21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/23/26 Gospel: Matthew 16:13-20 Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Friday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of Pope St. Piux X, 1835-1914; at 23, he was ordained and became a chaplain; in 1875, he became episcopal chancellor of Treviso and spiritual director of the diocesan seminary; in 1884, Bishop of Mantua; and, in 1893, Patriarch of Venice; when elected pope in 1903, […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Thursday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, 1090-1153; at 23, he entered the monastery of Citeaux, and three years later was sent to found the monastery of Clairvaux; many were attracted to it, and monks were sent from it to Portugal, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Sweden, England, and Ireland […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Wednesday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. John Eudes, 1601-1680; ordained a priest at 24, and became a parish missionary; John founded a new community, ultimately called the Eudists—the Congregation of Jesus and Mary–devoted to the formation of the clergy by conducting diocesan seminaries; in his parish mission work, John […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Tuesday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Helena; mother of Constantine the Great; traveled to the Holy Places in the Middle East in 326-328, and found three crosses; she had a woman who was near death place her hand on all three crosses; nothing happened with the first two; […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Monday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Clare of Montefalco, 1268-1308; born in Montefalco, Italy; as a young woman, she joined aconvent of Franciscan tertiaries; her sister Joan was the abbess, and when she died, Clare succeeded her; she led an austere life, devoted to the Passion of Christ, […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

20th Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/16/26 Gospel: Matthew 15:21-28 Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven Saturday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/15/26 Gospel: Luke 11:27-28 Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Friday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe, 1894-1941; he was ordained at the age of 24; in 1917, he formed an association called the Militia Immaculata, which started producing faith periodicals; it grew into a publishing house of 650 friars; in 1941, St. Maximilian was arrested and placed […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Thursday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of Saints Pontian and Hippolytus; Pontian was Bishop of Rome from 230 – 236 A.D.; St. Hippolytus, a prominent theologian, was a theological opponent and rival of several of Pontian’s predecessors and of Pontian himself; when Maximinus I became emperor in 235, . he banished […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Wednesday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Jane Frances de Chantal, 1572-1641; when she became a widow, she took a vow of chastity, and in 1604 began seeking spiritual direction from St. Francis de Sales; in 1610, they formed the Congregation of the Visitation, unique in that it admitted women […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Tuesday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Clare, 1194-1253; Clare heard Saint Francis of Assisi preach and it ignited in her a desire to follow Christ in a similar way; Saint Francis took Saint Clare to San Paolo and placed her in the care of Benedictine nuns; her sister joined her […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more