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Kateri Link to today’s readings: Daily Bible Reading – April 6, 2025 | USCCB Fifth Sunday of LentYear C Readings Lectionary: 36 Reading I Isaiah 43:16-21 Thus says the LORD, who opens a way in the sea and a path in the mighty waters,who leads out chariots and horsemen, a powerful army,till they lie prostrate together, never … Read moreCatholic Daily Reading – Sunday April 6, 2025
5th Sunday of Lent First reading Isaiah 43:16-21 See, I am doing a new deed, and I will give my chosen people drink Thus says the Lord,who made a way through the sea,a path in the great waters;who put chariots and horse in the fieldand a powerful armywhich lay there never to rise again,snuffed out, … Read moreSun 6 April
Gustave Doré, “The Widow’s Mite,” 1870 True generosity isn’t transactional — it’s transformational. The Fathers of the Church call us to orient our entire lives toward God and neighbor, just as Jesus Christ offered himself for us. Read More
Stefan ZaklinTheodore McCarrick is silhouetted against a stained-glass window Oct. 5, 2002, at St. Mary’s Church in Rockville, Maryland. The former cardinal and archbishop deftly managed to fend off abuse accusations for decades — and never publicly repented before his death. Read More
A group of 16 high schoolers and their three chaperones from Melbourne, Australia, take part in the feet-washing rite as part of a jubilee pilgrimage to Rome, Tuesday, March 24, 2025. The diocese will be opening its parishes and homes to travelers — especially for the Jubilee of Teenagers, which will culminate in the canonization … Read moreFrom Washing Feet to a Place to Sleep: How Rome Is Welcoming Jubilee Pilgrims
Bernardo StrozziSt. Veronica and her veil This cloth, according to tradition, was used to wipe the face of Jesus on his way to Calvary and bears the true image of Christ’s face. Read More
Carlo Acutis is the subject of an EWTN feature. TV PICKS 04.06.25 Read More
Isaak Asknaziy (1856-1902), ‘Jesus and the Woman Taken in Adultery’ User’s Guide to the Fifth Sunday of Lent Read More
A new biography of the beloved Capuchin, who was known to EWTN viewers, is out now. Above right, he is shown as a young baseball fan. BOOK PICK Read More
The praises of Alfred the Great have been sung by hosts of poets and historians even apart from Rudyard Kipling and G.K. Chesterton, the latter of whom wrote an entire book-length epic poem in veneration of the great warrior king of the Anglo-Saxons. As to Anglo-Saxon kings, others might come to mind in addition to … Read moreIn the Shadow of Alfred the Great