Prayers for Peace – St Edward the Martyr

Long time parishioner Howard Gorman continues to need prayers in dealing with a recent diagnosis of an aggressive form of cancer and decisions related to treatment.

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Pope Francis 8 hours ago

The culture of appearance, which leads us to live for passing things, is a great deception. Because it is like a flaring blaze: once it is over, only ashes remain.

Pope Francis 1 day ago

It is worthwhile to welcome every life because every man and woman is worth the blood of Christ himself. We cannot have contempt for what God has loved so much! #DayoftheUnbornChild

Pope Francis 1 day ago

Today we remember in prayer the victims of modern forms of #slavery. Their suffering impels us to fight against these inhuman scourges. #RememberSlavery

Pope Francis 1 day ago

May the Blessed Virgin help everyone, especially young people, to follow the path of peace and fraternity, based on welcome and forgiveness, on respect for others, and on the love that is the gift of self.

Pope Francis 2 days ago

Today we celebrate the Day of Memory of Missionary Martyrs, a motivation to witness with courage to our faith and to our hope in Him who, on the Cross, conquered hatred and violence with His love forever.

Pope Francis 3 days ago

Outward appearance, money, career, hobbies: these are sirens that enchant us and then set us adrift. #Lent is a time of grace to free our hearts from vanities.

Pope Francis 4 days ago

Let us thank God for "sister water", such a simple and precious element, and let us strive to make it accessible to all. #WorldWaterDay

Pope Francis 5 days ago

Today we think of people with #DownSyndrome. May they be welcomed, appreciated, and never discarded, right from their mother's womb.

Pope Francis 5 days ago

If we abandon the law of love, the law of the strongest over the weakest will be asserted.

Pope Francis 6 days ago

I express my sorrow and closeness to the dear people of Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi, affected by Cyclone Idai. I entrust the many victims and their families to the mercy of God. #PrayForAfrica #cycloneIdai

Pope Francis 6 days ago

#Lent is rediscovering that we are made for the flame that always burns: for God, for the eternity of Heaven, and not for the world.

Pope Francis 1 week ago

Saint Joseph, spouse of the Virgin Mary, watch over the whole Church always, and protect Her in every moment.

Pope Francis 1 week ago

How do we not judge, not condemn, and forgive? "Give and it will be given to you": be generous in giving. Not only material alms, but spiritual alms too: spend time with someone in need, visit someone who is sick, offer a smile. #SantaMarta

Pope Francis 1 week ago

I pray for the victims of the horrible attack against two mosques in #Christchurch, New Zealand. I renew my invitation for prayer and gestures of peace to combat hatred and violence.

Pope Francis 1 week ago

Prayer reconnects us to God, charity to our neighbor, fasting to ourselves. God, my brothers and sisters, my life: these are the realities that do not end in nothing, and in which we must invest. #Lent

Pope Francis 1 week ago

#Lent is a journey of returning to the essential, during which the Lord asks us to follow three steps: almsgiving, prayer, and fasting.

Pope Francis 1 week ago

#Lent is a reminder to stop, to return to the essential, to fast from all that is superfluous and distracting. It is a wake-up call for the spirit.

Pope Francis 2 weeks ago

I ask everyone to remember in prayer both myself and my collaborators in the Roman Curia, who this evening will be beginning the week of Spiritual Exercises.

Pope Francis 2 weeks ago

Only those who leave behind their earthly attachments in order to set out will find the mystery of God.

Pope Francis 3 weeks ago

Women make the world beautiful, they protect it and keep it alive. They bring the grace of renewal, the embrace of inclusion, and the courage to give of oneself. #InternationalWomensDay