• Thursday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time
• Memorial of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, 1090-1153; at 23, he entered the monastery of Citeaux, and three years later was sent to found the monastery of Clairvaux; many were attracted to it, and monks were sent from it to Portugal, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Sweden, England, and Ireland to establish new Cistercian communities; Bernard was a brilliant writer, who knew the Bible extremely well; he had a great devotion to Mary
• Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/20/26
• Gospel: Matthew 22:1-14

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