Father Marco Testa

Father Testa is a priest of the Archdiocese of Toronto.
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Third Sunday of Easter: Christ, the Atoning Sacrifice

Jesus Christ the righteous…he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. (1 Jn 2:1-2) The Easter Season is a privileged time...

Divine Mercy Sunday

ā€˜Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe’… ā€˜My Lord and my God!’ (Jn. 20:18). Today is Low Sunday, known also as Divine Mercy Sunday; and we celebrate...

Alleluia, He is Risen!

Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life...

Good Friday

One of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once blood and water came out. He who saw this has testified so that you may believe. His testimony is true, and...

Passion Sunday: The Rending of the Veil

While the sun’s light failed…the curtain of the temple was torn in two (Lk.23:45). Palm Sunday begins our observance of Holy Week, the Week of Salvation. The reading of Our Lord’s Passion places us at...

Entering Into Passiontide

ā€˜Sir, we wish to see Jesus’ (Jn. 12:20). The veiled statues and images in our churches indicate that we have entered into Passiontide. Next Sunday, Palm Sunday, in the reading of the Lord’s Passion we...

Fifth Sunday of Lent: The Infinite, Incarnate Mercy of God

I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord (Phil. 3:8). ā§¾ Our Gospel reading today is taken from the Gospel of St. John. For John, life begins...

Laetare Sunday: The Penitent Prodigal and Giving God His Due

So he set off and went to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran and put his arms around him and...

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