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Ordinary Time: August 25th
Twenty-First Sunday of Ordinary Time
Someone asked him, "Lord, will only a few be saved?" He answered them, "Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I tell you, will attempt to enter but will not be strong enough. After the master of the house has arisen and... More
Ordinary Time: August 24th
Feast of St. Bartholomew, Apostle
St. Bartholomew, a doctor in the Jewish law, was a dear friend of St. Philip the Apostle. Because Bartholomew was a man "in whom there was no guile," his mind was open to the truth. He went willingly with Philip to see Christ, and... More
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Ordinary Time: August 23rd
Friday of the Twentieth Week of Ordinary Time; Optional Memorial of St. Rose of Lima, virgin
The first canonized saint of the Western Hemisphere, Rose of Lima (1586-1617) might also be considered a type of the special vocation of contemplative-in-the-world. Inspired by the example of St. Catherine of Siena, Rose became a... More
Ordinary Time: August 22nd
Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The faithful, under the guidance of an unerring Catholic instinct, have ever recognized the queenly dignity of the Mother of "The King of kings and Lord of lords": the Fathers, the Doctors of the Church, Popes, down through the centuries,... More
Ordinary Time: August 21st
Memorial of St. Pius X, pope
Joseph Sarto was born in humble circumstances at Riese, a small village in Venetia, on June 2, 1835. He was successively curate, parish priest, bishop of Mantua, Patriarch of Venice — offices to which his keen intelligence, hard work and... More
Ordinary Time: August 20th
Memorial of St. Bernard, abbot and doctor
St. Bernard (1090-1153) was born near Dijon and died in Clairvaux, France. He was of a noble family and received a careful education in his youth. With his father, brother and thirty noblemen he entered the Benedictine monastery of... More
Ordinary Time: August 19th
Monday of the Twentieth Week of Ordinary Time; Optional Memorial of St. John Eudes, priest
St. John Eudes (1601-1680) was born in Ri and died in Caen, France. Despite the prevailing rigors of Jansenism, he received First Communion when only a child. He studied in Paris and was ordained a priest in 1625. He soon became an... More
Ordinary Time: August 18th
Twentieth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Jesus said to his disciples: “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing! There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished! Do you think that I have... More
Ordinary Time: August 17th
Saturday of the Nineteenth Week of Ordinary Time
According to the 1962 Missal of St. John XXIII the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, today is the feast of St. Hyacinth, a canon of Krakow, who joined the Dominican Order in Rome during the lifetime of the founder, in about the year... More
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Ordinary Time: August 16th
Friday of the Nineteenth Week of Ordinary Time; Optional Memorial of St. Stephen of Hungary
Vaik, son of Geza, Duke of Hungary, was baptized about 985 by St. Adalbert of Prague who gave him the name of Stephen. He was chosen by God to bring his people to the Christian faith. With the assistance of monks from Burgundy, he... More
Ordinary Time: August 15th
Solemnity of the Assumption
On November 1, 1950, Pius XII defined the dogma of the Assumption. Thus he solemnly proclaimed that the belief whereby the Blessed Virgin Mary, at the close of her earthly life, was taken up, body and soul, into the glory of heaven,... More
