"If a priest is determined not to lose his soul, so soon as any disorder arises in the parish he must trample under foot all human considerations as well as the fear of the contempt and hatred of his people. He must not allow anything to bar his way in the discharge of duty, even where he is certain of being murdered on coming down from the pulpit. A pastor who wants to do his duty must keep his sword in hand at all times." ~ St. John Marie Vianney

Good morning to all Priests! Good morning to all our PAPA Family! Let us pray for Fr Humphrey Ude celebrating his birthday today! Let us pray for Bishop Joseph Strickland! Let us pray for Pope Leo XIV! Today is the Feast of the Holy Family. Let us pray to Dedication of a Family to Mary by St. Alphonsus de Liguori. Here we can continue to pray our PAPA Morning Prayers from our Website. May you all have a blessed day with your families!

Nativity scene by baroque great painter Peter Paul Rubens in Saint Paul's church, Antwerp Belgium MASS READINGS Reading I Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14 God sets a father in honor over his children;     a mother’s authority he confirms over her sons. Whoever honors his father atones for sins,     and preserves himself from them. When he prays, he is heard;     he stores up riches who reveres his mother. Whoever honors his father is gladdened by children,     and, when he prays, is h

"Priests have received from God a power that he has given neither to angels nor to archangels... God above confirms what priests do here below." ~ St. John Chrysostom

Good Saturday morning in Christmas time to all Priests! Good Saturday morning to all our PAPA Missionaries! Let us pray for Fr. Sylvester Chasweka and Fr. Hans Candrell celebrating their birthdays, today! Let us pray for Bishop Joseph Strickland! Let us pray for Pope Leo XIV! Here are our PAPA morning prayers on our Website! Have a Merry Saturday in Christmastime!

ST JOHN THE APOSTLE MASS READINGS: Gospel John 20:1a and 2-8 On the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved , and told them, "They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we do not know where they put him." So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb. They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and arrived at the tomb first; he bent down and saw the burial cloths there, but

“When you see the Lord immolated and lying upon the altar, and the priest bent over that sacrifice praying, and all the people empurpled by that precious blood, can you think that you are still among men and on earth? Or are you not lifted up to Heaven?” ~ St. John Chrysostom

Good morning and Merry Christmas to all Priests! Good Friday morning and Merry Christmas to all our PAPA Missionaries! Let us pray for Bishop Joseph Strickland! Let us pray for Pope Leo XIV! Let us continue to pray our PAPA Morning Prayers on our Website! Have a blessed Friday !

MASS READINGS: Reading 1 Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59 Stephen, filled with grace and power, was working great wonders and signs among the people. Certain members of the so-called Synagogue of Freedmen, Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and people from Cilicia and Asia, came forward and debated with Stephen, but they could not withstand the wisdom and the spirit with which he spoke. When they heard this, they were infuriated, and they ground their teeth at him. But he, filled with the Holy

"There were only two classes of people who heard the cry Christmas night: shepherds and wise men. Shepherds: those who know they know nothing. Wise men: those who know they do not know everything. Only the very simple and very learned discovered God -- never the man with one book." ~ Ven. Arch. Fulton Sheen

MERRY CHRISTMAS MASS READINGS: Gospel John 1:1-18  In the beginning was the Word,  and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.    He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through him, and without him nothing came to be. What came to be through him was life, and this life was the light of the human race; the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. A man named John was sent from God. He came for testimony, to testify to the light,

Good morning and Merry Christmas to all Priests! Good morning and Merry Christmas to all our PAPA Missionaries and their Families! Let us pray for Fr Michael Long celebrating his Birthday today! Let us pray for Bishop Joseph Strickland! Let us pray for Pope Leo XIV! Let us continue to pray our PAPA Morning Prayers on our Website ! Merry Christmas and God bless you all!

"There were only a few shepherds at the first Bethlehem. The ox and the donkey understood more of the first Christmas than the high priests in Jerusalem. And it is the same today." ~ Thomas Merton #Saints #Quotes

Good Morning to all Priests! Good Morning to all PAPA Missionaries! Let us pray for Fr Robert DeCesare and Fr Steven Liscinsky, both celebrating their Ordination Anniversaries today! Let us pray for Bishop Joseph Strickland! Let us pray for Pope Leo X IV! Today we pray the 9th Day of the Christmas Novena. Let us continue to pray our PAPA Morning Prayers on our Website ! Merry Christmas Eve, PAPA!

MASS READINGS Gospel Luke 1:67-79 Zechariah his father, filled with the Holy Spirit, prophesied, saying: “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; for he has come to his people and set them free. He has raised up for us a mighty Savior, born of the house of his servant David. Through his prophets he promised of old that he would save us from our enemies, from the hands of all who hate us. He promised to show mercy to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant. This was the

"The priest is not a priest for himself - he is for you. After God, the priest is everything." ~ St. John Marie Vianney

Birth of John the Baptist READINGS Gospel Luke 1:57-66 When the time arrived for Elizabeth to have her child she gave birth to a son. Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown his great mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her. When they came on the eighth day to circumcise the child, they were going to call him Zechariah after his father, but his mother said in reply, “No. He

Good morning to all Priests! Good morning to all our PAPA Missionaries! Let us pray for Fr Timothy Walsh celebrating his Ordination Anniversary! Let us pray for Bishop Joseph Strickland! Let us pray for Pope Leo XIV! Pray our PAPA Prayer on our Website! May you all have a blessed Eve of Christmas Eve!

"It is necessary to pray for priests because they are so often forgotten by the living, since Christians often consider that priests do not need prayers." ~St. Joseph Moscatti #Saints #Quotes

Good morning to all Priests! Good morning to all our PAPA Missionaries! Let us pray for Fr Hieu Minh Nguyen celebrating his Ordination Anniversary! Let us pray for Bishop Joseph Strickland! Let us pray for Pope Leo XIV! Let us pray our PAPA Prayers on our Website! Don't forget to smile to start and end the day! God bless you all!