Reading 1 Mal 1:14b-2:2b, 8-10 A great King am I, says the LORD of hosts,and my name will be feared among the nations.And now, O priests, this commandment is for you:If you do not listen,if you do not lay it to heart,to give glory to my name, says the LORD of hosts,I will send a…
Readings for the Memorial of Saint Charles Borromeo, bishop Reading 1 Rom 11:1-2a, 11-12, 25-29 Brothers and sisters:I ask, then, has God rejected his people? Of course not!For I too am a child of Israel, a descendant of Abraham,of the tribe of Benjamin.God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew.Do you not know what…
Reading 1 Rom 9:1-5 Brothers and sisters:I speak the truth in Christ, I do not lie;my conscience joins with the Holy Spirit in bearing me witnessthat I have great sorrow and constant anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christfor the sake of my own…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — God seeks and loves those who are humble because it allows him to be a part of their lives, Pope Francis said. “This is Christian humility, which is not simply one virtue among others, but the basic disposition of life: believing ourselves to be in need of God, making room for…
ROME (CNS) — As the sun broke through the morning sky after a torrential downpour in Rome, Pope Francis was wheeled past dozens of gravestones that marked the final resting place of members of the military forces who died during and immediately after World War II. He carried a bouquet of large white roses and…
The following are a selection of the readings that may be chosen for this day. Reading I Wis 3:1-9 The souls of the just are in the hand of God, and no torment shall touch them. They seemed, in the view of the foolish, to be dead; and their passing away was thought…