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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 Tenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 360 The Saint of the day is Saint Joachima Saint Joachima’s Story Born into an aristocratic family in Barcelona, Spain, Joachima was 12 when she expressed a desire to become a Carmelite nun. But her life took an altogether different turn at 16 with her marriage to a young …
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Full Text of Readings Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church Lectionary: 572A The Saint of the day is Saint Ephrem Saint Ephrem’s Story Poet, teacher, orator, and defender of the faith, Ephrem is the only Syriac Christian recognized as a doctor of the Church. He took upon himself the special task of opposing the many false doctri…
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Full Text of Readings Pentecost Sunday Lectionary: 62, 63 The Saint of the day is Saint William of York Saint William of York’s Story A disputed election as archbishop of York and a mysterious death. Those are the headlines from the tragic life of today’s saint. Born into a powerful family in 12th-century England, William seemed destined for great …
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Full Text of Readings Saturday of the Seventh Week of Easter - Mass in the Morning Lectionary: 302 The Saint of the day is Blessed Franz Jgersttter Blessed Franz Jägerstätter’s Story Called to fight for his country as a Nazi soldier, Franz eventually refused, and this husband and father of three daughters—Rosalie, Marie and Aloisia—was executed bec…
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Full Text of Readings Memorial of Saint Boniface, Bishop and Martyr Lectionary: 300 The Saint of the day is Saint Boniface Saint Boniface’s Story Boniface, known as the apostle of the Germans, was an English Benedictine monk who gave up being elected abbot to devote his life to the conversion of the Germanic tribes. Two characteristics stand out: h…
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Full Text of Readings Wednesday of the Seventh Week of Easter Lectionary: 299 The Saint of the day is Blessed Angelina of Marsciano Blessed Angeline of Marsciano’s Story Blessed Angeline founded the first community of Franciscan women other than Poor Clares to receive papal approval. Angeline was born to the Duke of Marsciano near Orvieto. She was …
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Full Text of Readings Memorial of Saint Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs Lectionary: 298 The Saint of the day is Saint Charles Lwanga and Companions Saint Charles Lwanga and Companions’ Story One of 22 Ugandan martyrs, Charles Lwanga is the patron of youth and Catholic action in most of tropical Africa. He protected his fellow pages, aged 13 …
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Full Text of Readings Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter Lectionary: 297 The Saint of the day is Saints Marcellinus and Peter Saints Marcellinus and Peter’s Story Marcellinus and Peter were prominent enough in the memory of the Church to be included among the saints of the Roman Canon. Mention of their names is optional in our present Eucharistic…
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Full Text of Readings Seventh Sunday of Easter - Ascension Lectionary: 58, 61 The Saint of the day is Saint Justin Martyr Saint Justin Martyr’s Story Justin never ended his quest for religious truth even when he converted to Christianity after years of studying various pagan philosophies. As a young man, he was principally attracted to the school o…
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Full Text of Readings Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Lectionary: 572 The Saint of the day is Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary The Story of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary This is a fairly late feast, going back only to the 13th or 14th century. It was established widely throughout the Church to pray for unity. The…
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Full Text of Readings Friday of the Sixth Week of Easter Lectionary: 295 The Saint of the day is Saint Joan of Arc Saint Joan of Arc’s Story Burned at the stake as a heretic after a politically-motivated trial, Joan was beatified in 1909 and canonized in 1920. Born of a fairly well-to-do peasant couple in Domremy-Greux southeast of Paris, Joan was …
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Full Text of Readings Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter - Ascension Lectionary: 58, 294 The Saint of the day is Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat’s Story The legacy of Madeleine Sophie Barat can be found in the more than 100 schools operated by her Society of the Sacred Heart, institutions known for the quality of the edu…
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Full Text of Readings Wednesday of the Sixth Week of Easter Lectionary: 293 The Saint of the day is Venerable Pierre Toussaint Venerable Pierre Toussaint’s Story Born in modern-day Haiti and brought to New York City as a slave, Pierre died a free man, a renowned hairdresser, and one of New York City’s most well-known Catholics. Plantation owner Pie…
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Full Text of Readings Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Easter Lectionary: 292 The Saint of the day is Saint Augustine of Canterbury Saint Augustine of Canterbury’s Story In the year 596, some 40 monks set out from Rome to evangelize the Anglo-Saxons in England. Leading the group was Augustine, the prior of their monastery. Hardly had he and his men rea…
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