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!

Gospel Luke 1:46-56 Mary said: “My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my savior. for he has looked upon his lowly servant. From this day all generations will call me blessed: the Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his Name. He has mercy on those who fear him in every generation. He has shown the strength of his arm, and has scattered the proud in their conceit. He has cast down the mighty from their thrones and has lifted up th

Reading 1 Isaiah 7:10-14 The LORD spoke to Ahaz, saying: Ask for a sign from the LORD, your God; let it be deep as the netherworld, or high as the sky! But Ahaz answered, "I will not ask!  I will not tempt the LORD!" Then Isaiah said: Listen, O house of David! Is it not enough for you to weary people, must you also weary my God? Therefore the Lord himself will give you this sign: the virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall name him Emmanuel. REFLECTION “…let it be d

"The priesthood is the most interesting of adventures and the most necessary for the world." ~ Pope Benedict XVI #Saints #Quotes

Good morning to all Priests! Good morning to all PAPA Missionaries! Let's pray for Bishop Joseph Strickland! Let us pray for Cardinal Timothy Dolan! Let us pray for Pope Leo XIV! Remember to join us today at FACE ZBS, 2:00 pm CST! Let us pray our daily prayers on our PAPA Website! Have a blessed and beautiful Sunday!