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Solemnity of the Birth of St. John the Baptist
Monday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/24/24
Gospel: Luke 1:57-66, 80

12th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/23/24
Gospel: Mark 4:35-41

Saturday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time
Optional Memorial of Saints John Fisher, 1469-1535, and Thomas More, 1478-1535; the two great martyrs of England; condemned and executed for essentially the same reasons--refusal to acknowledge the divorce and remarriage of King Henry VIII, and refusal to accept the king as head of the Church in England, which would deny the pope as head
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/22/24
Gospel: Matthew 6:24-34

Friday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time
Memorial of St. Aloyisius Gonzaga, 1568-1591; grew up in royal courts and army camps, but the more that he saw of court life, the more disillusioned he became; his spiritual awakening began at the age of 7; eventually, his father allowed him to renounce his right to succession, and join the Society of Jesus; during the 1591 plague in Rome, Aloysius assisted patients and caught the disease; fever persisted after his recovery, but he maintained his great discipline of prayer, knowing that he would die three months later within the octave of Corpus Christi, at the age of 23
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/21/24
Gospel: Mark 6:19-23

Thursday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time
Saint of the Day: St. John of Matera, 1070-1139; longed to become a hermit, and served for a time as a shepherd at a monastery--but his exceptional austerity was so irksome to the less fervent monks, that he had to leave; later, he rebuilt a dilapidated church dedicated to St. Peter; in Bari, he preached with great efficacy; eventually founded a Benedictine monastery of which he was the first abbot
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/20/24
Gospel: Matthew 6:7-15

Wednesday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time
Optional Memorial of St. Romuald, 950-1027; after seeing his father kill a relative in a duel, he fled to a monastery; after three years, he was asked to leave; for thirty years, he founded monasteries and hermitages across Italy; he was falsely accused of a crime, and was excommunicated--an unjust punishment which he endured for six months; in later life, his father became a monk, and was encouraged by his son
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/19/24
Gospel: Matthew 6: 1-6, 16-18