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Fr. Justin grew up in Richmond, BC, the third of three brothers. Though not raised Catholic, he started going to Mass when he was 13. After a powerful experience of God’s love through the Sacrament of Reconciliation, he felt called to the Holy priesthood at the age of 16.

This site is a collection of my thoughts, musings and homilies.


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Big Picture #2: Evangelization, How Jesus Meets Us

  Three weeks ago, we mentioned Dr. Michael Brescia of New York.  He’s actually famous for…


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Big Picture #1: Worship, Giving God the Firstfruits

  During my first year of seminary, after the Christmas vacation, my spiritual director asked…


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The Fruit of Protecting Life

    Today is the final homily of our four-part series on life.  We’ve tried to…


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Euthanasia #3: Against the Nature of Medicine

In the #1 New York Times bestseller book When Breath Becomes Air, Dr. Paul Kalanithi wrote…


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Euthanasia #2: Against the Standards of Civilized Society

    In 2015, when assisted suicide was decriminalized in Canada, the reason given was that it…


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Euthanasia #1: Against the Natural Intuition for Life

  Today, we begin our annual four-part pro-life series: The first three presentations will be…


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When Suffering, Help Others

  Many of us know that, here at St. Anthony’s, we talk about suffering a…


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Celebrating Well the Liturgy of the Word

    The First Reading describes what we would now call, during Mass, the Liturgy…


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Generous God, God as Bridegroom

  Last May, some of us resonated with the seven distorted images of God.  Steve Jobs…


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Catholic Education Starts at Home

  Today, because of the structure of the Second Reading, I’m going to start with…


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Searching For & Telling Others About Jesus

  Who makes the best Catholics: Those who are raised Catholic or those who become…


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God & Mary Close to Us

Merry Christmas still!  And Happy New Year!  Today, we celebrate the motherhood of Mary, and we’re going…


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The Family Healing Families

  Merry Christmas, everyone!  Someone here wrote me a card and has given me permission to…


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Serving at Mass with Hidden Pride

At a recent wedding, because it was relevant for the couple, I admitted during the…


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Do Your Duty

When I was 23 years old, my first summer pastoral assignment was to Sts. Peter…


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Timing of Sacraments

Last Sunday, we talked about the external preparation for Christmas.  Today, let’s ponder the internal, especially with regard to…


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No Presents for Christmas?

Now that we’re in the holy season of Advent, with 24 days this year to…


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Thy Kingdom Come = Live the Truth

Most of us know that today is our Christ the King Challenge, where we celebrate that…


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