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Your Will Be Done
We are now in the final days of the Advent season, the time devoted to preparation for the feast of Christmas.
Perhaps, this very last day of preparations can be filled up with many last-minute activities: cards to send...
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From Anxiety to Joy
Today is Gaudete Sunday. The name comes from the Entrance Antiphon from today’s liturgy. Every mass has an Entrance Antiphon (usually a phrase from scripture) assigned to it, and it used to be a custom...
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The Lord is Near
The following is a reflection on the Gospel for Sunday, December 17, 2023, Week 3 of Advent (John 1:6-8, 19-28) from Bishop John A. Boissonneau, Northern Region Bishop for the Archdiocese of Toronto. To watch a video...
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Prepare the Way of the Lord
Most Catholics rarely open their family Bible. And even fewer Catholics study what it really means. It is with this perspective that this week’s scripture reflection is given.
The readings for the second Sunday of Advent...
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Prepare the Way of the Lord
The following is a reflection on the Gospel for Sunday, December 10, 2023, Week 2 of Advent (Mark 1:1-8) from Bishop Robert Kasun, Central Region Bishop for the Archdiocese of Toronto. To watch a video version of this...
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The Challenge of Advent
Advent places before us three challenges: watch, wait, pray. The readings of this first Sunday of the new liturgical year underline them. “Stay awake”, counsels Jesus in today’s gospel (Mk.13:33-37), &ldquo...
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The Hope of the Life We Are Called to Live
The following is a reflection on the Gospel for Sunday, December 3, 2023, Week 1 of Advent (Mark 13: 33-37) from Bishop Ivan Camilleri, Western Region Bishop for the Archdiocese of Toronto. To watch a video version of this...
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Reflecting on Finding Life During Difficult Times
The below is an excerpt from Archdiocese of Toronto Deacon Robert Kinghorn’s book, The Church on the Street, chronicling his ministry for the poor, the ill, addicted, and homeless in one of the roughest parts of Toronto. In...
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Truth and Reconciliation: Undoing the Knots
September 30 has been designated as an observed ‘National Day for Truth & Reconciliation.’
In the face of historic and present injustices toward and among Indigenous Peoples in the lands of Canada, this is a day...
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The Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds
Patience, prayer and trust in the Lord!
In his homily from Sunday, July 23, 2023, during Mass at St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica, Archbishop Francis Leo reflects on Jesus the great teacher and his parable of the wheat and the...
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The Heart, the Crown, the Flame
by Fr. Favin Alemao
The devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus entered my life at a very young age. My family home, which was adorned with a picture of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of...
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The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus: Fount of Consolation
by Fr. Joshua Lobo
In a church in Italy just meters away from the Pope's summer residence at Castel Gandolfo is a small side chapel with a sign that captures your attention as soon as you enter. Without any...
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