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Tuesday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Edward the Confessor, 1003-1066; Eleventh Century king of England; built St. Peter’s Abbey in Westminster, on the site of the present Abbey Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/13/20 Gospel: Luke 11:37-41

Monday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Edwin of Northumbria, 586-633; became king of Northumbria in 616, and married Ethelburga, who was a Christian; converted, and was baptized in 627; slain in battle, and Pope Gregory XIII allowed him to be venerated as a martyr Office of Readings and […]

28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/11/20 Gospel: Matthew 22:1-14

Saturday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Francis Borgia, 1510-1572; left public life to join the Society of Jesus; helped to establish what is now the Gregorian University; founded a dozen colleges in Spain; as head of the Jesuits, he was responsible for the growth of the order Office […]

Friday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of Saints Denis, Rusticus, and Eleutherius, Third Century martyrs; Denis and his companions were sent as missionaries to Gaul; Denis set up his base near Lutetia Parisorium, modern-day Paris, and is known as the first bishop of Paris; they were captured, imprisoned, and martyred about […]

Thursday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Keyne; Fifth Century holy woman of Wales Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/8/20 Gospel: Luke 11:5-13

Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary; celebration established by Pope St. Pius V in 1573, extended to the universal Church by Pope Clement XI in 1716 Wednesday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/7/20 Gospel: Luke 11:1-4

Optional Memorial of Blessed Marie Rose Durocher, 1811-1849; foundress of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary in Canada Tuesday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/6/20 Gospel: Luke 10:38-42

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 […]