- Oct. 10 Thursday of the Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time, Weekdayon October 10, 2024 at 4:00 am
The Roman Martyrology (2004) commemorates St. Daniel Comboni (1831-1881), a missionary in Central Africa who combined the ideal with the practical, drawing inspiration from the love of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. His missionaries, known as the […]
- Oct. 9 Wednesday of the Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem St. Denis, Bishop, & Companions; Opt Mem St. John Leonardi, Priest; (England Wales - Feast St. John Henry Newman), Weekdayon October 9, 2024 at 4:00 am
Today the Church offers two Optional Memorials:
- Oct. 8 Tuesday of the Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time, Weekdayon October 8, 2024 at 4:00 am
The commemorations in today's Roman Martyrology include:
- Oct. 7 Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary, Memorialon October 7, 2024 at 4:00 am
The Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary was instituted to honor Mary for the Christian victory over the Turks at Lepanto on October 7, 1571. Pope St. Pius V and all Christians had prayed the Rosary for victory. The Rosary, or the Psalter of the […]
- Oct. 6 Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sundayon October 6, 2024 at 4:00 am
And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?" He answered them, "What did Moses command you?" They said, "Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce, and to put her away." But Jesus […]
- Oct. 5 Saturday of the Twenty-Sixth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of Bl. Francis Xavier Seelos, Priest (USA); Optional Memorial of St. Faustina Kowalska, Virgin , Opt. Mem.on October 5, 2024 at 4:00 am
The Proper Calendar for the United States celebrates the Optional Memorial of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos (1819-1867). He was born in Fussen, Germany, entered the diocesan seminary, and, coming to know the charism of the Congregation of the Most […]
- Oct. 4 Memorial of St. Francis of Assisi, Religious, Memorialon October 4, 2024 at 4:00 am
The Memorial of St. Francis of Assisi (1182-1226) is celebrated universally today. Francis Bernardone was born and died in Assisi. He was the son of a rich merchant, Pietro Bernardone, received a good education, and in the beginning followed the […]
- Oct. 3 Thursday of the Twenty-Sixth Week in Ordinary Time, Weekdayon October 3, 2024 at 4:00 am
Today the Roman Martyrology includes in commemorations:
- Oct. 2 Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels, Memorialon October 2, 2024 at 4:00 am
Today the Church celebrates the Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels. Each person on earth has a guardian angel who watches over him and helps him to attain his salvation. It has been a common theological opinion that this angelical guardianship […]
- Oct. 1 Memorial of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church, Memorialon October 1, 2024 at 4:00 am
Today is the Memorial of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face (1873-1897), more popularly known as "the Little Flower." Although just an obscure cloistered Carmelite nun, she has had universal appeal since her death in 1897. St. […]
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