Father Marco Testa

Father Testa is a priest of the Archdiocese of Toronto.
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Third Sunday of Lent: Accepting or Rejecting God’s Truth

Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, and they were struck down in the wilderness (1 Cor. 10:5). â§Ÿ These sobering words from our epistle reading describe the fate of most of the...

Second Sunday of Lent: Our Transfigured and Suffering Lord

He will transform the body of our humiliation that it may be conformed to the body of his glory, by the power that also enables him to make all things subject to himself (Phil....

Humility and the First Sunday of Lent

When the devil had finished every test, he departed from him until an opportune time (Lk. 4:13). â§Ÿ On Ash Wednesday we began our observance of the holy season of Lent. By the solemn forty...

Reaping the Rotten Fruits of Relativism

Our nation is in great turmoil; and those who should provide us with moral leadership are either completely silent or dithering as they assess the political landscape in the hope of making most of...

Sixth Sunday: The Inimitable Joy of the Beatitudes

Blessed is the man who does not follow the advice of the wicked
but whose delight is the law of the Lord (Ps. 1).â§Ÿ These are the very first words of the Book of Psalms, and...

Fifth Sunday: The Mystery of Mercy

But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying. ‘Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!’(Lk. 5:8) â§Ÿ As we continue to commemorate the mysteries of Our...

Third Sunday: Nehemiah, Ezra and Restoring All Things

‘This day is holy to the Lord your God; do not mourn or weep.’ For all the people wept when they heard the words of the Law (Neh. 8:9). â§Ÿ The first lesson today is...

Second Sunday: Do Whatever He Tells You

His mother said to the servants, ‘Do whatever he tells you’ (Jn. 2:5). â§Ÿ In the Gospel of St. John which we have just heard, Our Lord reveals his glory, that is, His divinity by...

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