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

Monday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Simeon the Stylite, 390-459; he entered a monastery and became a hermit; in 423 he imposed on himself the unusualmortification of living atop a pillar only a few feet in diameter and about ten feet high; one bishop even brought him Holy […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/31/25 Gospel: Luke 14:1, 7-14 Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Saturday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Narcisa De Jesus Martillo Moran, 1832-1869; born in Ecuador, orphaned at an early age, she worked as a seamstress; she resolved to consecrate hervirginitytoChristand to spend the rest of herlifeofferingprayersand penances toGod in expiation for mankind’s sins; she spent eight hours per […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Friday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of the Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist; the drunken oath of a king with a shallow sense of honor, a seductive dance and the hateful heart of a queen combined to bring about the martyrdom of John the Baptist, who prepared the way of the […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Thursday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Augustine of Hippo, 354-430; a Christian at 33, a priest at 36, a bishop at 41; after being immersed in creature comforts, following his conversion, Augustine turned, with a holy fierceness, against the many demon-thrusts rampant in his day; he fulfilled the office of […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Wednesday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Monica, 330-387; mother of St. Augustine; she ceaselessly prayed for his conversion, and for him to leave his immoral lifestyle; Augustine was baptized by St. Ambrose in 387; after a brief but severe illness, Monica died in 387 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Tuesday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Zephyrinus; pope from 199 to 217; Roman by birth, succeeded Victor I; his papacy was dominated by the troubles caused by several heretical groups and the severepersecution of the Church; the antipope Hippolytus criticized his vacillation in dealing with the Monarchian heretics; […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Monday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Louis of France, 1214-1270; interpreted his kngly duties in the light of faith; respectful of the papacy, but defended royal interests against the popes; he was devoted to his people, founding hospitals, visiting the sick, and like his patron Saint Francis, caring even […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/24/25 Gospel: Luke 13:22-30 Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Friday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of the Queenship of Mary; the feast was established by Pope Pius XII in 1954; Mary’s queenship is a share in Jesus’ kingship; this observance is a logical followup to the Assumption, celebrated just one week later Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/22/25 Gospel: […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Thursday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Pius X, 1835-1914; he encouraged Italian Catholics to become more politically involved; one of his first papal acts was to end the supposed right of governments to interfere by veto in papal elections; he denounced the ill treatment of indigenous peoples on the plantations […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more