https://youtu.be/rcVizepoIis Today the church celebrates The Passion or the Martyrdom of Saint John the Baptist. Let us pray. O God, who will that Saint John the Baptist should go ahead of Your Son. both in his birth and in his death. Grant that as he died a martyr for truth and justice, we too may […]
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The Feast of Saint Augustine of Hippo
https://youtu.be/J-APWKYmlvU What would you do with an $86,400 DAILY budget? Father Jerry shares some ideas in today’s homily. Click to watch. Today the church celebrates The Feast of Saint Augustine of Hippo. Augustine, born in the year 430 in North Africa, after a dissolute young life, was baptized at the age of 33 by Saint […]
Continue ReadingThe Feast of Saint Monica
https://youtu.be/0JISz8TQpi0 Today the church celebrates The Feast of Saint Monica, the mother of Saint Augustine. The circumstances of Saint Monica’s life could have made her a nagging wife, a bitter daughter-in-law, and a despairing parent. Yet she did not give way to any of these temptations. From the day her son Augustine was born, until […]
Continue ReadingThe Feast of Saint Bartholomew the Apostle
https://youtu.be/exJxFNwJr-I Today the church celebrates The Feast of Saint Bartholomew, also known as Nathaniel, an Apostle of the Lord, Jesus. Let us pray. Strengthen in us, O Lord, the faith by which the Blessed Apostle Bartholomew clung wholeheartedly to Your Son. And grant that through the help of his prayers Your church may become for […]
Continue ReadingThe Feast of Saint Pope Pius X
https://youtu.be/DsuSF9oVcTw Today the church celebrates The Feast of Saint Pope Pius X, known for his liturgical reforms at the turn of the last century. One of which is to allow children from the age of reason, around seven, to come to the Lord’s table to receive first communion. Let us pray.
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