Father Marco Testa

Father Testa is a priest of the Archdiocese of Toronto.
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28th Sunday: Eucharist Means Thanksgiving

(From our archives, for this Thanksgiving Sunday) On this mountain the Lord of Hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich foodĀ (Is 25:6). Throughout our nation in what we can claim as a truly...

19th Sunday: The Merciful Presence of God

And after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of sheer silenceĀ (1 KingsĀ 19: 12). The Prophet Elijah’s mysterious encounter with the Lord in the...

18th Sunday: The Bread of Life and the Canon of Holy Mass

For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.Ā (JnĀ 6:33) As we listen to our Lord’s Eucharistic discourse, our Lord Himself teaches us about the Eucharist, the...

17th Sunday: The Perfect Sacrifice

Then Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated; so also the fish, as much as they wanted.Ā (JnĀ 6:8) Today we begin to read from the...

Thirteenth Sunday: Theodicy, God and Evil

For God created man for incorruption, and made him the image of his own eternity, but through the devil’s envy death entered the world, and those who belong to his company experience it (Wis....

Eleventh Sunday: The Vital Necessity of the Mass

It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name (Ps. 92). Our celebration of the Paschal Mystery in all its detail and significance was in a sense brought to...

Devotion to the Sacred Heart: Truth in Charity in Troubled Times

The designs of His Heart are from age to age, to rescue their souls from death, and to keep them alive in famine (Ps. 32 – Entrance Antiphon). ā§¾ Having celebrated the Feast of Corpus...

The Most Holy Trinity

For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption to sonship. (Rom. 8:15). ā§¾ Each year, on the Sunday following the Solemnity...

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