Jul. 5 Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday
From Today’s Gospel: “I give praise to you, Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed […]
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Jul. 4 Saturday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of Independence Day (USA), Opt. Mem.
The United States celebrates Independence Day, the national celebration of our Nation’s independence, the anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The Church in […]
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Jul. 3 Feast of St. Thomas, Apostle, Feast
The Feast of St. Thomas, the Apostle, who at first did not believe, has become for the Church one of the first witnesses to her faith. She is fond of […]
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Jul. 2 Thursday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time, Weekday
The Roman Martyrology commemorates Sts. Processus and Martinian whose bodies lie in a chapel at St. Peter’s in Rome. During the time when Sts. Peter and Paul were prisoners in […]
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Jul. 1 Wednesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Junípero Serra, Priest (USA), Opt. Mem.
Today the United States celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Junípero Serra (1713-1784). Miguel Jose Serra was born on the island of Mallorca, Spain. He took the name Junípero when […]
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Jun. 30 Tuesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of the First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church, Opt. Mem.
The Optional Memorial of the First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church honors of the nameless followers of Christ brutally killed by the mad Emperor Nero as scapegoats for the […]
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Jun. 29 Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles, Solemnity
Today the Church universally celebrates the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles (d. 64-67). This is a holyday of obligation in some countries. Veneration of the two great Apostles, […]
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Jun. 28 Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday
From today’s Gospel: Jesus said to his apostles: “Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me […]
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Jun. 27 Saturday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop and Doctor of the Church, Opt. Mem.
Today is the Optional Memorial of St. Cyril, Patriarch of Alexandria (376-444). Cyril was one of the metropolitan sees of the Christian Church in the east, was one of the […]
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Jun. 26 Friday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, Priest, Opt. Mem.
The Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Josemaría Escrivá (1902-1975). St. Josemaría founded Opus Dei which opened a new path of holiness, helping the faithful in all walks of […]