Priest's Ordination

Priest's Ordination

 Over the past few weeks and in the weeks coming, many Dioceses will or have ordained new Priests. These new Priests are in need of our prayers for their Vocations. Tomorrow, my Dioceses will be ordaining six new Priests and I am so glad and excited to be able to attend the ordination. 

   

   I am asking that we keep all newly Ordained Priests and Religious in our prayers. They have devoted their lives to the Faith and the Church. We are called to help them in their Vocations as well. Remember them in your prayers as well as asking if they are in need for anything as well. We need to remember that those who serve also need to be served as well. 

Until tomorrow, God Bless, and may our Priests and Religious feel our prayers.

Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Lectionary: 572

Reading 1

ZEP 3:14-18A

Shout for joy, O daughter Zion!

Sing joyfully, O Israel!

Be glad and exult with all your heart, 

O daughter Jerusalem!

The LORD has removed the judgment against you,

he has turned away your enemies;

The King of Israel, the LORD, is in your midst,

you have no further misfortune to fear.

On that day, it shall be said to Jerusalem:

Fear not, O Zion, be not discouraged!

The LORD, your God, is in your midst,

a mighty savior;

He will rejoice over you with gladness,

and renew you in his love,

He will sing joyfully because of you,

as one sings at festivals.

Or

ROM 12:9-16

Brothers and sisters:

Let love be sincere;

hate what is evil,

hold on to what is good;

love one another with mutual affection;

anticipate one another in showing honor.

Do not grow slack in zeal,

be fervent in spirit,

serve the Lord.

Rejoice in hope,

endure in affliction,

persevere in prayer.

Contribute to the needs of the holy ones,

exercise hospitality.

Bless those who persecute you,

bless and do not curse them.

Rejoice with those who rejoice,

weep with those who weep.

Have the same regard for one another;

do not be haughty but associate with the lowly;

do not be wise in your own estimation.

Responsorial Psalm

IS 12:2-3, 4BCD, 5-6

R. (6) Among you is the great and Holy One of Israel.

God indeed is my savior;

I am confident and unafraid.

My strength and my courage is the LORD,

and he has been my savior.

With joy you will draw water

at the fountain of salvation.

R. Among you is the great and Holy One of Israel.

Give thanks to the LORD, acclaim his name;

among the nations make known his deeds,

proclaim how exalted is his name.

R. Among you is the great and Holy One of Israel.

Sing praise to the LORD for his glorious achievement;

let this be known throughout all the earth.

Shout with exultation, O city of Zion,

for great in your midst 

is the Holy One of Israel!

R. Among you is the great and Holy One of Israel.

Gospel

LK 1:39-56

Mary set out

and traveled to the hill country in haste

to a town of Judah,

where she entered the house of Zechariah

and greeted Elizabeth.

When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting,

the infant leaped in her womb,

and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit,

cried out in a loud voice and said,

“Most blessed are you among women,

and blessed is the fruit of your womb.

And how does this happen to me,

that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears,