Daily Readings
- Reading 1: Romans 2:1-11, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 62:9, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 62:6-7, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 62:2-3, Gospel: Luke 11:42-46
- Teresa of Avila was born Teresa Ali Fatim Corella Sanchez de Capeda y Ahumada in Avila, Spain. Less than twenty years before Teresa was born in 1515, Columbus opened up the Western Hemisphere to European colonization. Two years after she was born, Luther started the Protestant Reformation. Out of all of this change came Teresa pointing the way from outer turmoil to inner peace. Teresa's father was rigidly honest and pious, but he may have carried his strictness to extremes. […]
Saint of The Day
Prayer Of The Day
- O Saint Teresa, seraphic Virgin, beloved spouse of thy crucified Lord, thou who on earth didst burn with a love so intense toward thy God and my God, and now dost glow with a brighter and purer flame in paradise: obtain for me also, I beseech thee, a spark of that same holy fire which shall cause me to forget the world, all things created, and even myself; for thou didst ever avidly desire to see Him loved by all […]
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- Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher gives a talk on how the Holy See’s diplomacy focuses on translating hope into a “diplomatic act” and on the importance of “becoming a neighbour” to serve the common good. Read all
- The Pontifical Foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is launching new initiatives to support persecuted Christians and victims of war. Read all
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- Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, addresses the UN's 'Second Committee Debate on Item 18: Sustainable Development,' and insists that ecological debt owed to developing countries must be rectified, biodiversity be protected, and there must be greater education for integral ecology. Read all
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