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Friday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Cadoc, 497-580; Welsh bishop and martyr; founded Llancarfan Monastery near Cardiff, Wales, before becoming a missionary on the coast of Brittany, in France; returning to Britain, he was involved in the Saxon occupation of British lands; he was martyred by the Saxons near Weedon, England Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/25/26 Gospel: Luke 9:18-22

Thursday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Cleophas; one of two disciples who met Christ on the road to Emmaus; he was also identified as the father of Mary, one of whom stood with the Mother of God at the foot of the Cross; he has been identified as the father of St. James the Less and as brother of St. Joseph; he died in the First Century Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/24/26 Gospel: Luke 9:7-9

Tuesday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Phocas the Gardener; earned his living cultivating a garden near Sinope (now in Turkey); shared what he earned with the poor, and provided travelers with a place to stay; when the Romans became aware of his Christian identity, they sent soldiers to arrest him; the soldiers stopped at Phocas door for lodging--unaware that their host was the man whom they were sent to capture; they talked openly of their mission; in the morning, Phocas revealed himself to them; they were, at first, reluctant to carry out their orders, but eventually beheaded him, in about 303 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/22/26 Gospel: Luke 8:19-21

Friday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Ludmilla of Bohemia, 860-921; daughter of a Slavic prince, she married Duke Borivoy of Bohemia, whom she followed into the Church; on the death of Borivoy, his sons Spytihinev and Ratislav, the latter of whom had married Drahomira, succeeded him, and Ludmila brought up the Ratislav's son Wenceslaus; on the death of Ratislav, Drahomira became regent, kept Wenceslaus from Ludmilla and reportedly caused her to be strangled Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/18/26 Gospel: Luke 8:1-3

Friday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Patiens; a Fifth Century bishop of Lyons, Gaul; he was known for his immense efforts at charitable work; he was also a dedicated enemy of Arianism; he died in 491 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/11/26 Gospel: Luke 6:39-42

Thursday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Francis de Morales; Seventeenth Century Dominican martyr of Japan; a native of Madrid, Spain, he served in the Dominican mission in Satsuma, Japan, for two decades; in 1608, he went to Fushima and in 1614 to Nagasaki; he was burned alive in 1622 with Blessed Charles Spinola and companions Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/10/26 Gospel: Luek 6:27-38

Monday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Cloud, 524-560; a grandson of King Clovis of the Franks and the youngest son of King Clodomir of Orleans; two of his brothers were slain at the ages of ten and nine by their uncle Clotaire, king of the Franks; Cloud survived by being sent to Provence, France; there he became a hermit and a disciple of St. Severinus; he remained at near Paris, Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/7/26 Gospel: Luke 6:6-11

Friday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Rosalia, 1130-1170; a descendant of Charlemagne; born in Palermo, Sicily; she left her home and took up her abode in a cave; she remained there entirely hidden from the world; she practiced great mortifications and lived in constant communion with God; afterward she transferred her abode to Mount Pellegrino; she died alone, and her body was discovered several centuries later, in 1625 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/4/26 Gospel: Luke 5:33-39

Wednesday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Ingrid of Sweden; born in Sweden in the 13th Century; she was the first Dominican nun in Sweden and in 1281 she founded the first Dominican cloister there, called St. Martin's in Skänninge; she died in 1282 surrounded by an aura of sanctity. Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/2/26 Gospel: Luke 4:38-44

Tuesday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Simeon the Stylite, 290-459; at thirteen, he heard a Gospel reading of the Beatitudes that greatly affected him; he entered a nearly monastery, and learned all the Psalms by heart; he became a hermit, and in 423, began living atop a pillar only a few feet in diameter and about ten feet high; later a much taller pillar over sixty-five feet high was built for him; the local bishops and abbots tested his virtue by commanding him to come down from the pillar, a command they immediately rescinded after the hermit demonstrated his humble willingness to obey them; he gave exhortations twice daily to those who gathered around the pillar Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/1/26 Gospel: Luke 4:31-37

Monday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Aidan of Lindisfarne; born in Ireland, went to Lindisfarne as bishop, and became known for his knowledge of the Bible, his learning, his eloquent preaching, his holiness, his distaste for pomp, his kindness to the poor, and the miracles attributed to him; he founded a monastery at Lindisfarne that became known as the English Iona and was a center of learning and missionary activity for all of northern England; he died in 651 at the royal castle at Bamburgh Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/31/26 Gospel: Luke 4:16-30

Tuesday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Helena; mother of Constantine the Great; traveled to the Holy Places in the Middle East in 326-328, and found three crosses; she had a woman who was near death place her hand on all three crosses; nothing happened with the first two; but when she touched the third one, she immediately recovered; Helena declared this to be the True Cross; Helena died around 330 with her devoted son by her side Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/18/26 Gospel: Matthew 19:23-30

Monday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Clare of Montefalco, 1268-1308; born in Montefalco, Italy; as a young woman, she joined a convent of Franciscan tertiaries; her sister Joan was the abbess, and when she died, Clare succeeded her; she led an austere life, devoted to the Passion of Christ, and His Cross; when she died, an image of the cross was found imprinted on her heart, and her body remained incorrupt Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/17/26 Gospel: Matthew 19:16-22

Monday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Peter of Anagni; 12th Century Benedictine, bishop and papal legate; he so distinguished himself as a Benedictine monk that Pope St. Gregory VII appointed him bishop of Anagni; he improved the spiritual welfare of the city, built a new cathedral, and promoted the First Crusade to the Holy Land, a venture in which he participated; Pope Urban II sent him to Constantinople as papal legate to the Byzantine Empire; he died in 1105 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/3/26 Gospel: Matthew 14:22-36

Tuesday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception, 1910-1946; Catholic Franciscan Religious sister; the first person of Indian origin to be canonized a saint; the first canonized saint of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic Church of the Saint Thomas Christian community Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/28/26 Gospel: Matthew 13:36-43

Monday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Titus Brandsma, 1881-1942; born in the Netherlands, and became a Carmelite as a young man; in 1935 he became an ecclesiastical advisor to Catholic journalists; when the Nazis occupied the Netherlands, he was labeled as an enemy; Titus was sent to various concentration camps where he demonstrated charity and concern; in 1942, he was martyred in Dachau Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/27/26 Gospel: Matthew 13:31-35

Friday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Anthony Pechersky, 983-1073; born in Ukraine, and went to Mount Athos in Greece to become a hermit; after several years, he returned to Ukraine and built a hermitage in Kiev, which was to become known as the "Caves of Kiev," the first Ukrainian monastery founded by Ukrainians; Anthony founded another monastery, but died in the Caves of Kiev Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/10/26 Gospel: Matthew 10:16-23

Wednesday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Jeanne-Marie Kerguin, 1864-1900; born in France to a peasant family; joined the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary in 1887; she was assigned first to Paris, then to Carthage in Northern Africa; she encountered health problems and was sent to Rome to recover; there she answered the call of her Order to work as a missionary; she arrived in China in 1899, and was hospitalized with typhus; she was arrested during the Boxer Rebellion, and was beheaded in China Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/8/26 Gospel: Matthew 10:1-7

Tuesday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Palladius; early Fifth Century Irish missionary, the first bishop of Ireland, and the immediate predecessor to St. Patrick; in about 430, Pope Celestine I sent Palladius to preach among the Irish; his mission apparently made little impact upon the native population; Palladius departed Ireland and sailed for Scotland, where he preached among the Picts; he died at Fordun, near Aberdeen Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/7/26 Gospel: Matthew 9:32-38

Thursday of the 13th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Monegundis; Sixth Century hermitess, born in Chartres, France, and married; when her daughters died, she received her husband's permission to become a hermitess; she started a hermitage at Chartres but then moved to a site near the tomb of St. Martin at Tours; disciples who joined her forced her to establish a rule that led to the founding of a convent; she died in 570, and many miracles took place at her tomb Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/2/26 Gospel: Matthew 9:1-8

Friday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer; 1902-1975; born in Spain; in 1918, he sensed that God was asking something of him; he was ordained a priest, and began his pastoral ministry in 1925; in 1928, God showed him that he was to found Opus Dei, an institution within the Catholic Church dedicated to helping people in all walks of life to follow Christ, to seek holiness in their daily life and grow in love for God and their fellow men and women; he moved to Rome in 1946, so as to be close to the Holy See; his death came suddenly in Rome, when he was 73 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/26/26 Gospel: Matthew 8:1-4

Thursday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. William of Vercelli, 1085-1142; born in Vercelli, Italy; brought up as an orphan; became a hermit after a pilgrimage, and attracted so many followers that a monastery was built; the austerity of his rule led to dissension among his followers; so, to restore peace, William left, and was taken under the protection of Roger I of Naples, who built him a monastery in Salerno; he founded monasteries throughout Naples, and died near Nusco, Italy Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/25/26 Gospel: Matthew 7:21-29

Tuesday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Agrippina; came from a good Roman family in the Third Century; she was caught up in the persecutions instituted by Emperor Valerian or Diocletian and was beheaded or scourged in 262; her body was taken to Mineo, Sicily, by three devout Christian women; the gravesite became a popular pilgrimage destination, noted for miracles through Agrippina's intercession Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/23/26 Gospel: Matthew 7:6, 12-14

Saturday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. John of Pulsano, 1070-1139; born in Matera in the kingdom of Naples; he entered the Benedictines, but was disliked because his austerities; joined the community of St. William of Vercelli for a time, leaving to preach at Ban; John spent time as a hermit in Sicily and was imprisoned; he escaped and went to Capua; in his later years, John founded a monastery at Pulsano; he was famous for preaching, prophecy, and miracles Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/20/26 Gospel: Matthew 6:24-34

Thursday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Gregory Barbarigo, 1625-1697; he came from a distinguished Venetian family, embraced a diplomatic career, and then became a priest; he was consecrated as the first bishop of Bergamo; later, he was elevated to the rank of cardinal, and given authority over the diocese of Padua; he guided his flock with pastoral wisdom and deep understanding; St. Gregory Barbarigo worked unceasingly in carrying out the reforms set forth by the Council of Trent; at Padua, he added a library and a printing press Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/18/26 Gospel: Matthew 6:7-15

Wednesday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Hypatius of Bithynia, 366-450; born in Phrygia, and became a monk; went to Thrace and became a hermit; then went to Constantinople and Chalcedon; Hypatius is credited with halting a revival of the Olympic games because of their pagan origins; he was known for miracles and prophecies Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/17/26 Gospel: Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18

Tuesday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Luthgard, 1182-1246; born in Belgium, placed in a Benedictine convent at the age of twelve; she had many mystical experiences, levitated, and had a form of the stigmata; in order to avoid being made an abbess, Lutjgard joined the Cistercians; she lived a mystical life for three decades and was famed for her spiritual wisdom and miracles; during the last eleven years of her life she was blind; one of the outstanding mystics of the Middle Ages Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/16/26 Gospel: Matthew 5:43-48

Monday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Adelaide; Thirteenth Century contemplative and miracle worker, born in Belgium, and placed in a convent at the age of seven; she was beloved by the nuns because of her humility and goodness, but they found that she had contracted leprosy, and had to be isolated for health reasons; she received many graces, including visions and ecstasies and many miracles were credited to her intercession; going blind and becoming paralyzed, Adelaide died on June 11, 1250 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/15/26 Gospel: Matthew 5:38-42

Wednesday of the 10th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Landericus; bishop of Paris from 650 to 661; he labored zealously to improve the lot of the poor and lowly; when the proceeds from the sale of all his possessions did not suffice to relieve their hungry during a famine, he went so far as to sell some of the Church vessels and furniture; he erected the city's first real hospital, dedicated to St. Christopher, which eventually became the Hotel Dieu; he welcomed the Benedictines into his diocese, and encouraged them to set up the Abbey of Denis. he died about 661 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/10/26 Gospel: Matthew 5:17-19

Monday of the 10th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Maximinus of Aix; first bishop of Aix, in Provence, France, reportedly one of Christ’s seventy-two disciples and a companion of Saints Mary Magdalen, Mary Cleopas, Martha, and Lazarus; in one account, he is called "the man who had been blind from birth"; Maximinus died in the First Century Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/8/26 Gospel: Matthew 5:1-12

Thursday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Petroc; Sixth Century son of a Welsh king; he became a monk, and went with some friends to Ireland to study; they went to Cornwall, in England, and spent thirty years there; Petroc then made a pilgrimage to Rome and Jerusalem, at which time he is also reputed to have reached the Indian ocean where he lived for some time as a hermit on an island; he returned to Cornwall, established a community of his followers, and then became a hermit; he was known for his miracles, and died in 564 while visiting some of his disciples Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/4/26 Gospel: Mark 12:28-34

Saturday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Joan of Arc, 1412-1431; successfully lifted the siege of Orléans — a victory military historians still puzzle over — and led Prince Charles VII to his coronation; she was captured by the Burgundians in 1430, sold to the English, and was convicted of heresy; she was burned at the stake; 25 years later, at a re-trial, she was declared innocent on every count Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/30/26 Gospel: Mark 11:27-33

Friday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Maximinus of Trier; bishop of Trier, Germany, from 332, and a miracle worker; he gave refuge to Athansius in 332, and later to St. Paul, patriarch of Constantinople; he was an ardent enemy of the Arian heretics; he was called “one of the most courageous bishops of his time” by St. Jerome; he died in 347 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/29/26 Gospel: Mark 11:11-26

Thursday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Bernard of Montjoux, 923-1008; he became a priest, was made Vicar General of Aosta, and spent more than four decades doing missionary work in the Alps; he is especially remembered for two Alpine hospices he built to aid lost travelers in the mountain passes named Great and Little Bernard, after him; he was proclaimed the patron saint of Alpinists and mountain climbers by Pope Pius XI in 1923 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/28/26 Gospel: Mark 10:46-52

Saturday of the Seventh Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Crispin of Viterbo, 1668-1750; he studied at the Jesuit college and became a shoemaker; at 25, he entered the Capuchins, and served as a gardener and cook; during an epidemic, Crispin effected many miraculous cures; he was also venerated for his prophecies and spiritual wisdom Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/23/26 Gospel: John 21:20-25

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Tuesday of the Seventh Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Maria Bernarda Butler, 1848-1924; Swiss saint who founded the Congregation of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Mary, Help of Christians and was a missionary in Ecuador; eventually, her congregation had houses in Colombia, Austria, and Brazil Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/19/26 Gospel: John 17:1-11a

Monday of the Sixth Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Odilo of Cluny, 962-1049; entered the Benedictine monastery of Cluny about 990 and received election as abbot in 994; he was beloved and respected throughout Europe for his deep austerities and his concem for the poor; he was devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary and to the Incarnation; he died while touring his monasteries Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/11/26 Gospel: John 15:25-16:4a

Saturday of the Fifth Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Beatus of Lungern; a monk and hermit of the First and Second Centuries, earlier designated the apostle of Switzerland; he was baptized in England by St. Barnabas and ordained by St. Peter; Beatus went to Switzerland; he died in 112 A.D. on Mount Beatenburg above Lake Thun; the cave became a popular pilgrim's destination, the famed site of Beatus' fight with a dragon Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/9/26 Gospel: John 15:18-21

Friday of the Fifth Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Maria Magdalen of Canossa, 1774-1835; foundress of the Daughters of Charity at Verona, Italy; she was the daughter of the Marquis of Canossa, who died when Maria Magdalen was three; her mother abandoned the family, and Maria Magdalen managed her father’s estate until she was thirty-three, then founding her institute; when she died in 1835, her Daughters of Charity were widespread Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/8/26 Gospel: John 15:12-17

Thursday of the Fifth Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. John of Beverly; born at Harpham, Yorkshire, England in the Seventh Century; studied under Adrian, and on his return to his native land, became a monk at Whitby; he was named bishop of Hexham in 687 and then transferred to York as metropolitan in 705; he was known for his holiness, his preference for the contemplative life, and his miracles; in ill health, John resigned the bishopric of York in 717 and retired to Beverly Abbey, which he had founded, and remained there until his death on May 7, 721 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/7/26 Gospel: John 15:9-11

Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Petronax, 670-747; regarded as the "second founder of Monte Cassino"; born in Brescia, Italy, and joined the Benedictines; Pope St. Gregory asked him to go to Monte Cassino to examine the ruins of the abbey which had been damaged by the Lombards; Petronax gatthered the hermits of the old abbey, and began rebuilding; he was elected abbot and ruled Monte Cassino for three decades Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/6/26 Gospel: John 15:1-8

Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Maximus of Jerusalem; succeeded St. Macanus as bishop of Jerusalem around 335; he was crippled by tortures received during the persecutions of his day; originally opposed St. Athanasius, but repented and became a strong enemy of the Arians; Maximus died in 350 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/5/26 Gospel: John 14:27-31a

Monday of the Fifth Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Conleth, 450-519; he became a hermit living along Ireland’s Liffey River, at Old Connell; the renowned Irish abbess Saint Brigid, upon meeting Conleth, was so impressed by him that she subsequently persuaded him to become the governing bishop of her double monastery at Kildare; he was a gifted copyist and illuminator of manuscripts, and was likewise skilled in metalworking; a crosier kept in a museum of the Royal Irish Academy is said to have been made by Conleth Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/4/26 Gospel: John 14:21-26

Monday of the Fourth Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Theodore of Tabenna, 314-368; born in the Upper Thebaid, Egypt; he studied under the famed St. Pachomius at Tabenna, succeeding him as abbot about 347; he was noted for his careful maintaining of order in the community and for his miracles Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/27/26 Gospel: John 10:11-18

Wednesday of the Third Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Tarbula; Fourth Century virgin and martyr, the sister of St. Simeon the Persian, bishop and martyr; she was consecrated a virgin and met her own martyrdom soon after the death of her brother; she was accused of witchcraft, and causing the illness of the wife of the ardently anti-Christian King Shapur; she was condemned and executed in 345 A.D. Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/22/26 Gospel: John 6:35-40

Monday of the Third Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Francis Page; a 16th and 17th Century Jesuit martyr of England; born in Antwerp, Belgium, Francis was a member of an English Protestant family; he was reconciled to the Catholic faith, and was ordained in 1600 and sent from Douai, France, to England; he was arrested there two years later; while in prison, Francis entered the Society of Jesus; he was martyred at Tyburn, England, in 1602 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/20/26 Gospel: John 6:22-29

Saturday of the Second Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Apollonius the Apologist; Second Century martyr whose defense of the faith, is considered one of the most priceless documents of the early Church; he was a Roman senator who was denounced as a Christian by one of his slaves; the Praetorian Prefect, Sextus Tigidius Perennis, arrested him, also putting the slave to death as an informer; Perennis demanded that Apollonius denounce the faith, and when he refused, the case was remanded to the Roman senate; there a debate took place between Perennis and Apollonius that clearly outlined the beauty and the value of Christianity; despite his eloquent defense, Apollonius was condemned and beheaded in 185 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/18/26 Gospel: John 6:16-21

Friday of the Second Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Robert of Chaise Dieu; Eleventh Century Benedictine abbot and founder; born in Auvergne, France, became a priest and canon of St. Julian's in Brioude; he then founded a hospice and became spiritual director of St. Odilo in Cluny; he eventually settled near Brioude, Auvergne, with a fellow hermit, a former knight named Stephen; there he attracted followers and built the abbey of Casa Dei to house the burgeoning community of three hundred monks; he died in 1067