Reading 1 Sirach 15:15-20 If you choose you can keep the commandments, they will save you;if you trust in God, you too shall live;he has set before you fire and waterto whichever you choose, stretch forth your hand.Before man are life and death, good and evil,whichever he chooses shall be given him.Immense is the wisdom…
WASHINGTON – Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of the Most Reverend Patrick J. Zurek, 77, from the Office of Bishop of Amarillo. At the same time, he has appointed His Eminence Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, archbishop emeritus of Galveston-Houston, as the Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Amarillo to serve until the appointment…
Readings for the Memorial of Saints Cyril, Monk, and Methodius, Bishop Reading 1 1 Kings 12:26-32; 13:33-34 Jeroboam thought to himself:“The kingdom will return to David’s house.If now this people go up to offer sacrificesin the temple of the LORD in Jerusalem,the hearts of this people will return to their master,Rehoboam, king of Judah,and they…
Reading 1 1 Kings 11:29-32; 12:19 Jeroboam left Jerusalem,and the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met him on the road.The two were alone in the area,and the prophet was wearing a new cloak.Ahijah took off his new cloak,tore it into twelve pieces, and said to Jeroboam: “Take ten pieces for yourself;the LORD, the God of Israel,…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican released Pope Leo XIV’s message for Lent, which begins Feb. 18 on Ash Wednesday. Titled, “Listening and Fasting: Lent as a Time of Conversion,” the papal message asked Catholics to come together as a community to listen to the word of God and to the vulnerable. The pope also…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — All Catholics are called to stand together by reaching out to their brothers and sisters in the faith of all ethnicities, especially those of Hispanic heritage, Archbishop Alexander K. Sample of Portland, Oregon, said. “They are our brothers and sisters, we love them, and we stand with them in these difficult…