First Reading – Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13 Brothers and sisters: I, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live in a manner worthy of the call you have received, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another through love, striving to preserve the unity of the Spirit …
This day the Church commemorates the martyrs of Korea who sacrificed their lives in proclaiming God’s Kingdom. It was around 1784 when the evangelization of their country began through the efforts of a group of lay people headed by a Korean named Yi Sung-hun. Soon, the Christian Church grew. However, …
We encourage everyone to post your Daily Prayer Petitions in the Comments section below. Together we pray as one Catholic Family for our intentions and the intentions of the Pope. Let us also pray for the suffering souls in Purgatory. This is the hour when the King of martyrs offered …
First Reading – Proverbs 21:1-6, 10-13 Like a stream is the king’s heart in the hand of the LORD; wherever it pleases him, he directs it. All the ways of a man may be right in his own eyes, but it is the LORD who proves hearts. To do what …
Saint Januarius, a Bishop of Benevento, was martyred along with other clergymen, deacons, and lay Christians in the beginning of the 4th century, around the year 305. It was during the time of Christian persecution by Emperor Diocletion. Saint Januarius came to visit deacons and laymen in prison. He, however, …
We encourage everyone to post your Daily Prayer Petitions in the Comments section below. Together we pray as one Catholic Family for our intentions and the intentions of the Pope. Let us also pray for the suffering souls in Purgatory. God has made an everlasting covenant with his people, and …
First Reading – Proverbs 3:27-34 Refuse no one the good on which he has a claim when it is in your power to do it for him. Say not to your neighbor, “Go, and come again, tomorrow I will give,” when you can give at once. Plot no evil against …
Saint Joseph, born in 1603 at Cupertino, Italy, was a Conventual Franciscan friar and a mystic. He was said to be an unclever child, often absent-minded and aimlessly wandering about. It was probably because of the lack of care from his mother who did not like him much. He also …
We encourage everyone to post your Daily Prayer Petitions in the Comments section below. Together we pray as one Catholic Family for our intentions and the intentions of the Pope. Let us also pray for the suffering souls in Purgatory. Christ the Lord is our head; we are his members. …
First Reading – Amos 8:4-7 Hear this, you who trample upon the needy and destroy the poor of the land! “When will the new moon be over,” you ask, “that we may sell our grain, and the sabbath, that we may display the wheat? We will diminish the ephah, add …
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