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Ordinary Time: October 3rd
Tuesday of the Twenty-Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
Today the Roman Martyrology includes in commemorations: —St. Gerard of Brogne (895-959) who was born in the county of Namur. He trained for the army, as a page of the count of Namur he was sent on a special mission... More
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Ordinary Time: October 2nd
Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels
Today the Church celebrates the Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels. Each person on earth has a guardian angel who watches over him and helps him to attain his salvation. It has been a common theological opinion that this... More
Ordinary Time: October 1st
Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
"Amen, I say to you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you. When John came to you in the way of righteousness, you did not believe him; but tax collectors and prostitutes did. Yet even when you... More
Sunday: a day of rest.
Ordinary Time: September 30th
Memorial of St. Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church
Today is the Memorial of St. Jerome (345-420). Jerome was born in Dalmatia of a Christian, was baptized in Rome, while taking his classical courses. He then studied under the best masters in foreign cities. But the Church had... More
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Ordinary Time: September 29th
Feast of Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels
The liturgy celebrates the Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, archangels who are venerated in the tradition of the Church. Michael (Who is like God?) was the archangel who fought against Satan and all his evil... More
Ordinary Time: September 28th
Thursday of the Twenty-Fifth Week in Ordinary Time; Optional Memorial of St. Wenceslaus, Martyr; St. Lawrence Ruiz and Companions, Martyrs
Today the Church celebrates two optional memorials of martyrs: —St. Wenceslaus (907-929) was Duke of Bohemia, who after many trials in governing and evangelizing his people, suffered martyrdom at the hands of his brother... More
Ordinary Time: September 27th
Memorial of St. Vincent de Paul, Priest
The Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Vincent de Paul (1581-1660), who was born in Gascony, France, and died in Paris. He studied theology at Toulouse and was ordained a priest in 1600. As a young priest he fell into the... More
Ordinary Time: September 26th
Tuesday of the Twenty-Fifth Week in Ordinary Time; Optional Memorial of Sts. Cosmas and Damian, Martyrs
According to tradition, Saints Cosmas and Damian (d. 303) suffered martyrdom in Syria during the Roman persecution of Diocletian. Not much is known about them, but tradition holds they were twin brothers and medical doctors,... More
Ordinary Time: September 25th
Monday of the Twenty-Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Finbarr (550-623), bishop (and patron) of Cork, Ireland. He was a native of Connaught, and instituted a monastery or school at Lough Eirc, to which such numbers of disciples flocked,... More
Ordinary Time: September 24th
Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
"Brothers and sisters: Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me life is Christ, and death is gain. If I go on living in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me. And I do not know which I shall... More
Sunday: a day of rest.
Ordinary Time: September 23rd
Memorial of St. Pius of Pietrelcina, Priest; Ember Saturday
Today is the Memorial of St. Pius of Pietrelcina (1887-1968), more popularly known as Padre Pio was born in 1887 in the small Italian village of Pietrelcina. He joined the Capuchin Friars at the age of sixteen and was... More
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