Bishop

Optional Memorial of St. Anthony Mary Claret, Bishop She moves and touches me so deeply that every time I read her life, I have to hold the book in one hand and a handkerchief in the other to staunch the tears that it makes me shed…

Optional Memorial of St. Anthony Mary Claret, Bishop Much is entrusted to us, Lord Jesus, until the day of your return. We must tend to the world, ourselves, and our neighbors for as long as necessary, for to falter in our responsibilities…

Optional Memorial of St. Denis, Bishop, and Companions, Martyrs; St. John Leonardi, Priest Lord Jesus, we are forever presented with the choice to follow you or to languish in the minutiae of the world. We either seek you on the path of…

Optional Memorial of St. Denis, Bishop, and Companions, Martyrs; St. John Leonardi, Priest Our friends, then, are all those who unjustly afflict upon us trials and ordeals, shame and injustice, sorrows and torments, martyrdom and death; we…

Optional Memorial of St. Januarius, Bishop and Martyr Faith is the unshaken stance of the soul and is unmoved by any adversity. The believing man is not one who thinks God can do all things, but one who trusts that he will obtain…

Optional Memorial of St. Januarius, Bishop and Martyr Lord Jesus, many did not see at the time you walked among men that you would be the redeemer of our fallen souls. Rather you were mocked and derided for cavorting with precisely the…

Memorial of St. Augustine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Late have I loved Thee, O Beauty so ancient and so new, late have I loved Thee! — St. Augustine

Memorial of St. Augustine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Lord God, let us never be like the Pharisees who babbled endlessly in false praise and who collected tithes for their own satisfaction. May our faith never be one of pomp and…

Optional Memorial of St. Paulinus of Nola, Bishop; Sts. John Fisher, Bishop, and Thomas More, Martyrs Lord, this world is fading from us, its treasures rot and our monuments decay. For this is not our destiny Lord, but rather we are meant…