• Thursday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time
• Memorial of St. Alphonsus Liguori, 1696-1787; born near Naples, graduated in law at the age of 16; entered the ecclesiastical state, and was ordained a priest in 1726; in 1732, he discerned a call from God to found the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer–also known as the Redemptorists–to labor for the salvation of the most abandoned souls; appointed bishop of St. Agatha in 1756, and retired to his convent in 1775, where he died
• Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/1/24
• Gospel: Matthew 13:47-53

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