The Support of the Church
4th Sunday after Easter 2025
The Church would not be able to distribute its spiritual blessings to us without our support. A Mass stipend is not a payment for the Mass, but merely a gesture of gratitude and a donation for the daily sustenance of the priest.
This week we recall the lives of Saints Bernadine of Siena and Rita of Cascia. St. Bernadine fought tirelessly against the vice of gambling, as well as witchcraft and sins of impurity, while St. Rita lived a life of heroic virtue as a wife, mother, widow, and Augustinian nun. She is the saint invoked for impossible causes.
In the Epistle for today’s Mass, St. James speaks of the source of our consolation and reminds us that we are the greatest creation of the Holy Trinity. We must remain pure and meek as we cast out all evil from our lives.
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