Optional Memorial of St. Cyril of Alexandria, 378-444; as archbishop of Alexandria, he fought Nestorianism, a heresy which taught that there were two persons in Christ, one human and one divine; at the Council of Ephesus in 431, Cyril proclaimed Mary truly the "God-bearer," from whence comes her traditional title, "Mother of God"
Optional Memorial of St. Thomas More, 1478-1535, and St. John Fisher, 1469-1535; More, chancellor of England, and Fisher, a bishop, both refused to condone the divorce of King Henry VIII from Catherine of Aragon to marry Anne Boleyn, and also refused to acknowledge Henry as supreme head of the Church of England; they were executed about two weeks apart
Memorial of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, 1568-1591; decided at age 8 to enter religious life, joined the Jesuits at 18; served in a hospital during the plague of 1587 in Milan, caught it himself, and died at the age of 23; received last rites from St. Robert Bellarmine
Saint of the Day: St. Adalbert of Magdeburg, 910-981; German Benedictine monk, consecrated a bishop and sent to Russia in 961, but was forced to flee; spent four years in Mainz, and was then named abbot of Weissenburg and bishop of Magdeburg--a diocese created to provide missionary programs for the Slavs
Saint of the Day: St. Gregory Barbarigo, 1625-1697; originally embraced a diplomatic career, but became a priest, then the first bishop of Bergamo, and eventually a Cardinal; seminaries at Bergamo and Padua were enlarged under his rule, and he added a library and printing press to the Padua seminary
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/18/22
Gospel: Matthew 6:24-34
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