us to contemplate and to celebrate the mystery and significance of the birth of Jesus the...
Readings: 1Samuel 1.20-22, 24-28 1 John 3.1-2, 21-24 Luke 2.41-52
Sometimes when we think of "family" we picture a mother and father and two or three small children - a quiet, compact...
Readings: Micah 5.2-5a Hebrews 10.5-10 Luke 1.39-45
On this the last Sunday before Christmas,
our Gospel reading prepares us to witness Christ's birth by showing us how Jesus was recognized...