Daily TV Mass Monday March 16, 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'm Father Peter Turona and today our homilist is Deke Michael Carrera. The televising of this Mass is made possible by the contribution from an anonymous donor from Mausoleum Terrio. This Mass is offered in loving memory of her husband and son and for the intentions for her grand daughters and family that they may remain strong and faith. Also, in thanksgiving for blessings received and for peace throughout the world. Our thanks to our donors for making it possible for tens of thousands of the faithful across Canada, USA, and around the world

1:01to begin a new week with the sacred celebration. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. The Lord be with you. And with your spirit. 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 in what I have failed to do. Through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault. Therefore, I ask Blessed Mary of a virgin, all the angels and saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God. The Almighty God have mercy on us. Forgive us our sins and bring us that everlasting life. Amen. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy.

2:01Christ have mercy. Christ have mercy. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. Let us pray. O God, who renew the world through mysteries beyond O tell it. Grant, we pray that your church may be guided by your eternal design and not be deprived of your help on this present age. For our Lord Jesus Christ our Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God forever and ever. Amen. A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah. Thus says the Lord, I am about to create new heavens and a new earth. The former things shall not be remembered or come to mind. But be glad and rejoice forever in what I am creating. For I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy in its people as a delight. I will rejoice in Jerusalem and delight in my people.

3:05No more shall the sound of weeping be heard in it or the cry of distress. No more shall there be in it an infant that lives but a few days or an old person who does not live out a lifetime. For one who dies at a hundred years will be considered a youth. And one who falls short of a hundred will be considered accursed. They shall build houses and inhabit them. They shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit. The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me. I will restore you, Lord, for you have drawn me up. And did not let my foes rejoice over me.

4:09O Lord, You brought up my soul from shayow. Restored me to life from among those gone down to the pit. I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me. I will praise You, Lord, for you have rescued me. Sing praises to the Lord who You is faithful once and give thanks to His holy name. For His anger is but for a moment His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes with the morning. I will praise You, Lord, for you have rescued me.

5:15Hear, O Lord, and be gracious to me. O Lord, be my helper. You have turned my morning into dancing. O Lord, my God, I will give thanks to You forever. I will praise You, Lord, for you have rescued me. Praise to You, Lord, King of eternal glory. Praise to You, Lord, King of eternal glory. Seek good and not evil so that you may live,

6:20and the Lord will be with you. Praise to You, Lord, King of eternal glory. The Lord be with you. And with your spirit. A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John. After spending two days in Samaria, Jesus went from the place to Galilee. For Jesus Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in the prophet's own country. When he came to Galilee, the Galilee, and welcomed him, since they had seen all he had done in Jerusalem at the festival. For they too had gone to the festival.

7:22Then he came again to Canada and Galilee, where he had changed the water into wine. Now there was a royal official whose son lay ill and can pernum. When he heard that Jesus had come to Galilee, he went and begged him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. Then Jesus said to him, Unless you see signs and wonders, you will not believe. The official said to him, Sir, come down before my little boy dies. Jesus said to him, Go, your son will live. The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and started on his way. As he was going down, his slaves met him and he told him that his child was alive. So he asked them the hour when he began to recover and they said to him, Yesterday, at one in the afternoon, the fever left him. The father realized that this was the hour when Jesus had said to him, Your son will live.

8:23So he himself believed along with his whole household. Now this was the second sign that Jesus did after coming from Judea to Galilee. The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. You know, friends, I heard a story a couple of years ago and I was captivated by it. Isn't that a good word to be captivated by something so much so that it draws you in and maybe just maybe changes how you look at things? Well, in this story, there was a man who did some not so good things. So he spent some time in prison. Now while he was in prison, he began to read scriptures and he had a conversion of heart. You could say that the Lord took his stony heart and gave him a heart of flesh. Now, he made a promise to himself that when he is released from prison, he would go back to his hometown and he would spend some time each day preaching and teaching about Jesus.

9:24When he was released from prison, he did exactly that. And for years, he could be seen on the street speaking about Jesus to anyone who would listen well, there was this young boy who became a young man over the years. And he had heard this man over the years and one day he was riding his bike and he stopped in front of this man and he said to him, sir, all these years I have been seeing you speaking about Jesus to anyone that would listen. But have a look around. The world has not changed. Why do you continue to do so? And the man said, well, you see, boy, I don't speak about Jesus to anyone who would listen to change the world. For only God can change the world. I do so so that the world does not change me. When you see friends, we may fight it, but the world does change us. Does it not? Yes, of course it changes us. And many of us remember a time that we had a heart of flesh when it was easier to welcome the stranger. It was easier to turn the other cheek. But then something happened over a number of experiences.

10:25The world brought us to our knees and slowly we could feel our heart of flesh becoming a heart of stone. Now, of course, none of us want this. And so we pray to the Lord, we plead to the Lord. And like the psalm we just heard, we say, I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me. Yes, friends, it is only the Lord that can rescue us. And as the man pointed out in the story, it is only the Lord that can truly change the world. And as we heard in our opening prayer, the Lord has an eternal design to renew the world. Well, what is this eternal design? We'd be no only look any further than our first reading. Or Isaiah prophesies that there will be a new heaven and a new earthwork. Everything of old will no longer be remembered. Yes, friends, there will be a time of complete restoration. But have a look around. We are not there yet. So what do we do in the meantime? Well, friends, we do not have the power to change the world. And only God can rescue us.

11:27So maybe like the man in the story, we have the power to stop the world from changing us. Well, how do we do that? Well, in our opening prayer, we heard that we need to, in our gospel acclamation, that we need to seek what is good and avoid what is evil. Well, how do we do this? Is it possible? Of course, it is possible because it's in our scripture. So we know that it is possible. But if it is possible, why do we find it so challenging? Well, friends, I believe because many of us have a go big or go home mentality, where we believe that we have to do these big spiritual tasks or these big spiritual prayers to maybe change the world or simply to change our families. And then when we do these efforts and we see very little progress, we get discouraged. So instead of having a go big or go home mentality, maybe we could have a start small, but stand tall with God mentality. You see, friends, that is what we see in our gospel passage today.

12:29Here, Jesus' reputation as divine healer was beginning to spread, and there was this royal official whose son was not doing too well. So he went to Jesus and said to him, please come and heal my son. Well, Jesus looked at him and said, you will not believe unless you see signs and wonders. In essence, Jesus was saying to him, you have a go big or go home mentality. And then the royal official really doubled down and said, Jesus, please come, or my son will not live. And then Jesus said to him, go, your son will live. And friends, here is the important part. Here is the captivating part. We read in our gospel that the man believed what Jesus said. Yes, yes, he had, he started small, but he stood tall with the Lord and only afterwards as he began to go home that his workers come to him and say that his son's fever had left him. And then the royal official said, when did this happen? And they said one o'clock in the afternoon and he remembered that that was the time

13:31that Jesus told him that his son would be healed. And then that further strengthened his faith and the faith of his entire household. You see, friends, he started small but stood tall with God. And then he saw the signs and wonders. And so friends, we are asked to do the same thing. We cannot change the world, but maybe we can stop the world from changing us. And yes, and in doing so, the Lord can use us as conduits of love and mercy, forgiveness and hope, where we can co-create with him to truly change. The world, I have a friend of mine who tells me a story that when her kids were young, she used to put them in the minivan and drive out of the road. And there was a man, there was a woman who used to work with them who would stand on the porch. And she would look at the children as they left in the minivan and she would simply make the sign of the cross. And then my friend and her children who were in grade school at that time would do the exact same thing, such a small gesture. And yet to this very day, these children are now adults in their 20s and 30s.

14:32They remember this as a fond memory of their childhood and something that concretely solidifies their faith. Friends, if we do these things, even the smallest of things, in time we may find a restoration of things. Yes, where the Lord takes our stony hearts, He rescues us and gives us a heart of flesh. As yes, as we wait, we wait for joyful hope for the coming of the new heaven and the new earth. And friends, if we do these things, even the smallest of things on a daily basis, maybe once again, if we haven't been for a long time, but yes, maybe once again, we too you and I will once again be captivated. And there's that word again. Yes, we will be captivated by the word of God. We will be captivated by Scripture. And it will draw us in, yes, draw us in in such a powerful, powerful magnitude.

15:34Draw us in with the power of God's grace, that maybe, just maybe, it will change how we look at things. For all those in our daily TV Mass prayer intentions book, we pray to the Lord. Lord, hear our prayer. This month's community prayer is for fathers, grandfathers and protectors, that they may lead with wisdom and humility, inspired by the quiet faith of St. Joseph, we pray to the Lord. Lord, hear our prayer. By dying to self, we are born to eternal life. And that spirit of self denial and penance, let us come to our Father in prayer. That all members of the church, especially for our leaders, Pope Leo and for our bishops, that they may profit richly from the graces that God offers to them in their lenten duties, we pray to the Lord. Lord, hear our prayer.

16:34For the intentions of our sponsors and in thanksgiving for the gift of the daily TV Mass, we pray to the Lord. Lord, hear our prayer. That the faithful obedience of believers in all nations may attract non-believers to Christ, the source of eternal salvation, we pray to the Lord. Lord, hear our prayer. That we may practice compassion to those in need by giving from our resources, we pray to the Lord. Lord, hear our prayer. The daily TV Mass community prayer, we pray to the Lord. Lord, hear our prayer. 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 to Christ our Lord. Amen.

17:38Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation. For through your goodness we have received the bread we offer you. Through to the earth and work of human hands, it will become for us the bread of life. Blessed be God forever. Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation. For through your goodness we have received the wind we offer you. Through to the vine and work of human hands, it will become our spiritual drinking. Blessed be God forever. Blessed be God forever. Pray, brothers and sisters, that My sacrifice and yours are acceptable to GodThe Almighty Father. May the Lord thatoz in your name be б wireless. May we receive, O Lord, we pray, the effects of this offering dedicated to you so that we

18:45may be cleansed from old earthly ways and be renewed by growth and heavenly life through Christ our Lord. The Lord be with you, lift up your hearts. Let us give thanks to the Lord our 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, if we have given your children a sacred time for the renewing and purifying of their hearts that freed from disordered affections, they may so deal with the things of this passing world as to hold rather to the things that eternally endure. And so, with all the angels and saints, we praise you as without end we acclaim. Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of hosts, heaven and death are full of your glory.

19:46Hosanna in the highest, blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. You are indeed holy, Lord, and all you have created rightly gives you praise. For through your Son, our Lord, Jesus Christ, by the power and working of the Holy Spirit, you give life to all things and make them holy and you never cease to gather people to yourself so that from the rising of the Son to its setting, a pure sacrifice may be offered to your name. Therefore, Lord, we humbly implore you, by the same spirit, gracious, and I call them, these gifts we are brought to you for consecration, that they may become the body and blood of your Son, our Lord, Jesus Christ, at whose command we celebrate these mysteries.

20:49For on the night he was betrayed, he himself took bread, and giving you thanks, he said the blessing, broke the bread, 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 giving you thanks, he said the blessing, and gave the chalice 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.

21:54The mystery of faith. We proclaim your death, O Lord, and profess your resurrection until you come again. Therefore, O Lord, as we celebrate the memorial of the saving passion of our Son, his wondrous resurrection and ascension into heaven. And as we look forward to a second coming, we offer you and thanks given this holy and living sacrifice. Look, we pray upon the ablation of our church, and recognize in the sacrificial victim by whose death you will to reconcile us to yourself, grant that we who are nourished by the body of blood of our Son, and filled with this holy spirit, may become one body, one spirit in Christ. May He make of us an eternal offering to you, so that we may obtain an inheritance

22:55with your elect, especially with the most blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, Blessed Joseph, our spouse, with your blessed apostles and glorious martyrs, and on all the saints, on whose constant intercession in your presence. We rely for unfailing help. May this sacrifice of our reconciliation, we pray, O Lord, advance the peace and salvation of all the world. Be pleased to confirm in faith and charity your pilgrim church on earth, with your servant Leo our Pope and Francis our Bishop, the Order of Bishops, all the clergy, and the entire people you have gained for your own. Listen graciously to the prayers of this family whom you have summoned before you. In your compassionate merciful Father, gather to yourself all your children scattered throughout the world, brought to part of brothers and sisters, and to all we are pleasing to you that are passing from this life, give kind and administer kingdom. There we hope to enjoy forever the fullness of your glory, through Christ our Lord, through whom you bestow on the world. All that is good. Through him and with him and in him, O God Almighty Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

23:58our glory and honor is yours, forever and ever. At the Savior's command and formed by divine teaching, we dare to say, our Father, wash and heaven, hallowed 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 every evil, graciously grant peace on our days, that by the help of your mercy we may be always free from sin, and say from all the stress, 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

25:00not on our sins, but on the faith of your church, and graciously grant her peace and unity in accordance with your will, who live and reign forever and ever. Amen. May the peace of the Lord be with you always, and with your spirit. Let us offer one another the 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.

26:12Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who takes away the sins of the world, lesser to those called to the supper of the Lamb, or I am not the Lord, you should enter under my roof, but only say the word in my soul shall be healed. 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.

27:13Since I cannot now receive you sacramentally, come spiritually into my soul, so that I may unite myself wholly to you, now and forever, amen. The Lord be with you, your mighty God bless you, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Go in peace, glorifying God by your life. Thanks be to God.

28:21We gather in 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. We gather in faith with the Spirit of God, we gather together as one. We gather in faith with the Spirit of God, we gather together as one.