POPE FRANCIS ENCOURAGES U.S. BISHOPS ON MIGRATION
The Good Samaritan is Key: Help the Vulnerable and Victims
February 11, 2025
LETTER OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS TO THE BISHOPS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Dear Brothers in the Episcopate, I am writing today to address a few words to you in these delicate moments that you are...Read more
HOMILY ON THE OCCASION OF THE AIR ACCIDENT AT REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT
By Fr. Frederick Edlefsen
February 2, 2025
Homily on the Occasion of the Air Accident at Reagan National Airport Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, February 1 & 2, 2025 Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church Arlington, Virginia Fr. Frederick Edlefsen I would...Read more
PRAYERS FOR VICTIMS OF DCA ACCIDENT
5:30 PM Vigil Mass on Saturday, February 1 Offered for Decease and Loved Ones
January 30, 2025
Dear Our Lady of Lourdes parishioners, visitors, and members of our local community, I would like to express my condolences to the families and loved ones of those who died in the aircraft collision that occurred near Reagan National Airport...Read more
SUNG IN ARAMAIC: OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN
Pope Francus is Moved to Holy Tears
January 27, 2025
OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN The Gift of Tears. Listen "with the ear of the ear of the heart" to the Aramaic Lord's Prayer sung with Pope FrancisRead more
SAINT BERNADETTE
In Her Own Words about Our Lady of Lourdes
January 26, 2025
From a Letter by Saint Bernadette (edited by Fr. Edlefsen, for brevity) I had gone down with two other girls to the river Gave when, suddenly, I heard a rustling sound. I turned toward the river’s bank, but the...Read more