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05/30/2026

05/29/2026

The daily 3-Minute Retreat is a short prayer break at your computer. Reflect with Which Is Easier? from Loyola Press.

05/29/2026

Reading for the Friday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time

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05/29/2026

Psalm 71:20

05/28/2026

Congratulations to Catholic icon and Boston Celtics Head Coach Joe Mazzulla on becoming the 2026 NBA Coach of the Year!

Mazzulla, a devout Catholic, never suppresses his faith in the public eye. In a viral clip from 2022, a reporter asked about meeting the royal family in Boston (referring to the Prince and Princess of Wales). Mazzulla promptly responded: “Jesus, Mary, and Joseph?... I’m only familiar with one royal family. I don’t know too much about that one.”

Back in October 2025, Mazzulla appeared on the Dominican Friars’ Godsplaining podcast with host Father Joseph-Anthony Kress. In the half-hour conversation, Mazzulla and Father Kress discussed many topics, including Mazzulla’s Catholic upbringing, his struggle with identity as an athlete, how he brings his faith into a chaotic lifestyle, and the Rosary as his pre-game ritual.

At the conclusion of the podcast, Mazzulla surprised listeners with an unexpected declaration: his desire to become a permanent deacon in the Catholic Church!

Let us pray in thanksgiving for Joe Mazzulla’s brave witness to the Catholic faith!

Read more about his catholic journey: https://www.churchpop.com/nba-coach-joe-mazzulla-reveals-he-wants-to-become-a-catholic-deacon/

05/28/2026

Brazilian nun Sister Nadir Santos da Silva, local prioress of the Carmelite Messengers of the Holy Spirit, died on May 11 in Sicily after drowning while heroically saving several sisters from her community. The sisters had been swept away by the sea during a time of recreation.

“Some sisters were in the sea, in a shallow area with no apparent risk. Then the waves suddenly began dragging them under, and they started to drown. There were three sisters,” Sister Ana Paula, CMES, recounted in a video shared on social media.

Hearing their cries for help, Sister Nadir ran and jumped into the sea to save them. She managed to reach one of the drowning nuns and lifted her head above the water. “Thank God, she managed to save that sister,” Sister Ana Paula said.

Another nun then entered the sea, helped pull the others to safety, and recovered Sister Nadir’s body. “They tried to administer first aid, but she was already unconscious. The firefighters arrived and, minutes later, confirmed the nun’s death,” Sister Ana Paula added.

“What impacted me most was seeing that she went all the way—living exactly what Jesus taught in John 15: ‘Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends,’” Sister Ana Paula reflected. “She gave her life to save her sister in the community.”

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