Daily Readings
- Reading 1 Tb 11:5-17 Anna sat watching the road by which her son was to come.When she saw him coming, she exclaimed to his father,"Tobit, your son is coming, and the man who traveled with him!"Raphael said to Tobiah before he reached his father:"I am certain that his eyes will be opened.Smear the fish gall […]
- Reading 1 Tb 6:10-11; 7:1bcde, 9-17; 8:4-9a When the angel Raphael and Tobiah had entered Media and were getting close to Ecbatana,Raphael said to the boy,"Tobiah, my brother!"He replied: "Here I am!"He said: "Tonight we must stay with Raguel, who is a relative of yours.He has a daughter named Sarah."So he brought him to the […]
- Reading 1 Tb 3:1-11a, 16-17a Grief-stricken in spirit, I, Tobit, groaned and wept aloud.Then with sobs I began to pray:"You are righteous, O Lord,and all your deeds are just;All your ways are mercy and truth;you are the judge of the world.And now, O Lord, may you be mindful of me,and look with favor upon me.Punish […]
- Reading 1 Tb 2:9-14 On the night of Pentecost, after I had buried the dead,I, Tobit, went into my courtyard to sleep next to the courtyard wall. My face was uncovered because of the heat. I did not know there were birds perched on the wall above me, till their warm droppings settled in my […]
- Readings for the Memorial of Saint Boniface, bishop and martyrReading 1 Tb 1:3; 2:1a-8 I, Tobit, have walked all the days of my lifeon the paths of truth and righteousness.I performed many charitable works for my kinsmen and my peoplewho had been deported with me to Nineveh, in Assyria.On our festival of Pentecost, the feast […]
Vatican News
- (OSV News) — At a time when Catholic media in the United States is at a crossroads, Catholic journalists must avoid reducing the church to merely a socio-political organization, instead keeping its role as the “sacrament of salvation” at the fore, said a panelist speaking on the future of Catholic journalism June 5. “The […]
- (OSV News) — A Catholic parish priest accused of “offending state authorities” in Belarus said he understood the hardships facing prisoners of conscience after just four days in jail. “I wouldn’t wish this on anyone — not a single hour in such a place,” said Father Andrej Kulik, rector of the Assumption of the […]
- SÃO PAULO (OSV News) — Convicted for sexually abusing children and teenagers for years, two Brazilian priests described their crimes in their journals, giving substantial accounts of their monstrous acts. In a groundbreaking report, Brazilian journalists tracked 108 members of the clergy who perpetrated child abuse in Brazil between 2000 and 2023. The journal […]
- ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (OSV News) — Retired Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan of Santa Fe died June 3 at age 83. No cause of death was disclosed. Funeral arrangements for the archbishop have not yet been announced. He shepherded the archdiocese as its 11th archbishop for 22 years, from 1993 to 2015, when he retired at […]
- (OSV News) — Un incendio provocado en un querido santuario mariano en Illinois ha dejado a la comunidad “profundamente herida”, dijo el rector del santuario a OSV News el 26 de mayo. Un incendio el 23 de mayo destruyó la Capilla del Cristo Resucitado en el Santuario al aire libre de Nuestra Señora de […]
- SOMERVILLE, Tenn. (OSV News) — “Before I Formed You In The Womb I Knew You, Before You Were Born, I Consecrated You.” These simple words from Jeremiah 1:5 now adorn an equally unassuming stone memorial, located on the grounds of St. Philip of the Apostle Catholic Church in Somerville, Tennessee. Titled “A Monument to […]
- By Lilia Kovalyk-Vasiuta LVIV, Ukraine (OSV News) — Leading forensic experts at the British University of Exeter are collecting evidence and testimonies of Russian war crimes in Ukraine. In the course of their work, they met with Ukrainian religious scholars on May 25 to better prepare for future investigations in the International Criminal Court […]
- MIAMI (OSV News) — Two teams in championship contention mean two friendly wagers between bishops, in this case Miami’s Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski and the archbishops of Las Vegas and Denver. Archbishop Wenski is betting that the Florida Panthers will beat Las Vegas’ Golden Knights for the NHL Stanley Cup, and the Miami Heat […]