Tuesday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Louis IX, 1214-1270; protected French clergy from secular leaders; enforced laws against blasphemy; established the Sorbonne and several monasteries; led two crusades Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/25/20 Gospel: Matthew 23:23-26

Feast of St. Bartholomew, one of the Twelve; believed to have preached in Mesopotami, Persia, and Egypt; martyred in Armenia Monday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/24/20 Gospel: John 1:45-51

21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/23/20 Gospel: Matthew 16:13-20

Memorial of Pope St. Pius X, 1835-1914; inaugurated liturgical renewal and restored frequent communion from childhood; fought the heresy of Modernism; brough about the codification on canon law Friday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/21/20 Gospel: Matthew 22:34-40

Memorial of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, 1090-1153; Cistercian who founded the Abbey of Clairvaux; preached the second Crusade; endowed with the gift of miracles Thursday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/20/20 Gospel: Matthew 22:1-14

Wednesday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. John Eudes, 1601-1680; founded the Eudists, also known as the Congregation of Jesus and Mary, devoted to the formation of the clergy; also founded the Sisters of Charity of the Refuge, to assist prostitutes in escaping that life Office of Readings and Morning […]

Tuesday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Helena, 250-330; mother of Emperor Constantine the Great; discoverer of the True Cross; patroness of new discoveries Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/18/20 Gospel: Matthew 19:23-30

Monday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Clare of Montefalco, 1268-1308; joined a convent of Franciscan tertiaries as a young woman, and eventually became abbess; known for her austere life and devotion to the Passion of Christ and His Cross Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/17/20 Gospel: […]

20th Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/16/20 Gospel: Matthew 15:21-28

Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven Saturday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/15/20 Gospel: Luke 1:39-56