• Friday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time
• Optional Memorial of Pope St. Sixtus II and companions, martyrs; Sixtus II was elected Supreme Pontiff in 257 AD.; in his reign, he mediated between Rome and the Asiatic and African churches over re-baptizing heretics; also, during this time, Emperor Valerian issued a decree persecuting Christians and forbidding them to assemble;Saint Sixtus II held to the Faith and, with a group of 6 deacons, was martyred during a gathering honoring the Lord in 258 A.D.
• Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/7/26
• Gospel: Matthew 16:24-28

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