Message for Thanksgiving13 October 2025His Eminence Frank Cardinal LeoMetropolitan Archbishop of Toronto
My Dear Brothers and Sisters,
On the occasion of our upcoming Thanksgiving celebrations, I am reaching out to wish you all Happy Thanksgiving. This holiday offers us a...
Readings: Hab 1:2-3. 2, 2-4 2 Tim 1:6-8. 13-14; Lk 17: 5-19
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Readings: Amos 6:1a, 4-7 1 Timothy 6:11-16 Luke 16:19-31
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Readings: Amos 8.4-7 1Timothy 2.1-7 Luke 16.1-13
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Readings: Numbers 21.4-9 Philippians 2.6-11 John 3.13-17
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Readings: Wisdom 9:13-18b Philemon 9-10, 12-17 Luke 14:25-33
With the first reading, perhaps we can pray for the gift of wisdom and the gift of the Holy Spirit to be in our personal lives...
Readings: Sirach 3:17-18,20,28-29, Hebrews 12:18-19,22-24, Luke 14:1,7-14
The readings today all point to the same idea. Sirach tells us to be gentle and humble. Hebrews reminds us that...
Readings: Is 66:18-21; Heb 12:11-13; Lk 12:22-30
This Sunday, the church reminds us of the reunion of all God’s people at the feast of His kingdom. It is not only Jews and...
Readings: Jer 38:4-6. 8-10; Heb 12:1-4; Lk 12:49-53
In the first reading, the prophet Jeremiah suffered grave injustice for the sake of the message he preached. He became a man of dissension for...
Readings: Wis 18, 6-9; Heb 11, 1-2.8-19; Lk 12, 35-40
The concept of “God’s elect or God’s people” is very strong among the Jews. Biblically speaking, this is right...
Readings: Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21-23, Colossians 3:1-5, 9-11, Luke 12:13-21
These readings today invite us to think deeply about what we value and how we spend our time and energy. The basic teaching...
Readings: Genesis 18:20-32, Colossians 2:12-14, Luke 11:1-13
The first reading today is from the Book of Genesis and hands on to us this tradition that Abraham was so close to God and could negotiate...
Reading: Genesis18:1-10a, Colossians1:24-28, Luke10:38-42
The story of Jesus in the home of Martha and Mary complements the story of the Good Samaritan, which immediately precedes it in Luke's Gospel. Both stories are unique...
Readings: Deuteronomy 30:10-14, Colossians 1:15-20, Luke 10:25-37
The first reading today, from the Book of Deuteronomy, tells us that the Lord has already put these kinds of commands in our hearts. Why are we...
Readings: Isaiah 66:10-14c, Galatians 6:14-18, Luke 10:1-12, 17-20
Today the Lord invites us to follow Him and to preach His Good News to others. There is much joy in the readings today...
Readings: Acts 12.1-11 2 Timothy 4,6-8, 17-18 Mt. 16.18
The great Saints Peter and Paul exemplify to us that even if we are different and even if we have disagreements, we...
Karl Rahner in his scholarship on Christian faith, proposed a reduced creed from which all other Christian tenants flow. “All Christians must believe in the Trinity: God present, Christ sacrificed, and Holy Spirit moving us toward a future...
Readings: Proverbs 8:22-31 Romans 5:1-5 John 16:12-15 Heb 7, 23-28 Mk 12, 28-34
It is Jesus Himself who teaches us the mystery of the Most Holy Trinity...
Readings: Acts 2:1-11 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 John 20:19-23We celebrate this solemnity of 50 days after Easter as the fullness of Easter itself. It is the Holy Spirit who gives us any...
Readings: Acts 1, 1-11; Eph 1, 17-23; Lk 24, 46-53)
Our first reading from Acts of the Apostles recounts the events of the last moments and meeting of Christ with his apostles before his ascension...