"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 Hilarion
Patriarch of the Solitaries of Palestine
(† 372)
Saint Ursula was born in Great Britain of Christian parents; her father, Maurus, was king of Cornubia in Scotland. Ursula was sought in marriage by a young pagan prince, but had already vowed her life and her heart to Jesus Christ.
In the year 383 she was boarded onto a boat with a large number of young girls and Christian women whom a Roman conqueror wished to give as wives to his soldiers, after having endowed them with rich terrains. But during the crossing of the Channel a storm arose, and the ships, instead of reaching western Gaul, were driven towards the mouth of the Rhine. The Huns who at that time were ravaging Europe saw the ships, and were making ready to pillage them and inflict on these virgins and women a dishonor more dreaded by them than death.
Relics of the True Cross
October 23, Guidelines for Exposition and Blessing
Archbishop Auza Statement at UN on Nuclear Disarmament
October 23, 2018. ‘A nuclear war would be a catastrophe of unimaginable proportions.’.
Saint John Paul II: ‘Be Not Afraid’
October 22, 2018. 40th Anniversary of Homily to Inaugurate Election as Pope
Angelus: An Antidote to the Loss of Apostolic Zeal
October 21, 2018. Do Not be Polluted by the Spirit of the World
Angelus: Proclaim the Gospel with Youth People
October 21, 2018. Pope Reminds Faithful of World Mission Day
Synod2018: Christ as Paradigm of Ecclesial Activities
October 21, 2018. Polish Bishops Offer Summary of October 20 Session
Vatican: The Pontifical Mission Societies On World Mission Day
October 21, 2018. Proclaiming the Gospel and Helping People Worldwide
Pope Francis Message for World Mission Day 2018
October 21, 2018. ‘Together with young people, let us bring the Gospel to all’
Spain: Beatification of Jesuit Tiburcio Arnaiz Muñoz
October 20, 2018. Presided Over by Cardinal Angelo Becciu, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
Vatican: Catholic Church Statistics 2018
October 20, 2018. Fides News Agency Releases Statistics
Humanae Vitae: The Beauty of the True Nature of Marriage, of the Family and of Sexuality
October 19, 2018. Cardinal Parolin’s October 18 Intervention During Synod2018
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October 19, 2018. And They Are Turned ‘Towards the Exterior’
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October 19, 2018. At Vatican Briefing, Synod 2018 Auditor Says Church Must Minister to Young But Must Minister to the Family
INTERVIEW: While World Focuses on Possible Korea Visit, Here’s ZENIT’s Inside Look at Roots of Church in Japan That Awaits Pope Francis in 2019
October 19, 2018. Missionary in Japan Maria De Giorgi, of the Xaverian Missionary Sisters of Mary, Reflects on the Church in Japan to ZENIT in Bologna’s Communita di Sant’Egidio Encounter ‘Bridges for Peace’
Synod2018: Polish Bishops Report on October 18 Sessions
October 18, 2018. Discussions of Conflict and Modern Slavery
Santa Marta: ‘For the Last Time – Do You Renounce Jesus Christ?’
October 18, 2018. The Three Forms of Poverty Facing the Disciple
Synod2018: Letter to Young People to be Prepared
October 18, 2018. Eight-Member Commission Assigned
Persevere Despite the Adversities and Persecutions
October 17, 2018. Pope’s Greeting to Young People, the Elderly, the Sick and Newlyweds
GENERAL AUDIENCE: On the 5th Commandment ‘Thou Shall Not Kill’ (II) (FULL TEXT)
October 17, 2018. ‘No one can deceive himself thinking: ‘I’m OK because I don’t do anything evil’”
General Audience: Pope Reminds How Precious Every Life Is in God’s Eyes
October 17, 2018. “We learn that there are other ways of ‘killing’ a person: anger, insult, scorn and indifference towards others can kill, perhaps not their physical bodies, but rather the unseen spirit within them”
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