Thursday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Teresa of Avila, 1515-1582; born in Spain, and at age 20 entered the Carmelite convent of the Incarnation in Avila; she resolved to found new Carmelite convents committed to lives of poverty, seclusion and prayer; also, she experienced many visions and mystical impressions and […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Wednesday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of Pope St. Callistus I; lived in the first part of the Third Century; he was originally a slave, who lost money which was entrusted to him; he fled, but was caught, and he promised to return the money; later, he was arrested for fighting […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Tuesday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Colman of Stockerau; 11th Century Irish or Scottish pilgrim who was martyred in Austria while on the way to the Holy Land; tortured and hanged as a spy in 1012, he edified everyone with his courage; his body remained preserved, and miracles […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Monday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Carlo Acutis, 1991-2006; he was a tech-savvy teen who lived with great faith and a love of the Sacraments, in particular the Eucharist and Confession; his interest in Eucharistic miracles inspired him to create an online catalog, putting to use his modern […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/11/26 Gospel: Matthew 22:1-14 Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Saturday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Aldericus; Ninth Century archbishop and scholar, born in France; he became a Benedictine monk, and then a priest in Sens; he served as chancellor of the diocese, succeeding thearchbishop in 828; he died in 841; Aldericus was a known ecclesiastical scholar and […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Friday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Denis and Companions; Denis was the first bishop of Paris, in about 275 A.D.; St. Gregory of Tours reports that Pope Fabian sent St. Denis and his companions, the priest Rusticus and the deacon Eleutherius, to present day Paris to re-establish the Church […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Thursday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Keyne; daughter of King Brychan of Brecknock, Wales; she refused several suitors’ offers of marriage and became a hermitess on the banks of the Severn River in Somersetshire, England; after living there for several years, during which she traveled widely, she was […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Wednesday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary, commemorating victory in the Battle of Lepanto, 1571, accredited to the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/7/26 Gospel: Luke 11:1-4 Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Tuesday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of Blessed Marie Rose Durocher, 1811-1849; born in Quebec; as a housekeeper at a local rectory, she saw the need for greater instruction of the youth, especially young girls; she and her companions formed the Sisters of the Most Holy Names of Jesus and Mary; […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Monday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, 1819-1867; born in Germany, but decided to go to North America; in 1847, he arrived in the United States, entered the Redemptorist novitiate, and completed his studies, being ordained in 1844; he began his pastoral ministry in Pittsburgh, working closely […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

27th Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/4/26 Gospel: Matthew 21:33-43 Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more