Mass Readings: 4/3/2025
First:
Resp:
Gospel:
Saint of the Day
St. Joseph the Hymnographer (810-886)
When he was twenty, Joseph fled the Arab invasion of Sicily and became a monk in Constantinople. Ten years later, he was captured by pirates and made a slave. He escaped and returned to Constantinople to open a monastery. He is one of the great hymnists of the Byzantine Church, with over a thousand works.
St. Richard of Chichester Speaks
May I know Thee more clearly, love Thee more dearly, follow Thee more nearly, day by day.
Scripture Verse of the Day
The Words of St. Escriva
Prayer
A sad way of not praying the Rosary is to leave it for the end of the day.
If you say it when going to bed, it will be done at best badly and with no meditation on the mysteries. It will be difficult then to avoid routine, which is what drowns true piety, the only piety worth the name.
(Furrow, #476)
Catholic Catechism #2202
A man and a woman united in marriage, together with their children, form a family. This institution is prior to any recognition by public authority, which has an obligation to recognize it. It should be considered the normal reference point by which the different forms of family relationship are to be evaluated.
