- Oct. 2 Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels, Memorial
on 2 October 2026 at 4:00 amToday 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 1 October 2026 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. […]
- Sep. 30 Memorial of St. Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church, Memorialon 30 September 2026 at 4:00 am
Today is the Memorial of St. Jerome (345-420). Jerome was born in Dalmatia of a Christian, was baptized in Rome, while taking his classical courses. He then studied under the best masters in foreign cities. But the Church had need of this […]
- Sep. 29 Feast of Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels, Feaston 29 September 2026 at 4:00 am
The liturgy celebrates the Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, archangels who are venerated in the tradition of the Church. Michael (Who is like God?) was the archangel who fought against Satan and all his evil angels, defending all the […]
- 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.on 28 September 2026 at 4:00 am
Today the Church celebrates two optional memorials of martyrs:
- Sep. 27 Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sundayon 27 September 2026 at 4:00 am
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 in the way of righteousness, you did not believe him; but tax collectors and […]
- Sep. 26 Saturday of the Twenty-Fifth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of Sts. Cosmas and Damian, Martyrs, Opt. Mem.on 26 September 2026 at 4:00 am
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 much is known about them, but tradition holds they were […]
- Sep. 25 Friday of the Twenty-Fifth Week in Ordinary Time, Weekdayon 25 September 2026 at 4:00 am
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 such numbers of disciples flocked, that it changed a desert […]
- Sep. 24 Thursday of the Twenty-Fifth Week in Ordinary Time, Weekdayon 24 September 2026 at 4:00 am
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 under this title. This feast day celebrates the shrine in Norfolk, […]
- Sep. 23 Memorial of St. Pius of Pietrelcina, Priest, Memorialon 23 September 2026 at 4:00 am
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 the Capuchin Friars at the age of sixteen and was ordained a priest […]
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