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
The Tongue
Criticisms of apostolic enterprises are usually of two kinds: the work is presented by some people as a most complicated structure; others deem it to be a comfortable and easy task.
In the end, such "objectivity" boils down to narrow-mindedness, with a good dose of idle chatter thrown in. Don't get annoyed, but ask them: "What is it that you do?"
(Furrow, #922)
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.
