Memorial of St. Kateri Tekakwitha, 1656-1680; born in New York; suffered a smallpox epidemic which left her disfigured and half-blind; moved by the words of the Jesuit missionaries, and converted, baptized on Easter Sunday; traveled to a Christian Indian village near Montreal; took a vow of virginity and fasted for the conversion of her nation
Optional Memorial of St. Henry, 972-1024; German king and Holy Roman Emperor; a practical man of affairs; helped Pope Benedict VIII quell disturbances in Rome
Saint of the Day: St. Veronica; the woman who offered a cloth to Jesus so he could wipe his face on the way to His crucifixion; the image of His face was imprinted on the cloth; Veronica is not mentioned in scripture, but is known through tradition, and in the Sixth Station of the Cross
Memorial of St. Benedict, 480-547; became a hermit, and lived in a cave for three years; some monks wanted him to be their leader, but they disliked his strictness; he eventually built the monastery of Monte Cassino, and developed a rule of liturgical prayer, study, manual labor, and living together under a common abbot
Saint of the Day: St. Jeanne-Marie Kerguin, 1864-1900; born in France to a poor peasant family; joined the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary in 1867; assigned first to Parish, then to Carthage in Northern Africa; went to China in 1899, and was executed in a crackdown on foreign missionaries during the Boxer Rebellion
Saint of the Day: St. Palladius, 408-450; first bishop of Ireland, immediate predecessor to St. Patrick; sent by Pope Celestine I to preach to the Irish, but made little impact; sailed for Scotland to preach among the Picts, and died shortly after his arrival
Optional Memorial of St. Maria Goretti, 1890-1902; at nearly 12 years of age, she was attacked by a young man, Alessandro, who tried to violate her; in the struggle, he stabbed her; her last hours were marked by concern for her mother, forgiveness of her murderer, and reception of Viaticum; while in prison, Alessandro had a vision of Maria offering him flowers, and his life changed; on his release, he begged the forgiveness of Maria's mother, and he was present at her canonization
Optional Memorial of St. Elizabeth of Portugal, 1271-1336; married to Denis, king of Portugal; practiced piety, and helped pilgrims, strangers, the sick, and the poor; after the death of her husband, she retired as a Franciscan tertiary to a monastery of Poor Clares
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/5/22
Gospel: Matthew 9:32-38
52 min
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