Thursday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Francis de Morales; Seventeenth Century Dominican martyr of Japan; a native of Madrid, Spain, he served in the Dominican mission in Satsuma, Japan, for two decades; in 1608, he went to Fushima and in 1614 to Nagasaki; he was burned alive in […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Wednesday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Peter Claver, 1580-1654; studied arts and letters at the University of Barcelona; followed the call to the missions, and in 1616 he was ordained to the priesthood in the Mission of Colombia; there, he carried on an apostolate among the black slaves, vowing to […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Tuesday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/8/26 Gospel: Matthew 1:1-16, 18-23 Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Monday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Cloud, 524-560; a grandson of KingClovis of the Franks and the youngest son of King Clodomir of Orleans; two of his brothers were slain at the ages of ten and nine by their uncle Clotaire, king of the Franks; Cloud survived by […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/6/26 Gospel: Matthew 18:15-20 Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Saturday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Teresa of Calcutta, 1910-1997; founder of the Missionaries of Charity, which grew worldwide, with thousands of nuns and branches caring for the sick, dying, orphaned, and abandoned; she became a global symbol of compassion, receiving honors such as the Nobel Peace Prize in […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Friday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Rosalia, 1130-1170; a descendant of Charlemagne; born in Palermo, Sicily; she left her home and took up her abode in a cave; she remained there entirely hidden from the world; she practiced great mortifications and lived in constant communion with God; afterward […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Thursday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of Pope St. Gregory the Great, 540-604; his education was steeped in law, religion, grammar, rhetoric, and affairs of the republic; after the death of Pope Pelagius II, St. Gregory was elected his successor; he leveraged his papal authority, forming relations with the churches in Spain, […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Wednesday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Ingrid of Sweden; born in Sweden in the 13th Century; she was the first Dominican nun inSwedenand in 1281 she founded the first Dominicancloister there, called St. Martin’s in Skänninge; she died in 1282 surrounded by an aura of sanctity. Office of […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Tuesday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Simeon the Stylite, 290-459; at thirteen, he heard a Gospel reading of the Beatitudes that greatly affected him; he entered a nearly monastery, and learned all thePsalms by heart; he became a hermit, and in 423, began living atop a pillar only […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Monday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Aidan of Lindisfarne; born in Ireland, went to Lindisfarne as bishop, and became known for hisknowledge of the Bible, his learning, his eloquent preaching, his holiness, his distaste for pomp, his kindness to the poor, and the miracles attributed to him; he […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/30/26 Gospel: Matthew 16:21-27 Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more