This reflection is based on the readings for the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time—Year A: Wisdom 12:13, 16-19v; Psalm 85; Romans 8: 26-27; and Matthew 13:24-43.
In the fifteenth Sunday of...
This reflection is based on the readings for the Fifteenth Sunday for Ordinary Time—Year A: Isaiah 55: 10-11; Psalm 65; Romans 8: 18-23; and Matthew 13:1-23.
A few months ago, the pastoral council at...
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...
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...
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...
The Church dedicates the month of June to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, one of the most popular Catholic devotions throughout the world. So what is the Sacred Heart, anyway? When Catholics talk about the Sacred Heart we’re...
While it would be magnificent to have access to a time travel contraption like you might see in movies or on TV so that we could go back in time roughly 2000 years to witness the first Pentecost, we don...
Reflecting on the image of the Good Shepherd (Jn 6:53-69), Fr. Eric Mah, Pastor of St. James Parish in Colgan and host of the popular Catholic Latte podcast speaks about the compelling and attractive quality of...
Reflecting on the Gospel story of the Road to Emmaus (Lk 24:13-35), Fr. Eric Mah, Pastor of St. James Parish in Colgan and host of the popular Catholic Latte podcast speaks about the importance of seeking...
Life is a path, a pilgrimage; it is a journey we walk with the Lord and with others. Watch Archbishop Leo’s homily from the Third Sunday of Easter:
Mystery of Life
In his Easter homily, Archbishop Leo talks about the imagery around the most joyous day of the church calendar. Watch the homily here:
Christos Anesti!
There was a popular song that was written in the 1960’s that proclaimed: “What the world needs now is love, sweet love, it’s the only thing that there is just too little of. What the...
Watch the homily of Mass of Installation of the Most Rev. Francis Leo, Archbishop of Toronto from St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica on March 25, 2023, the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord:
Archbishop Leo Installation Homily...
In Cardinal Collins’ final Sunday homily as Archbishop of Toronto, he talks about the role of Bishop, and how a Bishop must guide the flock of Christ and keep it safe. Watch the entire homily here:
Serve...
Patrick, the teenage shepherd of sheep, was called by God to be a shepherd of souls. Watch Cardinal Collins as he speaks on the feast of St. Patrick from the annual Mass of St. Patrick held at St. Michael's...
In his homily from Sunday, March 12, Cardinal Collins speaks on how the role of the “person who doesn’t understand” is important. We have to struggle to go deeper. We are called to receive the living...
In his homily from Sunday, March 5, at St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica in Toronto, Cardinal Collins touches on how we look but rarely see, we hear but so rarely do we listen. It may be challenging, but we are...
On February 23, 2023, the Archdiocese of Toronto held its annual Employee Service Recognition Celebration honouring employees with long-term service with the Archdiocese. We honoured those employees who reached their 10, 20, 25, 30 and 40 years of service...