Optional Memorial of Saints Pontian and Hippolytus; Third Century pope and antipope, respectively, who were both exiled to the mines of Sardinia, where they reconciled, and both died as martyrs
Optional Memorial of St. Jane Frances de Chantal, 1572-1641; married Baron de Chantal, by whom she had six children, three of whom died in infancy; widowed, and with the help of St. Francis de Sales, founded the Visitation order; encouraged local authorities to assist victims of the plague, and put all her convents resources at the disposal of the sick
Memorial of St. Clare of Assisi, 1194-1253; lifelong friend of St. Francis; received a habit from St. Francis, after which he placed her in a convent; others followed; Clare became abbess at age 21, a responsibility which she exercised until her death; served the sick, and washed the feet of the begging nuns; came from prayer with her face shining; received a vision of the community's vespers service while confined to a sickbed, and was thus designated the patroness of television
Feast of St. Lawrence, 225-258; Roman deacon under Pope Sixtus II, who was martyred; the prefect of Rome demanded that Lawrence present the "treasures of the Church"; Lawrence gathered blind, lame, maimed, leprous, orphaned, and widowed persons, and said, "These are the treasures of the Church"; Lawrence was burned on a gridiron, and was heard to say, "It is well done. Turn me over!"; patron saint of chefs
Optional Memorial of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, 1891-1942; abandoned Judaism, but was so taken with the autobiography of St. Teresa of Avila that she became a Catholic, and then a Carmelite nun; taken by the Nazis from the convent in the Netherlands, and died at Auschwitz in 1942
Memorial of St. Dominic, 1170-1221; commissioned to be part of a preaching crusade against the Albigensian heresy; his fellow preachers became a community, and in 1215 Dominic founded the Order of Preachers, also known as the Dominicans
Optional Memorial of the Dedication of Saint Mary Major Basilica in Rome; one of the four patriarchal churches, along with St. John Lateran, St. Paul Outside the Walls, and St. Peter's
Memorial of St. John Vianney, 1786-1859; needed private tutoring to complete his studies for priesthood; as a priest, he spent many hours in the confessional; named patron of parish priests by Pope Pius XI
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/4/22
Gospel: Matthew 16:13-23
52 min
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