Our Lady of Compassion Ministry

06/14/2026

11th Sunday in Ordinary Time
At the sight of the crowds, Jesus’ heart was moved with pity for them
because they were troubled and abandoned,
like sheep without a shepherd.
Then he said to his disciples,
“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;
so ask the master of the harvest
to send out laborers for his harvest.”

Then he summoned his twelve disciples
and gave them authority over unclean spirits
to drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness.
The names of the twelve apostles are these:
first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew;
James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John;
Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector;
James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus;
Simon from Cana, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.

Jesus sent out these twelve after instructing them thus,
“Do not go into pagan territory or enter a Samaritan town.
Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
As you go, make this proclamation: ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’
Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons.
Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.”
Matthew 9:36—10:8

06/07/2026

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
(Corpus Christi)

The liturgical Solemnity celebrates the Real Presence in the elements of the Eucharist. We believe the bread and wine become the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus the Christ.

“Truly the divine life is everywhere…
but through the act of consecration,
as special manifestation of it flashes out in the matter of the Host,
welling up from the very heart of the Christ,
so that it becomes in that moment a veritable epiphany of Him.
It is then the Host glows with unearthly radiance,
as befits the most precious gift of God to humans.”
- C. W. Leadbeater, Bishop and Clairvoyant

06/07/2026

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
Jesus said to the Jewish crowds:
"I am the living bread that came down from heaven;
whoever eats this bread will live forever;
and the bread that I will give
is my flesh for the life of the world."

The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying,
"How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"
Jesus said to them,
"Amen, amen, I say to you,
unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood,
you do not have life within you.
Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood
has eternal life,
and I will raise him on the last day.
For my flesh is true food,
and my blood is true drink.
Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood
remains in me and I in him.
Just as the living Father sent me
and I have life because of the Father,
so also the one who feeds on me
will have life because of me.
This is the bread that came down from heaven.
Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died,
whoever eats this bread will live forever."
John 6:51-58

06/01/2026

Tulsa Race Massacre 105 years ago.
- 300 Black Americans murdered
- 800 wounded
- 10,000 left homeless
- 35 city blocks burned to the ground
- airplanes dropped incendiary bombs
- no arrests for murder or arson
- no investigation
- no compensation for loss of homes, property, businesses and income
- no justice

05/31/2026

Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The Visitation commemorates Mary pregnant with Jesus traveling
to visit her cousin Elizabeth – who despite advanced age was pregnant with whom would become John the Baptist.

Mary replies with what we know as the Canticle of Mary or the Magnificat:

“My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord;
my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant.
From this day all generations will call me blessed:
the Almighty has done great things for me,
and holy is his Name.
He has mercy on those who fear him
in every generation.
He has shown the strength of his arm,
he has scattered the proud in their conceit.
He has cast down the mighty from their thrones,
and has lifted up the lowly.
He has filled the hungry with good things,
and the rich he has sent away empty.
He has come to the help of his servant Israel
for he has remembered his promise of mercy,
the promise he made to our fathers,
to Abraham and his children for ever.”
Luke 1:46-79

05/31/2026

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
God so loved the world that he gave his only Son,
so that everyone who believes in him might not perish
but might have eternal life.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world,
but that the world might be saved through him.
Whoever believes in him will not be condemned,
but whoever does not believe has already been condemned,
because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
John 3:16-18

05/30/2026

St. Joan of Arc Feast Day May 30 🗡️🙏

Joan of Arc was born January 6, 1412 and heard the voices of Archangel Michael, St. Catherine, and St. Margaret – they are on the banner over her left shoulder!

She led French soldiers to defend against the English siege,
then was captured and sold to the English for 10,000 gold coins.
Joan of Arc was then tried as a heretic and witch.
She was condemned and sentenced to die at age 19 despite her innocence.
She was burned at the stake and the ashes raked
to expose her body to prove she did not miraculously escape.
So no relics would exist, her body was burned two more times
and the ashes thrown in the Seine River.

St. Joan of Arc is the patroness of soldiers and of France.
She bravely listened to and obeyed the Divine Guidance she heard.
Battle-hardened soldiers believed and followed her into battle.

05/25/2026

05/25/2026

Memorial Day -

We remember all who have given their lives in service.
May their names never be forgotten
and their lives, memory, & heroism honored.

Memorial Day began as Decoration Day in 1865 by freed slaves
who decorated black Civil War soldiers’ graves to honor their sacrifice.
Over 200,000 black soldiers fought in Union forces – more than all soldiers in the confederacy; and over 40,000 died in the fight to end slavery.

05/13/2026

“We are more truly in heaven
than on earth.”

-Blessed Julian of Norwich