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Thursday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Stephen the Great, 977-1038; patron of Hungary Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/16/18 Gospel: Matthew 18:21-19:1

Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Heaven; a holy day of obligation Wednesday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/15/18 Gospel: Luke 1:39-56

Memorial of St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe, 1894-1941; died in Auschwitz, offering his own life in the place of a man with a family Tuesday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/14/18 Gospel: Matthew 18:1-5, 10-14

Monday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of Saints Pontian and Hippolytus, pope and antipope, eventually reconciled; both died in exile in 235 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/13/18 Gospel: Matthew 17:22-27

19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/12/18 Gospel: John 6:41-51—the Bread of Life

Memorial of St. Clare of Assisi, 1194-1253; foundress of the Poor Clares, the Second Order of St. Francis Saturday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/11/18 Gospel: Matthew 17:14-20

Feast of St. Lawrence, 225-258; deacon and martyr Friday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/10/18 Gospel: John 12:24-26

Thursday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, aka Edith Stein, 1891-1942; Jewish convert to Catholicism, Carmelite nun; died in the gas chambers of Auschwitz Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/9/18 Gospel: Matthew 16:13-23

Memorial of St. Dominic, 1170-1221; founder of the Order of Preacher, also known as the Dominicans Wednesday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/8/18 Gospel: Matthew 15:21-28

Tuesday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of Pope St. Sixtus II, and companions, martyred in 258 A.D. Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/7/18 Gospel: Matthew 14:22-36