Gospel Matthew 21:23-27 When Jesus had come into the temple area, the chief priests and the elders of the people approached him as he was teaching and said, "By what authority are you doing these things? And who gave you this authority?" Jesus said to them in reply, "I shall ask you one question, and if you answer it for me, then I shall tell you by what authority I do these things. Where was John's baptism from? Was it of heavenly or of human origin?" They discussed this amo

"Who is going to save our Church? Not our bishops, not our priests and religious. It is up to you, the people. You have the minds, the eyes, and the ears to save the Church. Your mission is to see that your priests act like priests, your bishops act like bishops, and your religious act like religious." ~ Ven. Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen

Good Sunday morning to all Priests! Good Sunday morning , PAPA Missionaries! Let us pray for Fr Paul Silva celebrating his Ordination Anniversary! Let us pray for Bishop Joseph Strickland! Let us pray for Pope Leo XIV! Hope you come to the end of our PAPA Advent Retreat, Sunday , December 14th, today and receive your final blessing for this year from Father Michael J. Truongluan Nguyen, CSsR. Let us pray our PAPA Prayers on our Website! Rejoice and have a blessed week!

MASS READINGS Reading 2 James 5:7-10 Be patient, brothers and sisters, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains. You too must be patient. Make your hearts firm, because the coming of the Lord is at hand. Do not complain, brothers and sisters, about one another, that you may not be judged. Behold, the Judge is standing before the gates. Take as an example of

"What tongue, human or angelic, may ever describe a power so immeasurable as that exercised by the simplest priest in Mass? Who could ever have imagined that the voice of man, which by nature hath not the power even to raise a straw from the ground, should obtain through grace a power so stupendous as to bring from Heaven to earth the Son of God?" ~ St. Leonard of Port Maurice #Saints #Quotes

Good morning to all Priests! Good morning to all our PAPA Missionaries! Today we continue our PAPA Advent Retreat, "What Makes You Smile?" Check our Website for the schedule. Let us pray for Bishop Joseph Strickland! Let us pray for Pope Leo XIV! Let us pray our morning PAPA prayers on our Website! PAX CHRISTI!

ST LUCY BEARING LIGHT IN THE FACE OF DARKNESS MASS READINGS: Gospel Matthew 17:9a, 10-13 As they were coming down from the mountain, the disciples asked Jesus, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?" He said in reply, "Elijah will indeed come and restore all things; but I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him but did to him whatever they pleased. So also will the Son of Man suffer at their hands." Then the disciples understood t

"I asked [Guadalupe] for the world, for peace, so many things. I asked forgiveness, I asked that the Church grows healthy, I asked for the Mexican people. And another thing I asked a lot for: that priests be true priests, and sisters true sisters, and bishops true bishops. As the Lord wants." ~ Pope Francis #Saints #Quotes

Good morning to all Priests! Good morning to all our PAPA Missionaries! Let us pray for Fr. Patrick Mc Cain, OLW, Fr Kevin Gerard Gillis, and Fr Albert Glade, OP celebrating their Birthdays today! Let us pray for Fr Juan Pablo Duran and Rev Ralph Roberts celebrating their Ordination Anniversaries! Today begins our PAPA Advent Retreat, "What Makes You Smile?" There will be a surprise! Check our Website for the schedule. Let us pray our morning PAPA prayers on our Website! PAX

MASS READINGS GOSPEL Luke 1:39-47 Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice and said, “Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For at

"The priest is not a mere office-holder, like those which every society needs in order to carry out certain functions. Instead, he does something which no human being can do of his own power: in Christ’s name he speaks the words which absolve us of our sins and in this way he changes, starting with God, our entire life." ~ Pope Benedict XVI #Saints #Quotes

Let Us Pray for all Priests! Let us pray for all our PAPA Missionaries! Let us pray for Fr Peter Chele celebrating his Ordination Anniversary, today! Let us pray in thanksgiving for St. Mary's in Lahore, Pakistan celebrating 75 years of forming young men for the Priesthood! Congratulations, Father Naqash and your staff! Come to our PAPA Advent Retreat this December 12-14th! Sign up HERE ! Let us pray for Bishop Joseph Strickland! Let us pray for Pope Leo XIV! Here is the li

MASS READINGS: Gospel Matthew 11:11-15 Jesus said to the crowds: “Amen, I say to you, among those born of women there has been none greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the Kingdom of heaven is greater than he. From the days of John the Baptist until now, the Kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent are taking it by force. All the prophets and the law prophesied up to the time of John. And if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah, the one who is to

"If priests sin, all the people are led to sin. Hence every one must render an account of his own sins; but the priests are also responsible for the sins of others." ~St. John Chrysostom #Saints #Quotes

Good Wednesday morning to all Priests ! Good Wednesday morning to all our PAPA Missionaries! Let us pray for Fr. Marty Lally, Fr. Alphonso Tran celebrating their Birthdays, today! Let us pray for Fr Robert NiNi celebrating his Ordination Anniversary, today! Let us pray for Bishop Joseph Strickland! Let us pray for Pope Leo XIV! Remember to come to the PAPA Advent Retreat this Friday, December 12th and ending on Sunday December 14th! Sign up HERE ! Let us pray our PAPA Prayers

MASS READINGS: Gospel Matthew 11:28-30 Jesus said to the crowds: "Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest". Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light." REFLECTION  Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. My mother, in her 70’s, learned how to burn and rip CDs, not because she had intuitive skills

"Blessed Juan Diego, a good, Christian Indian, whom simple people have always considered a saint! We ask you to accompany the Church on her pilgrimage in Mexico, so that she may be more evangelizing and more missionary each day. Encourage the Bishops, support the priests, inspire new and holy vocations, help all those who give their lives to the cause of Christ and the spread of his Kingdom." ~ Pope St. John Paul II #Saints #Quotes

READINGS Reading 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 Consider your own calling, brothers and sisters. Not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. Rather, God chose the foolish of the world to shame the wise, and God chose the weak of the world to shame the strong, and God chose the lowly and despised of the world, those who count for nothing, to reduce to nothing those who are

Good morning to all Priests! Good morning to our PAPA Missionaries! Let us pray for Fr. Thomas Francisco Makuluni celebrating his Birthday, today! Let us pray for Bishop Joseph Strickland! Let us pray for Pope Leo XIV! Only 4 days till our PAPA Advent Retreat, "What Makes You Smile?" Check out our Website to find out more! Let us pray Day 3 of the Dekaena of the Holy Spirit! Let us pray our PAPA Prayers on our Website!

"Prayer is powerful beyond limits when we turn to the Immaculata who is queen even of God's heart." ~ St. Maximilian Kolbe