Wednesday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of Pope St. Sixtus II; elected pope in 257, and repaired the rift between the sees of Rome and Carthage that had developed over the issue of baptism and rebaptism; forbidden to hold services, Sixtus and his deacons worshipped in the cemetery chapel; in 258, soldiers broke into the chapel […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/78a7066e-7722-4c54-9d7d-b1c5002ff51c/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord Tuesday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/6/24 Gospel: Mark 9:2-10 https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/1d820b46-1dcd-4a68-b54f-b1c4000a64b2/audio.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSShttps://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/1d820b46-1dcd-4a68-b54f-b1c4000a64b2/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Monday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of the Dedication of St. Mary Major Basilica; raised at the order of Pope Liberius, rebuilt by Pope Sixtus III in 431; the largest church in the world honoring God through Mary Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/5/24 Gospel: Matthew 14:13-21 https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/063a6f4a-cb13-440a-8712-b1c30014f4d9/audio.mp3Podcast: Play […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/063a6f4a-cb13-440a-8712-b1c30014f4d9/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/4/24 Gospel: John 6:24-35 https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/a23f5331-671b-4e08-94f4-b1c100334248/audio.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSShttps://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/a23f5331-671b-4e08-94f4-b1c100334248/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Saturday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Gamaliel; rabbinical teacher, mentor of St. Paul; mentioned in the Acts of the Apostle as advising the Jewish Sanhedrin in Jerusalem to release St. Peter and other apostles; reportedly became a Christian Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/3/24 Gospel: Matthew 14:1-12 https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/b4101291-aa30-4bd0-89c2-b1c10002bec5/audio.mp3Podcast: Play in new window […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/b4101291-aa30-4bd0-89c2-b1c10002bec5/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Friday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Eusebius of Vercelli, 300-371; born on the isle of Sardinia; first recorded bishop of Vercelli; when a council was called at Milan to settle Catholic-Arian troubles, Eusebius attended, and refused to go along with the condemnation of Saint Athanasius; he laid the Nicene […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/4ea71391-705d-4a5b-8596-b1bf017b9491/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Thursday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Alphonsus Liguori, 1696-1787; born near Naples, graduated in law at the age of 16; entered the ecclesiastical state, and was ordained a priest in 1726; in 1732, he discerned a call from God to found the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer–also known as […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/e2d16121-c6ac-4f80-ac36-b1bf002e78e6/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Wednesday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Ignatius of Loyola, 1491-1556; he sought a mililtary career, but after an injury which required a long convalescence, he read a Life of Christ and lives of the saints, and began his conversion; in 1534, he and six others began the Society of Jesus, […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/a60cee52-d022-4564-ad33-b1bd0176c81a/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Tuesday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Peter Chrysologus, 380-450; bishop and doctor of the church; called “Chrysologus,” or “golden-worded,” because of his oratorical excellence; appointed bishop of Ravenna in 433, and got rid of the last vestiges of paganism among his people; he also counseled the heretic, Eutyches, in […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/7c224df2-fd50-4acc-863a-b1bd0000868e/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Monday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus; close friends of Jesus; Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, and Martha made a profound statement of faith Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/29/24 Gospel: John 11:19-27 https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/5573a495-a289-4f11-ad47-b1bb0044565e/audio.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSShttps://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/5573a495-a289-4f11-ad47-b1bb0044565e/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/28/24 Gospel: John 6:1-15 https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/4b2cf54f-f948-46e0-aefb-b1ba004489b2/audio.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSShttps://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/4b2cf54f-f948-46e0-aefb-b1ba004489b2/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Saturday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time Saints of the Day: Saints Natalie and Aurelius; Aurelius was the son of a Moor, and orphaned as a child, secretly raised a Christian by his aunt during the Moorish persecution of Christians; he married a half-Moorish woman, Sabigotho, who took the name Natalie when she converted […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/4529747b-f63e-4b27-a874-b1ba000dad15/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more