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The Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Zechariah 9:9-10
Psalm: 144 (145):1-2,8-9,10-11,13cd-14
Second Reading: Romans 8:9,11-13
Gospel: Matthew 11:25-30
At that time Jesus exclaimed, “I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike. Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will… Read more »
Homily by Pope Leo XIV
Dear brothers and sisters,
God always loves us first. The beauty of the sea, this island and your faces is a reflection of his gratuitous initiative: love precedes us, surrounds us and brings us together. I am grateful to the Lord for the opportunity to visit you, following in the footsteps of Pope Francis, who chose to travel to Lampedusa on 8 July 2013 for his first trip as the Successor of Peter… Read more »
Pope Leo XIV releases his prayer intention for the month of July, and invites Catholics to pray ‘for respect for human life,’ so all may ‘recognize and protect the unique and unrepeatable value of every human being.’
Pope Leo XIV has urged Catholics across the globe to join him this July in praying for respect for human life.
He released the monthly “Pray with the Pope” video on Thursday, which is prepared by the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network… Read more »
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Prayer for Spiritual Communion
My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the most Blessed Sacrament.
I love You above all things.
I desire to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart… Read more »
Readings of the day
First reading: Amos 9:11-15
Psalm: 84 (85):9,11-12,13-14
Gospel: Matthew 9:14-17
The disciples of John approached Jesus and said, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast much, but your disciples do not fast?”
Jesus answered them, “Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.”
No one patches an old cloak with a piece of unshrunken cloth, for its fullness pulls away from the cloak and the tear gets worse… Read more »
The Editorial Directorate of the Dicastery for Communication presents the documentary “Leo in Rome”, featuring interviews, archival footage, and images that retrace the years Robert Francis Prevost—now Pope Leo XIV—spent in the Eternal City. The documentary was produced by journalists Felipe Herrera-Espaliat, Salvatore Cernuzio, and Tiziana Campisi, with editing by Jaime Vizcaíno Haro.
The documentary is in Italian with English subtitles.
Source: vaticannews.va Read more »
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Follow today’s Mass readings from here.
Prayer for Spiritual Communion
My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the most Blessed Sacrament.
I love You above all things.
I desire to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart… Read more »
Saint Thomas, apostle – Feast
Readings of the day
First Reading: Ephesians 2:19-22
Psalm: 116:1,2
Gospel: John 20:24-29
Thomas, called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples said to him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my finger into the nail marks and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”
Now a week later his disciples were again inside and Thomas was with them… Read more »
Skoperta minn studjużi tal-Università ta’ Würzburg fil-Ġermanja wasslet biex ġew identifikati żewġ omeliji ta’ Santu Wistin, iktar minn 16-il seklu wara mewtu.
Ir-riċerkaturi kienu qed jistudjaw manuskritt tas-seklu 12 li kien ippreservat f’monasteru fil-Polonja. Filwaqt li f’dan il-manuskritt kien hemm 6 prietki attribwiti lil Santu Wistin, 2 minnhom qatt ma kienu ġew identifikati minn studjużi.
Iż-żewġ omeliji jitrattaw l-episodju bibliku mill-Ewwel Ktieb ta’ Samwel meta r-Re Sawl ifittex lis-saħħara ta’ Endor biex ikun jista’ jagħmel komunikat mal-profeta Samwel qabel il-battalja… Read more »
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Follow today’s Mass readings from here.
Prayer for Spiritual Communion
My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the most Blessed Sacrament.
I love You above all things.
I desire to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart… Read more »
