Feast of Saints Philip and James, apostles Friday of the Fifth Week of Easter Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/3/24 Gospel: John 14:6-14 https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/9062b0cf-1601-4d25-ad2d-b165002f31b8/audio.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSShttps://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/9062b0cf-1601-4d25-ad2d-b165002f31b8/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Thursday of the Fifth Week of Easter Memorial of St. Athanasius, 296-373; as bishop of Alexandria, he fought the heresy of Arianism; five times he was sent into exile, but experienced about ten years of relative peace; his dogmatic and historical writings are almost all polemic, directed against every aspect of Arianism Office of Readings […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/970de37e-6223-4d2a-9dc6-b1640050f365/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter Optional Memorial of St. Joseph the Worker; instituted by Pope Pius XII in 1955 to encourage greater devotion to St. Joseph, and as a response to the “May Day” communist celebrations Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/1/24 Gospel: John 15:1-8 https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/02ae0141-a5f9-4549-b842-b16300345000/audio.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/02ae0141-a5f9-4549-b842-b16300345000/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Easter Optional Memorial of Pope St. Pius V, 1504-1572; elected in 1566, and given the task of implementing the reforms called for by the Council of Trent; he ordered the founding of seminaries, published a new missal, new breviary, and new catechism; he built hospitals, and gave money to […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/15fad8cc-8392-4c60-8726-b161013a85ca/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Monday of the Fifth Week of Easter Memorial of St. Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor of the Church, 1347-1380; joined the Dominican Third Order at 18, and soon had a group of followers; her letters began to take more and more note of public affairs; she worked for the crusade against the Turks, and […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/6e33ff25-dc8d-4f25-b537-b15f0157e5f7/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Fifth Sunday of Easter Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/28/24 Gospel: John 15:1-8 https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/5ae2181e-611b-4289-a668-b15f0007835f/audio.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSShttps://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/5ae2181e-611b-4289-a668-b15f0007835f/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Saturday of the Fourth Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Zita, 1212-1272; born at Monte Sagrati, Italy; from the age of 13, worked as a servant; she was disliked by the other household staff because of her hard work and goodness, and her habit of giving food and clothing to the poor; they […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/1c5d7e50-2d38-4652-a451-b15e01811f31/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Cletus; the third bishop of Rome, succeeding St. Linus; he was pope from 76 to 89 A.D.; he is styled as a martyr by the Canon of the Roman mass, St. Bede, and other martyrologists; he was buried at the Vatican, near St. […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/0499f020-c843-456c-b382-b15d012f79a2/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Feast of St. Mark Thursday of the Fourth Week of Easter Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/25/24 Gospel: Mark 16:15-20 https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/1b3295fb-62f7-4405-bcb0-b15d000059be/audio.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSShttps://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/1b3295fb-62f7-4405-bcb0-b15d000059be/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Easter Optional Memorial of St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, 1577-1622; a lawyer who left his career to become a Capuchin priest; as a Franciscan, he served the weak and needy; during a severe epidemic, he cared for and cured many soldiers; preached against Calvinists and Zwinglians in Switzerland, where he […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/c0e1cd76-4f2b-4023-9cf0-b15b017c40ee/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Easter Optional Memorial of St. George, 280-303; martyr who suffered at Lydda in Palestine, probably before the time of Constantine; the Church believes that he was willing to pay the supreme price to follow Christ–and it is enough; tales of him slaying a dragon, and such, are part of […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/40def355-400e-4131-a47c-b15b002664d7/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Monday of the Fourth Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Tarbula; Fourth Century Virgin and martyr, the sister of St. Simeon the Persian bishop and martyr; she was consecrated a virgin and met her own martyrdom soon after the death of her brother; she was accused of witchcraft, and of causing sickness to […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/8f093bbd-bc73-4e4b-9c5e-b15901875415/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more