Optional Memorial of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, 1819-1867; born in Germany, came to the United States in 1843; preached in Connecticut, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin; considered an expert confessor, a watchful and prudent spiritual director, and a pastor available to the poor and abandoned; died in […]

Saturday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Theodora Guerin, 1798-1856; born in France, came to Saint-Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, to care for the sick poor, and establish a motherhouse and novitiate; endured many trials, but told her sisters, “With Jesus, what shall we have to fear?” Office of Readings and Morning […]

Memorial of the Guardian Angels Friday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/2/20 Gospel: Matthew 18:1-5, 10

Memorial of St. Therese of Lisieux, 1873-1897; became a Carmelite nun at the age of 15, died at 24; “I prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul.” Thursday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for […]

Memorial of St. Jerome, 345-420; great scripture scholar; responsible for the translation known as the Vulgate; traveled extensively in Palestine, and died in Bethlehem Wednesday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/30/20 Gospel: Luke 9:57-62

Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, archangels Tuesday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/29/20 Gospel: John 1:47-51

Monday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Wenceslaus, 907-929; king of Bohemia, who worked toward unification within the kingdom; killed by a group led by his brother; patron of the Czech people Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/28/20 Gospel: Luke 9:46-50

26th Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/27/20 Gospel: Matthew 21:28-32

Saturday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of Saints Cosmas and Damian; became well-known for their skills in the science of medicine; arrested and tortured as Christians under the persecution of Diocletian; died about 287 A.D.; patrons saints of pharmacists Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/26/20 Gospel: Luke 9:43-45

Friday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Albert of Jerusalem, 1149-1215; Patriarch of Jerusalem when the hermits of Mount Carmel asked him to give them a rule of life, constituting the beginning of the Carmelite order; called to the Lateran council in 1215, but was assassinated before leaving Palestine […]