O Eternal God and loving father,you have given us the glorious Apostle Bartholomew
Fr. Cathal Gallagher recalls the incident vividly. “It was in 1998. I was working in a poor parish in Lima. I got a call from a local clinic, run…
Admirable Saint Rose,you were truly a sweet flower blooming on a rugged soil;
Lord, for all the doctors and nurses, for all family, friends and neighbors,
Glorious St. Joseph,model of all those who are devoted to labor,
Run, hasten, O Lady,and in your mercy help your sinful servant,who calls upon you,
O Blessed Virgin, Mother of my God and Savior,
At a time like this, the prayer, “hearken to our prayer
We fly to your patronage, O holy Mother of God;
There is an old Chinese proverb that says “a man without a smiling face must never open a shop.” This is pretty sound advice. If you can’t smile…
