Blessings to you all on this Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time!

Gospel MT 21:28-32

Jesus said to the chief priests and elders of the people: "What is your opinion? A man had two sons. He came to the first and said, 'Son, go out and work in the vineyard today.' He said in reply, 'I will not, ' but afterwards changed his mind and went. The man came to the other son and gave the same order. He said in reply, 'Yes, sir, ‘but did not go. Which of the two did his father's will?" They answered, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Amen, I say to you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you. When John came to you in the way of righteousness, you did not believe him; but tax collectors and prostitutes did. Yet even when you saw that, you did not later change your minds and believe him."

Happy Saturday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time!

Gospel LK 6:1-5 

While Jesus was going through a field of grain on a sabbath, his disciples were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them. Some Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the sabbath?” Jesus said to them in reply, “Have you not read what David did when he and those who were with him were hungry? How he went into the house of God, took the bread of offering, which only the priests could lawfully eat, ate of it, and shared it with his companions?” Then he said to them, “The Son of Man is lord of the sabbath.”

We remember today & partake in the Memorial of Saint Vincent de Paul, Priest!

Gospel LK 9:7-9

Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, and he was greatly perplexed because some were saying, "John has been raised from the dead"; others were saying, "Elijah has appeared"; still others, "One of the ancient prophets has arisen." But Herod said, "John I beheaded. Who then is this about whom I hear such things?" And he kept trying to see him.

On this #WellnessWednesday, remember to eat your figs like Fr. Claudio Piccinini, C.P. and long time volunteer, Frank Tedesco! #Catholic #CatholicTo #Toronto #Figs #volunteer #garden #Passionist #BeAPassionist #PassionistPriest #PassionistVocations #SocietaUnita #Priests #VocationsTo #Vocation #TheUnitedSociety #Teopoli 

Dear Brothers & Sisters of Christ, Above is part of the message from the Superior General, Fr. Joachim Rego, CP, to the Passionist Family on the Feast of St Paul of the Cross. Please tag this message on to the lay members of the Passionist Family. Click on the link in the our bio to read all of it!  God bless you. @paul_wierichs @passionistvocations @passionistvocationph @passionists_uk @thepassionists @passionistvocations_india @srcarmelinaacademy #Catholic #CatholicTO #feastday  #BeAPassionist #Crucifixion #Sorrow  #Jesus #God #MotherMary  #StPauloftheCross #PopeFrancis  #HolyCross #PassionofChrist #Christ  #Grief #Pain #Death #HolyMass  #Sacrifice #Prayer #Teopoli #Patience  #passionistsaints #saints #catholicsaints #religiouslife #vocations #priests  #spiritual

Beautiful day for our last Italian Speaking Pilgrimage of the year. Thank you to all the bus group leaders and people who drove to make this a wonderful day of Prayer at the City of God #Teopoli #Catholic #CatholicTo #Toronto #Passionists BeaPassionist #SrCarmelinaTarantinoCP #PassionistSisters #ReligiousLife #Suffering #Vocation #VocationsTO #Cancer #Monument #Teopoli #Prayer #Nuns #VictimSouls #Love #Devotion #SuorCarmelina #Teopoli #CityofGod #Muskoka #Gravenhurst #Inspiration #Photo #History #FrClaudioPiccinini #Priests #Sisters 

A very powerful photo in Sister Carmelina's University at the "City of God", Teopoli.  Thank you to Fr. John K. Muthengi for posting it. #TBT to July 13, 2015  Pictured from the left: Fr. Claudio Piccinnini, C.P., Michela Pignatelli, and Fr. John Muthengi, C.P.  #Catholic #CatholicTo #Toronto #Passionists BeaPassionist #SrCarmelinaTarantinoCP #PassionistSisters #ReligiousLife #Suffering #Vocation #VocationsTO #Cancer #Monument #Teopoli #Prayer #Nuns #VictimSouls #Love #Devotion #SuorCarmelina #Teopoli #CityofGod #Muskoka #Gravenhurst #Inspiration #Photo #History #FrClaudioPiccinini #Priests #Sisters 

#Repost from @passionistvocations St. Paul is most notable for his fervent love for God and his special devotion to the Passion of Jesus. Inspired and led by God, Paul travelled throughout Italy, preaching missions with a particular emphasis on the passion of Jesus. He eventually became the founder and was elected the first Superior General of the "Congregation of Discalced Clerks of the Holy Cross and Passion of Our Lord," more commonly known as the Passionists. Follow us to learn more about the Passionists and the St. Paul of the Cross Province! . . . . #ThePassionists #BeAPassionist #catholic #Jesus #God #priests #vocations #catholiclife #catholicworld #catholicfaith #passionists #saints #catholicsaints

TGIF - Thank God I’m Forgiven on this Friday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time

Gospel LK 21:29-33

Jesus told his disciples a parable. “Consider the fig tree and all the other trees. When their buds burst open, you see for yourselves and know that summer is now near; in the same way, when you see these things happening, know that the Kingdom of God is near. Amen, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.”

Today we remember St. Andrew Dũng-Lạc (1795 – 21 December 1839),u a Vietnamese Roman Catholic priest. He was executed by beheading in the reign of Minh Mạng. He is a saint and martyr of the Catholic Church. #Saints #Martyrs #standrewdunglacandcompanions #standrewdunglac #Catholic #CatholicTo #vietnamese #vietnam #priests #Toronto #prayercard

Check out our Founder of #Teopoli, Fr. Claudio Piccinini C.P. #Passionist and St. Pope John Paul II. What a great way to celebrate his feast day! #Catholic #CatholicTO #Passionists #Teopoli #stjohnpaul #Toronto #Saints #feastday #pope #rome #vatican #memories #blessing #papalblessing #priests #religiouslife

Serviam Ministries are looking for more priests to hear Confessions at the Revival - Restoring the Sacred in Our Lives & Church

As always, our events are FREE for priests and priests hearing Confessions receive a complimentary lunch.

If you are a priest and interested please email [email protected]

Good morning and God bless on this Thursday after Ash Wednesday!

Gospel Lk 9:22-25

Jesus said to his disciples: “The Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised.” Then he said to all, “If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. What profit is there for one to gain the whole world yet lose or forfeit himself?”

Blessings to you all on this day of the Epiphany of the Lord

Gospel Mt 2:1-12

When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of King Herod, behold, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, “Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star at its rising and have come to do him homage.” When King Herod heard this, he was greatly troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. Assembling all the chief priests and the scribes of the people, He inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. They said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it has been written through the prophet: And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; since from you shall come a ruler, who is to shepherd my people Israel.” Then Herod called the magi secretly and ascertained from them the time of the star’s appearance. He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search diligently for the child. When you have found him, bring me word, that I too may go and do him homage.” After their audience with the king they set out. And behold, the star that they had seen at its rising preceded them, until it came and stopped over the place where the child was. They were overjoyed at seeing the star, and on entering the house they saw the child with Mary his mother. They prostrated themselves and did him homage. Then they opened their treasures and offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed for their country by another way.