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25th Sunday Ordinary Time September 22, 2024
Readings: Wisdom 2:12, 17-20 James 3:16 – 4:3 Mark 9:30-37
Look at that child: bubbling with life and devoid of ego. In Jesus’ world, a child counted for naught. Children were meant to...
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24th Sunday Ordinary Time September 15, 2024
Readings: Isaiah 50:5-9a James 2:14-18 Mark 8:27-35
In today’s Gospel, Jesus asks the disciples for a field report by asking what otherssay about him. He then turns the question directly...
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22nd Sunday Ordinary Time September 1, 2024
Readings: Deutronomy 4.1-2,6-8, James 1.17-18, 21-22,27, Mark 7.1-8, 14-15,21-23
The Bible speaks of people being “unclean.” However, we must realize that there are multiple ways...
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21st Sunday Ordinary Time August 25, 2024
Readings: Joshua 24:1-2, 15-17, 18, Ephesians 5:21-32, John 6:60-69
In today’s Gospel we are being asked to make a choice, as we are, to choose to follow Jesus or not. Will...
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20th Sunday Ordinary Time August 18, 2024
Readings: Proverbs 9:1-6, Ephesians 5:15-20, John 6:51-58
On this Sunday, we continue to read from the sixth chapter of the Gospel of John. Today’s Gospel elaborates further on the teaching that Jesus...
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Feast Of St. Dominic Our Patron Saint August 11, 2024
Readings: 1Kings 19.4-8, Ephesians 4.30-5.2,Mathew 5.14-16
St. Dominic was born about 1175 in Spain, Dominic hailed from the illustrious Guzman family. First he was Cannon regular at Osma, then he founded the...
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18th Sunday Ordinary Time August 4, 2024
Readings: Exodus 16.2-4, 12-15, 31a, Ephesians 4.17.20-24, John 6.24-35
Jesus started by this gospel by considering about the crowd “why are you here”. What he wants to tell them is...
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15th Sunday in Ordinary Time July 14, 2024
Readings: Amos 7:12-15, Ephesians 1:3-14, Mark 6:7-13
In our first reading, God chose a poor farmer Amos to prophesy in Israel’s northern kingdom. God had a purpose for this. He knew there...
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14th Sunday in Ordinary Time July 7, 2024
Readings: Ezekiel 2:2-5, 2 Corinthians 12:7-10, Mark 6:1-6
Today many claim to be prophetic, but most lack any claims to speaking the Word of God. A true prophet in our Christian tradition...
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13th Sunday Ordinary Time June 30, 2024
Readings: Wisdom 1:13-15; 2:23-24, 2 Corinthians 8:7, 9, 13-15, Mark 5:21-43
It is belief in Jesus that changes our lives. The Gospel today gives us miracles. The most important aspect of these...
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12th Sunday Ordinary Time June 23, 2024
Readings: Job 38:1, 8-11, 2 Corinthians 5:14-17, Mark 4:35-41
“Most of us don’t think about anyone having the capacity to change the weather or to control the physical environment simply by...
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11th Sunday Ordinary Time June 16, 2024
Readings: Ezekiel 17:22-24, 2 Corinthians 5:6-10, Mark 4:26-34
The first reading today from the Prophet Ezekiel and the Gospel both speak about starting a new plant, about sowing seed, about making something grow. The...
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10th Sunday Ordinary Time June 9, 2024
Readings: Genesis 3.8-15, 2Corinthians 4.13-5.1, Mark 3.20-35
Jesus defends himself by asking quite logically: “How can Satan cast out Satan?" "A household divided against itself cannot stand.” But the damage has...
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The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ June 2, 2024
Readings: Exodus 24:3-8;Hebrews 9:11-15; Mark 14:12-16, 22-26
Firm belief in the Body and Blood Christ and regular reception of the Blessed Sacrament or Holy Communion is fundamental to Catholic doctrine, spirituality and...
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12 Men Ordained into the Permanent Diaconate
On Saturday, May 25, 2024 at 10 a.m. the Vicar for Permanent Deacons, the Most Reverend Vincent Nguyen, ordained 12 men to the Permanent Diaconate for the Archdiocese of Toronto.
The Rite of Ordination took place during Mass at...
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The Most Holy Trinity May 26, 2024
Readings: Deuteronomy 4:32-34, 39-40, Romans 8:14-17, Matthew 28:16-20
The more we know that God revealed to us in the history of the Chosen People, the more we can understand Jesus Christ and...
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Pentecost Sunday May 19, 2024
Readings: Acts, 2:1-11,Galatians 5:16-25, John 15:26-27; 16:12-15
We are supposed to have some contact with other people who have experienced the power of God at work in their lives. One of...
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