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While putting on the armor of God, say these prayers every day.

Our Father

Hail Mary

Glory Be

St. Michael the Archangel

Are we living in the past or constantly thinking of the future?

A quick reading of how to stay in the present moment.

Reading from "Confidence in God" about if we believe our God is a "hard" God and without mercy for us.

Get the most out of this Lenten season with prayers, fasting, and almsgiving.

Mary reads the entire Examination of Conscience guide for a Good Confession.

All Glory to God

Mary shares the steps and a little bit of a sidebar of her thoughts on the steps toward a Good Confession.

God is merciful. God is good.

A reading from the Acts of the Apostles 1:15-17, 20-26

A reading from the holy Gospel according to John 15:9-17

A reading from the Acts of the Apostles 13:26-33

A reading of the holy Gospel according to John 14: 1-6

A reading from the Acts of the Apostles 13:13-25

A reading from the holy Gospel according to John 13:16-20

A reading from the Acts of the Apostles 11:1-18

Athirst is my soul for the living God.

I am the gate for the sheep

A reading from the Gospel according to John 10:1-10

We now turn to the Gentiles 

A reading from the Acts of the Apostles 13:14, 43-52

We are his people, the sheep of his flock.

The lamb will shepherd them and lead them to springs of life-giving water. 

A reading from the Book of Revelation 7:9, 14b-17

I give my sheep eternal life

A Reading from the holy Gospel according to John 10:27-30

This man is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles. 

A reading from the Acts of the Apostles 9: 1-20

My Flesh is true food, and my Blood is true drink.

Go out to all the world and tell the Good News 

A reading from the holy Gospel according to John 6:52-59

Look, there is water. What is to prevent my being baptized? 

A reading from the Acts of the Apostles 8:26-40

Let all the earth cry out to God with joy. 

I am the living bread that came down from heaven.

A reading from the holy Gospel according to John 6:44-51

They decided to go up to Jerusalem to the Apostles and presbyters about this question.

A reading from the Acts of the Apostles 15:1-6

Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit.

A reading from the holy Gospel according to John 15: 1-8

Feast of Saints Philip and James

After that he appeared to James, then to all the Apostles

A reading from the First Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians 15:1-8

Have I been with you so long and you still do not know me? 

A reading from the holy Gospel according to John 14:6-14

They could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke. 

A reading from the Acts of the Apostles 6:8-15

Do not work for food that perishes but for food that endures for eternal life. 

A reading from the holy Gospel according to John 6:22-29

They chose seven men filled with the Holy Spirit.

A reading of the Acts of the Apostles 6: 1-7

Saint Catherine of Siena

The Apostles went  out rejoicing that they had been found worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name

A reading from the Acts of the Apostles 5:34-42

Jesus distributed to those who were reclining as much as they wanted 

A reading from the holy Gospel according to John 6:1-15

Whoever lives the truth comes to the light." 

A reading from the Acts of the Apostles 5:17-26 The Sadducees are jealous and take the Apostles and put them in jail.

A reading from the holy Gospel according to John 3:16-21 Light came into the world but, people preferred darkness to light... 

Tradition holds that Mark, the author of the second Gospel, is the "John Mark" of the Acts of the Apostles.

A reading from the First Letter of Saint Peter 5: 5b-14 God opposes the proud/ but bestows favor on the humble.

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark 16:15-20 Jesus appears to the Eleven and tells them: Go into the whole world and proclaim the Gospel to every creature.

In a reading from the Acts of the Apostles, 5:12-16, many signs and wonders were done among the people at the hands of the apostles.

Reading from the Book of Revelation, 1:9-11a, 12-13,17-19, John is asked to write on a scroll what he sees.

A reading from the Gospel according to John, 20:19-31, Jesus meets in the locked, upper room with the Eleven, and Thomas one of the Twelve was not there.

The Eleven told Thomas they saw Jesus and he didn't believe until...

In a reading from the Acts of the Apostles, 4: 1-12, Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, gives a stern message to the high-priestly class.

In the Gospel according to John, 21: 1-14, Jesus reveals himself once again to his Disciples

Again, another wonderful passage from the Acts of the Apostles, 3: 11-26. The crippled man who was cured is still with Peter and John and the people of the town were amazed and Peter asks them, "Why are you amazed at this?"

In the Gospel according to Luke, 24: 35-48, when Jesus hears His disciples are talking about how they had come to recognize Jesus him in the breaking of bread, Jesus says to His disciples, "Peace be with you", they thought they were seeing a ghost.

This week's readings are wonderful. The Acts of the Apostles in 3: 1-10 shares how Peter healed the crippled man who sat at the gate of the temple called, "the Beautiful Gate."

The reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke 24: 13 - 35 talks about how Jesus is still able to be among his disciples unrecognized.

They recognized Jesus in the breaking of the bread