Prayer for Healing – St Edward the Martyr

Please keep Dick Dougherty in your prayers as he has fallen and fractured his pelvis.

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Pope Francis 19 hours ago

It takes more strength to repair than to build, to start anew than to begin, to be reconciled than to get along. This is the strength that God gives us.

Pope Francis 2 days ago

In the uncertainty that we feel both inside and out, the Lord gives us a certainty: He remembers us.

Pope Francis 3 days ago

Today we remember all the brave women who go out to meet their brothers and sisters in difficulty. Each of them is a sign of God's closeness and compassion. #WomenHumanitarians

Pope Francis 4 days ago

In today's Gospel, Jesus reveals to us His most ardent desire: to bring to the earth the fire of the Father's love: the fire that saves, that changes the world, starting from the change of each one's heart. #Angelus

Pope Francis 5 days ago

With God, the burdens of life rest not upon our shoulders alone: the Holy Spirit comes to give us strength, to encourage us, to bear our burdens.

Pope Francis 6 days ago

Let us ask Our Lady to protect and sustain us; that we may have a strong, joyful and merciful faith; that she may help us to be saints, to meet her one day in Paradise.

Pope Francis 7 days ago

Mary's journey to Heaven began with that "yes" pronounced at Nazareth. Every “yes” to God is a step towards Heaven, towards eternal life. Because the Lord wants us all with Himself, in His house!

Pope Francis 1 week ago

Let us ask for the grace to remember each day that we are not forgotten by God, and that we are His beloved children, unique and irreplaceable. Calling this to mind gives us the strength not to surrender before the adversities of life.

Pope Francis 1 week ago

Only when we experience God's forgiveness are we truly reborn. We start again from there, from forgiveness. It is there that we rediscover ourselves: in confessing our sins.

Pope Francis 1 week ago

Education with horizons open to transcendence helps young people to dream and to build a more beautiful world. #IYD2019

Pope Francis 2 weeks ago

Today's Gospel invites us to abandon ourselves with simplicity and trust to God's will, and to keep "the lamps alight", so we can brighten the darkness of the night. #Angelus

Pope Francis 2 weeks ago

Basically, the Christian witness announces this alone: that Jesus is alive and that He is the secret of life. #StLawrenceMartyr

Pope Francis 2 weeks ago

Indigenous peoples, with their variety of languages, cultures, traditions, and ancestral knowledge, remind us that we are all responsible for the care of Creation, which God has entrusted to us. #IndigenousPeoplesDay

Pope Francis 2 weeks ago

In the midst of all those passing things in which we are so caught up, help us, Father, to seek what truly lasts: your presence and that of our brother or sister.

Pope Francis 2 weeks ago

The way of Jesus, which leads to peace, passes through forgiveness, for one evil never corrects another evil and no resentment is ever good for the heart.

Pope Francis 2 weeks ago

In the Transfiguration, Jesus shows us the glory of the Resurrection: a glimpse of heaven on earth.

Pope Francis 2 weeks ago

The Lord invites all of us to conquer resentment with love and forgiveness, and to live the Christian faith with consistency and courage.

Pope Francis 3 weeks ago

Thank you for the joy with which you have offered your lives. Thank you for all the times you welcomed those who have fallen, caring for their wounds and showing tenderness and compassion. #ToMyBrotherPriests

Pope Francis 3 weeks ago

On the feast of the saintly Curé d'Ars, I write to all of you who, carrying out your mission in service to God and His people, write the most beautiful pages of priestly life. #ToMyBrotherPriests w2.vatican.va/content/france…

Pope Francis 3 weeks ago

Holy Spirit, give us the joy of the resurrection, the perennial youth of the heart!