Saturday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Lawrence of Brindisi, priest and doctor of the Church, 1559-1619 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/21/18 Gospel: Matthew 12:14-21

Friday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time Spotlight on St. Margaret of Antioch, 289-304; one of the fourteen “Holy Helpers”; one of the voices heard by St. Joan of Arc Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/20/18 Gospel: Matthew 12:1-8

Thursday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time Spotlight on St. Arsenius the Great, 354-450; Royal tutor, who became a hermit Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/19/18 Gospel: Matthew 11:28-30

Wednesday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time Spotlight on St. Frederick, Ninth Century Bishop of Utrecht; patron against deafness Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/18/18 Gospel: Matthew 11:25-27

Tuesday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time Spotlight on the Carmelite Nuns of Compiegne, martyrs of the French Revolution Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/17/18 Gospel: Matthew 11:20-24

Monday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/16/18 Gospel: Matthew 10:34-11:1

15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/15/18 Gospel: Mark 6:7-13

Memorial of St. Kateri Tekakwitha, 1656-1680; first Native American saint; patroness of the environment and ecology Saturday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/14/18 Gospel: Matthew 10:24-33

Friday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Henry, 972-1024; German king, Holy Roman Emperor; strove for stable peace in Europe; fostered reform of ecclesiastical and monastic life Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/13/18 Gospel: Matthew 10:16-23

Thursday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time Spotlight on St. Veronica, reputed to have wiped the face of Jesus on his way to his crucifixion, leaving an imprint of his face on the cloth Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/12/18 Gospel: Matthew 10:7-15