Sep. 28 Monday of the Twenty-Sixth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Wenceslaus, Martyr; Opt Mem of St. Lawrence Ruiz and Companions, Martyrs, Opt. Mem.
Today the Church celebrates two optional memorials of martyrs:
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Sep. 27 Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday
Excerpt from Sunday’s Gospel: “Jesus said to them, “Amen, I say to you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you. When John came to you […]
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Sep. 26 Saturday of the Twenty-Fifth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of Sts. Cosmas and Damian, Martyrs, Opt. Mem.
Today is the Optional Memorial of Saints Cosmas and Damian (d. 303). According to tradition, Saints Cosmas and Damian suffered martyrdom in Syria during the Roman persecution of Diocletian. Not […]
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Sep. 25 Friday of the Twenty-Fifth Week in Ordinary Time, Weekday
The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Finbarr (550-623), bishop (and patron) of Cork, Ireland. He was a native of Connaught, and instituted a monastery or school at Lough Eirc, to which […]
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Sep. 24 Thursday of the Twenty-Fifth Week in Ordinary Time, Weekday
The Memorial of Our Lady of Walsingham was reinstated to the liturgical calendar in England in 2000. The Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter is entrusted to Mary […]
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Sep. 23 Memorial of St. Pius of Pietrelcina, Priest, Memorial
The Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Pius of Pietrelcina (1887-1968), more popularly known as Padre Pio was born in 1887 in the small Italian village of Pietrelcina. He joined […]
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Sep. 22 Tuesday of the Twenty-Fifth Week in Ordinary Time, Weekday
The Roman Martyrology commemorates Sts. Maurice and Companions (d. 287), Christian soldiers who were massacred in Switzerland around the year 287 A.D. because they refused to offer sacrifices to pagan […]
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Sep. 21 Feast of St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist, Feast
Today is the Feast of St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist. At the time that Jesus summoned him to follow Him, Matthew was a publican, that is, a tax-collector for the […]
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Sep. 20 Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday
Excerpt from Sunday’s Gospel: When it was evening the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Summon the laborers and give them their pay, beginning with the last and […]
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Sep. 19 Saturday of the Twenty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Januarius, Bishop & Martyr; Ember Saturday, Opt. Mem.
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 […]