• 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐲
      𝑷𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒉

      In the name of the Father, and of the Son,
      and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

      A reading from a sermon by Saint Augustine

      𝐴𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑒, 𝐽𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑠 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑃𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑
      𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝐴𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑠; 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑃𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜
      𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝐶ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑐ℎ. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑑,
      ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑠: 𝑇𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝐼 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑘𝑒𝑦𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐾𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑑𝑜𝑚 𝑜𝑓
      ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑛. 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑘𝑒𝑦𝑠, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑒
      𝐶ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑒… 𝑅𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑖𝑠
      𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑃𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑝. 𝑌𝑒𝑡 ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒
      𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑜𝑟𝑑’𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑝; 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑛
      𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑙𝑙; 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑜 ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑃𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟,
      𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑃𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑠. (Sermo 295, nos. 2, 4)

      Pause for silent prayer.

      Pray one Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be.

      Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord.
      — And let perpetual light shine upon him.

      O God, who chose your servant Pope Francis
      from among your Priests
      and endowed him with pontifical dignity
      in the apostolic priesthood,
      grant, we pray,
      that he may also be admitted to their company for ever.
      Through Christ our Lord. Amen.