Second Joyful Mystery, The Visitation
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Read today’s scriptures for Tuesday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time at this link.
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* indicates usually prayed only at the beginning of a full Rosary but added here to help us learn the prayers.
** indicates usually prayed only at the end of a full Rosary but added here to help us learn the prayers.
Read the Scriptures for today, Monday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time, the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, at this link.
Read the scriptures for today, Sunday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time, at this link.
Read the scriptures for today, Saturday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time, at this link.
Homily given by Fr. Anton McLean at the Funeral Mass for Fr. Frank Kelly, priest of the diocese of Christchurch.
Read today’s scriptures at this link.  You can also find the readings for today’s feast of St. Therese of the Child Jesus at the same link.
This week’s Food For Faith Homily Studio is a conversation between Rosalie Connors, Manager Special Character, Catholic Education Office of Aotearoa New Zealand, Felicity Giltrap, Consultant, Marriage Ministries, Archdiocese of Wellington, Merv Duffy SM, Marist Priest lecturing in Theology at Te Kupenga Theological College Auckland, and John O’Connor diocesan priest in Christchurch.
You can read the scriptures for Sunday 3 October 2021, 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, at this link.
Read the scriptures for today, Thursday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time, at this link.
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