Jan 2, 2025 · Section: Worship & Faith Is 60:1-6 Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13 Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6 Mt 2:1-12. If we haven’t gotten enough of Christmas lights already this season — on houses, trees, bushes, department stores — this Sunday we are absolutely festooned with them.

Jan 7, 2025 · Father Joshua J. Whitfield provides a reflection on the readings and Gospel for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, Jan. 12, 2025.

How to Pray the Rosary 1) Begin by making the Sign of the Cross. 2) Holding the crucifix pray the Apostles’ Creed. 3) On the first bead pray the Our Father.

Jan 2, 2025 · Section: Worship & Faith (OSV News) — For most of us, New Year’s Day means both celebrating what’s ahead and learning from the year that’s ending. For Catholics, it’s seeing the past year not just through the rearview mirror, but refracted through the lens of faith.

Jan 13, 2025 · Section: Worship & Faith Is 62:1-5 Ps 96:1-2, 2-3, 7-8, 9-10 1 Cor 12:4-11 Jn 2:1-11. Who couldn’t use a miracle right about now? After weeks of parties and packages, planning and platters, the world returns to something vaguely normal.

Dec 26, 2024 · Father Joshua J. Whitfield provides a reflection on the readings and Gospel for the Feast of the Holy Family, Dec. 29, 2024.

Nov 20, 2024 · Section: Worship & Faith Dn 7:13-14 Ps 93:1, 1-2, 5 Rv 1:5-8 Jn 18:33b-37. One thing is clear from this Sunday’s gospel: Pontius Pilate is a man looking for answers.

Jan 6, 2025 · Section: World and Nation (OSV News) — Cardinal Robert W. McElroy of San Diego has been appointed the next archbishop of the Archdiocese of Washington, following Pope Francis’ acceptance of the resignation of Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory, the first African American cardinal, the Vatican announced Jan. 6.

Dec 23, 2024 · Among Pope Francis’ words of wisdom is a reflection on patience, which he calls “both the daughter of hope and at the same time its firm foundation,” but which, he said, “has been put to flight by frenetic haste” in an age of “now.” “Were we still able to contemplate creation with a sense of awe, we might better understand the importance of …

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