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The feast the whole Church keeps today, the saints you can visit at their tomb, and what they are patrons of.

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The readings at Mass · 25 May 2025

Sixth Sunday of Easter

  1. GospelFrom the Gospel according to John 14:23-29

From Vatican News — Word of the Day, following the General Roman Calendar, with a commentary from the Popes. Where a feast is kept on another day in your country, your parish’s readings may differ.

The General Roman Calendar; tombs and patronages verified against Catholic sources. Local calendars may keep other saints today.

From the Fathers

The Fathers speak

The Church for his mother

The spouse of Christ cannot be adulterous; she is uncorrupted and pure. She knows one home; she guards with chaste modesty the sanctity of one couch. She keeps us for God. … He can no longer have God for his Father, who has not the Church for his mother.

Saint Cyprian of Carthage, On the Unity of the Church 6Bishop of Carthage and martyr, died 258 Cited in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, 181 · Translation: ANF 5

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