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For latest Catholic News, please visit us at https://www.wiredcatholic.com This podcast contains today's mass readings from the US Catholic Conference of Bishops. The official USCCB podcast feed contains many future podcasts which requires you to scroll through a month's worth of podcasts to today's reading only. This feed only downloads the podcast of the day so today's reading will appear on top of the list. The script is based on the user's timezone so it will work globally. Please note t ...
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Full Text of Readings Tuesday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 426 The Saint of the day is Saint Joseph Calasanz Saint Joseph Calasanz’ Story From Aragon where he was born in 1556, to Rome where he died 92 years later, fortune alternately smiled and frowned on the work of Joseph Calasanz. A priest with university training in ca…
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Full Text of Readings Monday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 425 The Saint of the day is Saint Louis of France Saint Louis of France’s Story At his coronation as king of France, Louis IX bound himself by oath to behave as God’s anointed, as the father of his people and feudal lord of the King of Peace. Other kings had done the…
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Full Text of Readings Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 123 The Saint of the day is Saint Bartholomew Saint Bartholomew’s Story In the New Testament, Bartholomew is mentioned only in the lists of the apostles. Some scholars identify him with Nathanael, a man of Cana in Galilee who was summoned to Jesus by Philip. Jesus paid him a gre…
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Full Text of Readings Saturday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 424 The Saint of the day is Saint Rose of Lima Saint Rose of Lima’s Story The first canonized saint of the New World has one characteristic of all saints—the suffering of opposition—and another characteristic which is more for admiration than for imitation—excessive p…
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Full Text of Readings Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary Lectionary: 423 The Saint of the day is Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary The Story of the Queenship of Mary Pope Pius XII established this feast in 1954. But the Blessed Virgin Mary’s queenship has roots in Scripture. At the Annunciation, Gabriel announced that Mary’s So…
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Full Text of Readings Memorial of Saint Pius X, Pope Lectionary: 422 The Saint of the day is Saint Pius X Saint Pius X’s Story Pope Pius X is perhaps best remembered for his encouragement of the frequent reception of Holy Communion, especially by children. The second of 10 children in a poor Italian family, Joseph Sarto became Pius X at age 68. He …
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Full Text of Readings Memorial of Saint Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church Lectionary: 421 The Saint of the day is Saint Bernard of Clairvaux Saint Bernard of Clairvaux’s Story Man of the century! Woman of the century! You see such terms applied to so many today—“golfer of the century,” “composer of the century,” “right tackle of the century”—…
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Full Text of Readings Tuesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 420 The Saint of the day is Saint John Eudes Saint John Eudes’ Story How little we know where God’s grace will lead. Born on a farm in northern France, John died at 78 in the next “county” or department. In that time, he was a religious, a parish missionary, founder of…
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Full Text of Readings Monday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 419 The Saint of the day is Saint Louis of Toulouse Saint Louis of Toulouse’s Story When he died at the age of 23, Louis was already a Franciscan, a bishop, and a saint! Louis’s parents were Charles II of Naples and Sicily, and Mary, daughter of the King of Hungary. Lou…
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Full Text of Readings Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 120 The Saint of the day is Saint Joan of the Cross Saint Joan of the Cross’ Story An encounter with a shabby old woman many dismissed as insane prompted Saint Joan to dedicate her life to the poor. For Joan, who had a reputation as a businesswoman intent on monetary success, this …
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Full Text of Readings Saturday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 418 The Saint of the day is Saint Stephen of Hungary Saint Stephen of Hungary’s Story The Church is universal, but its expression is always affected—for good or ill—by local culture. There are no “generic” Christians; there are Mexican Christians, Polish Christians, …
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Full Text of Readings Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Lectionary: 621, 622 The Saint of the day is Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary The Story of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary On November 1, 1950, Pope Pius XII defined the Assumption of Mary to be a dogma of faith: “We pronounce, declare and define it to be a …
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Full Text of Readings Memorial of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr Lectionary: 416 The Saint of the day is Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe’s Story “I don’t know what’s going to become of you!” How many parents have said that? Maximilian Mary Kolbe’s reaction was, “I prayed very hard to Our Lady to tell me what would…
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Full Text of Readings Wednesday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 415 The Saint of the day is Blessed Michael J. McGivney Blessed Michael McGivney’s Story The eldest son of an immigrant Irish family in Connecticut, young Michael left school at 13 to work in a brass factory making spoons. At 16 he began studies for the priesthood i…
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