Optional Memorial of St. John Paul II, 1920-2005; promoted ecumenical and interfaith initiatives; visited Rome’s main synagogue and the Western Wall in Jerusalem; established diplomatic relations between the Holy See and Israel; encouraged the growth of the Solidarity movement in Poland and the eventual collapse of communism in central and eastern Europe Tuesday of the […]

Monday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Hilarion, 291-371; lived a life of simplicity and hardship in the desert; miracles attributed to him; founder of monasticism in Palestine Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/21/19 Gospel: Luke 12:13-21

29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/20/19 Gospel: Luke 18:1-8

Memorial of Saints John de Brebeuf, Isaac Jogues, and companions; Jesuit martyrs of North America; worked among the Huron Indians; martyred by the Iroquois in 1649 Saturday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/19/19 Gospel: Luke 12:8-12

Feast of St. Luke, died about 84 A.D.; wrote a large portion of the New Testament, his Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles; accompanied Paul on some of his journeys Friday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/18/19 Gospel: Luke 10:1-9

Memorial of St. Ignatius of Antioch, died 107 A.D.; condemned to death as a Christian; famous for seven letters he wrote on the way to his execution; died in the Circus Maximus Thursday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/17/19 Gospel: Luke 11:47-54

Wednesday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Hedwig, 1174-1243; aunt of St. Elizabeth of Hungary; married to Duke Henry of Silesia; after Henry’s death, became a Cistercian Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/16/19 Gospel: Luke 11:42-46

Memorial of St. Teresa of Avila, 1515-1582; a woman of prayer, discipline, and compassion; along with St. John of the Cross, a reformer of the Carmelite order Tuesday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/15/19 Gospel: Luke 11:37-41

Monday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Callistus I, died 223 A.D.; supervised the Christian cemetery, still called the Cemetery of St. Callistus; elected pope, and was opposed by Hippolytus, who became the first antipope; martyred during a disturbance in Rome Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/14/19 Gospel: […]

28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/13/19 Gospel: Luke 17:11-19