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Reading I Isaiah 65:17-21 Thus says the LORD: Lo, I am about to create new heavens     and a new earth; The things of the past shall not be remembered     or come to mind. Instead, there shall always be rejoicing and happiness     in what I create; For I create Jerusalem to be a […]

Readings for the Scrutiny Year A ReadingsReadings for the Fourth Sunday of Lent Reading I Joshua 5:9a, 10-12 The LORD said to Joshua, “Today I have removed the reproach of Egypt from you.” While the Israelites were encamped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they celebrated the Passover on the evening of the fourteenth […]

Readings for the Year C ReadingsReadings for the Fourth Sunday of Lent Reading I 1 Samuel 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a The LORD said to Samuel: “Fill your horn with oil, and be on your way. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem,  for I have chosen my king from among his sons.” As Jesse and […]

Readings for the Year C ReadingsReadings for the Scrutiny Year A Readings Year C Readings Scrutiny Year A Readings – – – Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United States, second typical edition, Copyright © 2001, 1998, 1997, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine; Psalm refrain © 1968, 1981, 1997, International Committee on […]

Reading I Hosea 6:1-6 “Come, let us return to the LORD,     it is he who has rent, but he will heal us;     he has struck us, but he will bind our wounds. He will revive us after two days;     on the third day he will raise us up,     to live in […]

The bishop of Tarbes and Lourdes has decided to cover Father Marko Rupnik's mosaics at the entrance of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in France. The post Lourdes bishop covering Father Rupnik’s mosaics on sanctuary’s basilica doors first appeared on OSV News.

An Arizona couple whose toddler survived a drowning incident March 2 is attributing his miraculous recovery to intercessions from Blessed Michael McGivney. The post A drowned toddler was near death. Then his parents began the Blessed McGivney novena first appeared on OSV News.

The University of Notre Dame said March 30 that Kerry Alys Robinson, president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, is to receive its 2025 Laetare Medal. The post Catholic Charities USA head awarded Notre Dame’s prestigious Laetare Medal first appeared on OSV News.

“When I show up to church late, everyone stares and glares. When I show up to a meeting late, everyone stands and applauds — because they know I almost didn’t… The post You’re not too late (and neither are the ones late to Mass) first appeared on OSV News.

(OSV News) — Pope Francis offered prayers and expressed deep concern over the deadly wildfires in South Korea, which have claimed at least 28 lives and caused widespread damage. The fire… The post Pope Francis prays for South Korea victims of deadly wildfires first appeared on OSV News.

A "black mass" at the Kansas Capitol turned violent, with arrests, as across the street the Kansas City archbishop prayed with hundreds before the Eucharist. The post As Kansas Catholics pray, a Satanic group’s ‘black mass’ turns violent, with arrests first appeared on OSV News.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians should resist the temptation to be swayed by applause, popularity or approval, especially in a culture driven by social media and instant recognition, instead grounding… The post Papal preacher: Measure your life by Christ, not social media likes first appeared on OSV News.

Behind the legal push for physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia lies a real cultural confusion over end-of-life care, a fear of loss of autonomy and a fear of being a “burden”… The post How a ‘spirituality of martyrdom’ shapes a Christian approach to end of life care first appeared on OSV News.