Reading for the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time ow.ly/JREw106HbB8
Saint Anthony Mary Claret, bishop: ordained a priest, he spent many years traveling through the region of Catalonia preaching to the people. He established the Society of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary and, having become Bishop of Santiago in Cuba, he worked with great merit for the salvation of souls. On his return to Spain, he still endured many hardships for the sake of the Church, and died an exile among the Cistercian monks in Fontfroide Abbey near Narbonne in southern France.
Saint Anthony Mary Claret, pray for us!
Reading for the Saturday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time ow.ly/29Ke106Ha0K
Saint John of Capestrano, priest, of the Order of Friars Minor: he championed discipline of the Rule, and ministered throughout the greater part of Europe in order to strengthen faith and Catholic morals. He sustained the faithful people by the fervor of his preaching and prayers, and dedicated himself to defending the liberty of Christians. At length, he died at Újlak on the banks of the Danube in Hungary.
Saint John of Capestrano, pray for us!
Reading for the Friday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time ow.ly/NUlR106H6WL
Reading for the Thursday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time ow.ly/ijFC106H3hE
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Reading for the Wednesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time ow.ly/Nryq106GXls
Saint Paul of the Cross, priest: even in his youth he was remarkable for penance and zeal. Moved by his singular charity for Christ crucified, whom he contemplated in the faces of the poor and the sick, he established the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Cross and the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ. His heavenly birthday occurred in Rome on the preceding day.
Saint Paul of the Cross, pray for us!
Reading for the Tuesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time ow.ly/2aaz106GSgw
The holy martyrs Jean de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, priests, and their companions of the Society of Jesus: on this day Saint Jean de la Lande, religious, was killed by the pagans in a place called Ossernenon, in the territory of Canada [now in New York State]. A few years earlier in the same place, Saint René Goupil attained the crown of martyrdom. With one and the same veneration, their companions are also celebrated on this day: Saints Gabriel Lalemant, Antoine Daniel, Charles Garnier, and Noël Chabanel. After undertaking great labors in the mission among the Hurons in Canada, proclaiming the Gospel of Christ among the peoples of that region, they died on different days as martyrs.
Saints Jean de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, priests, and their companions, pray for us!
Reading for the Memorial of Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, Priests, and Companions, Martyrs ow.ly/oyAT106GNcz
Today is World Mission Sunday. Pope Pius XI established the day in 1926, and this year the Church celebrates its centenary.
Pope Leo XIV’s message for this year carries the theme “One in Christ, united in mission.” He asks the whole Church to renew its unity in Christ, since the unity of His disciples is directed toward mission “so that the world may believe.” He also thanks missionaries who leave home and family to bring the Gospel to difficult places and asks the faithful to keep them close in prayer.
The Apostolic Penitentiary has granted a plenary indulgence for World Mission Day. It is open to the faithful who receive Holy Communion and pray for the spread of the Gospel throughout the world, under the usual conditions: sacramental confession, prayer for the intentions of the Holy Father, and detachment from all sin. Confession may be made a few days before or after. The indulgence may also be applied to the souls of the faithful departed.
Please pray for missionaries today and support the World Mission Sunday collection in your parish or at: ow.ly/wZyg50ZYLb0
Feast of Saint Luke, Evangelist: according to tradition he was born to a pagan family in Antioch, and was a doctor by profession. Converted to faith in Christ, he became a cherished companion of the blessed Apostle Paul. In his Gospel he carefully recounted, as a scribe of the gentleness of Christ, everything that Jesus did and taught. Similarly, in the Acts of the Apostles he chronicled the beginnings of the life of the primitive Church as far as Saint Paul’s first dwelling in the City of Rome.
Saint Luke, pray for us!
We rejoice in seeing @Pontifex pray the Angelus today, one day after his release from Gemelli Hospital. We continue to pray for the Holy Father’s health and full recovery, and we ask all the faithful to join us in praying for him. (@CatholicNewsSvc Photo/@LolaGomezC)
Reading for the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time ow.ly/HTr5106GKyV