RELIGION AND ART

Brothers and sisters: Faith is the realization of what is hoped for Saint Polycarp and evidence of things not seen.   Because of it the ancients were well attested.  By faith we understand that the universe was ordered by the word of God, so that what is visible came into being through invisible. By faith Abel offered to God a sacrifice greater than Cain's. Through this, he was attested to be righteous, God bearing witness to his gifts, and through this, through dead, he still speaks..... Readings

THE CHAIR OF ST PETER We pray for Pope Francis. May God's spirit remain with him to guide and direct him. Readings

May the LORD answer you in a day of trouble; may the name of Jacob's God protect you. May He send you help from the sanctuary, and sustain you in Zion. May He remember all your offerings and accept all your burn offering.... Psalm 20 Readings Psalm 27

The Lord saw that the wickedness of human was great in the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil continually. And the Lord was sorry that he had made humankind on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. So the Lord said, " I will blot from the earth human beings I have created, people together with animals and creeping things, birds of the air, for I am sorry that I made them. "But Noah found favor in God sight...... Gen. 6:5-8; 7:1-5, 10 Readings Psalm 51