Rejoicing in the Lord must be your strength!

BLESSED FRANCIS XAVIER SEELOS, PRIEST (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Rejoicing in the Lord must be your strength!  After years of exile, the Jewish people had returned to Jerusalem. Now Ezra, the priest, and Nehemiah, the governor of Judah, call all the people together so that...

Rejoicing in the Lord must be your strength!

26th Week in Ordinary Time   Rejoicing in the Lord must be your strength!    The people were cut to the heart.   As the prophet Ezra read from the Law of Moses for six hours, the men, women, and even the children were deeply affected.   They began to weep as...