Sunday Daily TV Mass Sunday March 1, 2026

0:00The Archdiocese of Toronto and the National Catholic Broadcasting Council through the kind cooperation of the Toronto Catholic District School Board presents Sunday TV Mass. Welcome to the celebration of the Sunday TV Mass on the second Sunday of Lent. I'm Father Peter Turonor. The televising of this Mass is made possible by the contribution from the estate of Josephine, Mary Campanela of Burlington, Ontario. This Mass is offered for the repose of the souls of Josephine and her husband James Joseph Campanela and for the living and deceased members of their family. Where their souls and the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen. In the name of the Father, the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, the grace of our

1:00Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. 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. May Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us that everlasting life. Amen. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. Christ have mercy. Christ have mercy. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. Let us pray. Well

2:04God, who have commanded us to listen to your beloved Son, be pleased we pray to nourish us inwardly by your word, that with spiritual sight made pure, we may rejoice to behold your glory. For our Lord Jesus Christ, your 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 Genesis, the Lord said to Abram, go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. I will make of you a great nation and I will bless you and make your name great so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you and the one who curses you, I will curse. And in you, all the families of the earth shall be blessed. So Abram went as the Lord had told him. The word of the Lord. Let your love be upon us, Lord, even as we hope in you. The word of the Lord is our

3:27heart, our pride, and all this work is done in faithfulness. He loves righteousness and chariosties. The earth is full of his steadfast love of the Lord. Let your love be upon us, Lord, even as we hope in you. Truly the eye of the Lord is on those who fear, on those who hope in his steadfast love. To deliver them their soul from death and to keep them alive in the land. Let your love be upon us, Lord, even as we hope in you. Our soul waits for the

4:46Lord is our help and our shield. Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in you. A reading from the second letter of St. Paul to Timothy. Brothers and sisters, join with me in suffering for the gospel, relying on the power of God who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace. This grace was given to us in Christ

5:52Jesus before the ages began, but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. The word of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord, King of eternal glory. Praise to you, Lord, King of eternal glory. From the bright cloud, the Father's voice is heard. This is my son, the beloved, listen to him.

6:53Praise to you, Lord, King of eternal glory. The Lord be with you. A reading from the holy gospel, according to Matthew. Glory to you, O Lord. Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and let them up a high mountain by themselves, and he was transfigured before them and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white. Suddenly, they appeared to them, Moses and Elijah, talking with them. Then Peter said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will make three dwellings here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah. While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud of voice said, this is my son, the beloved, with him, I am well pleased, listen to him.

7:58When the disciples heard this, they fell to the ground and were overcome by fear, but Jesus came and touched them, saying, get up and do not be afraid. And when they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus himself alone. As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus ordered them, to tell no one about the vision until after the Son of Man has been raised from the dead, the gospel of the Lord. Thank you, Jesus Christ. So we've now begun the second week of Lent, and we know that in the first few days we have this excitement, this fervor, because we want to be able to begin a period of penance, giving up certain things, taking on new devotions, spending more time and prayer, and all of this is good. But we can maybe find ourselves after the first week, getting a little bit tired or distracted, and kind of forgetting about what we had originally promised to God, oftentimes to our spiritual director.

8:58So today, in this beautiful episode, in the gospel, we hear how Jesus experiences this transfiguration. So we know that Jesus is God and man. He's a divine person. And his first disciples, the first three that he chose, are there with him, and they have this privileged moment to be able to see Christ be transfigured before them. So what does it mean to be transfigured? Well, it means to be transformed. So Jesus, as the God-man, they would see him and his humanity. But in this one moment, this glorious moment, they're able to see his divinity shining through his humanity. And it's different because Jesus is the new Moses. When we go back and we look at the Old Testament and the stories, there are many parallels. But what we find is that when Moses speaks to God, when he's listening to God and the Lord speaks to him, it says that Moses' face was so radiant that he had to cover it, because people couldn't look at him, because the light was so strong. But there's a big difference here, because it was the light of God shining on the face of Moses that allowed him to change.

10:05So the light was external shining upon him, and it had a change within him. And in Jesus, who is God, who is light from light, God from God, as we say in the creed, it's different, because the light now is not coming from the outside shining upon him, but it now originates from within himself. So this light is shining forth through, again, through his humanity, and it's illuminating all the people around him. And this also brings us to something that we have to look forward to in the future. So if you read the book of Revelation, and it says that at the end of time, when heaven and earth come together, and then at the parusia, the Lord is here, and all those with God, with the Lord, will be in a place, will be in a space, in God, where his light will illuminate all of us. So he's the one in the New Jerusalem that illuminates all of us. So it's something to look forward to. And we can experience that here and now, so we can experience it.

11:08The Christian faith, even though we're going through this period of penance, is not completely and solely focused on penance during the season of Lent. We know this is to help us to become closer to God, so that we can empty ourselves of unnecessary distractions, so that we can better hear God speaking to us. And the privileged way, again, to hear God speak to us, again, is in the mass. So we come to mass, his word is proclaimed, it's God speaking to us. And then for able to receive his body, his living flesh, he speaks to us, also in the depths of our hearts. And what he wants to say to us is what is good and true and what is beautiful. We have so many distractions, again, from technology, from the news, the Holy Father reminds us that a lot of what is there is opinion or fake. And he's saying, no, no, be careful. We're Christians, so we're looking for what is true.

12:09And again, the ultimate source comes through the scriptures. So the scriptures are a wonderful way. It should be the book that accompanies us during the season of Lent. Spending time, even just a few moments, whatever our vocation may be, our particular vocation, we can listen to God's word. And I may not be able to get to church, but I can maybe find a place in my home, and that can be my mountaintop, where I can pull away from everything and everyone, and have that quiet place, again, for God. And I'd mentioned this months ago about the whole idea of having a little altar in our home, a little space. And then it gets an excellent way, again, especially if we're not able to get to mass as much as we would like to during this high season of Lent. So we can have this time, and listen to what God wants to say to us. And having a little notebook, which is very useful, can be a time where we can write down a few things. So what is God saying to me? Is there one word? Is there a phrase? Is there something that the Lord has to say to me?

13:10That is necessary. And then I can kind of meditate on it. I can chew on that over the course of the day, even over the course of the week. I don't necessarily have to do all the readings every single day, but because there might be something that God wants us to meditate on for the week, or maybe even for an entire Lent in season. But we don't know unless we try. We don't know unless we try. So when we look back at the Gospel again, so we have this beautiful episode. And again, as I was saying earlier, that with the gift that God has given us, and yes, we're in preparing ourselves for the celebration of Easter. So for the sacred Twitter one, we do know, as Christians, or we should know at least, that we can experience these moments of joy, these spiritual joy already now. There's a wonderful author, so he's a Catholic priest, and he says the following one of his commentaries. So to quote from him, his name is Father Erasmus, Levia Maricakis, and in his commentary on the Gospel according to St. Matthew, and on this particular episode of the Transfiguration, he says the following.

14:17He says the event of the Transfiguration is essential for us to understand that life in Christ is about fullness of life now. So there's no contradiction between the present and also the future. But he says the fullness of life now. Christianity is not a religion of just continual postponement of joy and delight. But the Transfiguration is the experience of the fullness of the divine presence, action, communication, and glory now in a very midst in the world that is passing, and that is filled with disappointments. So how useful is that to think about? So yes, so what we're doing in this season now of Lent is a means to be emptied of ourselves so that we can experience the joy of the resurrection. But in order to have that experience as Paul tells Timothy in the second reading, we also have to join in the suffering for the Gospel.

15:17So what does it mean to suffer for the Gospel? Well, it means that I, in my own small way, again according to my vocation, that I'm able to live and demonstrate by my actions who I believe in and who I love, and then show that and share that with other people. The suffering doesn't come from somebody who actively listens and embraces the message, but it'll often come from the coldness of hearts, from people rejecting it, or even worse, indifference. You know, the Holy Father just called this year. It's the special year dedicated to St. Francis of Assisi. And I'm reading this wonderful book on the life of St. Francis. It was just recently published. And in it, there is this one episode, and it comments on St. Francis preaching to the birds. So much has been said about this. So why did St. Francis start preaching to the birds? Because he was frustrated that people were indifferent, not that they were throwing stones in him, but they were completely indifferent to the Gospel message.

16:22And that was a source of suffering for him. But he turned that into an opportunity and his goodness and lightheartedness to preach to the birds. He goes, at least, they'll listen to me. So we hope that more than the birds will listen, but the people we work with, people in our homes, again, that they'll want to listen and join in. But the best way they listen, of course, the most effective way is by seeing how we live. And we ask God for the grace to be able to experience now the joy of the Gospel, to have our own mountaintop experience so that we can share that with those around us as well. Let us now profess our faith. I believe in God the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ is only Son our Lord, who is conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell. On the third day, he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right end of God the Father Almighty. From there, he will come to judge the living and the dead.

17:31I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and life everlasting. Amen. Brothers and sisters, let us bring our prayers to the Lord. The responses we pray to the Lord hear our prayer. Lord hear our prayer. For the baptized, as they continue their journey to renewal in Easter, we pray to the Lord. Lord hear our prayer. For adults and children, preparing to join the church through baptism, we pray to the Lord. Lord hear our prayer. For all those in our daily TV Mass prayer intentions book, we pray to the Lord. Lord hear our prayer. This month's community prayers for fathers, grandfathers, and protectors, that they may lead us with wisdom and humility, inspired by the quiet and strong faith of St. Joseph. We pray to the Lord. Lord hear our prayer. And for this community, and particularly for those who are sick in mind, body, or spirit, or for the faithful departed, we now remember.

18:34We pray to the Lord. Lord hear our prayer. God of wisdom and light, your words guide our lives. Hear the prayers we make in faith through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Blessed 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 are you, Lord God of all creation. For through your goodness, we have received the wine we offer you. Through to the vine of work of human hands, it will become our spiritual drink.

19:47I was married and God that I would be accepted by you, Lord, my sacrifice, I decided to stay there pleasing to you, Lord God, washing Lord of my neck with His cleanses from all my sins. Pray, brothers and sisters, that my sacrifice in yours may be acceptable to God, the Almighty Father. May the sacrifice of Lord we pray cleanse us of our faults and sanctify your faithful in body and mind for the celebration of the Paschal festivities through Christ our Lord. The Lord be with you. And with your spirit. Lift up your hearts. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right and just. 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 for Christ our Lord. For after he had told the disciples of his coming death on the holy mountain he manifested to them his glory, to show even by the testimony of the law and the prophets that the passion leads to the glory of the resurrection.

20:54And so with the powers of heaven, we worship you constantly on earth. And before your majesty 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 highest. 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 doofone so that they may become for us, the body and blood of our Lord, Jesus Christ.

21:55At 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. He 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.

22:55The 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, giving thanks that you have held us worthy to be in your presence and minister to you. Humbly we pray the 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, bring her to the fullness of charity, together with Leo or Pope, and Francis or 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.

23:57Welcome them into the light of your face. Have mercy on us all, we pray, that with the blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, will bless a Joseph or spouse, with the blessed apostles, and all the saints who will please do throughout the ages. We may mayor to be coerced 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, O glory and honor is yours, forever and ever. Amen. At the Savior's command and formed by divine teaching, we dare to say, Our Father, warred 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.

25:03Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from every evil. Gracious we 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. For the kingdom of the world, the glory of yours, and the transfer. Lord Jesus Christ, to set 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 your peace and unity in accordance with your will. Who live and reign, forever and ever. Amen. The peace of the Lord, be with you always. And with your spirit. Let us offer each other the sign of peace. Peace. Peace. Peace. Peace. Peace. Peace. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world. At mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world.

26:08At mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world. Grant us peace. Behold the Lamb of God. Behold him who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb. Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say a word, and my soul shall be healed. Body, Christ, bring me the everlasting life, Amen.

27:09Please 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, so that I may unite myself wholly to you, now and forever. Amen. Let us pray. As we receive these glorious mysteries, we make thanksgiving to you, O Lord, for allowing us, while still on earth, to be partakers even now, the things of heaven, who Christ our Lord.

28:14Amen. May the Lord be with you. And with your spirit. May Almighty God bless you, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Go in peace. Thanks be to God. Our thanks to our donors for the gift of this month. We gather each day in the Father's love. We gather with Jesus His Son. We 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.