As we enter into this First Week in Ordinary Time, we are given the image of Jesus teaching in the synagogue. And as He teaches, it’s clear that there...
Pope Francis has asked for the input of all lay Catholics to the 2023 meeting of the world's Bishops: “For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, and Mission.” The Church is currently seeking contributions from local Parish communities. Let your voice be heard!
Christmas season is now completed and we enter into the First Week in Ordinary Time. It’s time to return to the “ordinary” of life. But is the Christian life ordinary? Is there anything truly “ordinary” about following Jesus? Today’s Gospel reveals...
The Office of Evangelization and Catechesis and the Liturgy Office have prepared the attached link to the diocese website with a beautiful resource for families to share and pray together in celebration of the Feast of the Holy Family.
We hope that you and your family will join us for Mass over the Christmas season. Our Mass Schedule for December 24 through January 2 is now available. Please click the image for more information.
Each week, beginning on Sunday, 21 November 2021, the Solemnity of Christ the King, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops will release a video recording of a Bishop in Canada reflecting on the Gospel Reading for each Sunday of Advent. This year’s reflections were developed in view of the Indigenous...
Our Diocesan Offices for Liturgy, Youth Ministry and Evangelization and Catechesis are pleased to bring you a weekly Advent resource that can be celebrated with family in your home: https://hamiltondiocese.com/advent2021/
“You are no longer strangers and aliens but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household 0f God …” (Eph. 2-19) and “Jesus went out to the mountain to pray…” (Luke 6:12) It’s all about identity and belonging. Why did...
This parable should speak to us far more than we realize. It should be a source of great encouragement to us all as we seek to build up the Kingdom of God through apostolic works. The mustard seed is very small: it can seem very insignificant. Though...
Why would the leader of the synagogue be “indignant” that Jesus cured a woman on the sabbath? She was crippled for eighteen years! Was he not instead, supposed to rejoice and give thanks that Jesus cured...
THE AMORIS LAETITIA YEAR of the Family was opened earlier this year by Pope Francis. A Pastoral Letter to the Diocese of Hamilton, dated today, was sent to Pastors and Parishes earlier this week for distribution to parishioners. Today is the Feast Day of Saint John Paul II, an appropriate day for such a letter. The sainted Pope was a great advocate of the family; he published Familiaris Consortio, which Amoris Laetitia draws from, and he wrote Theology of the Body. Many of his works relate to the importance of marriage and family!
Jesus’ teaching is a reminder of the challenges inherent in waiting for and in being prepared for an uncertain future while also being fully grounded in the present moment. How true it...
Jesus said to the disciples: “Be dressed for action” or "Gird your loins.” This phrase literally means “tighten your belt.” It traditionally refers to one who is wearing...
The Sept. 12th letter of the Pastoral Team, published in our Bulletin that weekend, noted our goal to discontinue the online Sunday Mass after Thanksgiving. The reasons given...
Jesus told His disciples: “Beware of the leaven—that is, the hypocrisy—of the Pharisees.” This comes after Jesus gives a long and very direct series of condemnations of these leaders in the previous...
In the Gospel readings for today, Jesus confronts the issue that some of His detractors were raising – by whose authority did He expel demons. People were questioning whether Jesus was acting with good will, with authority from God, or channeling other powerful demons. It strikes me that for many of us a...
Today is the memorial feast of “Our Lady of the Holy Rosary”. Indeed, this month of October, we are reminded to pray the Holy Rosary, the best known and most practiced Prayer of Catholic faithful in the world. Through...
