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Fourth Sunday: Ite Ad Joseph
When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took his wife into his home (Mt. 1:24).
On this fourth and last Sunday of Advent, the Sacred Liturgy invites...
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Gaudete Sunday: The Baptist’s Joyful Humility
âTruly I tell you, among those born of women no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than heâ (Mt. 11:11).
Today is Gaudete...
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First Sunday of Advent: Let us Go to the House of the Lord
For out of Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem (Lk. 21: 36).
The first Sunday of Advent marks the beginning of a new liturgical year. In the cycle...
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Christ the King, and the Promise of Eternal Life
âTruly, I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradiseâ (Lk. 23:43).
From the moment that Our Lord spoke these words, the Church has lived in this present time frame. Although the chronology...
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Dedication of the Lateran Basilica: A Universal Call to Holiness.
Brothers and sisters, you are Godâs building. ... For Godâs temple is holy, and you are that temple. (1 Cor 3:9, 17)
Today we celebrate the anniversary of the dedication of the Cathedral Church of Rome...
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All Saints, All Souls, All Hope
The month of November begins with the celebration of the glorious Feast of All Saints and the sacred liturgy directs our gaze to the Heavenly Jerusalem, our ultimate destiny. We were created by God...
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The Bishops of Ontario Prepare for the Second Vatican Council
This year marks the sixtieth anniversary of the closing of the Second Vatican Council and also the sixty-third anniversary of the opening of the Council on October 11, 1962, the Feast of Our Ladyâs...
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Twenty Seventh Sunday: Esther, Our Lady and the Message of Fatima
Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise (Hab. 1:3). ⧟
Our first reading today is taken from the book of the Prophet Habakkuk, one of the Minor Prophets. It is a book...
