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3rd Sunday after Easter (EF) or Fourth Sunday of Easter (OF) - May 3rd, 2009

The Anchoress >> May 3; World Day of Prayer for Vocations & the Habit The Hermeneutic of Continuity >> Arrangements for installation of Archbishop Nichols Traditional Latin Mass Propers in English >> The Finding of the Holy Cross/Third Sunday after Easter (see Latin Propers posted yesterday below) USCCB Daily Mass Readings >> Fourth Sunday of Easter (Good Shepherd Sunday)

Good Shepherd Sunday - St. Faustina's Prayer for Priests

Today is "Good Shepherd" Sunday. It is also the 45th World Day of Prayer for Vocations . Our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, has his message posted for this day on the USCCB website . Here is part of his message to the Universal Church: 5. Among the persons who dedicate themselves totally to the service of the Gospel, there are, in a special way, priests, called to preach the Word of God, administer the sacraments, especially the Eucharist and Reconciliation, and who are committed to help the least, the sick, those who are suffering, the poor, and those who experience hardship in areas of the world where there are, at times, many who even today have not had a real encounter with Jesus Christ. The missionaries announce for the first time to these people Christ’s redemptive love. Statistics show that the number of baptized persons increases every year thanks to the pastoral work of these priests, who are wholly consecrated to the salvation of their brothers. In this conte