Voice of pope Francis, Blessed Virgin Mary of Fatima
Act of entrustment to Mary (13th october 2013) Blessed Virgin Mary of Fatima, with renewed gratitude for your motherly presence we join in the voice of all generations that call you blessed. We celebrate in you the great works of God, who never tires of lowering himself in mercy over humanity, afflicted by…
Saints´Feast Days Coming Up, V Sunday of Easter
Saint Isidore the farmer . Feast Day May 15th. Saint Isidore was born in 1070 in Madrid in the Kingdom of Castille to poor but very devout parents. He spent his life as a hired hand in the service of a wealthy Madrilenian land owner called Juan De Vergas,…
Sunday´s Gospel, IV Sunday of Easter
GOSPEL, John 10, 1-10 Jesus said: ‘I tell you most solemnly, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold through the gate, but gets in some other way is a thief and a brigand. The one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the flock; the gatekeeper…
Voice of pope Benedict XVI, The good pastor
Homily, Sunday, 24th april 2005 The pastor must be inspired by Christ’s holy zeal: for him it is not a matter of indifference that so many people are living in the desert. And there are so many kinds of desert. There is the desert of poverty, the desert of…
Saints´Feast Days Coming Up, IV Sunday of Easter
Saint John of Avila. Apostle of Andulucia Feast Day. May 10th. Saint John of Avila was born in to a devout wealthy Castilian family in Almodovar del Campo near Toledo in 1449. At the age of 14 he was sent to university to study law in Salamanca but his heart lay…
Sunday´s Gospel, III Sunday of Easter
GOSPEL Luke 24, 13-35 Two of the disciples of Jesus were on their way to a village called Emmaus, seven miles from Jerusalem, and they were talking together about all that had happened. Now as they talked this over, Jesus himself came up and walked…
Voice of pope Benedict XVI, from Jerusalem to Emmaus
GENERAL AUDIENCE, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 Dear friends, today too the Risen One enters our homes and our hearts … Only he, the Living One, can give meaning to existence and enable those who are weary and sad, downhearted and drained of hope, to continue on their journey.…
Saints´Feast Days Coming Up, III Sunday of Easter
Saint Joseph the Worker. Feast Day may 1st. Pope Pius X1 instituted the feast of Saint Joseph the Worker in 1955 to Christianize labour and to provide all workers with a role model and protector. Saint Joseph the divinely appointed earthly guardian of the Virgin Mary and foster father…
Sunday´s Gospel, 2nd Easter Sunday
GOSPEL, John 20, 19-31 In the evening of that same day, the first day of the week, the doors were closed in the room where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews. Jesus came and stood among them. He said to them, ‘Peace be with you’, and showed…
Voice of pope Benedict XVI, Feast of Divine Mercy
HOMILY, Sunday, 15th April 2007 Dear Brothers and Sisters, This Sunday is called «in Albis», in accordance with an old tradition. On this day, neophytes of the Easter Vigil were still wearing their white garment, the symbol of the light which the Lord gave them in Baptism. Later,…