Come home to the Prince of Peace...

  This in indeed the Saviour of the world. 

John 4:42

"Keep close to the

Catholic Church at all times, 

for the Church alone 

can give you true peace, 

since she alone possesses Jesus, 

the true Prince of Peace,

in the Blessed Sacrament."

St. Padre Pio 

Friends of God...

Solemnity of Sts Peter and Paul

June 29
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"This day has been made holy by the passion 

of the blessed apostles Peter and Paul. 

... These martyrs realized what they taught: 

they pursued justice, 

they confessed the truth, they died for it."

- St Augustine, Sermon 295

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 We do not preach ourselves but Jesus Christ as Lord,
and ourselves as your slaves for the sake of Jesus. - 2 Cor 4:5

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"Christian tradition has always considered St Peter and St Paul

to be inseparable:  indeed, together, they represent 

the whole Gospel of Christ." - Pope Benedict XVI

Entrance Antiphon (Today’s Liturgy)

These are the ones who, living in the flesh, planted the Church with their blood; they drank the chalice of the Lord and became friends of God. 

Prayer over the Offerings (Today's Liturgy)

May the prayer of the Apostles, O Lord, accompany the sacrificial gift that we present to your name for consecration, and may their intercession make us devoted to you in celebration of the sacrifice. Through Christ our Lord.

Prayer After Communion (Today’s Liturgy)

Grant us, O Lord, who have been renewed by this Sacrament, so to live in the Church, that, persevering in the breaking of the Bread and in the teaching of the Apostles, we may be one heart and one soul, made steadfast in your love. Through Christ our Lord.

Office Hymn in Honor of Saints Peter/Paul - Chant Café

Click here: Discovering our Saints - Sts Peter and Paul - YouTube (3 mins)

Click here: Fr. Barron on Saints Peter and Paul - YouTube (6 mins)

Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul - June 29, 2020 | Catholic Culture

Sts Peter and Paul, pray for us!

St Peter was chosen by Christ to be his first Vicar on earth; he was endowed with powers of the keys of the kingdom of heaven (Mt 16:13-19) and charged with the role of Shepherd of Christ's flock (Jn 21:15-17). In St. Peter and his successors, we have a visible sign of unity and communion in faith and charity. Divine grace led St. Peter to profess Christ's divinity.  St. Peter suffered martyrdom by crucifixion under Nero, in about the year 64 AD. He was buried at the hill of the Vatican; recent excavations have revealed his tomb on the very site of St. Peter's Basilica.
St Paul was chosen to form part of the apostolic college by Christ himself on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:1-16). Selected to bring Christ's name to all peoples (Acts 9:15), he is the greatest missionary of all time, the advocate of pagans, the Apostle of the Gentiles. St. Paul was beheaded in the Tre Fontane along the Via Ostiense and buried nearby, on the site where the basilica bearing his name now stands. Source: Daily Roman Missal, Edited by Rev. James Socías, Midwest Theological Forum, Chicago, Illinois ©2003

Mary: guide, not goal...

  Feast of the Immaculate Heart of the

Blessed Virgin Mary

"Be Not Afraid; my Immaculate Heart 

will be your refuge and your safe passage to God."

Our Lady of Fatima

"Everything in Mary 

leads us toward her Son,

our only Savior, by whose 

foreseen merits she was preserved

immaculate and full of grace;

everything in Mary lifts up our hearts

to the praise of the Holy Trinity.

The Church sees Mary, then,

not as the goal, but as the guide,

who always leads souls who honor her

with true devotion – to her Son,

especially to Jesus 

in the Blessed Sacrament."

Fr Paul Duffner, O.P.

"Mary, give me your Heart: 

so beautiful, so pure, so immaculate:

your Heart so full of love and humility that 

I may be able to receive Jesus in the Bread of Life 

and love Him as you love Him and serve Him 

in the distressing guise of the poor."

St Teresa of Calcutta
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Immaculate Heart of Mary,

cause of our joy, lead us and pray for us!