Readings for the Year B Readings for the Fourth Sunday of Lent Reading I 1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a The LORD said to Samuel: “Fill your horn with oil, and be on your way. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have chosen my king from among his sons.” As Jesse and…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Encouraging negotiations to end Russia’s war on Ukraine, Pope Francis called for the warring sides to have the “courage of the white flag,” a term usually associated with surrender. Asked in an interview whether Ukraine should surrender and if doing so would legitimize the actions of the stronger power, the pope…
Reading 1 Hos 6:1-6 “Come, let us return to the LORD,it is he who has rent, but he will heal us;he has struck us, but he will bind our wounds.He will revive us after two days;on the third day he will raise us up,to live in his presence.Let us know, let us strive to know…
Reading 1 Hos 14:2-10 Thus says the LORD:Return, O Israel, to the LORD, your God;you have collapsed through your guilt.Take with you words,and return to the LORD;Say to him, “Forgive all iniquity,and receive what is good, that we may renderas offerings the bullocks from our stalls.Assyria will not save us,nor shall we have horses to…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A Christian’s awareness of being sinful should be directly proportional to their “perception of the infinite love of God,” Pope Francis said. “The more we sense God’s tenderness, the more we desire to be in full communion with him and the more evident the ugliness of evil in our lives becomes,”…
ROME (CNS) — Catholics should not be afraid to bear their sins before God whose mercy is a model for the church’s ministers, Pope Francis said. “Put this in your mind and heart: God never tires of forgiving,” the pope said during a Lenten penance service March 8. He then asked the approximately 600 people…