MASS READINGS Responsorial Psalm Psalm 34:17-18, 19-20, 21 and 23 The Lord is close to the brokenhearted. The LORD confronts the evildoers, to destroy remembrance of them from the earth. When the just cry out, the LORD hears them, and from all their distress he rescues them. R. The Lord is close to the brokenhearted. The LORD is close to the brokenhearted; and those who are crushed in spirit he saves. Many are the troubles of the just man, but out of them all the LORD deliver

Good Morning to all Priests! Good Morning to all our PAPA Missionaries! Let us pray for Fr. Dominic Taylor celebrating his Ordination Anniversary! Let us continue to pray for Chaplain Capt. Father Michael J. T. Nguyen, CSsR and all Chaplains who are more than halfway through their training. Pray for them during these next weeks of intensive training. Let us pray for all Military personnel who have given their lives, or were injured and those continuing to fight in Operation

Today is the solemnity of Saint Joseph; the only man and Saint who was privileged to be called "father" by Our Lord Jesus; the only man whom Jesus promptly obeyed his every command; the only man whom he looked upon with deepest admiration, respect, and love; the man who personified the inevitable influence a father has on his son (or daughter) by his example. Jesus would later stress the importance of it. “Amen, amen, I say to you, a son cannot do anything on his own, but onl

"On my desk I have a statue of St Joseph sleeping. While sleeping, he looks after the Church. Yes, he can do it! We know that. When I have a problem or a difficulty, I write on a piece of paper and I put it under his statue so he can dream about it. This means please pray to St Joseph for this problem." ~ Pope Francis

Good Morning to all Priests! Good Morning to all our PAPA Missionaries! Let us continue to pray for Chaplain Capt. Father Michael J. T. Nguyen, CSsR and all Chaplains who are more than halfway through their training. Pray for them during these next weeks of intensive training. Let us pray for all Military personnel who have given their lives, or were injured and those continuing to fight in Operation Epic Fury. Pray for their families! Let us pray for all our PAPA Priests l

JOSEPH THE CHASTE SPOUSE OF MARY MASS READINGS: Gospel Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24a Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary . Of her was born Jesus who is called the Christ. Now this is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found with child through the Holy Spirit. Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man, yet unwilling to expose her to shame, decided to divorce her quie

"How can I not praise the courageous fidelity of so many priests who, even amid difficulties and incomprehension, remain faithful to their vocation as “friends of Christ”, whom he has called by name, chosen and sent?" ~ Pope Benedict XVI #Saints #Quotes

MASS READINGS A reading from the holy Gospel according to John 5:17-30 Jesus answered the Jews: "My Father is at work until now, so I am at work." For this reason they tried all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath but he also called God his own father, making himself equal to God. Jesus answered and said to them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, the Son cannot do anything on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing; for what he does, the Son will do a

Good Morning to all Priests! Good Morning to all our PAPA Missionaries! Let us continue to pray for Chaplain Capt. Father Michael J. T. Nguyen, CSsR and all Chaplains who are more than halfway through their training. Pray for them during these next weeks of intensive training. Let us pray for all Military personnel who have given their lives, or were injured and those continuing to fight in Operation Epic Fury. Pray for their families! Let us pray for all our PAPA Priests l

"If I have any worth, it is to live my life for God so as to teach these peoples; even though some of them still look down on me." ~ St. Patrick

READINGS Reading 1 1 Peter 4:7b-11 Beloved: Be serious and sober-minded so that you will be able to pray. Above all, let your love for one another be intense, because love covers a multitude of sins. Be hospitable to one another A without complaining. As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God's varied grace. Whoever preaches, let it be with the words of God;

Good Morning to all Priests! Good Morning to all our PAPA Missionaries! Let us continue to pray for Chaplain Capt. Father Michael J. T. Nguyen, CSsR and all Chaplains who are more than halfway through their training. Pray for them during these next weeks of intensive training. Let us pray for all Military personnel who have given their lives, or were injured and those continuing to fight in Operation Epic Fury. Pray for their families! Let us pray for all our PAPA Priests l

"If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together." (1 Corinthians 12: 26) How true it is, when one member of the mystical body suffers, we all suffer. If one member is honored, all rejoice. Like Job, we don't understand suffering other than we know it either sanctifies us, or embitters us - it’s about trusting our Heavenly Father! Jesus, to give us example, endured great suffering, His mother, Our Lady of Sorrows, endured great suf

"O venerable sanctity of the hands! O happy function of the priest! He that created (if I may say so) gave me the power to create him; and he that created me without me is himself created by me!" ~ St. Augustine

Good Morning to all Priests! Good Monday Morning to all our PAPA Missionaries! Let us continue to pray for Chaplain Capt. Father Michael J. T. Nguyen, CSsR and all Chaplains who are halfway through their training. Pray for them during these next seven weeks of intensive training. Let us pray for all Military personnel who have given their lives, or were injured and those continuing to fight in Operation Epic Fury. Pray for their families! Let us pray for all our PAPA Priest

“Do not ask everyone’s opinion, but only the opinion of your confessor; be as frank and simple as a child with him.” ~ St. Faustina Kowalska #Saints #Quotes

Good Sunday Morning to all Priests! Good Sunday Morning in the Fourth Sunday of Lent PAPA Missionaries! Let us pray for Rev. Ralph Roberts celebrating his Birthday, today! Let us continue to pray for Chaplain Capt. Father Michael J. T. Nguyen, CSsR and all Chaplains who are halfway through their training. Pray for them during these next seven weeks of intensive training. Let us pray for all Military personnel who have given their lives, or were injured and those continuing t

Anointing of David by Samuel in church St Etheldreda by Charles Blakeman (1953). MASS READINGS Reading I 1 Samuel 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a The LORD said to Samuel: “Fill your horn with oil, and be on your way. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have chosen my king from among his sons.” As Jesse and his sons came to the sacrifice, Samuel looked at Eliab and thought, “Surely the LORD’s anointed is here before him.” But the LORD said to Samuel: “Do not judge from his appear

" Behind and before every vocation to the priesthood or consecrated life, is always the strong and intense prayer of someone: a grandmother, a grandfather, a mother, a father, a community … " ~ Pope Francis

Good Saturday Morning to all Priests! Good Saturday Morning to all PAPA Missionaries! Let us continue to pray for Chaplain Capt. Father Michael J. T. Nguyen, CSsR and all Chaplains who are halfway through their training. Pray for them during these next seven weeks of intensive training. Let us pray for all Military personnel who have given their lives, or were injured and those continuing to fight in Operation Epic Fury. Pray for their families! Let us pray for all our PAPA