Today, September 4, is the memorial of Blessed Maria Stella and Companion Martyrs of Nowogródek. The Nazi terror in Nowogródek began with the 1942 extermination of the Jews. The Sisters, who come from the Congregation of the Holy Family of Nazareth, unanimously expressed their desire to offer their lives in sacrifice for the imprisoned. Sister …
While Jesus was going through a field of grain on a sabbath,his disciples were picking the heads of grain,rubbing them in their hands, and eating them.Some Pharisees said,“Why are you doing what is unlawful on the sabbath?”Jesus said to them in reply,“Have you not read what David didwhen he and those who were with him …
Today, September 3, is the memorial of Pope Saint Gregory the Great. Doctor of the Church. Born in the year 540 in Rome, Gregory was the son of Gordianus, a Roman regionarius, and Saint Silvia of Rome. He was the nephew of Saint Emiliana and Saint Tarsilla, and the great-grandson of Pope Saint Felix III. …
The scribes and Pharisees said to Jesus,“The disciples of John the Baptist fast often and offer prayers,and the disciples of the Pharisees do the same;but yours eat and drink.”Jesus answered them, “Can you make the wedding guests fastwhile the bridegroom is with them?But the days will come, and when the bridegroom is taken away from …
Today, September 2, is the memorial of Saint Solomon Leclerq. His real name was Guillaume-Nicolas-Louis and he was the son of a wealthy French wine merchant. Though his father wanted him to pursue the family business, Nicolas discerned early the call to religious life. In 1767, he entered the novitiate of the Brothers of the …
While the crowd was pressing in on Jesus and listening to the word of God,he was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret.He saw two boats there alongside the lake;the fishermen had disembarked and were washing their nets.Getting into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon,he asked him to put out a short distance …
Today, September 1, is the memorial of Saint Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart. Carmelite nun. The future Carmelite was born into the noble family of Redi, wth cavalier Ignatius Redi and Camilla Ballati as her parents. In 1764, she entered the Discalced Carmelites’ monastery in Florence, changing her baptismal name of Anna Maria to …
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After Jesus left the synagogue, he entered the house of Simon.Simon’s mother-in-law was afflicted with a severe fever,and they interceded with him about her.He stood over her, rebuked the fever, and it left her.She got up immediately and waited on them. At sunset, all who had people sick with various diseases brought them to him.He …