MARCH 16TH 2025, 2ND SUNDAY IN LENT (YEAR C)
- Posted On 14th Mar 2025
Masses for the Week
| Sat Mar 15 09:00 AM | Intention of Gertrude Nkiru Okelezo |
| Sat Mar 15 05:00 PM | † Tony Fernandes |
| Sun Mar 16 09:00 AM | † Francis Rebello |
| Sun Mar 16 11:00 AM | People of the Parish |
| Sun Mar 16 07:00 PM | † Rita Aguiar |
| Mon Mar 17 09:00 AM | † Patricio Petate Diago |
| Tue Mar 18 09:00 AM | † Jeneba Fofana |
| Wed Mar 19 09:00 AM | Intention of Bunny & James Santos Family |
| Wed Mar 19 07:30 PM | People of the Parish |
| Thu Mar 20 09:00 AM | † Zonar Fan |
| Fri Mar 21 09:00 AM | † Agnes Fowler † Luisa Lived Urmenita † Jose Miguel & Eleanor Alvarez † Maria Ching Chee Lai Intention of Ricardo, Cornelia Chua & family |
| Fri Mar 21 07:30 PM | 1. † Rufina Fernandes 2. Intention of Deepu Jacob |
| Sat Mar 22 09:00 AM | † Joan Williams |
| Sat Mar 22 05:00 PM | † Mathilda Gracias |
REFLECTION
What is our potential as humans? Nothing less than a transforming relationship of love with God. When the Holy One comes close to us, we become new people. Abraham believed in God’s word, and for his faith was promised the future. Faith brings us into the presence of the living God; to seek his face should be our resolve this Lent. In the Gospel of Luke, the transfiguration is closely linked with the agony in the garden, when Jesus will again converse with God in the presence of his three friends. Here on this mountain a change comes over the Lord in the course of prayer. In this state of glory he speaks of the suffering he will face in Jerusalem before he passes over to the Father. We are allowed to glimpse Jesus’ intimate union with God; because of this, he will be able to adhere to God’s will during his agony in the garden of Gethsemane and while hanging on the cross. As it was for Jesus, the obedient road toward the cross is our road to realizing the full glory of our humanity. St. Paul promises that such glory is our destiny.
Sunday Mass Book
PARISH LENTEN ACTIVITIES
Weekly activities:
- Mass followed by Stations of the Cross every Friday at 7:30 PM
- Lenten Talks on Thursdays (Mar 13, Mar 27 & Apr 10) at 7:25 PM beginning with the Divine Mercy Chaplet.
SCHEDULES - LENT & EASTER
| Wed, February 18, 2026 | 09:00 AM | Holy Mass (Ash Wednesday) |
| Wed, February 18, 2026 | 07:30 PM | Holy Mass (Ash Wednesday) |
| Fri, February 20, 2026 | 07:30 PM | 🛐 Friday Evening Mass (Lent only) |
| Fri, February 20, 2026 | 08:00 PM | ✝️ Stations of the Cross |
| Fri, February 27, 2026 | 07:30 PM | 🛐 Friday Evening Mass (Lent only) |
| Fri, February 27, 2026 | 08:00 PM | ✝️ Stations of the Cross |
| Thu, March 5, 2026 | 09:30 AM | Lenten Day of Recollection |
| Fri, March 6, 2026 | 07:30 PM | 🛐 Friday Evening Mass (Lent only) |
| Fri, March 6, 2026 | 08:00 PM | ✝️ Stations of the Cross |
| Fri, March 13, 2026 | 07:30 PM | 🛐 Friday Evening Mass (Lent only) |
| Fri, March 13, 2026 | 08:00 PM | ✝️ Stations of the Cross |
| Fri, March 20, 2026 | 07:30 PM | 🛐 Friday Evening Mass (Lent only) |
| Fri, March 20, 2026 | 08:00 PM | ✝️ Stations of the Cross |
| Fri, March 27, 2026 | 07:30 PM | 🛐 Friday Evening Mass (Lent only) |
| Fri, March 27, 2026 | 08:00 PM | ✝️ Stations of the Cross |
| Sat, March 28, 2026 | 05:00 PM | Holy Mass (Palm Sunday) |
| Sun, March 29, 2026 | 09:00 AM | Holy Mass (Palm Sunday) |
| Sun, March 29, 2026 | 11:00 AM | Holy Mass (Palm Sunday) |
| Sun, March 29, 2026 | 07:00 PM | Holy Mass (Palm Sunday) |
| Tue, March 31, 2026 | 09:00 AM | 🚫No 9:00 AM Mass |
| Thu, April 2, 2026 | 09:00 AM | Morning Prayers (No Mass) |
| Thu, April 2, 2026 | 08:00 PM | Mass of the Lord's Supper |
| Fri, April 3, 2026 | 09:00 AM | Morning Prayers (No Mass) |
| Fri, April 3, 2026 | 12:00 PM | Celebration of the Lord's Passion (with Stations of the Cross) |
| Fri, April 3, 2026 | 03:00 PM | Celebration of the Lord's Passion (with Stations of the Cross) |
| Sat, April 4, 2026 | 09:00 AM | Morning Prayers (No Mass) |
| Sat, April 4, 2026 | 08:00 PM | Easter Vigil Mass |
| Sun, April 5, 2026 | 09:00 AM | Easter Sunday Mass |
| Sun, April 5, 2026 | 11:00 AM | Easter Sunday Mass |
| Sun, April 5, 2026 | 07:00 PM | 🚫 No 7:00 PM Mass |
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
2025 Pilgrims of Hope Jubilee Year Celebration
As part of the Jubilee Year celebrations, we are encouraged to be intentional in creating time as individuals, groups or families to visit any of the two designated Holy Places of worship in our Eastern Region. This will help us accomplish as individuals in our Jubilee Year spiritual journey, deep faith Renewal, Restoration, Forgiveness, and Fullness.
Please spread the word! Information on Pilgrimage Churches, Jubilee Calendar Events and more can be found here. Click here to read more details!
Upcoming Sacraments
Serra's Vocation Seeds
Second Sunday of Lent – March 16, 2025
Peter, John and James had a mountaintop experience with Jesus by witnessing His transfiguration. We too can have a mountaintop experience when we open our minds and hearts to following God’s Will for our lives.
If God is calling you, to be a priest, religious or deacon, contact Fr. Matt McCarthy, Director of Vocations, Archdiocese of Toronto at 416-968-0997.
Calling for Contractors!
We are looking for ideas and suggestions as to how we can have the Cross on the church steeple lit up.
Please contact the parish office at (416) 282-0370.
2025 Lift Jesus Higher Rally
Join fellow Catholics from the Greater Toronto Area at the 34th annual Lift Jesus Higher Rally at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on Saturday, March 29!
Lift Jesus Higher is a Spirit-filled day filled with fellowship, praise and worship, Eucharistic Adoration, compelling talks from Bishop Scott McCaig, Deacon Larry Oney, Peter Herbeck, and more! The day also features a youth rally in the Centre’s John Basset Theatre for youth ages 13-18.
Get details and tickets at www.ljhr.ca!
Saints' Relics Exposition
St. Jude’s Academy of the Arts, part of St. Bernadette’s Family Resource Centre, invites you to participate in a special church tradition of venerating Saints through relics exposition. This sacred occasion will feature Blessed Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati, two young soon-to-be Saints set for canonization this Jubilee Year.
For more information, please contact Angela Carboni at 416-871-3908 or email acarboni333@gmail.com
Prayer Group Lenten Talks 2025
LENT: PREPARE YOUR HEARTS TO REFLECT AND REPENT
SPEAKER | DATE |
FR. EDWIN GONSALVES RECTOR – ST AUGUSTINE’S SEMINARY | THURSDAY, MARCH 27Th |
FR. ARINZE ONWUZULIKE ASSOCIATE PASTOR – ST. JOSEPH’S CHURCH | THURSDAY, APRIL 10Th |
TIME: 7.25 P.M. / DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET
PLEASE BRING ALONG YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS
QUEEN OF APOSTLES RENEWAL CENTRE
invites men and women to our 2025 Lenten Retreat
When: SATURDAY APRIL 5TH, 2025.
Where: 1617 Blythe Road, Mississauga
Cost: $50.00 and includes coffee/tea with muffins and a hot lunch.
Registration is at 8:30am and the retreat runs from 9:00am to 3:00pm. A mass will be celebrated during the day.
Please email : office@qoa.ca or call us at (905) 278 5229.
Did you know?
- That throughout the season of Lent, there is Stations of the Cross every Friday at 9.30 am (after 9 am Mass) and at 8 pm (after Mass at 7.30 pm) here in our parish?
- That all Fridays, especially during Lent, are penitential days when we sincerely show deep remorse for our sins and wrongdoings?
- That abstinence from or not eating meat or any favourite food on Fridays that are not solemnities is a strongly recommended good spiritual practice?
Youth Ministry Fundraiser
Registration for youth in grade 6, 7, and 8 begins on September 16th. EDGE will meet on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of the month, starting October 11th.
Come discover Ethereal Realm Heroes!
Please contact Jeremy Tanuan for more information: JTanuan@archtoronto.org or 416-282-0370 ex. 213.