Daily prayer, reflection, information about the Saint of the Day, and Scripture citations for the day are now being sent to our parishioners on our various platforms. These reflections, called Opening Your Treasure (Matthew 2:11), are being prepared by the members of the Our Lady of Peace clergy with the hopes of nourishing your spirituality with an opportunity to spend a few minutes each day with the Word of God. Enjoy!
The National Eucharistic Procession began in St. Augustine, Florida on Memorial Day weekend. This procession of the Eucharist has been in a continuous route since then. Currently, the Eucharistic Procession is in the Camden Diocese before continuing its northeastern progression into New England. The National Eucharistic Procession will culminate here in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia with a celebration of Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul on Sunday 5 July followed by a procession from the Cathedral to the Shrine of St. John Neumann. The National Eucharistic Procession is under the patronage of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini. St. Frances Xavier Cabrini was canonized in 1946 and was named as the patron saint of immigrants in 1950.
O God, who in this wonderful Sacrament have left us a memorial of your Passion, grant us, we pray, so to revere the sacred mysteries of your Body and Blood that we may always experience in ourselves the fruits of your redemption. Who live and reign for ever and ever. Amen.
What so proudly we hailed. Today, 14 June is the national observance of Flag Day. It was on this date in 1777 that the various interpretations of a national flag were unified. The flag was to have thirteen stripes (six white, seven red) in representation of the thirteen colonies at that time. These colonies were also to be represented by a circle of thirteen white stars against a blue background. Stars and stripes were added to the flag with the addition of states after the revolution, but the current flag design of thirteen stripes was settled in the early nineteenth century. President Wilson proclaimed 14 June as Flag Day in 1916, and the Flag Day observance became law under President Truman in 1949.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
The National Juneteenth observance is this Friday 19 June. Juneteenth commemorates the day (19 June 1865) when news of the emancipation of enslaved individuals reached into the farthest parts of the former confederacy. Enslavement was finally ended in the United States on 6 December 1865 with the passage of the 13th Amendment to the United States’ Constitution.
We pray, O Lord, for change. Jesus, you revealed God through your wise words and loving deeds, and we encounter you still today in the faces of those whom society has pushed to the margins. Guide us, through the love you revealed, to establish the justice proclaimed, that all people might dwell in harmony and peace, united by that one love that binds us to each other, and to you. And most of all, Lord, change our routine worship and work into a genuine encounter with you and our better selves so that our lives will be changed for the good of all. Amen.
-From the Archdiocese of Baltimore
Readings and Reflection questions for the 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Cycle “A” – 14 June 2026
Exodus 19:2-6a – What are “those days? To whom do you turn when you are having “one of those days?” / Do you enjoy camping? Why or why not? / Where are the places where you have “pitched camp”? / Describe the times that God bore you up on eagle wings. / Do you consider yourself to be a member of God’s holy nation? What is required for membership?
Responsorial Psalm 100:1-2, 3, 5 – R. We are his people: the sheep of his flock. – How has the goodness, kindness, and faithfulness of God endured in all the generations of your family? What things are you doing to keep these, and the other fruits of the Holy Spirit vibrant?
Romans 5:6-11 – How do you prove your love of God? / What is justification? What does it mean for our relationship with God? / What are the spiritual things of which you boast?
Matthew 9:36—10:8 – What are the sights that move you with pity? / Describe the ways in which you labored for the Kingdom. / What authority has God given to you? How effectively are you using this authority? / Who are the lost sheep of your family? Of our parish community? What proclamation do they need to hear? / What are the things that you give without cost?