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Kateri I would like to ask, together with you, through the intercession of Mary Most Holy, for the gift of peace for all peoples. I ask this in particular for this great region of the world, Asia, Oceania and the Pacific Ocean. Peace, peace for the Nations and also for creation. Pope Francis
Blessed Apollinaris Franco
Feast date: Sep 12
Blessed Apollinaris was born in Old Castile, Spain where he joined the Franciscan order. He was sent to Japan to head the Japanese Franciscan mission in 1614, the year that the new Japanese shogun had instituted a nationwide ban on Christianity and declared being a Christian a capital offense.
Friar Apollinaris Franco evangelized covertly until he was arrested in 1617 and thrown into prison in Nagasaki along with other priests and laymen, for five years to await his execution. The conditions in the prison were exceedingly harsh in an attempt to force the prisoners to reject the faith.
Apollinaris ministered to the other prisoners and converted some of the jailers through his example and teaching. On September 12, 1622, he was burned at the stake along with other Franciscans and Jesuits.
Reading 1 1 COR 8:1B-7, 11-13 Brothers and sisters: Knowledge inflates with pride, but love builds up. If anyone supposes he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know. But if one loves God, one is known by him. So about the eating of meat sacrificed to idols: we know that … Read moreThursday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time
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True, he struck the rock, and water gushed out, streams flowed abundantly,but can he also give us bread? Can he supply meat for his people?” The post Psalm of the Day: Psalm 78:20 appeared first on NOVENA PRAYER.
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. The post Verse of the Day: Acts 16:25 appeared first on NOVENA PRAYER.
Link to today’s readings: Daily Bible Reading – September 10, 2024 | USCCB Tuesday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 438 Reading 1 1 Cor 6:1-11 Brothers and sisters:How can any one of you with a case against anotherdare to bring it to the unjust for judgmentinstead of to the holy ones?Do you not … Read moreCatholic Daily Reading – Tuesday September 10, 2024
St. Nicholas of Tolentino Feast date: Sep 10 Born in 1246 in Sant’ Angelo, Italy, Nicholas became an Augustinian friar at the age of 18 after hearing an Augustinian hermit preach. He was ordained seven years later and quickly gained a reputation as a great preacher and confessor. He practiced severe mortifications and fasted strictly. … Read moreSt. Nicholas of Tolentino