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Spiritual Corner -- A Meditation on DeathVery soon the end of your life will be at hand: consider, therefore, the state of your soul. Today a man is here; tomorrow he is gone.(I Macc.2:63) And when he is out of sight, he is...Posted: Sep-28-2024 -
Truth and Reconciliation 2024: After the Silence - A Reflection for CatholicsJulia and Adam Kozak, a married couple actively involved in bridge-building and peacemaking with Indigenous and non-indigenous peoples, reflect on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Adam, a Lay Pastoral Associate and musician, was the National Project...Posted: Sep-25-2024 -
Everything You Need to Know About RENEW Toronto 2024“Those who hope in the Lord will run and not be weary” Isaiah 40:31 What is RENEW Toronto? RENEW Toronto is OCY’s largest annual gathering of young adults from the Archdiocese of Toronto and beyond...Posted: Sep-24-2024 -
靈修片語 -- 向聖體龕中的耶穌祈禱隱藏囚居在聖體龕中的天主 ！我每晚欣然來到你跟前，感謝你所賜予的恩寵，求你寬恕我今天所犯的過錯,使之逝去如夢...... 耶穌啊 ！假如我今天是忠信的，我將多麼快樂，但是，唉 ！往往在晚上我會難過，因為我覺得我本可以更為善用你的恩寵......如果我和你結合得更密切，對我的姊妹們更友愛，更加謙遜及棄己，那麼在祈禱中和你談話時，我就不會覺得難過了。然而，我的天主，我看到我的可憐，但並不因此而沮喪，我懷著信賴來到你跟前，想著 : 「不是健康的人需要醫生，而是有病的人。」所以求你醫治我，寬恕我。主，我要牢記 :「那多得恩赦的，應比其他人更愛你 ！」 我把我每一次心跳奉獻給你，作為許多愛情的行為和補贖，我將它們結合於你無限的功德。我神聖的淨配啊，求你作我靈魂的良醫，不願我的抗拒，在我內行動 ; 到最後，除了你的旨意...Posted: Sep-20-2024
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Spiritual Corner -- Prayer to Jesus in the TabernacleGod hidden within the tabernacle, every night I come before you joyfully to thank you for your grace. I beg you to forgive all my trespasses of this day and let them be gone like dreams... Oh Jesus, I would...Posted: Sep-20-2024
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All about ELEVATE Training WeekendThe Sept. 21st and 22nd weekend of 2024 will be a busy one for the Office of Catholic Youth (OCY). For 10 years now, the OCY has rolled out two days of training to help adults (on Saturday) and teens...Posted: Sep-16-2024 -
靈修片語 -- 你們說我是誰?在斐理伯的凱撒勒雅境內，耶穌問門徒:「你們說我是誰?」今天,耶穌問我們每一個人同樣的問題。伯多祿回答說:「祢是基督」，意思是說祂是默西亞,永生天主之子，祂到來改變世界。你的答案是否也如此? 耶穌便開始教訓他們:「人子必須受許多苦,被長老、司祭長和經師棄絕,且要被殺害; 但三天以後必要復活。」祂當着眾人說這些話(谷 8 : 31)。因此,伯多祿說:「主,千萬不可!這事絕不會臨到你身上!」耶穌立刻制止他,說:「撒殫,退到我後面去!」 默西亞教導的方法就是要學習如何去愛。不是按我們的方法去愛，而是按天主愛世界的方式去愛世界。天主是如何去愛世界的呢? 天主創造了一個奇妙而又可愛的世界以顯示祂的愛。天主與那些能對祂所做的一切感恩的人分享祂的創造物。當亞當和厄娃因自私地把所有東西歸於自己，所以便失敗了，他們便失去所有無條件給予他們的東西。 但天主的愛是很特別的...Posted: Sep-13-2024
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Spiritual Corner -- Who Do You Say That I Am?At Caesarea Philippi, Jesus asks the disciples, “But who do you say that I am?” Today, Jesus is also asking the same question to each one of us. And Peter replies,: “You are the Christ,” which...Posted: Sep-13-2024
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5 Tips in Riding the Back to School MomentumThe beginning of autumn evokes feelings of excitement, anticipation and new beginnings! There is a shift in the air. Can you feel it? A crispness in the air suggests the end of summer is just around the corner. It is...Posted: Aug-23-2024 -
Linda’s LegacyCountless cars cross the intersection of Leslie Street and Lawrence Avenue in Toronto’s North York every day. The intersection is like thousands of other intersections in Canada’s largest city. In one corner a gas station, in...Posted: Aug-05-2024 -
Local Salesian Sister to Profess First Vows this SummerSituated about 20-miles Southeast of the Delaware Water Gap, the popular American national recreation area on the Delaware River near the border of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, a Catholic summer camp called Camp Auxilium welcomes children as they arrive...Posted: Jul-24-2024 -
Radiating Christ to the World: Community of the sons and daughters of GodDiego Maratta is a retired permanent deacon of Toronto from St. Benedict Parish in Etobicoke. He is also a consecrated member of a lay monastic community, the “Community of the sons and daughters of God”. The community...Posted: Jul-02-2024 -
靈修片語 -- 信仰生活隨筆有多少教友能真心體會領聖體的美妙？領了聖體之後，又有多少教友會安靜下來，與聖體合而為一？ 前一陣子，有好幾次發現「聖體」被遺棄在地上，又或夾在歌書中。有一天，當我走上聖堂台階時，真不敢相信我見到的。由於好奇、我彎腰再看清楚，一種感覺立即浮現：「祢，怎麼會在這裡？」原來我看見的真是聖體孤零零、靜靜地被遺棄在聖堂大門外一個污穢的角落。 另外，有些教友不知道領完聖體之後要立刻放入口中。有一次，在中午十二時彌撒中，領完聖體後，聽到一位服務姊妹在通道與一位領了聖體並帶回座位的教友交涉。最終，服務姊妹 從這位教友手中取回了聖體。我不禁向這位姊妹豎起了大拇指（讚賞）。她說：「這不是第一次，已經遇到好幾次，教友帶著聖體回到座位！每次我都一路跟著他們並勸說：『將聖體放入口中』。勸說無效，我只能取回聖體，交給神父。」曾經...Posted: Jun-28-2024
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Spiritual Corner -- A Few Observations in ChurchHow many faithful can really appreciate the beauty of receiving Holy Communion? How many faithful, after receiving Holy Communion, will quiet down to be united with the Eucharist? In the past few months, we had often found hosts abandoned and...Posted: Jun-28-2024
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Totus Tuus Missionary Formation: In the Footsteps of the Canadian MartyrsThe following was written by James Cyfko, a seminarian at St. Augustine's Seminary in Toronto currently working as a summer student at the Office of Catholic Youth. Totus Tuus, which translates as “Totally Yours” in English, was...Posted: Jun-26-2024 -
靈修片語 -- 忍耐他人的缺點自己的短處，或他人的毛病，願意改而改不了，就該安心忍耐，等待天主別樣的措置。你該想：恐怕如此，更能考驗你的忍耐。沒有忍耐，我們的善功，不算甚麼大事。雖然如此，你該如此苦求天主幫助，賞你有忍耐力。 某人有毛病，你勸他一、兩次，他若不聽，不 要和他動氣，但把這事托於天主，一為承行他的聖旨，又為在他的僕役身上，光榮他，因為為他能將 惡事，變成好事。別人的缺點，你當安心忍耐：因 為你也有許多的過錯，叫別人忍耐。你治理你自己，尚不能得心應手，又怎能叫別人全合你的意思呢？我們常是期望別人修到成全的地步，而改自己的過失，反不專心。 我們願意他人受到苛刻的糾正，而我們自己卻不願意受他人的糾正...Posted: Jun-21-2024
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Spiritual Corner -- Bearing With the Faults of OthersThose things which a man cannot amend in himself or in others, he ought to bear patiently, until God shall otherwise ordain. You should consider that perhaps it is a better way to try out your patience, without which our...Posted: Jun-21-2024
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Recognizing the Shared Sacredness of Indigenous and Catholic Traditions and TeachingsJulia and Adam Kozak, a married couple actively involved in bridge-building and peacemaking with Indigenous and non-indigenous peoples, reflect on National Indigenous Peoples Day. Adam, a Lay Pastoral Associate and musician, was the National Project Manager for...Posted: Jun-20-2024 -
靈修片語 -- 天國像一粒不起眼的芥子舊約時代，當以色列人講到王權、國度時，他們首先想到的比喻的畫面很可能是“香柏樹”，因為舊約的先知（比如依撒依亞、達味等）很多次用香柏樹來形容一個王國的偉大。香柏樹是一種名貴的樹木，有高大、木質堅硬的特點，所以也經常被用來建築宮殿。 天主曾藉著厄則克耳先知的口預言，祂要由以色列這株香柏樹上取下一條枝條，折下一根嫩芽，親自把它種植在高山上，使它長成一棵高大的香柏，成為飛鳥的棲息地。意思是，主將會由以色列民族中，興起一位救世主，建立默西亞的王國，成為一個新以色列。 當耶穌給門徒們講論天國的奧秘時，可能門徒期待耶穌講：天國好比一棵香柏樹。但是，耶穌並沒有用香柏樹來比喻天國，而是以不起眼的芥子。芥子是細小如針尖的種子，長成的芥菜也不過八、九尺高，完全不可能媲美香柏樹。耶穌講芥子的比喻，是為了轉變門徒對天國的誤解。天國並不是以一種宏大、輝煌...Posted: Jun-14-2024
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Spiritual Corner -- The Kingdom of Heaven is Like an Inconspicuous Mustard SeedIn the Old Testament era, the Israelites always used the analogy of the cedar tree to describe power and kingship because the prophets (like Isaiah, David etc.) had many times used the cedar tree to describe the grandeur of a...Posted: Jun-14-2024
