PRAY THE NOVENA FOR THE PAPAL CONCLAVE:     THE ELECTION PROCESS: After a pope dies or resigns, a papal conclave commences within three weeks to elect his successor. A conclave is the gathering of the College of Cardinals in which these papal electors choose the next pope.  In 2007, Pope Benedict XVI restored the traditional requirement that a two-thirds majority of cardinal electors is needed to elect a pope, no matter how many ballots is required to complete the conclave voting process. In…






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Daily Reading

Thursday of the Third Week of Easter
Reading 1 Acts 8:26-40 The angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, "Get up and head south on the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza, the desert route." So he got up and set out. Now there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of the Candace, that is, the queen of the Ethiopians, in charge of her entire treasury, who had come to Jerusalem to worship, and was returning home. Seated in his chariot, he was reading the prophet Isaiah. The Spirit said to Philip, "Go and join up with that chariot." Philip ran up and heard…

Lecturas Diarias

Jueves de la III semana de Pascua
Primera lectura Hechos 8, 26-40 En aquellos días, un ángel del Señor le dijo a Felipe: "Levántate y toma el camino del sur, que va de Jerusalén a Gaza y que es poco transitado". Felipe se puso en camino. Y sucedió que un etíope, alto funcionario de Candaces, reina de Etiopía, y administrador de sus tesoros, que había venido a Jerusalén para adorar a Dios, regresaba en su carro, leyendo al profeta Isaías. Entonces el Espíritu le dijo a Felipe: "Acércate y camina junto a ese carro". Corrió Felipe, y oyendo que el hombre leía al profeta Isaías, le preguntó:…