On April 20, 2026, Cardinal Leo wrote to Prime Minister Carney and all federal Members of Parliament (MPs) in the Archdiocese of Toronto asking for their support of Bill C-218 and decrying the rapid expansion of euthanasia and assisted...
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...
Readings: Isaiah 49:3, 5-6 1 Corinthians 1:1-3 John 1:29-34
John baptizes Jesus and says that it should be Jesus baptizing John. John tells us that he knew that the Spirit would come...
Readings: Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7 Acts 10:34-38 Matthew 3:13-17
How often in our lives we hope that God will come and save us—and then we find out that He does save us...