"Go to your confessor; open your heart to him; display to him all the recesses of your soul; take the advice that he will give you with the utmost humility and simplicity. For God, Who has an infinite love for obedience, frequently renders profitable the counsels we take from others, but especially from those who are the guides of our souls." ~ St. Francis of Sales #Saints #Quotes

MASS READINGS: Responsorial Psalm Psalm 94:5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 14-15 R. (14a) The Lord will not abandon his people Your people, O LORD, they trample down, your inheritance they afflict. Widow and stranger they slay, the fatherless they murder. R. The Lord will not abandon his people. And they say, “The LORD sees not; the God of Jacob perceives not.” Understand, you senseless ones among the people; and, you fools, when will you be wise? R. The Lord will not abandon his people. Sh

Good morning to all Priests! Good morning to all PAPA Missionaries! Let us pray for Fr. Thomas Francisco Makuluni celebrating his Ordination Anniversary today! Let us pray for Chaplain Fr. Michael J.T. Nguyen, CSsR as he participates in training exercises with the Army in the desert. Let us pray for Chaplain Father Michael J. T. Nguyen, CSsR and his family. Pray for all Chaplains and their families. Pray for the victims of the earthquakes in Venezuela and those mourning the

"To see a priest making his meditation before Mass does more for an altar boy’s vocation than a thousand pieces of inspirational literature." ~ Arch. Fulton J. Sheen #Saints #Quotes

READINGS Alleluia Psalm 95:8 R. Alleluia, alleluia. If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts. R. Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel Matthew 11:20-24 Jesus began to reproach the towns where most of his mighty deeds had been done, since they had not repented. “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty deeds

Good Tuesday morning to all Priests! Good Tuesday morning to all PAPA Missionaries! Let us pray for Chaplain Fr. Michael J.T. Nguyen, CSsR as he participates in training exercises with the Army in the desert. Let us pray for Chaplain Father Michael J. T. Nguyen, CSsR and his family. Pray for all Chaplains and their families. Pray for the victims of the earthquakes in Venezuela and those mourning the loss of their loved ones. Pray for those discerning to convert to the Cathol

"How is it that we do not die of love in seeing that God Himself could do no more than shed His divine blood for us drop by drop? When as man He was preparing for death, He made Himself our food in order to give us life. God becomes food, bread for his creatures. Is this not enough to make us die of love?" ~ St. Teresa of the Andes

Gospel Matthew 10:34-11:1 Jesus said to his Apostles: “Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth. I have come to bring not peace but the sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and one’s enemies will be those of his household.“Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and wh

Good Monday morning to all Priests! Good Monday morning to all PAPA Missionaries! Let us pray for Chaplain Fr. Michael J.T. Nguyen, CSsR as he participates in training exercises with the Army in the desert. Let us pray for Chaplain Father Michael J. T. Nguyen, CSsR and his family. Pray for all Chaplains and their families. Pray for the victims of the earthquakes in Venezuela and those mourning the loss of their loved ones. Pray for those discerning to convert to the Catholic

"Do you wish to know if the people of any place are righteous? Look what sort of a pastor they have. If you find him pious, just, sound, believe the people will be the same, for they are seasoned with the salt of his wisdom." ~ St. John Chrysostom #Saints #Quotes

Fresco of Jesus Christ as seedsman from parable in New Testament by Karl von Blaas from 19th century in nave of Altlerchenfelder church, Vienna MASS READINGS Gospel Matthew 13:1-9 On that day, Jesus went out of the house and sat down by the sea. Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd stood along the shore. And he spoke to them at length in parables, saying: "A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell on t

Good Sunday morning to all Priests! Good Sunday morning to all PAPA Missionaries! Let us pray for Chaplain Fr. Michael J.T. Nguyen, CSsR as he begins training exercises with the Army in the desert. Let us pray for Chaplain Father Michael J. T. Nguyen, CSsR and his family. Pray for all Chaplains and their families. Pray for the victims of the earthquakes in Venezuela and those mourning the loss of their loved ones. Pray for those discerning to convert to the Catholic Faith. L

"You must pray for your priests. The spirit of a great institute like the Benedictine congregation does not survive automatically through the centuries; there is always danger, as time goes on, that such an institute, depending for its life not so much on any principles of organization as upon the influence of a subtle spirit which animates it, will lose the freshness and the purity of it s character." ~ Fr. Ronald Knox #Saints #Quotes

MASS READINGS: Gospel Matthew 10:24-33 Jesus said to his Apostles: “No disciple is above his teacher, no slave above his master. It is enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher, for the slave that he become like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!“ Therefore do not be afraid of them. Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed, nor secret that will not be known. What I say to you in the dar

PAPA EUCHARISTIC PILGRIMAGE - MONTECASSINO - MONASTERY OF ST. BENEDICT OF NURSIA Good morning to all Priests! Good morning to all PAPA Missionaries! Let us pray for Chaplain Fr. Michael J.T. Nguyen, CSsR as he begins training exercises with the Army in the desert. Let us pray for Chaplain Father Michael J. T. Nguyen, CSsR and his family. Pray for all Chaplains and their families. Pray for the victims of the earthquakes in Venezuela and those mourning the loss of their loved

"As the shepherd, so the sheep; as the priest, so the people. Priest-victim leadership begets a holy Church. Every worldly priest hinders the growth of the Church; every saintly priest promotes it. If only all priests realized how their holiness makes the Church holy and how the Church begins to decline when the level of holiness among priests falls below that of the people!" ~Ven. Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen #Saints #Quotes

MASS READINGS: Gospel Matthew 10:16-23 Jesus said to his Apostles: “Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves. But beware of men, for they will hand you over to courts and scourge you in their synagogues, and you will be led before governors and kings for my sake as a witness before them and the pagans. When they hand you over, do not worry about how you are to speak or what you are to say. You will be given at t

Good Friday morning to all Priests! Good Friday morning to all PAPA Missionaries! Let us pray for Chaplain Father Michael J. T. Nguyen, CSsR and his family. Pray for all Chaplains and their families. Pray for the victims of the earthquakes in Venezuela and those mourning the loss of their loved ones. Pray for those discerning to convert to the Catholic Faith. Let us pray for Seminarian Ethan Sicking, who is continuing to work and study to become a priest. Pray for the follow

" A Priest — whoever he may be — is always another Christ." ~ St. Josemaria Escriva #Saints #Quotes

MASS READINGS Responsorial Psalm Psalm 80:2ac, 3b, 15-16 R. (4b) Let us see your face, Lord, and we shall be saved. O shepherd of Israel, hearken. From your throne upon the cherubim, shine forth. Rouse your power. R. Let us see your face, Lord, and we shall be saved. Once again, O LORD of hosts, look down from heaven, and see: Take care of this vine, and protect what your right hand has planted, the son of man whom you yourself made strong. R. Let us see your face, Lord, a