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Fernie CenicerosPope Leo XIV receives a video from the Hope Border Institute from Auxiliary Bishop Anthony Celino on Oct. 8, 2025. The group presented Leo with ‘over 100 letters from immigrants across the country who are at risk of deportation or who are in mixed families.’ Read More
Bartolomé Esteban MurilloThe Return of the Prodigal Son (c. 1667-1670). These voices truly touched by tragedy show what the heart is capable of with the grace of God. Read More
President Donald Trump announced Oct. 8 that Israel and Hamas have both signed off on phase one of a peace plan aimed at putting an end to the bloodshed in Gaza. “This means that ALL of the Hostages will be released very soon, and Israel will withdraw their Troops to an agreed upon line as … Read more‘The war in Gaza has ended’: Israel and Hamas sign off on Phase 1 of peace plan
Zvonimir AtleticMother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity kneel before the Blessed Sacrament at the Mother House in Kolkata, India, where daily prayer sustains their service to the poorest of the poor. COMMENTARY: The Second Vatican Council reminded the faithful that in serving the poor, the Church encounters Christ himself — the Savior who became poor to … Read moreWhy Vatican II Urged Catholics to Be the ‘Church of the Poor’
Daniel Ibanez Pope Leo XIV blesses pilgrims during his weekly General Audience at St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 8, 2025. Christ’s whole life is an example of poverty, Pope Leo writes, and the Church, if it wants to belong to Christ, must give the poor a privileged place. Read More
Reading 1 Malachi 3:13-20b You have defied me in word, says the LORD, yet you ask, “What have we spoken against you?” You have said, “It is vain to serve God, and what do we profit by keeping his command, And going about in penitential dress in awe of the LORD of hosts? Rather must … Read moreThursday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Link to today’s readings: Daily Bible Reading – October 9, 2025 | USCCB Thursday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 464 Reading 1 Malachi 3:13-20b You have defied me in word, says the LORD,yet you ask, “What have we spoken against you?”You have said, “It is vain to serve God,and what do we profit … Read moreDaily Bible Reading
From the Lord comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people. The post Psalm of the Day: Psalm 3:8 appeared first on NOVENA PRAYER.
He must become greater; I must become less. The post Verse of the Day: John 3:30 appeared first on NOVENA PRAYER.
Feast Day: October 9Patron Saint of: Pharmacists Short Biography:Saint John Leonardi was born in 1541 in Diecimo, Italy. Originally trained as a pharmacist, he soon felt a deep call to serve God more directly. After becoming a priest, he founded the Clerks Regular of the Mother of God, a congregation devoted to renewing the Christian faith through education, … Read moreSaint of the Day: Saint John Leonardi