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Readings for the Holy Thursday -Evening Mass of the Lord’s SupperReadings for the Thursday of Holy Week Reading I Isaiah 61:1-3a, 6a, 8b-9 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,             because the LORD has anointed me; He has sent me to bring glad tidings to the lowly,             to heal the brokenhearted, […]

Readings for the Thursday of Holy Week Readings for the Holy Thursday – Chrism Mass Reading I Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, “This month shall stand at the head of your calendar; you shall reckon it the first month of the year. Tell the whole […]

Readings for the Holy Thursday -Evening Mass of the Lord’s SupperReadings for the Holy Thursday – Chrism Mass Chrism MassEvening Mass of the Lord's Supper – – – 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 […]

Reading 1 Isaiah 50:4-9a The Lord GOD has given me a well-trained tongue, That I might know how to speak to the weary a word that will rouse them. Morning after morning he opens my ear that I may hear; And I have not rebelled, have not turned back. I gave my back to those […]

Reading 1 Isaiah 49:1-6 Hear me, O islands, listen, O distant peoples. The LORD called me from birth, from my mother's womb he gave me my name. He made of me a sharp-edged sword and concealed me in the shadow of his arm. He made me a polished arrow, in his quiver he hid me. […]

(OSV News) — In an April 15 ruling, a federal judge in North Dakota issued a permanent injunction against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, siding with the Catholic Benefits Association… The post Judge issues permanent injunction against EEOC regulations involving abortion, gender identity first appeared on OSV News.

(OSV News) — The Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee is calling for prayers following an April 17 mass shooting at Florida State University’s main campus in Tallahassee, while a campus Catholic ministry… The post Campus Catholic ministry shelters students amid mass shooting at Florida State University first appeared on OSV News.

Christians in the Holy Land not only have the right but also the duty to celebrate Easter despite all the difficulties and conflicts they are now experiencing, said Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa The post Holy Land Christians have a duty to celebrate Easter despite suffering, patriarch says first appeared on OSV News.

The ruling means that any man who legally changes sex, or asserts a feminine gender, will not have access to women's sex-based rights. The post Bishop welcomes UK Supreme Court’s ruling: Women are defined solely by biological sex first appeared on OSV News.

Gaza Strip’s only Catholic parish marks Holy Week amid Israeli bombardment of the enclave. The post Gaza is in a state of ‘extreme poverty,’ but Christians still share what they have with others, says Holy Family parish pastor first appeared on OSV News.

While he did not celebrate Mass or wash the feet of inmates, Pope Francis made his customary Holy Thursday visit to a detention facility on April 17. The post ‘Why them and not me,’ pope asks after Holy Thursday visit to prison first appeared on OSV News.

"Myanmar has lost so much, yet its people remain resilient and unshaken in spirit," said Rita Hwin, a Burmese Catholic who serves as a pastoral associate at St. Pius Parish. The post ‘Everything is in God’s hand’: Burmese Catholics in Indianapolis pray for stricken homeland first appeared on OSV News.

The sanctuary confirmed the news on X, saying that Italian woman Antonietta Raco, who suffered from primary lateral sclerosis, "was cured in 2009 during her pilgrimage to Lourdes." The post New miracle confirmed from Lourdes sanctuary first appeared on OSV News.