MASS READINGS: Gospel John 16:23b-28 A reading from the holy Gospel according to John Jesus said to his disciples: “Amen, amen, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you. Until now you have not asked anything in my name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete. “I have told you this in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures but I will tell you clearly about the Father. On that day you will ask in my...

ST ISIDORE THE FARMER Welcome, today we study St Isidore, AD 1130. Feast Day May 15. Born in Madrid and named after the archbishop of Seville. Worked in the service of a wealthy farmer in Madrid as a farm laborer. Married and had one child who died young. Both he and his wife served God. St Isidore would go to daily Mass, and all day while ploughing he would commune with God or his guardian angel, or with the holy saints. St Isidore was very generous in feeding the poor his lunch, and then...

MASS READINGS: Gospel-John 16:20-23 A reading from the holy Gospel according to John Jesus said to his disciples: "Amen, amen, I say to you, you will weep and mourn, while the world rejoices; you will grieve, but your grief will become joy. When a woman is in labor, she is in anguish because her hour has arrived; but when she has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the pain because of her joy that a child has been born into the world. So you also are now in anguish. But I will...