Reading 1 Jeremiah 11:18-20 I knew their plot because the LORD informed me; at that time you, O LORD, showed me their doings. Yet I, like a trusting lamb led to slaughter, had not realized that they were hatching plots against me: “Let us destroy the tree in its vigor; let us cut him off…
ROME (CNS) — Just outside the walls of the Vatican, the Bee Gees’ “Stayin’ Alive” blared through speakers as health care workers tapped out chest compressions to the beat. “Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive,” sang the 100 red-shirted volunteers near the entrance to the Vatican Museums, using the Bee Gees’ disco anthem…
Reading 1 Wisdom 2:1a, 12-22 The wicked said among themselves, thinking not aright: “Let us beset the just one, because he is obnoxious to us; he sets himself against our doings, Reproaches us for transgressions of the law and charges us with violations of our training. He professes to have knowledge of God and styles…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Jesus’ resurrection is not a triumphant display of power over his enemies, but rather a quiet, radical act of love that invites believers to rise from their own failures with joy and humility, the preacher of the papal household said. Offering a Lenten reflection for cardinals and senior officials of the…
Reading 1 Exodus 32:7-14 The LORD said to Moses,“Go down at once to your peoplewhom you brought out of the land of Egypt,for they have become depraved.They have soon turned aside from the way I pointed out to them,making for themselves a molten calf and worshiping it,sacrificing to it and crying out,‘This is your God,…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians should not see the Nicene Creed simply as a list of things they believe, but they should look at it with awe because it recounts the greatness of God’s love and gift of salvation, said members of the International Theological Commission. “Nicaea presents the reality of the work of redemption:…