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

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/7/25 Gospel: Luke 14:25-33 Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... 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 […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Friday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Teresa of Calcutta, 1910-1997; while serving as a Sister of Loretto, she received a “call within a call” to serve the poorest of the poor; she established the Missionaries of Charity; in 1948, she went to the slums for the first time; […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Thursday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Rosalia; daughter of Sinibald,Lord of Roses and Quisquina, and a descendant of the great Charlemagne; lived much of her life alone in a cave; she practiced great mortifications and lived in constant communion with God; she died alone in 1160; her body […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Wednesday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Gregory the Great, 540-604; prefect of Rome before age 30, elected pope at age 50; he removed unworthy priests from office, forbade taking money for many services, emptied the papal treasury to ransom prisoners of the Lombards and to care for persecuted Jews and […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Tuesday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Brocard; French by birth, he went to Mount Carmel; he was elected prior, and asked Albert, the patriarch of Jerusalem, to draw up a rule for the monks; this rule became the foundation of the Carmelite order; Brocard ruled for 35 years, […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more