September 14, 2021 Tuesday 24h Week in Ordinary Time
FEAST OF THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS Lift high the cross After ending Christian persecutions in 313, Constantine sent his mother, Helena, to the Holy Land, where her team is said to have unearthed Christ’s tomb. Here, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre was built. Excavations also reportedly unearthed the three crosses of Mount […]
9/13/2021 – St. Eulogius
St. Eulogius Spanish martyr and writer who flourished during the reigns of the Cordovan Caliphs, Abd-er-Rahman II and Mohammed I (822-886).
September 13 2021 Monday 24th Week in Ordinary Time
Fr. Rick Pilger, I.C. Spiritual Calendar A Thought for Each Day of the Year By Blessed Antonio Rosmini September 13 Although beauty is a trait of all virtues, nonetheless it belongs in a special way to chastity and humility. Chastity ensures that we do not sin against, by diminishing, the excellence of our nature, and […]
September 13, 2021 Monday 24th Week in Ordinary Time
MEMORIAL OF JOHN CHRYSOSTOM, BISHOP, DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH Preach often—use words when necessary Glossophobia—fear of public speaking—is one of the most common forms of anxiety, affecting a sizeable portion of the population. Saint John Chrysostom was not a sufferer. His name means “golden-mouthed”—and was he ever. Renowned as a preacher, his sermons could last […]
September 13, 2021 Monday 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time
MEMORIAL OF JOHN CHRYSOSTOM, BISHOP, DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH Preach often—use words when necessary Glossophobia—fear of public speaking—is one of the most common forms of anxiety, affecting a sizeable portion of the population. Saint John Chrysostom was not a sufferer. His name means “golden-mouthed”—and was he ever. Renowned as a preacher, his sermons could last […]
9/12/2021 – The Most Holy Name of Mary
The Feast of the Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary is an optional memorial celebrated in the liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church on 12 September. It has been a universal Roman Rite feast since 1684, when Pope Innocent XI included it in the General Roman Calendar to commemorate the victory at the […]
9/11/2021 – St. Louis of Thuringia
BLESSED LOUIS OF THURINGIA Louis was a German prince who married St. Elizabeth of Hungary when he was twenty-one and she was just fourteen. Their parents had arranged the marriage, as this was the custom. But they both loved God, and he gave them great love for each other so that they were very happy […]
September 11, 2021 We Remember!
911 Homily 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2021 Twenty years ago, this weekend, evil acts struck America. Terrorism visited New York City, Washington D.C., and Flight 93. Two thousand nine hundred seventy-seven people died in those attacks carried out by 19 terrorists. We remember. · Remember the firefighters. · Remember the police. · Remember the first responders. […]
September 11, 2021, Saturday, 23rd Week in Ordinary Time
Heaven help us all The attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon happened 20 years ago today. We still carry the memory of that awful day, and we continue to remember in our prayers the victims of the attack and their families and loved ones who continue to mourn their great loss. We […]
September 11, 2021, Saturday 23rd Week in Ordinary Time
Heaven help us all The attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon happened 20 years ago today. We still carry the memory of that awful day, and we continue to remember in our prayers the victims of the attack and their families and loved ones who continue to mourn their great loss. We […]