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15 November 2025 Saturday of week 32 in Ordinary TimeSt. Albert The Great Catholic Church - Burbank, Illinois Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingWisdom 18:14-16,19:6-9The Red Sea became an unimpeded wayWhen peaceful silence lay over all,and night had run the half of her swift course,down from the heavens, from the royal throne, leapt your all-powerful Word;into the heart of a doomed land the stern warrior leapt.Carrying your unambiguous command like a sharp sword,he stood, and filled the universe with death;he touched the sky, yet trod the earth.For, to keep your children from all harm,the whole creation, obedient...

THE THIRD COMMANDMENT. Q. What is the Third Commandment? A. The Third Commandment is: Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day. Q. Which is the Sabbath day? A. Saturday is the Sabbath day. Q. Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday? A. We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday. Q. Why did the Catholic Church substituted Sunday for Saturday? A. The Catholic Church substituted Sunday for Saturday, because Christ rose from the dead on a Sunday, and the Holy Ghost descended upon the Apostles on a Sunday. Q....

14 November 2025Friday of week 32 in Ordinary Time St. Laurence O'Toole - Laramie, WY Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingWisdom 13:1-9How have those who investigated the world been so slow to find its Master?Naturally stupid are all men who have not known Godand who, from the good things that are seen, have not been able to discover Him-who-is,or, by studying the works, have failed to recognise the Artificer.Fire however, or wind, or the swift air,the sphere of the stars, impetuous water, heaven’s lamps,are what they have held to be the gods who govern the world.If, charmed by...

I guess I haven’t been paying enough attention, at least not to the extent I thought. The other night, I was listening to talk-show host and attorney Mark Levin—his program that I don’t often catch. He was coming hard against some in this nation who are calling Christians and Jews in support of Israel evil, or at least ignorantly misdirected. Specifically, he was talking angrily against podcast host Tucker Carlson, former star of Fox News. Levin said Carlson and a guest on his podcast were saying they hated Christian and Jewish Zionists more than any others in the entire Israel-vs-its-enemies...

Be honest. You’re seeing things every day that you didn’t think you would see in your lifetime! It must be the last days. Up is down, and black is white. Evil is good, and good is evil. But some of these items listed, I never could have imagined. Here is just my latest short list of things I didn’t think I would see: 1) Per Tucker Carlson, I have a brain virus because I support Israel. Who could have imagined such an accusation? As a self-proclaimed Christian, Tucker surely doesn’t know the Bible, which is as pro-Israel as you can...

13 November 2025 Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini on Thursday of week 32 in Ordinary Time Saint Francesca Xavier Cabrini Shrine in ChicagoReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingWisdom 7:22-8:1Wisdom is a breath of the power of GodWithin Wisdom is a spirit intelligent, holy,unique, manifold, subtle,active, incisive, unsullied,lucid, invulnerable, benevolent, sharp,irresistible, beneficent, loving to man,steadfast, dependable, unperturbed,almighty, all-surveying,penetrating all intelligent, pureand most subtle spirits;for Wisdom is quicker to move than any motion;she is so pure, she pervades and permeates all things.She is a breath of the power...

But since We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty, Who will have all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the Truth, and now that Our advanced age and the bitterness of anxious cares urge Us on towards the end common to every mortal, We feel drawn to follow the example of Our Redeemer and Master, Jesus Christ, Who, when about to return to Heaven, implored of God, His Father, in earnest Prayer, that His Disciples and followers should be of one mind and of one heart: I pray . . . that...

‘The employee has since apologized for the choice of words and acknowledged that the sign is not an example of hate speech,’ according to a university statement A Christian university in Texas is apologizing for a recent situation in which a pro-life student group was forced to remove its “abortion is murder” sign. Abilene Christian University’s ACU for Life group last month was tabling in the campus center with a sign that read: “Abortion is Murder. Disagree? Let’s talk.” But two administrators took issue with that verbiage and told the group the wording was inappropriate and represented hate speech, according...

Now in the matter of Sabbath Observance, the Protestant rule of faith is utterably unable to explain the substitution of the Christian Sunday for the Jewish Saturday. It has been changed. The Bible still teaches that the Sabbath or Saturday should be kept holy. There is no authority in the New Testament for the substitution of Sunday for Saturday. Surely it is an important matter. It stands there in the Bible as one of the Ten Commandments of God. There is no authority in the Bible for abrogating this commandment, or for transferring it's observance to another day of the...

12 November 2025Saint Josaphat, Bishop, Martyr on Wednesday of week 32 in Ordinary TimeSt. Josaphat Catholic Church, DetroitReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingWisdom 6:1-11Kings, your power is a gift to you from the LordListen, kings, and understand;rulers of remotest lands, take warning;hear this, you who have thousands under your rule,who boast of your hordes of subjects.For power is a gift to you from the Lord,sovereignty is from the Most High;he himself will probe your acts and scrutinise your intentions.If, as administrators of his kingdom, you have...

A youth pastor in Germany has drawn fierce criticism after blessing the union of four men to each other at a pubic wedding event, insisting that the LGBTQ polucule were now “married before God.” Lena Müller initially posted the picture earlier this month in a since-deleted Instagram post, writing, “On Friday evening, I was allowed to celebrate my first poly wedding.” Müller and her church are part of the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia (EKBO), a progressive denomination with a membership of 880,000 and nearly 1800 churches, Each year they hold a Pop-up Wedding Festival in Berlin where people can...

* The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago sued the Chicago Board of Education, claiming religious discrimination after Chicago Public Schools barred its students from the district’s student teaching program. * The district said that Moody’s hiring policies, which require employees to uphold Christian beliefs on marriage and sexuality, violate its anti-discrimination rules on religion, gender identity, and sexual orientation. * Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), the legal nonprofit representing Moody, argues the district is unlawfully excluding the college because of its religious mission and seeks a federal court injunction to protect Moody’s students’ access to the program. An Illinois Christian college...

11 November 2025 Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop on Tuesday of week 32 in Ordinary TimeSt. Martin of Tours Catholic Church, Louisville, KY Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingWisdom 2:23-3:9The souls of the virtuous are in the hands of GodGod made man imperishable,he made him in the image of his own nature;it was the devil’s envy that brought death into the world,as those who are his partners will discover.But the souls of the virtuous are in the hands of God,no torment shall ever touch them.In...

10 November 2025 Saint Leo the Great, Pope, Doctor on Monday of week 32 in Ordinary TimeAltar of Saint Leo The Great, Basilica of Saint Peter's, VaticanReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingWisdom 1:1-7Seek the Lord in simplicity of heartLove virtue, you who are judges on earth,let honesty prompt your thinking about the Lord,seek him in simplicity of heart;since he is to be found by those who do not put him to the test,he shows himself to those who do not distrust him.But selfish intentions divorce...

Sunday 9 November 2025 Dedication of the Lateran Basilica Feast Armagh CathedralReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).First readingEzekiel 47:1-2,8-9,12Wherever the water flows, it will bring life and healthThe angel brought me to the entrance of the Temple, where a stream came out from under the Temple threshold and flowed eastwards, since the Temple faced east. The water flowed from under the right side of the Temple, south of the altar. He took me out by the north gate and led me right round outside as far as the outer east gate where the water flowed out on the right-hand...

Tucker Carlson recently made headlines with his anti-Jewish rant during his podcast interview of Nick Fuentes, a commentator with antisemite beliefs. They cleverly displayed their racial prejudice under the guise of questioning Israel’s prominent place in world affairs. Although Tucker Carlson professes to be a Christian, the dialogue between the two turned ugly as they attacked what they called “Christian Zionists,” referring to them as having a “brain virus.” They ridiculed the belief of believers like us who believe that Israel has a special place in future Bible prophecy as God’s chosen people. During the podcast, Carlson displayed his unmistakable...

Any serious student of Bible prophecy from the pre-Trib point of view knows how deep this generation is within the end of the Church Age (Age of Grace). Much of Christ’s Olivet Discourse was devoted to the subject of Israel’s future time of unprecedented trouble, as the prophecy said in Jeremiah 30:7. Jesus said the time of Tribulation (Daniel’s seventieth week) will be the worst period of human history (Matthew 24:21). We can certainly surmise that—with the recent hatred much of the world has shown against the tiny nation of Israel—the stage is at this very moment being set for...

Some of my recent articles have mentioned the growth of Islam in Minnesota, Texas, Pennsylvania, and other places in the U.S. Some have mentioned the activities of CAIR, the Squad, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the likely election of Zohran Mamdani (son of a Marxist Columbia professor) as the next mayor of New York City. This prompted the following response from a knowledgeable reader: To me, it does not matter what the People of the great state of Texas do; the Islamic takeover of Texas (and the rest of the U.S. and other regions of the World) has been allowed, most...

8 November 2025 Saturday of week 31 in Ordinary TimePhoto published by SOCIETY OF TRADITIONAL ROMAN CATHOLICS, NIGERIAReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingRomans 16:3-9,16,22-27The mystery kept secret for endless ages must be broadcast everywhereMy greetings to Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, who risked death to save my life: I am not the only one to owe them a debt of gratitude, all the churches among the pagans do as well. My greetings also to the church that meets at their house. Greetings to my friend Epaenetus, the first of Asia’s gifts to Christ; greetings...

7 November 2025 Friday of week 31 in Ordinary Time Veiled images during Lent, Nigeria Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingRomans 15:14-21My duty is to bring the Good News from God to the pagansMy brothers, I am quite certain that you are full of good intentions, perfectly well instructed and able to advise each other. The reason why I have written to you, and put some things rather strongly, is to refresh your memories, since God has given me this special position. He has appointed me as a priest of Jesus Christ, and I am to carry...