Good Morning to all Priests! Good Morning to all PAPA Missionaries! Let us pray for Msgr. Peter Quang Nguyen and Fr. Ovidio Eduardo Duarte Torres both 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! Merry Christmas!

Gospel Matthew 4:12-17, 23-25 When Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. He left Nazareth and went to live in Capernaum by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali, that what had been said through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled: Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way to the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, on those dwelling in a land overshadowed by death lig

"Our Lord Himself I saw in this venerable Sacrament ... I felt as if my chains fell, as those of St. Peter at the touch of the Divine messenger. My God, what new scenes for my soul!" ~ St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

MASS READINGS Gospel Matthew 2:1-12 When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of King Herod, behold, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, “Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star at its rising and have come to do him homage.” When King Herod heard this, he was greatly troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. Assembling all the chief priests and the scribes of the people, He inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. They said to hi

Good Sunday Morning and Blessed Epiphany of the Lord to all Priests! Happy Epiphany of the Lord to all our PAPA Missionaries! Let us pray for Fr. Orin Nicholas Halepeska celebrating his Birthday today! Let us pray for Fr. Francis Dang Hoa, C.Ss .R. celebrating his Ordination Anniversary! 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 Blessed Epiphany of the Lord!

"One saintly priest attracts more souls to Christ... than do those who lack the imprint of their sacred office." ~ Dietrich von Hildebrand #Saints #Quotes

Good First Saturday Morning to all Priests! Good First Saturday Morning to all PAPA Missionaries! Let us pray for Fr. John Payne, S.J. and Fr. Chris Smith celebrating their Birthdays, today! Let us pray for Fr. Matthew Krulesky celebrating his Ordination Anniversary today! Let us pray for Bishop Joseph Strickland! Let us pray for Pope Leo XIV! Here are our PAPA Morning Prayers on our Website! MERRY CHRISTMAS!

OUR LADY OF FATIMA MASS READINGS: Reading 1 1 John 2:29–3:6 If you consider that God is righteous, you also know that everyone who acts in righteousness is begotten by him. See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. Yet so we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him,

"In doing our work we can expect to find insults, crosses and failures. That is the way in which we are tried, and through these crosses we will gain many blessings from God." ~ Servant of God Fr. Emil Kapaun #Saints #Quotes

Good First Friday Morning to all Priests! Good First Friday Morning to all our PAPA Missionaries! Let us pray for Fr. Linh Nguyen celebrating his Birthday, today! Let 's pray for Fr. Thomas Ha, C.Ss .R. and Fr. John Vu, C.Ss .R. celebrating their Ordination Anniversaries, today! Let us pray for Bishop Joseph Strickland! Let us pray for Pope Leo XIV! Here are our PAPA Morning Prayers on our Website! MERRY CHRISTMAS!

MASS READINGS: Gospel John 1:19-28 This is the testimony of John. When the Jews from Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to him to ask him, “Who are you?” he admitted and did not deny it, but admitted, “I am not the Christ.” So they asked him, “What are you then? Are you Elijah?” And he said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.” So they said to him, “Who are you, so we can give an answer to those who sent us? What do you have to say for yourself?” He said: “I

""Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and get gain"; whereas you do not know about tomorrow. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we shall live and we shall do this or that."" (James 4: 13-14) REFLECTION Saint James enjoyed considerable authority in Jerusalem and outside of Palestine. Here he gives us gol

Happy New Year 2026 to all Priests! Good Thursday morning and Happy New Year 2026, PAPA Missionaries and families! Let us pray for Bishop Joseph Strickland! Let us pray for Pope Leo XIV! Here are the PAPA Morning prayers on our Website! May Jesus bless you this New Year 2026!

SOLEMNITY OF MARY, THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD MASS READINGS: Gospel Luke 2:16-21 The shepherds went in haste to Bethlehem and found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger. When they saw this, they made known the message that had been told them about this child. All who heard it were amazed by what had been told them by the shepherds. And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart . Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for a

Pope Leo XIV's Prayer Intentions for January 2026 Let us pray that praying with the Word of God be nourishment for our lives and a source of hope in our communities, helping us to build a more fraternal and missionary Church. PAPA Prayer Intentions for all Priests Let us pray for all Priests to have the virtue of HOLINESS PRAY FOR PAPA BISHOPS Bishop Michael Brehl, C.Ss .R. Diocese of Pembrook Canada Bishop Brendan Cahill Bishop of Victoria Texas Bishop Jude Arogundade Catho

"Pray much for priests because we need holy priests. The holier the priests are the more holy we religious will be. Then too, the more holy will be the families who are longing for God. If we have holy families we will have many holy vocations." ~ Mother Teresa of Calcutta #Saints #Quotes

Good Wednesday morning and Happy New Year's Eve to all Priests! Good Wednesday morning and Happy New Year's Eve to all our PAPA Missionaries and their families! Let us pray for Fr Francis Loi , CSsR and Father Joseph Truong, CSsR celebrating their Ordination Anniversaries, 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 blessed New Year's Eve! God bless you all!

PAPA wishes you a Blessed New Year's Eve 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,

"Support your priests with your love and prayers, that they may always be shepherds after Christ's heart." ~ Pope Francis #Saints #Quotes

READINGS Gospel Luke 2:36-40 There was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived seven years with her husband after her marriage, and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day with fasting and prayer. And coming forward at that very time, she gave thanks to God and spoke about th