Sixth Sunday of Easter
First reading: Acts 15:1-2, 22-29
Second reading: Rv 21:10-14, 22-23
Gospel: Jn 14:23-29
Sixth Sunday of Easter
First reading: Acts 15:1-2, 22-29
Second reading: Rv 21:10-14, 22-23
Gospel: Jn 14:23-29
The prayer kits blessed by Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, who heads the U.S. military archdiocese, and were then shipped to Ukraine for distribution to active-duty and injured Ukrainian soldiers.
Speaking to the group of diplomats, the pope noted they were beginning their new mission “at a uniquely challenging moment.”
The itinerary inside St. Peter’s Basilica includes Michelangelo’s Pietà — it is the second stop — but the pilgrims also prayed before seven other images of Mary, some older than the Pietà and several much less noticed by most visitors.
Five of the new saints are from Italy, three from France, one from India and one from the Netherlands.
The “Catholic Military Connect” app provides easy access to answers to military questions, prayers for the military, testimonies, and connects military personnel with chaplaincies around the world.
Asian Americans are a distinct minority in the United States and those who are Catholic make them minority within a minority.
“We cannot stress this enough: Our lives find their meaning and purpose in Jesus Christ. Nothing else explains who we are, why we are alive and what we should be living for.”