Jun 30, 2024
O missionary of the New World
inspired to leave your classroom
and go forth to win souls for Christ,
despite continuous battles
with cold and hunger
and long journeys with an injured leg,
praying throughout the...
Jun 30, 2024
(Amos 2:6-10,13-16; Ps.50:16-23; Mt.8:18-22)
“Consider this, you who forget God,
lest I rend you and there be no one to rescue you.”
What we should realize from our readings today is that the Word of the Lord is severe. Old Testament, New Testament, Psalms, etc. – His chastising hand is upon us in the words...
Jun 29, 2024
O first of souls to shed blood,
whose sacrifice began the great persecution,
you indeed handed your bodies over
to torture,
to the mad king of this dark world,
but everlasting reward you have gained
for yourselves and for the Church;
your robes washed clean
in the blood of the Lamb,
you served to nourish the growth
of...
Jun 29, 2024
(Ws.1:13-15,2:23-24; Ps.30:2,4-6,11-13; 2Cor.8:7,9,13-15; Mk.5:21-43)
“God formed man to be imperishable;
the image of His own nature He made him.”
“God did not make death, nor does He rejoice in the destruction of the living.” “By the envy of the devil death entered the world, and they who belong to his...
Jun 28, 2024
O most blessed apostles of the Lord
upon whom the Church is founded
and the faith goes forth,
in you we cannot be shaken
and the Lord’s reign extends
to the ends of the earth –
pray we always take refuge
in His House
and in the teaching of His mouth.
It is you who preserve
the authenticity of the faith;
through you...