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Easter: May 10th
Monday of the Sixth Week of Easter; Optional Memorial of St. Damien de Veuster, priest; Optional Memorial of St. John of Avila
Father Damien, formally Joseph de Veuster, ss.cc. and St. Damien of Molokai (January 3, 1840 - April 15, 1889), was a missionary of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary who is revered primarily by Hawaii residents and... More
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Easter: May 9th
Sixth Sunday of Easter
As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and remain in his love. "I have told you this so that my joy may be in... More
Easter: May 8th
Saturday of the Fifth Week of Easter
If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world, the world hates you. John... More
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Easter: May 7th
Friday of the Fifth Week of Easter; Saint Rosa Venerini (Italian)
This is my commandment: love one another as I love you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. John 15 Today is the feast of recently-canonized Italian educator Saint Rosa Venerini, who... More
Easter: May 6th
Thursday of the Fifth Week of Easter
As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love. John 15 According to the 1962 Missal of St. John XXIII the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, today is the feast of St. John before the Latin Gate. A tradition... More
Easter: May 5th
Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter
I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing. John 15 According to the 1962 Missal of St. John XXIII the Extraordinary Form of the Roman... More
Easter: May 4th
Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Easter
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid. John 14 According to the 1962 Missal of St. John XXIII the Extraordinary Form of the Roman... More
Easter: May 3rd
Feast of Sts. Philip and James, apostles
Today's Mass tells us that the example of the Apostles is the most certain and direct path to heaven. They suffered and were persecuted, but they placed their confidence in God and now they rejoice in heaven. We too must have confidence... More
Easter: May 2nd
Fifth Sunday of Easter
I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing. Anyone who does not remain in me will be thrown out like a branch and wither; people will gather them and... More
Easter: May 1st
Saturday of the Fourth Week of Easter; Optional Memorial of St. Joseph the Worker
The feast of St. Joseph the Worker was established by Pope Pius XII in 1955 in order to Christianize the concept of labor and give to all workmen a model and a protector. By the daily labor in his shop, offered to God with patience and... More
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Easter: April 30th
Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter; Optional Memorial of St. Pius V, pope; Optional Memorial St. Marie de l'Incarnacion, religious (Can)
St. Pius V, who was born in 1504, joined the Dominicans at the age of fourteen; he was sixty-two when he was elected Pope. His reign, though short, was one of the most fruitful of the sixteenth century. To Protestantism, which had... More
