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Lk 11: 27-28 Gospel of the evening Mass of the Vigil of the Assumption At that time, as Jesus was speaking to the crowd, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts that you sucked!” But he said, “Blessed rather are […]

Wis 3:1-9 A reading from the memorial of St. Maximilian Kolbe The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God,and no torment will ever touch them. In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died,and their departure was thought to be an affliction,and their going from us to be their destruction;but they

Ezek 2:8–3:4 But you, son of man, hear what I say to you; be not rebellious like that rebellious house; open your mouth, and eat what I give you.”  And when I looked, behold, a hand was stretched out to me, and lo, a written scroll was in it; and he spread it before me;

Mt 17:22-27 When the disciples were together with Jesus in Galilee, Jesus said to them, ‘The Son of man is going to be delivered into the power of men; they will put him to death, and on the third day he will be raised up again.’ And a great sadness came over them. When they

1 Kgs 19:4-8 In those days, Elijah went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree; and he asked that he might die, saying, “It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am no better than my fathers.” And he lay down and slept

Jn 12:24-26 Reading for the Feast of St. Lawrence At that time Jesus said to his disciples: “In all truth I tell you, unless a wheat grain falls into the earth and dies, it remains only a single grain; but if it dies it yields a rich harvest. Anyone who loves his life loses it;

Est 4:17 k-m, r-t Reading for the memorial of St Edith Stein In those days Queen Esther took refuge with the Lord in the mortal peril which had overtaken her. She took off her sumptuous robes and put on sorrowful mourning. Instead of expensive perfumes, she covered her head with ashes and dung. She mortified

Mt 16:13-19 When Jesus came into the district of Caesare′a Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do men say that the Son of man is?”  And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Eli′jah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”  He said to them, “But who do you say that I

Through the meditations of the last few days, we have had the opportunity to encounter God the Father more closely. Sometimes negative experiences that we may have had in our lives prevent us from recognizing the true image of God, for example, if the relationship with our biological father was rather problematic. However, one should

This novena, which we have concluded today, has been aimed at showing us the love of the Father, so that we can experience it as the source of our joy. During these nine days we have been invited to deepen our trust in God, to glorify Him, to love Him and to enter into an