Daily TV Mass Friday March 6, 2026

0:00From the historic Loretto Abbey Chapel, with the kind cooperation of the Toronto Catholic District School Board, the National Catholic Broadcasting Council presents The Daily TV Mass. Welcome to the celebration of the Daily TV Mass. I am Father Steve Demail. The televising of this Mass is made possible by the contributions from three donors. The first is the Drew family from Toronto, Ontario, in loving memory of their beloved Diane. She will always be remembered as a wonderful wife, mother, and grandmother, and may we continue to benefit from her wisdom and love, may she rest in peace. The second are anonymous donors from Regina Saskatchewan for the intentions of their family members. The third is the Holy Family Columbus Club from Edmonton, Alberta,

1:02in support of the Daily TV Mass. Our thanks to our donors for the gift of this Mass. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, the Lord be with you. Brothers and sisters, let us acknowledge our sins and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries. I confess to Almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and what I have failed to do. Through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault. Therefore, I ask Blessed Mary every virgin, all the angels and saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God. And may Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life. Lord have mercy.

2:03Christ have mercy. Lord have mercy. And let us pray. Grant, we pray, Almighty God, that purifying us by the sacred practice of penance, you may lead us in sincerity of heart to attain the holy things to come. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit. God, forever and ever. A reading from the book of Genesis. Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his children because he was the Son of his old age. And he had made him a long robe with sleeves. But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peaceably to him. Now his brothers went to pasture their father's flock near Shechem.

3:05And Israel said to Joseph, Are not your brothers pasturing the flock at Shechem? Come, I will send you to them. So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan. They saw him from a distance. And before he came near to them, they conspired to kill him. They said to one another, Here comes this dreamer. Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. Then we shall say that a wild animal has devoured him and we shall see what will become of his dreams. But when Ruben heard it, he delivered him out of their hands, saying, Let us not take his life. Ruben said to them, Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit here in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him. That he might rescue him out of their hand and restore him to his father.

4:08So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, the long robe with sleeves that he wore. And they took him and threw him into a pit. The pit was empty. There was no water in it. Then they sat down to eat. And looking up, they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead with their camels carrying gum, balm, and resin on their way to carry it down to Egypt. Then Judah said to his brothers, What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood? Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him for he is our brother, our own flesh. And his brothers agreed. When some Midianite traders passed by, they drew Joseph up, lifting him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver.

5:08And they took Joseph to Egypt. The word of the Lord. Remember the marvels the Lord has done. When God summoned famine against the land, and broke every staff of bread, he had sent a man ahead of them. Joseph, who was sold as a slave. Remember the marvels the Lord has done. His feet were hurt with fetters. His neck was put in a collar of iron,

6:11until what he had said came to pass. The word of the Lord kept testing him. Remember the marvels the Lord has done. The king sent and released him. The ruler of the people set him free. He made him Lord of his house, and ruler of all his possessions. Remember the marvels the Lord has done. Praise to you, Lord.

7:16King of eternal glory. Praise to you, Lord. King of eternal glory. God loved the world so much he gave us his only son. That all who believe in him might have eternal life. Praise to you, Lord. King of eternal glory. The Lord be with you. A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew.

8:16Jesus entered the temple, and as he was teaching the chief priests and the Pharisees came to him, Jesus said to them, listen to a parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenants and went to another country. When the harvest time had come, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his produce. But the tenants seized his slaves and beat one, killed another, and stoned another. Again, he sent other slaves more than the first, and treated them in the same way. Finally, he sent his son to them, saying, they will respect my son. But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, the heir, come, let us kill him, and get his inheritance. So they seized him through him out of the vineyard and killed him. Now, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to these tenants? The chief priests and the Pharisees said to Jesus,

9:18he will put those wretches to a miserable death, and lease the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the produce at the harvest time. Jesus said to them, have you never read in the scriptures, the stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone? This was the Lord's doing, and it is amazing in our eyes. Therefore, I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and given to a people that produces the fruits of the kingdom. The one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, and it will crush anyone on whom it falls. When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard this parable, they realized he was speaking about them. They wanted to arrest him, but they feared the crowds, because they regarded him as a prophet, the gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. And today, as we continue our Lenten journey, we have the beautiful but difficult story of Joseph.

10:20And we know the story of Joseph, that he was sold into slavery, and eventually, he was able to bring the people, and to provide for the people, and I really invite you to read the whole story of Joseph, but for today, just to make the parallel between the story of Joseph, and then this gospel. And we see that the name of Joseph actually means to gather, to collect. And so in this face of destruction, when his brothers sold him into slavery, they wanted to kill him, he ends up being sold into Egypt, that in the face of destruction, Joseph, because of the grace of God, eventually begins to gather people, and then he's the one who's going to give out the food, and during the famine, he's going to really bring life, bring salvation, bring peace, bring joy, bring all of that. And so just to see that in this face of destruction, in the face of suffering, in the face of pain, that Joseph has this heart that wants to gather,

11:21this heart that wants to do the will of God. And we can see the same thing in the gospel, that God has prepared this vineyard, he has prepared everything, and then there's those who want to destroy, but Jesus is going to be the one who draws all people to himself on the cross. And so he has this heart that wants to gather. So in the face of suffering, in the face of violence, the face of persecution, all of these difficult and destructive things, through the grace of God, Joseph, then we have Jesus, and then ideally ourselves, that we will still have this heart that wants to gather, that wants to do the will of God. And a beautiful parallel is, we see that Joseph brings salvation through food, that in this place of famine, in the place of the desert, Joseph has this opportunity to gather people, and provide people through food. And we see the same with our Lord, that he brings salvation through the Eucharist, through his body, through his blood,

12:21that he brings salvation through this meal, through this sacrifice. And so we really ask for the grace to be like Joseph, that in the face of so much pain, and so much suffering, that we can still have this heart that wants to gather, and that we can really keep our hearts on Jesus, that he may give us the grace to be part of that as well. To continue to gather, to bring redemption, to really do the will of the Father, even in the face of this destruction. And as I was praying through this, I was really reminded of Romans chapter 8, one of my favorites. I think all of us should have these kind of quotes, of scripture quotes, that we keep in our pockets, so that we can bring them out at times of difficulty. And Romans chapter 8, verse 28, says that we know that all things work for good, for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose. Joseph had no idea what was happening. He had no idea why this was happening to him. He didn't know how God was going to work, but at the end of the day, God worked. God used the evil and the difficulty and the suffering.

13:21He was able to bring good, even out of that difficult situation. And so I think during this month of land and preparing for Easter, it's just a call for us to continue to trust that grace is working. God is working in the end. God wins. In the end, the victory is his. And so trying to trust that we know, we hope we trust that all things work for the good, for those who love God. And so let us wake up every morning and try to love God, trusting that he is working. And the last thing that I was praying through was yeah, just how difficult and destructive this comparison, this jealousy, what we see of the brothers, that it said that, Joseph's father loved him more than all the other brothers and what did that lead to? It led to comparison, it led to jealousy, and it led to destruction. And I find that can be the same in our families, can be the same in our workplaces, can be the same in our religious communities,

14:21that when we begin to compare ourselves with others, when we begin to want what they have, when we begin to be jealous, this selfishness leads to destruction because sin will always lead to destruction. And so this predilection, that God cannot but love us. God is love, God loves us, but he's going to love each one individually in a specific way. So the fact that God is giving maybe gifts to somebody else, or they have natural talents, or there's some, we feel like there's some predilection that doesn't mean exclusion. Just because God is pouring his gifts in this special way for this person, doesn't mean that we are unloved. And so I think, again, during this Latin season, just trying to trust that we are seen, we are loved, we are given gifts, and to really renounce any kind of spirit of comparison, of jealousy, because that will really lead to destruction. And at the end of the day, may we, like the Psalmist,

15:22remember the marvels of the Lord. What he has done in our life, what he has done in salvation history, let us remember the marvels, and let us continue to journey. And if I can kind of finish in kind of a selfish way, today March 6 is actually my birthday. So selfishly taking the chance to ask for prayers, that I would really love to be a holy and good, salesian priest, but I know that I cannot do that without grace, and I cannot do that without the prayers. And so this is a real privilege to be able to ask so many people for prayers. So if you wouldn't mind, yeah, to pray for me, and that I may continue to, to try to do the will of the Father, to really keep my eyes focused on Jesus, and to continue to live the gospel. So I really wish you a beautiful length and season as you prepare for Easter, and maybe we continue to remember the marvels of the Lord.

16:23And by dying to self, we are born to eternal life. In that spirit of self denial and penance, let us come to our Father in prayer. That all members of the church, especially our leaders, Pope Leo, and for our bishops, that they may profit richly from the graces that God offers them to strengthen duties. We pray to the Lord. The Lord you are there. That the faithful obedience of believers and all nations may attract non-believers to Christ, the source of eternal salvation, we pray to the Lord. The Lord you are there. That we may practice compassion to those in need by giving from our resources, we pray to the Lord. The Lord you are there. For all of those in our daily we pray to the Lord. The Lord you are there. And this month's community prayer is for fathers, grandfathers, and protectors that they may lead with wisdom and humility

17:23inspired by the quiet faith of St. Joseph. We pray to the Lord. The Lord you are there. Lord of all creation, hear the prayers we unite with the sacrifice which your son gave us as his new and eternal covenant. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen. Blessed are you, Lord of God, of all creation. For through your goodness, we have received the bread we offer you. Fruit of the earth and work of human hands. Blessed are you Lord God of all creation. For through your goodness, we have received the wine we offer you. Fruit of the vine and work of human hands. It will be 1500 of you. For through your goodness, we have received the wine we offer you. Fruit of the vine and work of human hands.

18:23Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for through your goodness we have received the wine we offer you, fruit of the vine and work of human hands, it will become our spiritual drink. And pray, brothers and sisters, that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God the Almighty Father. May your merciful grace prepare your servants of God for the worthy celebration of these mysteries and lead them to it by a devout way of life through Christ, our Lord. The Lord be with you. Lift up your hearts. Let us give thanks to the Lord,

19:34our God. It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation, always and everywhere to give you thanks, Lord, Holy Father, Almighty and eternal God through Christ the Lord. For by your gracious gift each year, you're faithful await the sacred pastoral feast with the joy of minds made pure, so that more eagerly intent on prayer and on the works of charity and participating in the mysteries by which they have been reborn, they may be led to the fullness of grace that you bestow on your sons and daughters. And so with angels and archangels with thrones and dominions and with all the hosts and powers of heaven, we sing the hymn of your glory as without end, we acclaim. Holy, holy, holy Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the

20:47highest. You are indeed holy, O Lord, the fount of all holiness. Make holy, therefore, these gifts we pray, by sending down your spirit upon them like the dewfall, so that they may become for us the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. At the time he was betrayed and entered willingly into his passion, he took bread and giving thanks, broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, take this, all of you, and eat of it, for this is my body which will be given up for you. In a similar way, when supper was ended, he took the chalice, and once more giving thanks,

21:51he gave it to his disciples, saying, take this, all of you, and drink from it, for this is the chalice of my blood, the blood of the new and eternal covenant, which will be poured out for you and for many, for the forgiveness of sins. Do this in memory of me. The mystery of faith Therefore, as we celebrate the memorial of his death and resurrection, we offer you, Lord, the bread of life and the chalice of salvation,

22:54giving thanks that you have held us worthy to be in your presence and minister to you. Humbly, we pray that partaking of the body and blood of Christ, we may be gathered into one by the Holy Spirit. Remember, Lord, your church spread throughout the world, and bring her to the fullness of charity, together with Leo, our Pope, and Francis, our Bishop, and all the clergy. Remember also our brothers and sisters who have fallen asleep in the hope of the resurrection, and all who have died in your mercy. Welcome them into the light of your face. Have mercy on us all, we pray that with the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, with Blessed Joseph, her spouse, with the Blessed Apostles, and all the saints who have pleased you throughout the ages, we may merit to be co-heirs to eternal life, and may praise and glorify you through your Son, Jesus Christ. Through him and with him and in him, O God Almighty Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is yours forever and ever.

24:12At the Savior's command and form by divine teaching, we dare to say, our Father, who art in heaven, allowed to be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, honor as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from ever evil, graciously grant peace in our days, that by the help of your mercy, we may be always free from sin and safe from all distress, as we await the blessed hope and the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Lord Jesus Christ, who said to your Apostles, peace, I leave you, my peace, I give you, look not on our sins, but on the faith of your church, and graciously grant her peace and unity and accordance with your will, who live and reign forever and ever.

25:15The peace of the Lord be with you always, and let us offer each other a sign of peace. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world. Grant us peace.

26:18Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb. Christ, give me some of the joy. Please join me now in this act of spiritual communion. My Jesus, I believe that you are present in this holy sacrament of the altar. I love you above all things, and I passionately desire to receive you into my soul. Since I cannot now receive you sacramentally, come spiritually into my soul,

27:18so that I may unite myself wholly to you now and forever. Amen. Let us pray. Having received this pledge of eternal salvation, we pray, O Lord, that we may set our course so well as to attain the redemption you promise through Christ, our Lord. Amen. The Lord be with you. And with your spirit. Bow your head for the blessing. Grant your people, O Lord, we pray, health of mind and body, that by constancy and good deeds, they may always merit the defense of your protection, through Christ, our Lord. Amen. And may Almighty God bless you, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Masses ended going peace.

28:23Our thanks to our donors for the gift of this month. We gather each day in the Father's love. We gather with Jesus his love. We gather with faith with the Spirit of God. We gather together as one. We offer our peace. We offer our love. We offer the good deeds we've done. Grant the stent repent for all your sharing.