Monthly Archives: June 2025

Yves CongarYves Marie-Joseph Congar OP (13 April 1904 – 22 June 1995) was a French Dominican friar, priest, and theologian. He is perhaps best known for his influence at the Second Vatican Council and for reviving theological interest in the Holy Spirit for the life of individuals and of the church. He was created aContinue reading “Oremus for Saturday, June 21, 2025”

Antiphon https://tinyurl.com/4x234z2n Proclaim a joyful sound and let it be heard;proclaim to the ends of the earth:The Lord has freed his people, alleluia. Isaiah 48 Protect your people, O God,and keep us safeuntil the coming of your new dawnand the establishment of your righteous rule.By your Holy Spirit,stir up within us a longingfor the light of yourContinue reading “Oremus for Friday, June 20, 2025”

Antiphon https://tinyurl.com/4x234z2n Proclaim a joyful sound and let it be heard;proclaim to the ends of the earth:The Lord has freed his people, alleluia. Isaiah 48 God be in my head, and in my understanding;God be in my eyes, and in my looking;God be in my mouth, and in my speaking;God be in my heart, andContinue reading “Oremus for Thursday, June 19, 2025”

Antiphon https://tinyurl.com/8n5p29s7 God is love, and whoever abides in loveabides in God, and God in him. 1 John 4 Gracious Father,your might is beyond measure,your wisdom beyond knowledge,your love beyond all telling.You have put eternity into our hearts,and made us hunger and thirst for you.Satisfy the longings you have implantedthat we may find you in life,and findContinue reading “Oremus for Wednesday, June 18, 2025”

The Martyrs of Mother Emanuel ChurchThe Charleston church shooting was a mass shooting on June 17, 2015, in Charleston, South Carolina, in which nine African Americans were killed during a Bible study at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. Among those people who were killed was the senior pastor, state senator Clementa C. Pinckney; threeContinue reading “Oremus for Tuesday, June 17, 2025”

Antiphon https://tinyurl.com/8n5p29s7 God is love, and whoever abides in loveabides in God, and God in him. 1 John 4 God of earthquake, wind, and fire,tame natural forces that defy control,or shock us by their fury.Keep us from calling disaster your justice;and help us, in good times or in calamity,to trust your mercy, which never ends,andContinue reading “Oremus for Monday, June 16, 2025”

Trinity Sunday Antiphon 1 All power has been given to me in heaven and on earth, alleluia*go therefore and teach all the nations, baptizing themin the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,alleluia, alleluia.V. Give ear, my people, to my teaching; *incline your ear to the words of my mouth.The thingsContinue reading “Oremus for Sunday, June 15, 2025”

G.K. ChestertonBorn in 1874, Gilbert Keith Chesterton was one the intellectual giants of his day, and was known for his writing that spanned fields as diverse as literary criticism, fiction and fantasy, satire, and Christian apologetics. Chesterton often blended elements of such genres together, as indicated in his famous novel The Man Who Was Thursday,Continue reading “Oremus for Saturday, June 14, 2025”

Anthony of PaduaAnthony of Padua (born Fernando Martins de Bulhões; 15 August 1195 – 13 June 1231)  was a Portuguese Catholic priest and friar of the Franciscan Order. He was born and raised by a wealthy family in Lisbon, Portugal, and died in Padua, Italy. Noted by his contemporaries for his powerful preaching, expert knowledge of scripture, and undying love and devotion to the poor and the sick,Continue reading “Oremus for Friday, June 13, 2025”

Medgar EversMedgar Wiley Evers (July 2, 1925 – June 12, 1963) was an American civil rights activist in Mississippi, the state’s field secretary for the NAACP, and a World War II veteran who had served in the United States Army. He worked to overturn segregation at the University of Mississippi, end the segregation of publicContinue reading “Oremus for Thursday, June 12, 2025”