• Monday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time
• Optional Memorial of St. Jane Frances de Chantal, 1572-1641; married to–and then widowed from–Baron de Chantal, by whom she had six children, three of whom died in infancy; after her husband’s death, Jane sank into deep dejection; she met St. Francis de Sales, who became her spiritual director; he told Jane of his plan to found an institute of women that would be a haven for those whose health, age, or other considerations barred them from entering the already established communities; the Visitation nuns began with three women when Jane was 45; when plague ravaged France, she put all her convent’s resources at the disposal of the sick
• Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/12/24
• Gospel: Matthew 17:22-27

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