Reading 1, Leviticus 25:1, 8-17 1 Yahweh spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai and said: 8 "You will count seven weeks of years -- seven times seven years, that is to say a period of seven weeks of years, forty-nine years. 9 And on the tenth day of the seventh month you will sound the trumpet; on the Day of Expiation you will sound the trumpet throughout the land. 10 You will declare this fiftieth year to be sacred and proclaim the liberation of all the country's inhabitants. You will keep this as a ...

Reading 1: Exodus 40:34-38, Reading 1: Exodus 40:16-21, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 84:8, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 84:11, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 84:3-6, Gospel: John 11:19-27

"Jesus loved Martha and Mary and Lazarus." This unique statement in John's gospel tells us of the special relationship Jesus had with Martha, her sister, and her brother. Apparently Jesus was a frequent guest at Martha's home in Bethany, a small village two miles from Jerusalem. We read of three visits in Luke 10:38-42, John 11:1-53, and John 12:1-9. Many of us find it easy to identify with Martha in the story Luke tells. Martha welcomes Jesus and his disciples into her home and immediately ...

O merciful Father, who have wonderfully fashioned man in your own image, and have made his body to be a temple of the Holy Spirit, sanctify, we pray you, our doctors and nurses and all those whom you have called to study and practice the arts of healing the sick and the prevention of disease and pain. Strengthen them in body and soul, and bless their work, that they may give comfort to those for whose salvation your Son became Man, lived on this earth, healed the sick, and suffered and died on ...

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Reading 1, Leviticus 23:1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34-37 1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and said: 4 "These are Yahweh's solemn festivals, the sacred assemblies to which you will summon the Israelites on the appointed day: 5 "The fourteenth day of the first month, at twilight, is the Passover of Yahweh; 6 and the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of Unleavened Bread for Yahweh. For seven days you will eat unleavened bread. 7 On the first day you will hold a sacred assembly; you will do no heavy ...

Pope Francis described world hunger on Monday as "a crime that violates basic human rights."

Reading 1: Exodus 34:29-35, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 99:5-7, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 99:9, Gospel: Matthew 13:44-46

Innocent was born at Albano, Italy. He became Pope, succeeding Pope St. Anastasius I, on December 22, 401. During Innocent's pontificate, he emphasized papal supremacy, commending the bishops of Africa for referring the decrees of their councils at Carthage and Millevis in 416, condemning Pelagianism, to the Pope for confirmation. It was his confirmation of these decrees that caused Augustine to make a remark that was to echo through the centuries: "Roma locuta, causa finitas" (Rome ...

Grant us, O Lord Jesus, to imitate faithfully the example of your Holy Family and to make our home another Nazareth. May peace, love and happiness prevail. Grant us the grace to be the parents we should be for our children. Grant that our child may find solid support for their human dignity and for their growth in truth and love within the embrace of our home. When the time comes for each of us to go to the everlasting home you have prepared for us, may your ...