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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…

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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

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

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

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