Message on the Month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus1 June 2026His Eminence Frank Cardinal LeoMetropolitan Archbishop of Toronto
My Dear Brothers and Sisters,
May Jesus and Mary be in your souls.
Each year Holy Mother Church dedicates the month...
Readings: Exodus 34:4b-6, 8-9 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 John 3:16-18
On this day on which we worship the mystery of the Trinity, we begin with Christ and we must listen to His own words...
Readings: Acts of the Apostles 2:1-11 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13 John 20:19-23
None of the followers of Jesus, not even His mother, knew what would happen as they prayed for...
Readings: Acts of the Apostles 1:1-11 Ephesians 1:17-23 Matthew 28:16-20
Christ goes up to heaven. And surely that is one of the main points of today’s celebration. When we look at...
Readings: Acts of the Apostles 8:5-8, 14-17 1 Peter 3:15-18 John 14:15-21
In the first reading, from the Acts of the Apostles, it seems that listening to the Word of God is not...
Readings: Acts of the Apostles 6:1-7 1 Peter 2:4-9 John 14:1-12
The today’s first reading, from the Acts of the Apostles, we are already hearing of the early structuring of the Church...
Readings: Acts: 2.14,36-41 1 Peter 2.22-25 John 10.1-10
The Lord is my Shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. The good shepherd offers everything for the sake of his flock...
Readings: Acts: 2.14,22-28 1 Peter 1.17-21 Luke 24.13-35
In the Emmaus story, Jesus as the stranger helps the two disciples to make sense of the past in a new light, they...
Readings: Acts 4:32-35 1 Jn 5:1-6 Jn 20: 19-31
On this Second Sunday of Easter, the church celebrates the feast of Divine Mercy. United as a community of believers, we continue to express our joy...
Readings: Acts: 10:34-42 Colossians 3:1-4 John 20:1-18
This Easter day, we are called to join Paul in giving thanks to God: “Who in his great mercy has given us a new birth, by...
Readings: Isaiah 50:4-7 Philippians 2:6-11 Mathew 26:14-27.66
On this Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion, we are invited to reflect on our own relationship to suffering, either for obedience to God...
Readings: Ezekiel 37:12-14 Romans: 8:8-11 John 11:1-45
When we hear the first reading, from the Prophet Ezekiel, we can at first wonder if this is just some sort of hope for the future or...
Readings: 1Samuel 16.1b, 6-7, 10-13, Ephesians: 5:8-14, John 9:1-4
First reading speaks about Samuel who obeyed God by going to where he was sent to go, specifically to Jesse’s tribe. he...
Readings: Exodus: 17:3-7 Romans: 5:1-2.5-8 John 4:5-42
The first reading of today tells us of the ordeal of the Israelites in the wilderness. After four hundred and thirty years of...
Readings: Genesis 12:1-4a 2 Timothy 1:8b-10 Matthew 17:1-9
Lent is about transfiguration! It is not just our Lord Jesus who becomes transfigured. Rather, all of us can be transfigured if we want...
Readings: Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7Romans 5:12-19 Matthew 4:1-11
Always we begin Lent by reflecting again on our experience of sin. The readings to invite us to wonder how sin ever happened in the...
Readings: Sirach 15:15-20 1 Corinthians 2:6-10 Matthew 5:17-37
In today’s first reading, God presents us with two options, “life and death.” In other words, He gives us the freedom to...
Readings: Isaiah 58:7-10 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 Matthew 5:13-16
At the heart of our Christian faith must be an awareness that Jesus loves us and has died for us and that our lives are totally...
Readings: Zephaniah 2:3; 3:12-13 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 Matthew 5:1-12a
The Beatitudes—a word meaning “blessings”—are indeed the key to world peace, the key to personal happiness, and the...
Readings: Isaiah 9.1-4 1 Corinthians 1:10-13,17-18 Mathew 4.12-23
The first reading today is from the Prophet Isaiah and is the same one that is used at Midnight Mass for Christmas. We...