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Wednesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Today is Wednesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time. The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Porphyrius of Gaza (d. 420), a wealthy Greek who became a hermit first in the desert of Skete in Egypt and then in Palestine on the banks of the Jordan. Much against his will he was raised to the…
Ordinary Time: February 26th
Wednesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Today is Wednesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time. The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Porphyrius of Gaza (d. 420), a wealthy Greek who became a hermit first in the desert of Skete in Egypt and then in... More
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Ordinary Time: February 25th
Tuesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Today is Tuesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time. The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Walburga (710-779), abbess, who, at the request of St. Boniface and her holy brothers Sts. Willibald and Winebald,... More
Ordinary Time: February 24th
Monday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Today is Monday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time. The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Ethelbert of Kent (552-616), king. Ethelbert was the first Anglo-Saxon monarch to embrace the Christian Faith. In the... More
Ordinary Time: February 23rd
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Today is the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. From today's Gospel: Jesus said to his disciples: To you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who... More
Sunday: a day of rest.
Ordinary Time: February 22nd
Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, Apostle
Today the Church celebrates Feast of the Chair of St. Peter. It brings to mind the mission of teacher and pastor conferred by Christ on Peter, and continued in an unbroken line down to the present Pope. We celebrate the unity of... More
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Ordinary Time: February 21st
Friday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Peter Damian, Bishop & Doctor
Today is Friday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time. It also is the Optional Memorial of St. Peter Damian (1007-1072), a man of vehemence in all his actions who was brought up in the hard school of poverty, found that he... More
Ordinary Time: February 20th
Thursday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Jacinta (1910-1920), the youngest visionary of Our Lady of Fatima. Our Lady appeared to three children, Lucia dos Santos, who was 10 years old, and her cousins Francisco Marto (9)... More
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Ordinary Time: February 19th
Wednesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
Today is Wednesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time. The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Conrad of Piacenza (1290-1351), a Franciscan tertiary hermit celebrated for piety and miraculous cures at Noto in... More
Ordinary Time: February 18th
Tuesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
Today is Tuesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time. The Roman Martyrology commemorates Saint Tarasius (750-806), Patriarch of Constantinople, born c. 750, who was known for his erudition and piety. He fought... More
Ordinary Time: February 17th
Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of the Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order
Today is Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time. The Church honors the Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order in an Optional Memorial. They were seven noble Florentines who in the thirteenth century (1240), at a time... More
Ordinary Time: February 16th
Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today the Church marks the Sixth Sunday in the Year. From today's Gospel: "And he came down with them and stood on a stretch of level ground. A great crowd of his disciples and a large number of the people from all... More
Sunday: a day of rest.
