Sep. 8 Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Feast
The Church celebrates the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Roman Martyrology states Mary was “of the lineage of Abraham, born of the tribe of Judah […]
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Sep. 7 Monday of the Twenty-Third Week in Ordinary Time; Labor Day (USA), Weekday
The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Regina (Reine) (d. 286). She, after undergoing many cruel torments, was beheaded for the faith at Aliza. Aliza was formerly a large town called Alexia, […]
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Sep. 6 Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday
Excerpt from Sunday’s Gospel: “Amen, Amen, I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything for which they are to pray, it shall be granted to […]
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Sep. 5 Saturday of the Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem St. Teresa of Calcutta, Virgin, Opt. Mem.
On December 24, 2024, Pope Francis ordered the inscription of Saint Teresa of Calcutta, Virgin, into the General Roman Calendar, celebrated each year as an Optional Memorial on September 5.
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Sep. 4 Friday of the Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time, Weekday
Today’s Roman Martyrology includes these commemorations:
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Sep. 3 Memorial of St. Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church, Memorial
Today is the Memorial of St. Gregory the Great (540-604), senator and prefect of Rome, then in succession monk, cardinal and pope, governed the Church from 590 to 604. England […]
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Sep. 2 Wednesday of the Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time, Weekday
The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Agricola (also known as Agricolus) (625-700), son of St. Magnus and bishop of Avignon, France. He built a church in Avignon to be served by […]
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Sep. 1 Tuesday of the Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time, Weekday
God’s great work is the creation and redemption of the world wrought through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The one essential work in which we are all callled […]
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Aug. 31 Monday of the Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time, Weekday
The Roman Martyrology commemorates Saints Joseph Arimathea and Nicodemus, who lived in first-century in Jerusalem at the time of Christ, and are mentioned in the Gospels. They received the dead […]
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Aug. 30 Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday
From Sunday’s Gospel: “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but […]