Ahead of municipal elections on Monday, October 26, 2026, Cardinal Frank Leo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto, has released a short video, encouraging Catholics in the Archdiocese of Toronto to learn more about the candidates, prayerfully form their conscience and cast...
Today’s first reading is taken from the Book of Exodus and tells us about how we should treat strangers and foreigners. God tells us that He is compassionate. The Gospel picks up on the first reading. Matthew has...
Readings: Isaiah 45:1, 4-6 |1 Thessalonians 1:1-5b | Matthew 22:15-21
‘Repay to Ceaser what belongs to Ceaser and to God what belongs to God’. This weekend as the global Catholic Church celebrates the...
Readings: Isaiah 25:6-10a | Philippians 4:12-14, 19-20 | Matthew 22:1-14
The wisdom teachings of the Scriptures are about how to use rightly the gifts of this world so that even now we begin to live...
Readings: Isaiah 5:1-7 | Philippians 4:6-9 | Matthew 21:33-43
Each one of us is the vineyard of the Lord. It is we ourselves who keep the Lord out and do not allow Him to transform us...
Readings: Ezekiel 18:25-28 | Philippians 2:1-11| Matthew 21:28-32
The first reading today, from the Prophet Ezekiel, is such a clear invitation to turn away from sin. Right away we must recognize that this invitation is...
Readings: Isaiah 55:6-9 | Philippians 1:20c-24, 27a | Matthew 20:1-16
The Gospel shows us people who are comparing themselves with one another, wondering how come the other person got a better deal on salvation than we...
Readings: Sirach 27:30–28:9 | Romans 14:7-9 | Matthew 18:21-35
Only God can give us the grace to forgive all others, those who have harmed us in any way at all. God’s calls...
Readings: Ezekiel 33:7-9 | Romans 13:8-10 | Matthew 18:15-20
One of the most difficult things in life is correcting another person. Yes, there are people who seem always to be correcting others—but that...
Readings: Jeremiah 20:7-9 | Romans 12:1-2 | Matthew 16:21-27
Jeremiah is struggling with God, trying to push God out of his life because God wants too much. God does not allow this, but remains in Jeremiah...
Readings: Isaiah 22:19-23, Romans 11:33-36, Matthew 16:13-20
We are invited to wonder how Peter came to be able to profess such a faith. Peter had been with Jesus and watching and sharing in the...
Readings: Isaiah 56:1, 6-7, Romans 11:13-15, 29-32, Matthew 15:21-28
Jesus lived and taught by his example, his way of living and his way of relating to others. The story in today’s...
Readings:1 Kings 19:9a, 11-13a, Romans 9:1-5, Matthew 14:22-33
Most of us who hear homilies or read them are people are trying to serve the Lord. We know that sometimes all we can do...
Readings: 1 Kings 3:5, 7-12, Romans 8:28-30, Matthew 13:44-52
The Kingdom of God is both an idea and a reality. It is an idea because we can think about it and ponder it. It...
Readings: Wisdom 12:13, 16-19, Romans 8:26-27, Matthew 13:24-43
The first reading is simply telling us that God is all-powerful but is gentle and always wants to give us time for repentance. We could...
Readings: Isaiah 55:10-11, Romans 8:18-23, Matthew 13:1-23
The Gospel takes up this same theme, but at great length. We are told by Scripture scholars that only the first part of this Scripture reading would...
Readings: Zechariah 9:9-10 Romans 8:9, 11-13 Matthew 11:25-30
Jesus is, we believe, truly God as well as truly human. Jesus humbles Himself to become human so as to redeem us. Jesus, by becoming a...
Readings: 2 Kings 4:8-11, 14-16a Romans 5:12-15 Matthew 10:26-33
The reading from the Second Book of Kings tells the story of Elisha repaying the kindness of a women who had no...
Readings: Jeremiah 20:10-13 Romans 5:12-15 Matthew 10:26-33
Today the first reading and the Gospel speak to us about proclaiming the Word of God to others and what that might mean in our own lives...