Gospel Reading : John 15:18-21 “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.Remember the word […]
Saint of the Day: 11 August – Saint Jeanne-Françoise Frémyot de Chantal, Religious Gospel Reading : Matthew 18:15-20 “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. But if he does not listen, take one or two
Gospel Reading : Matthew 18:1-5, 10, 12-14 At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them, and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will
Saint Lawrence of Rome – transept of San Francesco della Vigna (Venice) Gospel Reading : John 12:24-26 Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. He who loves his life loses it, and he who
Gospel Reading : Matthew 14:22-33 Then he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up into the hills by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, but the boat by this time
Gospel Reading :Luke 9:57-62 As they were going along the road, a man said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head.” To another he said, “Follow me.”
First Reading : Wisdom 3:1-9 But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God,and no torment will ever touch them. In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died,and their departure was thought to be an affliction, and their going from us to be their destruction;but they are at peace.
Gospel Reading : Matthew 17:1-9 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain apart. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his garments became white as light. And behold, there appeared to them Moses
Memorial of the Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome The Miracle of the Snow (August 5, 352 AD) On the night of August 4–5, 352 AD, a wealthy Roman patrician named John and his wife (who had no heirs) prayed to Mary to direct how to spend their fortune. That same
The sign of the cross is the most terrible weapon against the devil. Thus the Church wishes not only that we have it continually in front of our minds to recall to us just what our souls are worth and what they cost Jesus Christ, but also that we should make it at every juncture
