1st Reading – Deuteronomy 30:15-20 15 Moses said to the people: “Today I have set before you life and prosperity, death and doom. 16 If you obey the commandments of the[…]

“Tear your hearts, and not your garments! Here at the beginning of our Lenten journey, Holy Mother Church pulls no punches. In the first reading from the prophet Joel,[…]

Lent day 1 Unto a man is appointed a time to live and a time to die (Ecclesiasticus 3:2). This is the utmost reality that every man must face[…]

My dear child, I want you to remember that you were made through me and that I gave you the life you have. I alone can preserve and prolong[…]

STS. CYRIL, MONK AND METHODIUS, BISHOP PATRONS OF EUROPE

First Reading: Joel 2: 12-18 12 Now therefore saith the Lord: Be converted to me with all your heart, in fasting, and in weeping, and in mourning. 13 And rend your hearts, and[…]