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Ordinary Time: September 10th

Tuesday of the Twenty-Third Week in Ordinary Time

Today the Roman Martyrology commemorates: —St. Nicholas of Tolentino (1245-1305), a native of Sant' Angelo, in the diocese of Fermo, was born about the year 1245. As a young man, but already endowed with a canon's... More

Ordinary Time: September 9th

Memorial of St. Peter Claver, Priest

Today the Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Peter Claver (1581-1654), who was born of a distinguished family in Catalonia, Spain. He became a Jesuit in 1604, and left for Colombia in 1610, dedicating himself to the service... More

Ordinary Time: September 8th

Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

And people brought to him a deaf man who had a speech impediment and begged him to lay his hand on him. He took him off by himself away from the crowd. He put his finger into the man’s ears and, spitting, touched his tongue; then he... More

Ordinary Time: September 7th

Saturday of the Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time

The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Regina (Reine) (d. 286). She, after undergoing many cruel torments, was beheaded for the faith at Aliza. Aliza was formerly a large town called Alexia, famous for the siege which... More

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Ordinary Time: September 6th

Friday of the Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time

The Roman Martyrology today commemorates St. Eleutherius, abbot (d. 585) of St. Mark's monastery near Spoleto in the Italian province of Perugia, he was the friend of St. Gregory who mentions him several times in his... More

Ordinary Time: September 5th

Thursday of the Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time

The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997), affectionally called "Mother Teresa." Nun, missionary and teacher in Calcutta, India and foundress of the Congregation of the Missionaries of Charity... More

Ordinary Time: September 4th

Wednesday of the Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time

Today's Roman Martyrology includes these commemorations: —Moses, the Prophet whom God chose to free the Israelites who were oppressed In Egypt and bring them to the Promised Land, to whom he also revealed himself on... More

Ordinary Time: September 3rd

Memorial of St. Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church

St. Gregory the Great (540-604), senator and prefect of Rome, then in succession monk, cardinal and pope, governed the Church from 590 to 604. England owes her conversion to him. At a period when the invasion of the barbarians... More

Ordinary Time: September 2nd

Monday of the Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time; Labor Day (USA)

The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Agricola (also known as Agricolus) (625-700), son of St. Magnus and bishop of Avignon, France. He built a church in Avignon to be served by the monks of Lerins and also a... More

Ordinary Time: September 1st

Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

He summoned the crowd again and said to them, "Hear me, all of you, and understand. Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile. From within people, from their... More

Ordinary Time: August 31st

Saturday of the Twenty-First Week in Ordinary Time

The Roman Martyrology commemorates Saints Joseph Arimathea and Nicodemus, who lived in first-century in Jerusalem at the time of Christ, and are mentioned in the Gospels. They received the dead body of Jesus deposited... More

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