J.M.J. Happy 5th Anniversary to The Best Catholic! My Blog has soared to Top 36 in worldwide ranking of Catholic Blogs this February. I started this Blog as “Psalms and the Pilgrim Daughter” in 2015. Now, it has reached across the seven seas. I offer my gratitude to the Patronesses …
All praise to God the Father who brought his chosen people to rebirth from imperishable seed through his eternal Word. Let us ask him as his children: Lord, be gracious to your people. God of mercy, hear the prayers we offer for all your people, — may they hunger for …
First Reading – Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7 The LORD God formed man out of the clay of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and so man became a living being. Then the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and placed there the …
Let us give glory to Christ the Lord, who became our teacher and example and our brother. Let us pray to him, saying: Lord, fill your people with your life. Lord Jesus, you became like us in all things but sin; teach us how to share with others their joy …
First Reading – Isaiah 58:9B-14 Thus says the LORD: If you remove from your midst oppression, false accusation and malicious speech; If you bestow your bread on the hungry and satisfy the afflicted; Then light shall rise for you in the darkness, and the gloom shall become for you like …
First Reading – Isaiah 58:1-9A Thus says the Lord GOD: Cry out full-throated and unsparingly, lift up your voice like a trumpet blast; Tell my people their wickedness, and the house of Jacob their sins. They seek me day after day, and desire to know my ways, Like a nation …
The Savior of mankind by dying destroyed death and by rising again restored life. Let us humbly ask him: Sanctify your people, redeemed by your blood. Redeemer of the world, give us a greater share of your passion through a deeper spirit of repentance, — so that we may share …
In his mercy, God sends the Holy Spirit to shine on us, so that our lives may radiate holiness and faith. Let us raise our voices in prayer and say: Lord, give life to your people, whom Christ has redeemed. Lord, source of all holiness, draw bishops, priests and deacons …
First Reading – Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Moses said to the people: “Today I have set before you life and prosperity, death and doom. If you obey the commandments of the LORD, your God, which I enjoin on you today, loving him, and walking in his ways, and keeping his commandments, statutes …
First Reading – Joel 2:12-18 Even now, says the LORD, return to me with your whole heart, with fasting, and weeping, and mourning; Rend your hearts, not your garments, and return to the LORD, your God. For gracious and merciful is he, slow to anger, rich in kindness, and relenting …
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