Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter Optional Memorial of Pope St. John I, 470-526; elected to the papacy in 523; Theodoric the Great to travel to the Byzantine Empire, led by Justin I; the pope obliged, but neither Justin nor the pope changed their views of the heresy of Arianism; when Pope St. John […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/17/26 Gospel: Matthew 28:16-20 Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Friday of the Sixth Week of Easter Optional Memorial of St. Isidore the Farmer, 1070-1130; spent most of his life working in the fields of a farm outside of Madrid; he was favored with celestialvisions and, it is said, the angels sometimes helped him in his work in the fields; he is the patron of […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord (for some areas)–commemorating Jesus’ return to His Father in heaven Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/14/26 Gospel: Matthew 28:16-20 Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Wednesday of the Sixth Week of Easter Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Fatima; in 1917, Our Lady appeared to three children in Fatima, Portugal, promising that Heaven would grant peace to all the world if Her requests for prayer, reparation and consecration were heard and obeyed Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/13/26 […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Easter Optional Memorial of Saints Nereus and Achilleus; First Century soldiers in the Roman army where they helped carry out the persecution of Christians; they were converted by a “miracle of faith,” after which they threw down their weapons and escaped from their camp, to begin their new life […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Monday of the Sixth Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Odilo of Cluny, 962-1049; entered the Benedictine monastery of Cluny about 990 and receivedelectionasabbot in 994; he was beloved and respected throughoutEurope for his deep austerities and his concem for the poor; he was devoted to the Blessed VirginMary and to the Incarnation; […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Sixth Sunday of Easter Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/10/26 Gospel: John 14:15-21 Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Saturday of the Fifth Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Beatus of Lungern; a monk and hermit of the First and Second Centuries, earlier designated the apostle of Switzerland; he was baptized in England by St. Barnabas and ordained by St. Peter; Beatus went to Switzerland; he died in 112 A.D. on Mount […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Friday of the Fifth Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Maria Magdalen of Canossa, 1774-1835; foundress of the Daughters of Charity at Verona, Italy; she was the daughter of the Marquis of Canossa, who died when Maria Magdalen was three; her mother abandoned the family, and Maria Magdalen managed her father’s estate until […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Thursday of the Fifth Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. John of Beverly; born at Harpham, Yorkshire, England in the Seventh Century; studied under Adrian, and on his return to his native land, became a monk at Whitby; he was namedbishopof Hexham in 687 and then transferred to York asmetropolitan in 705; he […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Petronax, 670-747; regarded as the “second founder of Monte Cassino”; born in Brescia, Italy, and joined the Benedictines; Pope St. Gregory asked him to go to Monte Cassino to examine the ruins of the abbey which had been damaged by the Lombards; Petronax […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more