St. Edith Stein Church, Toronto
Parish Blog
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Fear - dispelling FaithIn today’s readings, we are offered some excellent pointers in coping with our fears, not through logic or rationality, but through faith. Our ancestors in the faith have alluded to the universal human experience of fear...Sunday, May 21, 2023 -
The Body and Blood of the LordThis annual feast offers an ideal time to reaffirm the church’s belief that the bread and wine are truly changed into the body and blood of the Lord. There should be no question that this is the faith...Sunday, May 21, 2023
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The Gift of RelationshipThe last few Sundays we were focusing on divine gifts. The first gift we reflected on was Jesus’ promise that he would be with us always. The second gift was the gift of an agenda which...Sunday, May 21, 2023
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God’s KissToday we have gathered together to celebrate the liberation that is Pentecost. Luke, in today’s first reading (Acts 2:1-11) speaks of the Spirit in terms of “tongues, as of fire”, and of &ldquo...Sunday, May 21, 2023
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The Gift of an AgendaDo you remember Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I’ve been to the Mountaintop” speech delivered at the Mason Temple in Memphis, Tenn., on April 3, 1968, the day before he was assassinated? King&rsquo...Sunday, May 21, 2023
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The Gift of PatienceFrom last Sunday’s celebration of Jesus, our Good Shepherd, we turn our attention this week to who we are and how we are to live as Jesus’ sheep, or, to put it another way, as church. ...Sunday, April 16, 2023
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Christ of Experience“The death of Jesus is nothing for us if we have not died with Him; the resurrection of our Lord is nothing for us if we have not been raised with Him”. These are the words of...Sunday, April 16, 2023 -
Easter and Its VisionToday, we celebrate Easter and the transforming vision associated with it. Jesus, who was dead, is risen! Alleluia! Today, we celebrate our belief that in Jesus’ death and rising, each of us has been afforded a...Sunday, April 09, 2023
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HOLY WEEKToday we start Holy Week by the blessing and distributing Palms which signifies the triumphant arrival of Jesus into Jerusalem before his death and Resurrection. This journey continues on Holy Thursday as we celebrate the Mass of the Last Supper...Sunday, April 02, 2023
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Come Out and Go Free!This week, the readings focus on the promise of life after death. The prophet Ezekiel (37:12-14) reminds us that it is by the very Spirit Of God that we will be called forth to rise from our...Sunday, March 26, 2023
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The Journey to LightAt this time in our journey through Lent parishes with RCIA members conduct the second scrutiny. Our conversion journey becomes more focussed when the elect undergo the scrutiny on this 4th Sunday of Lent. If the ritual...Sunday, March 19, 2023
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Repent and Receive the Gifts of GodThe praying assembly is invited this Sunday to learn the truth and challenge of God’s word through two men and a rather unusual woman. Moses, in today’s 1st reading from the book of Exodus (17...Sunday, March 12, 2023 -
People Of Faith, Hope And LoveGod summons us to a radical way of living. We are called to be more than just moral: God invites us to be virtuous. We become virtuous by habitually choosing to do good. Naturally, we are not...Saturday, January 28, 2023
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Be Salty and Luminous Witnesses to ChristThe prophet Isaiah (58:7-10) and the evangelist Matthew (5:13-16) team up this Sunday to keep members of the praying assembly mindful of their responsibilities for one another and for the needy of this world. Matthew...Saturday, January 28, 2023
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Living the BeatitudesThe proclamation of the Gospel on this Sunday and the next will reacquaint the praying assembly with the Great Sermon and its challenges. Although these challenges lie at the heart of what it means to be Christian, too few...Saturday, January 28, 2023 -
What Would Jesus Do?This Sunday’s Gospel (Mt 4:12-23) invites our attention to the call of the first disciples. It is coupled with Jesus’ command: “Reform your lives”. Without reform or the radical change that...Saturday, January 21, 2023
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Worship and Bow DownIn this week's reading, we hear that when the Magi saw the star, they came into the house. Then what did they do when they saw the Christ child in the arms of his mother? They fell down and...Saturday, January 14, 2023
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Epiphany of the LordThe word ‘epiphany’ was originally used in Greek mythology in the sense of ‘theophany’, viz., the manifestation of a god in human form. The Christian feast of Epiphany originated in the Eastern Church, probably to...Saturday, January 07, 2023
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Mother of God – Mother of PrayerToday we honour Mary with a solemnity mass acknowledging a title for her that dates back to the Council of Ephesus in 431: “Mother of God”. The speciality of this year is that it coincides with the...Saturday, December 17, 2022
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Keeping “God-with-us”In his classic Christmas story The Story of the Other Wise Man (Harper, N.Y., 1899), Henry Van Dyke wrote of keeping Christmas not just one day but every day: “Are you willing to believe that love is...Saturday, December 17, 2022
