"Then the disciples came and asked Jesus, ‘Why do you speak to them in parables?’ He answered, ‘To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. For to those who have, more will be given, and they will have an abundance; but from those who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away. The reason I speak to them in parables is that "seeing they do not perceive, and hearing they do not listen, nor do they understand." With them indeed is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah that says: "You will indeed listen, but never understand, and you will indeed look, but never perceive. For this people’s heart has grown dull, and their ears are hard of hearing,and they have shut their eyes;so that they might not look with their eyes, and listen with their ears, and understand with their heart and turn and I would heal them." But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear. Truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, but did not see it, and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it." Mt: 13: 10-17
Saint of the Day
Saint Pope John Paul II
Karol J. Wojtyla, known as John Paul II since his October 1978 election to the papacy, was born in Wadowice, a small city 50 kilometres from Cracow, on May 18, 1920. He was the second of two sons born to Karol Wojtyla and Emilia Kaczorowska. His mother died in 1929. His eldest brother Edmund, a doctor, died in 1932 and his father, a non-commissioned army officer died in 1941.
He made his First Holy Communion at age 9 and was confirmed at 18. Upon graduation from Marcin Wadowita high school in Wadowice, he enrolled in Cracow's Jagiellonian University in 1938 and in a school for drama.
The Nazi occupation forces closed the university in 1939 and young Karol had to work in a quarry (1940-1944) and then in the Solvay chemical factory to earn his living and to avoid being deported to Germany.
Archbishop of Canterbury’s Sermon at Newman Thanksgiving Vespers
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October 21, 2019. ‘The Rule of Law at the National and International Levels’eserved.
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Angelus Address: On World Mission Day
October 20, 2019. ‘All Jesus’ Disciples Are Called to Be Witnesses of the Gospel in This, Our Time’
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Catholicism by the Numbers
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Pope Points to God’s Great Creativity
October 16, 2019. ‘He wants His children to overcome every particularism to open themselves to the universality of salvation.’
Holy Father’s Message for World Food Day
October 16, 2019. ‘Our Actions Are Our Future. Healthy Diets for a #ZeroHunger World’
Santa Marta: The Cure for Hypocrisy
October 15, 2019. Tell the Truth Before God
FEATURE: ‘Saying ‘I Love You’ Cannot Become Redundant, & Neither Can Saying ‘Hail Maryâ€
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A Child, Even When Not Perfect, Is Creation of the Hands of God — Pope Tells Soccer Players
October 14, 2019. Francis Greets Italian National Football Team
Lay People Involved in Extraordinary Missionary Month in Oceania
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Holy See Stresses Need to Protect Rights of Children
October 15, 2019. Presentation by Archbishop Auza at UN
It’s Official: Saint John Henry Newman, Canonized by Pope Francis in Rome
October 13, 2019. Along with Four Other New Saints
Angelus Address: On the Canonization of Five Blesseds
October 13, 2019. ‘With Their Evangelical Witness, These Saints Have Fostered the Spiritual and Social Growth in the Respective Countries’
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