LET US PRAY FOR THE REDEMPTORISTS TO CONTINUE THEIR MISSION IN VIETNAM! The Redemptorist missionaries have brought many converts to the Catholic faith in Vietnam. “The Province of Vietnam has 279 priests, 21 Brothers, 12 Deacons, and 78 other clerics.”* The Extra Patriam Redemptorists is the province created in the United States by the Vietnamese Redemptorists after the fall of Saigon. They represent a Vice Province for Vietnamese Catholics in the United States. It is a dist

"Men whose strength is in prayer are unsinkable." ~ Cardinal Robert Sarah #Saints #Quotes

Good Wednesday Morning, Father Michael and Father Naqash! Let us pray for Father Michael as he helps the Vietnamese who are affected by flooding. He is also conducting a Retreat for the Sisters of St. Paul, the theme is "Nacsent Babies." REMINDER: Advent Retreat December 12-14th! Sign up and bring a friend. Let us pray for our country and our troops. Pray for PAPA to continue to spread our prayer for priests to be holy and truthful! Pray the rosary! Pray for Pope Leo XIV!

MASS READINGS: Gospel Luke 21:12-19 Jesus said to the crowd: "They will seize and persecute you, they will hand you over to the synagogues and to prisons, and they will have you led before kings and governors because of my name. It will lead to your giving testimony. Remember, you are not to prepare your defense beforehand, for I myself shall give you a wisdom in speaking that all your adversaries will be powerless to resist or refute. You will even be handed over by parents

"Love transforms one into what one loves." ~ St. Catherine of Siena

Let us pray for Father Michael J. Truong Luan Nguyen, C.Ss . R , as he travels to Vietnam. He will be helping the people affected by the flooding there and conducting a Retreat for the Sisters of St. Paul. The theme of the Retreat is praying for the protection of Nascent Babies. Let us pray for the Nascent babies .

READINGS Reading 1 Revelation 21:5-7 The One who was seated on the throne said: "Behold, I make all things new."Then he said, "Write these words down, for they are trustworthy and true."He said to me, "They are accomplished. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give a gift from the spring of life-giving water. The victor will inherit these

"The priesthood of Christ was different from that of all pagan priests and from the Levitical priesthood of the family of Aaron. In the Old Testament and in pagan religions, the priest and the victim were distinct and separate. In Our Lord, they were united inseparably ." ~Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen #Saints #Quotes

Gospel Luke 21:1-4 When Jesus looked up he saw some wealthy people putting their offerings into the treasury and he noticed a poor widow putting in two small coins. He said, "I tell you truly, this poor widow put in more than all the rest; for those others have all made offerings from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has offered her whole livelihood." Reflection Today is the Memorial of Saint Andrew Dŭng-Lac, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs. St. Andrew Dung-La

“”Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” He replied to him, “Amen, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”” (Lk 23: 42-43) We are familiar with this scene of the crucifixion: Jesus the image of the invisible God, the innocent Lamb of God, hanging on the cross between two criminals: one, in his anger, reviled him in his last moment of life; the other, believed and asked, Jesus remember me when you come into your kingdom. Jesus, mercy

"It was fitting that we should have such a high priest: holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, higher than the heavens. He has no need, as did the high priests, to offer sacrifice day after day, first for his own sins and then for those of the people; he did that once for all when he offered himself." ~Hebrews 7:26-27 #Saints #Quotes

Aerial view of the statue of King Jesus Christ in Swiebodzin Poland MASS READINGS Gospel Luke 23:35-43 The rulers sneered at Jesus and said, "He saved others, let him save himself if he is the chosen one, the Christ of God." Even the soldiers jeered at him. As they approached to offer him wine they called out, "If you are King of the Jews, save yourself." Above him there was an inscription that read, "This is the King of the Jews." Now one of the criminals hanging there revil

"It has been often said, very truly, that religion is the thing that makes the ordinary man feel extraordinary; it is an equally important truth that religion is the thing that makes the extraordinary man feel ordinary." ~ G.K. Chesterton #Saints #Quotes

MASS READINGS: Gospel Luke 20:27-40 Some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection, came forward and put this question to Jesus, saying, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us, If someone's brother dies leaving a wife but no child, his brother must take the wife and raise up descendants for his brother. Now there were seven brothers; the first married a woman but died childless. Then the second and the third married her, and likewise all the seven died childless. Finally

"Christ himself, the model of priests, taught first by the example of his deeds and then by his words." ~Pope St. Pius X #Saints #Quotes

MASS READINGS (Readings for today's Memorial) Gospel Matthew 12:46-50 While Jesus was speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brothers appeared outside, wishing to speak with him. Someone told him, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, asking to speak with you. "But he said in reply to the one who told him, "Who is my mother?  Who are my brothers?" And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers. For whoever do

"A long experience has taught me the great lesson that God leads men in a human manner by other men whom he appointed to be in His place and who should be of the same kindness as he himself was while on earth." ~ Blessed Xavier Seelos #Saints #Quotes

MASS READINGS: Gospel Luke 19:41-44 As Jesus drew near Jerusalem, he saw the city and wept over it, saying, “If this day you only knew what makes for peace–but now it is hidden from your eyes. For the days are coming upon you when your enemies will raise a palisade against you; they will encircle you and hem you in on all sides. They will smash you to the ground and your children within you, and they will not leave one stone upon another within you because you did not recog

“A holy priest makes a fervent people; a fervent priest a pious people; a pious priest a fairly good people; a fairly good priest, a godless people.” ~Dom Jean-Baptiste Chautard #Saints #Quotes

MASS READINGS: Gospel Luke 19:11-28 While people were listening to Jesus speak, he proceeded to tell a parable because he was near Jerusalem and they thought that the Kingdom of God would appear there immediately. So he said, "A nobleman went off to a distant country to obtain the kingship for himself and then to return. He called ten of his servants and gave them ten gold coins and told them, 'Engage in trade with these until I return.' His fellow citizens, however, despise