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Ordinary Time: September 16th
Memorial of Sts. Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs; St. Ninian, Bishop (Scotland, Feast)
Today the Church commemorates two friends in the service of Christ and his Church. Cornelius, a Roman, was the twenty-first Pope during the reign of the Emperor Gallus and Volusian. He had to oppose Novatian, the first anti-pope, who... More
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Ordinary Time: September 15th
Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows
Devotion to the Seven Sorrows of Our Lady has its roots in Sacred Scripture and in Christian piety, which always associates the Blessed Mother with her suffering Son. Today's feast was introduced by the Servites in order to intensify... More
Ordinary Time: September 14th
Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
This feast was observed in Rome before the end of the seventh century. It commemorates the recovery of the Holy Cross, which had been placed on Mt. Calvary by St. Helena and preserved in Jerusalem, but then had fallen into the hands of... More
Ordinary Time: September 13th
Memorial of St. John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
St. John Chrysostom, born in Antioch about 347 A.D., was a great genius. His powerful eloquence earned him the surname of Chrysostom, or golden mouthed. With St. Athanasius, St. Gregory Nazianzen and St. Basil, he forms the group of the... More
Ordinary Time: September 12th
Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
And Jesus went on with his disciples, to the villages of Caesare'a Philip'pi; and on the way he asked his disciples, "Who do men say that I am?" And they told him, "John the Baptist; and others say, Eli'jah; and others one of the... More
Sunday: a day of rest.
Ordinary Time: September 11th
Saturday of the Twenty-Third Week in Ordinary Time
According to tradition Sts. Protus and Hyacinth were Romans by birth, brothers and servants in the house of St. Basilla. They were burned alive around 257, during the persecution of Valerian and Gallian. St. Hyacinth is unique among Roman... More
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Ordinary Time: September 10th
Friday of the Twenty-Third Week in Ordinary Time
St. Nicholas of Tolentino, 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 stall, he was one day greatly affected by a sermon preached by a Hermit of St.... More
Ordinary Time: September 9th
Memorial of St. Peter Claver, Priest
Peter Claver 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 of black slaves. For thirty-three years he ministered to slaves, caring for... More
Ordinary Time: September 8th
Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Mary was born to be the mother of the Savior of the world, the spiritual mother of all men, and the holiest of God's creatures. Because of her Son's infinite merits, she was conceived and born immaculate and full of grace. Through her,... More
Ordinary Time: September 7th
Tuesday of the Twenty-Third Week in Ordinary Time
According to tradition today is the feast of St. Regina (Reine) who after undergoing many cruel torments, was beheaded for the faith at Aliza, formerly a large town called Alexia, famous for the siege which Caesar laid to it, now a small... More
Ordinary Time: September 6th
Monday of the Twenty-Third Week in Ordinary Time; Labor Day (USA)
Mary suffered because of her intimate union with Christ, on account of our sins, and on behalf of her spiritual children. Devotion to the Mother of Sorrows and the Seven Sorrows of Mary encourages us to flee from sin and inflames our... More
