Friday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Rosalia, 1130-1170; a descendant of Charlemagne; born in Palermo, Sicily; she left her home and took up her abode in a cave; she remained there entirely hidden from the world; she practiced great mortifications and lived in constant communion with God; afterward […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Thursday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of Pope St. Gregory the Great, 540-604; his education was steeped in law, religion, grammar, rhetoric, and affairs of the republic; after the death of Pope Pelagius II, St. Gregory was elected his successor; he leveraged his papal authority, forming relations with the churches in Spain, […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Wednesday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Ingrid of Sweden; born in Sweden in the 13th Century; she was the first Dominican nun inSwedenand in 1281 she founded the first Dominicancloister there, called St. Martin’s in Skänninge; she died in 1282 surrounded by an aura of sanctity. Office of […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Tuesday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Simeon the Stylite, 290-459; at thirteen, he heard a Gospel reading of the Beatitudes that greatly affected him; he entered a nearly monastery, and learned all thePsalms by heart; he became a hermit, and in 423, began living atop a pillar only […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Monday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Aidan of Lindisfarne; born in Ireland, went to Lindisfarne as bishop, and became known for hisknowledge of the Bible, his learning, his eloquent preaching, his holiness, his distaste for pomp, his kindness to the poor, and the miracles attributed to him; he […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/30/26 Gospel: Matthew 16:21-27 Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Saturday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of the Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/29/26 Gospel: Mark 6:17-29 Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Friday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Augustine of Hippo, bishop and doctor of the Church, 354-430; born in northern Africa to a Christian mother and a pagan father; spent years vascillating through Manicheism and Neoplatonism, and eventually converted to Christianity, baptized by St. Ambrose in Milan; he became a monk, […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Thursday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Monica, 331-387; mother of St. Augustine of Hippo; after seventeen years of prayer, her pagan husband and her son converted to Christianity; her faithful spirit is evident in Augustine’s “Confessions” Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/27/26 Gospel: Matthew 24:42-51 Podcast: Play in […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Wednesday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: Pope St. Zephyrinus; pope from 199 to 217; he was a Roman by birth; his reign, as successor to St. Victor I, was dominated by the troubles caused by several heretical groups and the severepersecutionof the Church launched by EmperorSeptimius Severus around 202; […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Tuesday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Louis IX, 1214-1270; became king of France at the age of 13; he defended justice and promoted peace; he organized ‘the court of the king;’ bringing regular reviews of feudal cases; he prioritized the poor; founding many hospitals and charitable organizations; he loved […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Feast of St. Bartholomew, apostle Monday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/24/26 Gospel: John 1:45-51 Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more