Reading 1Isaiah 52:13--53:12Reading 2Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9Responsorial PsalmPsalms 31:2, 6, 12-13, 15-16, 17, 25GospelJohn 18:1--19:42

You’ve heard rags-to-riches stories. Today, we celebrate the reverse. James of Oldo was born into a well-to-do family near Milan in 1364. He married a woman who, like him, appreciated the comforts that came with wealth. But an outbreak of plague drove James, his wife and their three children out of ... […]