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Wednesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Optional Memorial of St. Rita of Cascia, 1381-1457; born in central Italy, and pressured to marry a harsh man; she bore and raised two sons; after her husband was killed in a brawl and her sons had died, she joined the Augustinian nuns in Cascia, where her austerity, prayerfulness, and charity became legendary; along with St. Jude, she is known as a saint of hopeless cases
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/22/24
Gospel: Mark 9:38-40

Tuesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Optional Memorial of St. Christopher Magallanes, 1869-1927, and companions; Fr. Magallanes was killed without trial on the way to say Mass during the Cristero War in Mexico, after the trumped up charge of inciting rebellion
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/21/24
Gospel: Mark 9:30-37

Monday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Memorial of Mary, Mother of the Church
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/20/24
Gospel: John 19:25-34

Solemnity of Pentecost
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/19/24
Gospel: John 20:19-23

Saturday of the Seventh Week of Easter
Optional Memorial of Pope St. John I, 470-526; when elected, he "inherited" the Arian heresy, which denied the divinity of Christ; Italy's emperor subscribed to the heresy, but was tolerant of Catholics; when the eastern emperor began imposing severe sanctions on Arians, John was sent to try to negotiate softer measures; on returning, John was imprisoned, as the western emperor was suspicious of a conspiracy; John died in prison
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/18/24
Gospel: John 21:20-25

Friday of the Seventh Week of Easter
Saint of the Day: St. Paschal Baylon, 1540-1592; worked as a shepherd for his father, performed miracles, and was distinguished for his austerity, and taught himself to read; became a Franciscan lay brother in 1564; he practiced rigorous asceticism and displayed a deep love for the Blessed Sacrament, so much so that while on a mission to France, he defended the doctrine of the Real Presence against a Calvinist preacher; Paschal died at a friary in Villareal
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/17/24
Gospel: John 21:15-19