Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ

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Baptism of Our Lord

Matthew 3:13-17 describes the baptism ofJesus, including John the Baptist’s objection that Jesus should be baptizinghim. Why did Jesus want to be baptized, anyway?This question was raised by Christians alreadyin the first century, which is probably the reason that it is recorded here—unlikethe baptism accounts in Mark 1:9-11 and Luke 3:21-22. John the Baptist haddisciples […]

Divine Mercy Sunday

To sing the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-410S9wP0s

Pentecost Sunday

Pentecost was the Greek name for the Jewish festival of Shavuot, which occurred fifty days after Passover and celebrated the beginning of the early wheat harvest. This meant that Pentecost always fell sometime during the middle of the month of May or occasionally in early June. We celebrate Pentecost on the seventh Sunday after Easter, […]

Divine Mercy Sunday

To sing the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-410S9wP0s Divine Mercy

Ascension Day

When they had gathered together they asked him, "Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?" He answered them, "It is not for you to know the times or seasons that the Father has established by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon […]

“Listen carefully, my child, to your master's precepts, and incline the ear of your heart. Receive willingly and carry out effectively your loving father's advice, that by the labor of obedience you may return to Him from whom you had departed by the sloth of disobedience.”
–St. Benedict of Nursia, The Rule of Saint Benedict