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Mmm dd, 2024 TITLE St. Jerome Church - Walbridge, OhioReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingJob 1:6-22The Lord gave, the Lord has taken back: blessed be the name of the LordOne day the Sons of God came to attend on the Lord, and among them was Satan. So the Lord said to Satan, ‘Where have you been?’ ‘Round the earth,’ he answered ‘roaming about.’ So the Lord asked him, ‘Did you notice my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth: a sound...

29 September 202426th Sunday in Ordinary TimeCatholic University of America, Saint Michael the Archangel chapel, Washington, DCReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First readingNumbers 11:25-29If only the whole people of the Lord were prophets!The Lord came down in the Cloud. He spoke with Moses, but took some of the spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders. When the spirit came on them they prophesied, but not again. Two men had stayed back in the camp; one was called Eldad and the other Medad. The spirit came down on them; though they had not gone to...

Our Readings for this Sunday may seem dour at first, dominated by discussion of going to hell and the merits of self-amputation, but the First Reading actually points us in the right direction to overcome sin and hell and live in joy. We will see how as the Readings unfold: 1. Our First Reading is from Numbers 11:25-29: The LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to Moses. Taking some of the spirit that was on Moses, the LORD bestowed it on the seventy elders; and as the spirit came to rest on them, they prophesied. Now two men,...

What Does a Black Cross Mean Spiritually The black cross symbolizes deep faith and protection in spirituality. It stands for the challenges and suffering one can overcome with belief. This powerful symbol also represents mystery and the hope that comes from facing life’s darkest moments.

28 September 2024 Saturday of week 25 in Ordinary Time St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, Wahoo, NEReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First readingEcclesiastes 11:9-12:8Remember your creator in the days of your youthRejoice in your youth, you who are young;let your heart give you joy in your young days.Follow the promptings of your heartand the desires of your eyes.But this you must know: for all these things God will bring you to judgement.Cast worry from your heart,shield your flesh from pain.Yet youth, the age of dark hair, is vanity. And remember your creator in the days of your youth, before...

A new report reveals that most Catholics in the United States and Latin America support ordaining women to the priesthood despite their faith’s clear teaching on the matter. The Pew Research Center released the results of a survey Thursday based on responses collected from 3,655 Catholics in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru from Jan. 22-April 27 and 2,051 Catholics in the U.S. collected from Feb. 13-25. The report documents a divergence between the beliefs of Catholics in these countries and the teachings of their faith. When asked if they supported ordaining women to the priesthood, majorities of Catholics...

27 September 2024 Saint Vincent de Paul, Priest on Friday of week 25 in Ordinary Time St. Vincent De Paul Los AngelesReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingEcclesiastes 3:1-11There is a time for every occupation under heavenThere is a season for everything, a time for every occupation under heaven:A time for giving birth, a time for dying; a time for planting, a time for uprooting what has been planted.A time for killing, a time for healing; a time for knocking down, a time for building.A time...

26 September 2024 Thursday of week 25 in Ordinary Time The Church of Santi Cosma e Damiano in RomeReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First readingEcclesiastes 1:2-11Nothing is new and all is vanityVanity of vanities, the Preacher says. Vanity of vanities. All is vanity! For all his toil, his toil under the sun, what does man gain by it? A generation goes, a generation comes, yet the earth stands firm for ever. The sun rises, the sun sets; then to its place it speeds and there it rises. Southward goes the wind, then turns to the north; it turns...

Former President Donald Trump called out his Democratic opponent Kamala Harris’ contentious history with American Catholics after she became the first major-party presidential nominee since 1984 to skip a beloved Catholic event. The Archdiocese of New York’s Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner (“Al Smith Dinner”) raises money for various Catholic charitable organizations that benefit children. While the dinner is held annually, it receives particular attention during presidential election years when both of the major parties’ candidates attend and take turns making comedic speeches. Trump – who had addressed the dinner in both 2016 and 2020 – has confirmed his...

25 September 2024 Wednesday of week 25 in Ordinary Time Chapel of Sanint Fermin, Paplona, Spain Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First readingProverbs 30:5-9Give me neither riches nor poverty, only my shareEvery word of God is unalloyed, he is the shield of those who take refuge in him.To his words make no addition, lest he reprove you and know you for a fraud.Two things I beg of you, do not grudge me them before I die:keep falsehood and lies far from me, give me neither poverty nor riches, grant me only my share of bread to eat,for fear...

24 September 2024 Tuesday of week 25 in Ordinary Time Salzburg CathedralReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First readingProverbs 21:1-6,10-13On wickedness and virtueLike flowing water is the heart of the king in the hand of the Lord, who turns it where he pleases.A man’s conduct may strike him as upright, the Lord, however, weighs the heart.To act virtuously and with justice is more pleasing to the Lord than sacrifice.Haughty eye, proud heart, lamp of the wicked, nothing but sin.The hardworking man is thoughtful, and all is gain; too much haste, and all that comes of it is want.To make...

23 September 2024 Saint Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio), Priest on Monday of week 25 in Ordinary Time The Sanctuary of San Pio da Pietrelcina, San Giovanni Rotondo, ItalyReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingProverbs 3:27-34The Lord blesses the home of the virtuousMy son, do not refuse a kindness to anyone who begs it, if it is in your power to perform it.Do not say to your neighbour, ‘Go away! Come another time! I will give it you tomorrow’, if you can do it now.Do not plot...

22 September 2024 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Emmeram Basilica, RegensburgReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First readingWisdom 2:12,17-20The wicked prepare to ambush the just manThe godless say to themselves:‘Let us lie in wait for the virtuous man, since he annoys usand opposes our way of life,reproaches us for our breaches of the lawand accuses us of playing false to our upbringing.‘Let us see if what he says is true,let us observe what kind of end he himself will have.If the virtuous man is God’s son, God will take his partand rescue him from the clutches of his...

When I was younger, especially from high school through my early days as a non-Catholic Christian pastor, I had this strong sense that if a person always did what was right, “things would work out.” That is to say, righteousness was the path to the good life. God would pave the way in front of the person that does his will. There is some truth to that, of course. A great deal of interior and exterior suffering is cause by our wicked and selfish choices. When I used to work as an urban missionary, occasionally I would have the chance...

Saturday 21 September 2024 Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist Feast St. Matthew’s, East Syracuse, NY Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: B(II).First readingEphesians 4:1-7,11-13We are all to come to unity, fully mature in the knowledge of the Son of GodI, the prisoner in the Lord, implore you to lead a life worthy of your vocation. Bear with one another charitably, in complete selflessness, gentleness and patience. Do all you can to preserve the unity of the Spirit by the peace that binds you together. There is one Body, one Spirit, just as you were all called into one and the...

20 September 2024 Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Priest, and Paul Chong Hasang, and their Companions, Martyrs on Friday of week 24 in Ordinary Time Korean saint’s memorial church, Anseong, South KoreaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 Corinthians 15:12-20If Christ has not been raised, your belief is uselessNow if Christ raised from the dead is what has been preached, how can some of you be saying that there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the dead, Christ himself cannot have...

19 September 2024 Thursday of week 24 in Ordinary Time St Januarius (San Gennaro) Cathedral, Naples, ItalyReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First reading1 Corinthians 15:1-11I preached what the others preach, and you all believedBrothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, the gospel that you received and in which you are firmly established; because the gospel will save you only if you keep believing exactly what I preached to you – believing anything else will not lead to anything. Well then, in the first place, I taught you what I had been taught...

18 September 2024 Wednesday of week 24 in Ordinary Time Basilica of St. Joseph of Cupertino – Osimo, ItalyReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First reading1 Corinthians 12:31-13:13The supremacy of charityBe ambitious for the higher gifts. And I am going to show you a way that is better than any of them. If I have all the eloquence of men or of angels, but speak without love, I am simply a gong booming or a cymbal clashing. If I have the gift of prophecy, understanding all the mysteries there are, and knowing everything, and if I have faith in...

17 September 2024 Tuesday of week 24 in Ordinary Time Benedictine Abbey of St. Hildegard, overlooking the towns of Rüdesheim and Bingen, Germany.Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First reading1 Corinthians 12:12-14,27-31You together are Christ's body: each of you a different partJust as a human body, though it is made up of many parts, is a single unit because all these parts, though many, make one body, so it is with Christ. In the one Spirit we were all baptised, Jews as well as Greeks, slaves as well as citizens, and one Spirit was given to us all to...

It’s back-to-school time in America. In the past few weeks, more than 54 million kids went to school at the kindergarten through 12th grade level. Add preschool and college to that number, and 79.5 million Americans are students. That’s nearly a quarter of the entire population of the country. Most of these students go to public schools, but we have seen significant shifts in the past few years. The US Census Bureau says about seven million children, or about 13 percent of school aged students, go to private schools. This includes about 3.5 million homeschooled children. Both numbers represent significant...