Friday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St, Sharbel Makhlūf, 1828-1898; born in Lebanon; at 23, he joined a Maronite monastic community; after his ordination to the priesthood, he spent many years in his monastery living a very ascetical way of life; in 1875 he received permission to live as a […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Thursday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Bridget of Sweden, 1303-1373; she and her husband had eight children, including the future St. Catherine of Sweden; after her husband’s death, she formed the Order of the Most Holy Savior; and experienced many visions, which she wrote down and asked clerics to […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Feast of St. Mary Magdalene, the “apostle to the apostles”–the first to see the risen Christ Wednesday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/22/26 Gospel: John 20:1-2, 11-18 Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Tuesday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Lawrence of Brindisi, 1559-1619; a master of multiple languages; joined the Capuchins at 16; he was elected major superior of the Capuchin Franciscan province of Tuscany at the age of 31, and minister general of the Capuchins in 1602; he was appointed a […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Monday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Apollinaris; born in Antioch, and became a disciple of St. Peter; his successor as bishop of Ravenna, St. Peter Chrysologus, preached a sermon in his honor in the 5th century, recalling how in the Church’s infancy, St. Apollinaris showed deep faith and dedication […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/19/26 Gospel: Matthew 13:24-43 Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Saturday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Camillus de Lellis, 1550-1614; born in Italy, and worked for a Capuchin friary, but suffered from a leg wound and compulsive gambling; in Rome, he worked at a hospital, became a nurse, and eventually director of the hospital; at age 32, he decided […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Friday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time Saints of the Day: Carmelite Nuns of Compiegne; they were sixteen Carmelites caught up in the French Revolution and martyred; on July 12, 1794, the Carmelites were taken toParis and five days later were sentenced to death; they went to the guillotine singing the Salve Regina; the […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Thursday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Mount Carmel; patroness of the Carmelite order; it was on Mount Carmel that God publicly answered the prophet Elijah’s prayer, consumed the offering, and confirmed He was a living God; centuries later, in the 12th century after Christ, a group of […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Wednesday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Bonaventure, 1221-1274; entered the Franciscan Order in his early twenties, and studied in Paris, where, in 1248, he received a doctorate in theology; in 1257, he was elected Minister General of the Order’ in 1273, he became Cardinal of Albano and played a prominent […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Tuesday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Kateri Tekakwitha, 1656-1680; Indian virgin of the Mohawk tribe; orphaned, due to smallpox, and raised by her village; when Jesuit missionaries arrived, she asked to be baptized; many in her clan could not accept this, so she was forced to retreat to a town […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Monday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Henry, 972-1024; King of Germany and Italy and crowned Holy Roman Emperor, the last in the Ottonian (Saxon) dynasty; Henry and his wife were very generous to the poor and to monasteries; he founded a cathedral and monastery in Bamberg he is the […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more