Wednesday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Robert Bellarmine, 1542-1621; ordained in 1570, and devoted his energy to the study of church history and the early church fathers; Pope Clement VIII made him a cardinal, saying that “he had not his equal for learning”; he relaxed none of his austerities, […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/115c3b77-1c7e-4b45-b526-b35a0170740a/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Tuesday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of Saints Cornelius and Cyprian; Cornelius was elected pope in 251; one of his great challenges was the question of whether the Church could pardon and receive back into the Church those who had apostacized in the face of martyrdom; Cornelius insisted that they be welcomed […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/d44359d4-5cbf-4c76-b891-b35a002cfb60/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Monday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/15/25 Gospel: John 19:25-27 https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/1915ff40-ee06-4982-a4ae-b3590063e8bc/audio.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSShttps://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/1915ff40-ee06-4982-a4ae-b3590063e8bc/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross; commemorating the discovery of the True Cross in 326, its initial exaltation for public veneration in 335, and the recovery of the Cross from the Persians in 628 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/14/25 Gospel: John 3:13-17 https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/8bf2a157-dba3-48b8-a795-b35800406f2c/audio.mp3Podcast: Play in […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/8bf2a157-dba3-48b8-a795-b35800406f2c/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Saturday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. John Chrysostom, 349-407; his name is a tribute to his preaching, meaning “golden-mouthed”; he reluctantly became bishop of Constantinople; but his zeal led him to decisive action, including deposing bishops who had bribed their way into office; he called for concrete steps to share […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/7ce20017-e9da-4ad8-865c-b35700490ec2/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Friday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of the Most Holy Name of Mary Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/12/25 Gospel: Luke 6:39-42 https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/aecc4edf-995a-46ec-90e1-b356003eee90/audio.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSShttps://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/aecc4edf-995a-46ec-90e1-b356003eee90/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Thursday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Theodora of Alexandria; a maiden of Alexandria, Egypt, who fell into alifeof sin, repented, and spent her remaining days in virtual anonymity as a hermit in the Thebaid, in the southern region of Egypt, atoning throughabstinence and mortifications; the fact that she […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/52f9b953-953f-48e1-9c1d-b35500693e23/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Wednesday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Apollinaris Franco; born in Old Castile, Spain, educated in law at Salamanca; he entered the Franciscans, and was sent to Japan in 1614; he served as superior of the Franciscan Mission until his arrest in 1617; he was imprisoned in Omura until […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/be813e9c-b913-4fe9-9d8a-b3540049ff43/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Tuesday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Peter Claver, 1581-1654; as a Jesuit, he sailed to Cartagena , a port city in the Caribbean, where the slave trade flourished; as soon as a slave ship entered the port, Peter Claver moved into its infested hold to minister to the ill-treated and […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/7d2d82e3-15d3-48b4-a2b3-b3530063dbaf/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Feast of the Nativity of Mary Monday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/8/25 Gospel: Matthew 1:1-16, 18-23 https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/ba0aa3e9-915d-449b-8b58-b3510023a8cf/audio.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSShttps://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/ba0aa3e9-915d-449b-8b58-b3510023a8cf/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/7/25 Gospel: Luke 14:25-33 https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/3547c065-10e0-4706-b339-b350014f64f5/audio.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSShttps://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/3547c065-10e0-4706-b339-b350014f64f5/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Saturday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time Saints of the Day: Saints Felix and Augebert; Englishmen who were captured and sold into slavery in France; they were ransomed by Pope Gregory I the Great; Felix became a priest, Augebert a deacon; while preparing to return to England as mis­sionaries, they were slain by pagans […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/e0dcca21-8c3a-45aa-839f-b3500044dde9/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more