Sep 23 – Memorial for St. Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio), Priest St. Pio (1887-1968) was ordained when he was 22. He founded the House for the Relief of Suffering in 1956, a hospital that serves 60,000 a year. In the 1920s he started a series of prayer groups that continue today with over 400,000... Continue Reading →
14 July, Sunday — Trusting in God’s Providence
15th Sunday in Ordinary TimeAmo 7:12-15Eph 1:3-14Mk 6:7-13 …take nothing for the journey… In today’s Gospel, Jesus sends His twelve disciples out in pairs on mission, giving them authority over unclean spirits. He instructs them to take nothing for the journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in their belts—not even a spare... Continue Reading →
3 November, Wednesday — Emptying ourselves
Nov 3 – Memorial for St. Martin de Porres, religious St. Martin (1579-1639) was the illegitimate son of a Spanish nobleman, Juan, and a young freed black slave, Anna Velasquez. He grew up in poverty and spent part of his youth with a surgeon-barber from whom he learned some medicine and care of the sick. At... Continue Reading →
