Church Studio Sargodha

Saint of the Day for March 24th

St. Catherine of Genoa
(1447 – September 15, 1510)
Going to confession one day was the turning point of Catherine’s life.
When Catherine was born, many Italian nobles were supporting Renaissance artists and writers. The needs of the poor and the sick were often overshadowed by a hunger for luxury and self-indulgence. Catherine’s parents were members of the nobility in Genoa. At 13, she attempted to become a nun but failed because of her age. At 16, she married Julian, a nobleman who turned out to be selfish and unfaithful. For a while she tried to numb her disappointment by a life of selfish pleasure.
One day in confession she had a new sense of her own sins and how much God loved her. She reformed her life and gave good example to Julian, who soon turned from his self-centered life of distraction. Julian’s spending, however, had ruined them financially. He and Catherine decided to live in the Pammatone, a large hospital in Genoa, and to dedicate themselves to works of charity there. After Julian’s death in 1497, Catherine took over management of the hospital.
She wrote about purgatory which, she said, begins on earth for souls open to God. Life with God in heaven is a continuation and perfection of the life with God begun on earth.
Exhausted by her life of self-sacrifice, Catherine died September 15, 1510, and was canonized in 1737.

#StCatherineofGenoa
#saintcatherineofgenoa
#bibleverse
#saintoftheday
#catholicfaith
#churchstudiosargodha
#stanthonycatholicchurch
#bibleverseoftheday

3 years ago | [YT] | 15

Today Reading (16 March 2023) from Gospel Luke 11:14-23

Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute,
and when the demon had gone out,
the mute man spoke and the crowds were amazed.
Some of them said, "By the power of Beelzebul, the prince of demons,
he drives out demons."
Others, to test him, asked him for a sign from heaven.
But he knew their thoughts and said to them,
"Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste
and house will fall against house.
And if Satan is divided against himself,
how will his kingdom stand?
For you say that it is by Beelzebul that I drive out demons.
If I, then, drive out demons by Beelzebul,
by whom do your own people drive them out?
Therefore they will be your judges.
But if it is by the finger of God that I drive out demons,
then the Kingdom of God has come upon you.
When a strong man fully armed guards his palace,
his possessions are safe.
But when one stronger than he attacks and overcomes him,
he takes away the armor on which he relied
and distributes the spoils.
Whoever is not with me is against me,
and whoever does not gather with me scatters."

3 years ago | [YT] | 25

View 3 replies

Today Reading from Gospel

Mathew 5:17-19

Jesus said to his disciples:
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets.
I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.
Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away,
not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter
will pass from the law,
until all things have taken place.
Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments
and teaches others to do so
will be called least in the Kingdom of heaven.
But whoever obeys and teaches these commandments
will be called greatest in the Kingdom of heaven."

3 years ago | [YT] | 27

"But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled my soul with fasting, and my prayer kept returning to my bosom." - Psalm 35:13

3 years ago | [YT] | 8

"Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return." - Genesis 3:19

https://youtu.be/ED3P6JcSNhA

3 years ago | [YT] | 9

"But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you." - Matthew 6:6

https://youtu.be/V_JYuj9WzLw

3 years ago | [YT] | 6

اچھّا چرواہا میَں ہُوں۔ جِس طرح باپ مُجھے جانتا ہے اور میَں باپ کو جانتا ہُوں۔ اِسی طرح میَں اپنی بھیڑوں کو جانتا ہُوں اور میری بھیڑیں مُجھے جانتی ہیں اور میَں بھیڑوں کے لِئے اپنی جان دیتا ہُوں۔
—یوحنا ۱۰ باب ۱۴ تا ۱۵ آیت
[Jesus said,] "I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my
sheep know me — just as the Father knows me and I know the Father — and I lay down my life for the sheep."
—John 10:14-15

3 years ago | [YT] | 14

View 3 replies

یُوحنّا بپتسِمہ دینے والے کی مُنادی (مرقس ۱‏:۱‏-۸؛ لُوقا ۳‏:۱‏-۱۸؛ یُوحنّا ۱‏:۱۹‏-۲۸)
اُن دِنوں میں یُوحنّا بپتِسمہ دینے والا آیا اور یہُودیہ کے بیابان میں یہ مُنادی کرنے لگا کہ تَوبہ کرو کیونکہ آسمان کی بادشاہی نزدِیک آ گئی ہے۔ یہ وُہی ہے جِس کا ذکر یسعیاہ نبی کی معرفت یُوں ہُؤا کہ
بیابان میں پُکارنے والے کی آواز آتی ہے کہ
خُداوند کی راہ تیّار کرو۔
اُس کے راستے سِیدھے بناؤ۔
یہ یُوحنّا اُونٹ کے بالوں کی پوشاک پہنے اور چمڑے کا پٹکا اپنی کمر سے باندھے رہتا تھا اور اِس کی خوراک ٹِڈّیاں اور جنگلی شہد تھا۔ اُس وقت یروشلیِم اور سارے یہُودیہ اور یَردن کے گِرد و نواح کے سب لوگ نِکل کر اُس کے پاس گئے۔ اور اپنے گُناہوں کا اِقرار کر کے دریایِ یَردن میں اُس سے بپتِسمہ لِیا۔
مگر جب اُس نے بُہت سے فرِیسیِوں اور صدُوقِیوں کو بپتِسمہ کے لِئے اپنے پاس آتے دیکھا تو اُن سے کہا کہ اَے سانپ کے بچّو! تُم کو کِس نے جتا دِیا کہ آنے والے غضب سے بھاگو؟ پس تَوبہ کے مُوافِق پَھل لاؤ۔ اور اپنے دِلوں میں یہ کہنے کا خیال نہ کرو کہ ابرہامؔ ہمارا باپ ہے کیونکہ مَیں تُم سے کہتا ہُوں کہ خُدا اِن پتّھروں سے ابرہامؔ کے لِئے اَولاد پَیدا کر سکتا ہے۔ اور اب درختوں کی جڑ پر کُلہاڑا رکھّا ہُؤا ہے۔ پس جو درخت اچّھا پَھل نہیں لاتا وہ کاٹا اور آگ میں ڈالا جاتا ہے۔ مَیں تو تُم کو تَوبہ کے لِئے پانی سے بپتِسمہ دیتا ہُوں لیکن جو میرے بعد آتا ہے وہ مُجھ سے زورآور ہے۔ مَیں اُس کی جُوتِیاں اُٹھانے کے لائِق نہیں۔ وہ تُم کو رُوحُ القُدس اور آگ سے بپتِسمہ دے گا۔ اُس کا چھاج اُس کے ہاتھ میں ہے اور وہ اپنے کھلیہان کو خُوب صاف کرے گا اور اپنے گیہُوں کو تو کھتّے میں جمع کرے گا مگر بُھوسی کو اُس آگ میں جلائے گا جو بُجھنے کی نہیں۔

In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah:

“A voice of one calling in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord,
make straight paths for him.’ ”
John’s clothes were made of camel’s hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey. People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region of the Jordan. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not think you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham. The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
“I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

3 years ago | [YT] | 17

یُوحنّا بپتسِمہ دینے والے کی مُنادی (مرقس ۱‏:۱‏-۸؛ لُوقا ۳‏:۱‏-۱۸؛ یُوحنّا ۱‏:۱۹‏-۲۸)
اُن دِنوں میں یُوحنّا بپتِسمہ دینے والا آیا اور یہُودیہ کے بیابان میں یہ مُنادی کرنے لگا کہ تَوبہ کرو کیونکہ آسمان کی بادشاہی نزدِیک آ گئی ہے۔ یہ وُہی ہے جِس کا ذکر یسعیاہ نبی کی معرفت یُوں ہُؤا کہ
بیابان میں پُکارنے والے کی آواز آتی ہے کہ
خُداوند کی راہ تیّار کرو۔
اُس کے راستے سِیدھے بناؤ۔
یہ یُوحنّا اُونٹ کے بالوں کی پوشاک پہنے اور چمڑے کا پٹکا اپنی کمر سے باندھے رہتا تھا اور اِس کی خوراک ٹِڈّیاں اور جنگلی شہد تھا۔ اُس وقت یروشلیِم اور سارے یہُودیہ اور یَردن کے گِرد و نواح کے سب لوگ نِکل کر اُس کے پاس گئے۔ اور اپنے گُناہوں کا اِقرار کر کے دریایِ یَردن میں اُس سے بپتِسمہ لِیا۔
مگر جب اُس نے بُہت سے فرِیسیِوں اور صدُوقِیوں کو بپتِسمہ کے لِئے اپنے پاس آتے دیکھا تو اُن سے کہا کہ اَے سانپ کے بچّو! تُم کو کِس نے جتا دِیا کہ آنے والے غضب سے بھاگو؟ پس تَوبہ کے مُوافِق پَھل لاؤ۔ اور اپنے دِلوں میں یہ کہنے کا خیال نہ کرو کہ ابرہامؔ ہمارا باپ ہے کیونکہ مَیں تُم سے کہتا ہُوں کہ خُدا اِن پتّھروں سے ابرہامؔ کے لِئے اَولاد پَیدا کر سکتا ہے۔ اور اب درختوں کی جڑ پر کُلہاڑا رکھّا ہُؤا ہے۔ پس جو درخت اچّھا پَھل نہیں لاتا وہ کاٹا اور آگ میں ڈالا جاتا ہے۔ مَیں تو تُم کو تَوبہ کے لِئے پانی سے بپتِسمہ دیتا ہُوں لیکن جو میرے بعد آتا ہے وہ مُجھ سے زورآور ہے۔ مَیں اُس کی جُوتِیاں اُٹھانے کے لائِق نہیں۔ وہ تُم کو رُوحُ القُدس اور آگ سے بپتِسمہ دے گا۔ اُس کا چھاج اُس کے ہاتھ میں ہے اور وہ اپنے کھلیہان کو خُوب صاف کرے گا اور اپنے گیہُوں کو تو کھتّے میں جمع کرے گا مگر بُھوسی کو اُس آگ میں جلائے گا جو بُجھنے کی نہیں۔

In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah:

“A voice of one calling in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord,
make straight paths for him.’ ”
John’s clothes were made of camel’s hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey. People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region of the Jordan. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not think you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham. The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
“I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

3 years ago | [YT] | 13