Thursday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Cleophas; he was one of the two disciples who met Christ on the road to Emmaus; he was also identified as the father of Mary, one of whom stood with the Mother ofGod at the foot of the Cross; he has been […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Wednesday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Rupert of Salzberg; he was bishop of Worms in the Seventh Century when he was called to evangelize Bavaria; Duke Theodo II gave him land, on which he established the Abbey of St. Peter and the Nonnburg Convent; he converted pagan temples […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Tuesday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Pius of Pietrelcina, better known as Padre Pio, 1887-1968; grew up in a farming family in southern Italy; joined the Capuchins at the age of 15; on September 20, 1918, he had a vision of Jesus, and at the end of the vision, he […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Monday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Phocas the Gardener; in the third century, he cultivated a garden near the city gate of Sinope, now in Turkey; he shared with the poor what he earned from his gardening, and opened his home to travelers lacking a place to stay; […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/21/25 Gospel: Luke 16:1-13 Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Saturday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of Saints Andrew Kim Taegon and Paul Chong Hasan, and companions, the Korean martyrs; Christianity came to Korea during the Japanese invasion in 1592 when some Koreans were baptized, probably by Christian Japanese soldiers; yhe first native Korean priest, Andrew Kim Taegon was the son of […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Friday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Januarius; in Diocletian’s persecution of 305, Januarius and his companions were thrown to the bears in the amphitheatre, but the animals failed to attack, so they were beheaded; Januarius’ blood was eventually brought to Naples, where it liquifies 18 times per year; the […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Thursday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Joseph of Cupertino, 1603-1663; “the flying saint”; entered the Franciscan order, and was ordained a priest; over seventy times, people say they saw him rise from the ground while offering mass or praying; at Mass he is said to have frequently floated […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

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, […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... 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 […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... 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 Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... 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 Podcast: Play in […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more