Saturday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Aldericus; Ninth Century archbishop and scholar, born in France; he became a Benedictine monk, and then a priest in Sens; he served as chancellor of the diocese, succeeding thearchbishop in 828; he died in 841; Aldericus was a known ecclesiastical scholar and […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Friday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Denis and Companions; Denis was the first bishop of Paris, in about 275 A.D.; St. Gregory of Tours reports that Pope Fabian sent St. Denis and his companions, the priest Rusticus and the deacon Eleutherius, to present day Paris to re-establish the Church […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Thursday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Keyne; daughter of King Brychan of Brecknock, Wales; she refused several suitors’ offers of marriage and became a hermitess on the banks of the Severn River in Somersetshire, England; after living there for several years, during which she traveled widely, she was […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Wednesday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary, commemorating victory in the Battle of Lepanto, 1571, accredited to the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/7/26 Gospel: Luke 11:1-4 Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Tuesday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of Blessed Marie Rose Durocher, 1811-1849; born in Quebec; as a housekeeper at a local rectory, she saw the need for greater instruction of the youth, especially young girls; she and her companions formed the Sisters of the Most Holy Names of Jesus and Mary; […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Monday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, 1819-1867; born in Germany, but decided to go to North America; in 1847, he arrived in the United States, entered the Redemptorist novitiate, and completed his studies, being ordained in 1844; he began his pastoral ministry in Pittsburgh, working closely […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

27th Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/4/26 Gospel: Matthew 21:33-43 Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Saturday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Gerard of Brogne, 895-959; born in Belgium and trained at the French court, Gerard joined the Benedictines at Saint-Denis, France; ordained, Gerard founded a monastery on his own estate in Brogne, Belgium; he reformed monasteries in Lorraine and Champagne, France, and Flanders, […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Friday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels; The Catechism of the Catholic Church says, “Beside each believer stands an angel as protector and shepherd leading him to life” Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/2/26 Gospel: Matthew 18:1-5, 10 Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Thursday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Therese of the Child Jesus, aka Therese of Lisieux, 1873-1897; born in France, and at age 15, chose a contemplative life, and entered the Carmel of Lisieux; St. Therese was a writer; she penned an autobiography, poetry, letters, and prayers; her poems give praise […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Wednesday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Jerome; biblical scholar of the Fourth Century; his greatest scholarly achievements are his translations of most of the Bible into Latin, a bibliography of the ecclesiastical writers, and translations of the works of Eusebius, Origen, and Didymus; also, he wrote many Biblical commentaries; he […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, Archangels; mentioned by name in Sacred Scripture in the books of Tobit, Daniel, Luke, 1 Thessalonians, Jude, and Revelation Tuesday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/29/26 Gospel: John 1:47-61 Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more