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Ordinary Time: September 20th
Memorial of Sts. Andrew Kim Tae-gon, Priest, & Paul Chong Ha-sang, and Companions, Martyrs; Ember Friday
Today is the Memorial of Saints Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn, Priest, and Paul Chŏng Ha-sang, and Companions, Martyrs. During the 17th century the Christian faith was brought to Korea through the zeal of lay persons. From the very... More
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Ordinary Time: September 19th
Thursday of the Twenty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time; Optional Memorial of St. Januarius, Bishop and Martyr
Today is the Optional Memorial of St. Januarius (d. 304). Very little is known about this martyr saint. He was Bishop of Benevento in Campania. He died near Naples, about the year 304, martyred under the persecution of Emperor... More
Ordinary Time: September 18th
Wednesday of the Twenty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time; Ember Wednesday
The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Joseph of Cupertino (1603-1663), who was born at Cupertino, Italy, and died in Osimo. He was of lowly origin and had little formal education. In his youth he was employed as an... More
Ordinary Time: September 17th
Tuesday of the Twenty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time; Optional Memorials of St. Robert Bellarmine, Bishop & Doctor; Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Virgin & Doctor
Today the Church celebrates two Optional Memorials: St. Robert Bellarmine (1542-1621) was born in Montepulciano, Italy, and died in Rome. The son of noble parents, he entered the Society of Jesus, finishing his theological... More
Ordinary Time: September 16th
Memorial of Sts. Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs
Today's Memorial of Saints Cornelius (d. 253) and Cyprian (190-258) commemorates two friends in the service of Christ and his Church. Cornelius, a Roman, was the twenty-first Pope during the reign of the Emperor Gallus and... More
Ordinary Time: September 15th
Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jesus and his disciples set out for the villages of Caesarea Philippi. Along the way he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that I am?" They said in reply, "John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others one of the prophets." And he... More
Sunday: a day of rest.
Ordinary Time: September 14th
Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
This Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross was observed in Rome before the end of the seventh century. It commemorates the recovery of the Holy Cross, which had been placed on Mount Calvary by St. Helena and preserved in... More
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Ordinary Time: September 13th
Memorial of St. John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
The Church celebrates the Memorial of St. John Chrysostom (347-407). St. John was born in Antioch. His powerful eloquence earned him the surname of Chrysostom, or golden mouthed. With St. Athanasius, St. Gregory Nazianzen... More
Ordinary Time: September 12th
Thursday of the Twenty-Third Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of the Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary
On this day dedicated to the Optional Memorial of the Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary let us repeat that wonderful prayer of Saint Bernard, responding to Pope Benedict XVI's invitation to “invite everyone to become a... More
Ordinary Time: September 11th
Wednesday of the Twenty-Third Week in Ordinary Time
The Roman Martyrology commemorates the martyrs Saints Protus and Hyacinth (d. 257). They were Romans by birth, brothers and servants in the house of St. Basilla. They were burned alive around 257, during the persecution... More
Ordinary Time: September 10th
Tuesday of the Twenty-Third Week in Ordinary Time
Today the Roman Martyrology commemorates: —St. Nicholas of Tolentino (1245-1305), a native of Sant' Angelo, in the diocese of Fermo, was born about the year 1245. As a young man, but already endowed with a canon's... More
