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Devine Mercy Sunday April 7, 2024
Readings: Acts 4:32-35; 1 John 5:1-6; John 20:19-31.
Today is Divine Mercy Sunday and the readings make reference to God’s mercy, the necessity for trusting Faith, and our need for the...
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Easter Sunday - He Is Risen Alleluia!
At Easter, we rejoice in the empty tomb—Jesus's resurrection. Easter is the day Jesus rose from the dead after being crucified. The empty tomb means that Jesus's words rang true. He fulfilled the promises of Scripture...
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The Easter Vigil - Christ is Risen
It begins with the blessing of the Easter Fire and from it the Pascal Candle, which is then brought into the darkened church. The Exultet, the great hymn of light, is sung. The Easter Vigil Mass is the service that...
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Easter Sunday March 31, 2024
Readings: Acts 10:34a, 37-43, Colossians 3:1-4, John 20:1-9
The stone across the tomb symbolized the end of the road; for them, Jesus has been locked in, no way out. But the God who makes...
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Holy Thursday - The Last Supper at Mass
The central observance of Holy Thursday is the ritual reenactment of the Last Supper at Mass. This event is celebrated at every Mass, as part of the Liturgy of the Eucharist, but it is specially commemorated on Holy Thursday. Except...
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Archbishop Leo Celebrates with the Faithful during Palm Sunday
Archbishop Leo celebrated Mass at St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica with a full congregation. Palm Sunday commemorates the entrance of Christ into Jerusalem, during which palm branches were placed in his path, before his arrest on Holy Thursday and his...
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2024 Ordinandi Dinner Event Breaks Attendance Record
The 34th Ordinandi Dinner was hosted by St. Augustine's Seminary and the six Serra Clubs in the Archdiocese of Toronto on Tuesday, March 19.
The Ordinandi Dinner honours the Transitional Deacons who study, pray, and reside at St...
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Palm Sunday March 24, 2024
Readings: Is 50: 4-7; Ph 2: 6-11; Mk 14: 1-15:47
Let us try to pick up some significant things in the passion narrative. I can think of three sad things: a) betrayal; b) abandonment; and c...
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Archbishop Leo Visits St. Anthony's in Toronto
On March 3, 2024, the Most Reverend Francis Leo, Archbishop of Toronto traveled to St. Anthony’s Church in Toronto.
His Grace celebrated Mass and had the opportunity to meet many of the parishioners. The Mass readings were offered...
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5th Sunday of Lent March 17, 2024
Readings: Jeremiah 31.31-34, Hebrews 5.7-9, John 12.20-33
While Jesus was in Jerusalem for the feast of Passover, several Greeks, curious because of what he had been doing, express the wish to see him...
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4th Sunday of Lent March 10, 2024
Readings: 2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23, Ephesians 2:4-10, John 3:14-21
There is often a time in a long journey when we find the going hard. The enthusiasm with which we set out has faded...
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Archbishop Leo Celebrates Mass at Lift Jesus Higher Rally
On Saturday, March 2 the Most Reverend Francis Leo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto traveled to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre to celebrate Mass at the 2024 installment of the Lift Jesus Higher Rally.
The rally, which has separate tracks for...
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3rd Sunday of Lent March 3, 2024
Readings: Exodus 20:1-17,1 Corinthians 1:22-25, John 2:13-25
In today’s Gospel we read about how Jesus overturned the tables of the merchants and the moneychangers in the Temple at Jerusalem. Worship at...