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Reading 1 Sg 2:8-14 Hark! my lover–here he comesspringing across the mountains,leaping across the hills.My lover is like a gazelleor a young stag.Here he stands behind our wall,gazing through the windows,peering through the lattices.My lover speaks; he says to me,"Arise, my beloved, my dove, my beautiful one,and come!"For see, the winter is past,the rains are […]

Reading 1 Is 7:10-14 The LORD spoke to Ahaz:Ask for a sign from the LORD, your God;let it be deep as the nether world, 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 […]

Reading 1 Jgs 13:2-7, 24-25a There was a certain man from Zorah, of the clan of the Danites,whose name was Manoah. His wife was barren and had borne no children. An angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her,"Though you are barren and have had no children,yet you will conceive and […]

Reading 1 Jer 23:5-8 Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD,when I will raise up a righteous shoot to David;As king he shall reign and govern wisely,he shall do what is just and right in the land.In his days Judah shall be saved,Israel shall dwell in security.This is the name they give him:"The LORD […]

Reading I Gn 49:2, 8-10 Jacob called his sons and said to them:     “Assemble and listen, sons of Jacob,         listen to Israel, your father.     “You, Judah, shall your brothers praise         –your hand on the neck of your enemies;         the sons of your father shall bow down to […]

In the beginning were the words. J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth — the world of “The Lord of the Rings” and now the new animated film “The War of the Rohirrim” — was born, first and foremost, from Tolkien’s intense and lifelong love for language. Before there were Elves, there was Quenya, the Elven language that […]

‘Twas the week before Christmas, and all through the days, Our headlines unfolded in newsworthy ways. With faith as our guide, here’s this week’s review, A roundup of stories, both timely and true! You can find even more OSV News stories at osvnews.com and on social media @OSVNews. Praying that you have a blessed […]

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Just four states were responsible for three-quarters of the executions that took place in the U.S. in 2024, according to a new report by the Death Penalty Information Center. The group’s “The Death Penalty in 2024: Year End Report,” published Dec. 19, found 2024 was the 10th consecutive year where fewer […]

(OSV News) — En un seminario web con participantes de los Estados Unidos y América Latina, miembros del laicado de la Iglesia discutieron el tema: “¿Cómo Hacer Para Que Nuestros Hijos Vayan a Misa?” La reunión en línea tuvo lugar la noche del 4 de diciembre y estuvo dirigida por el Consejo Nacional Católico […]

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — President-elect Donald Trump on Dec. 20 announced his intention to appoint Brian Burch, currently the president of CatholicVote, as the next U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See. The role is intended to represent the U.S. government’s positions on many issues to the Holy See in its capacity as a nation-state […]

(OSV News) — Pope Francis has appointed Auxiliary Bishop J. Gregory Kelly of Dallas as bishop of Tyler, Texas. The move comes just over a year after the pope removed Bishop Joseph E. Strickland in the wake of an apostolic visitation to that diocese. The Tyler Diocese has in the interim been under the care […]

(OSV News) — A retired New Orleans priest who walked back a public admission of sexual abuse will spend his remaining years behind bars, after pleading guilty to charges for offenses dating from 1975-1976. Msgr. Lawrence Hecker was sentenced to life in prison Dec. 18 by Judge Nandi Campbell of the Orleans Parish Criminal District […]

(OSV News) — In Haiti, where insecurity has devastated daily life since the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, many religious groups are striving to celebrate Christmas amid growing chaos. With gangs taking control over vast areas of the capital city Port-au-Prince and other parts of the Caribbean nation, the turmoil has led to […]