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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 that the USCCB podcasts are downloaded directly from the USCCB website - this feed's only purpose is ease of use and better organization in your podcast player while minimizing bandwidth by downloading only one podcast at a time. As a bonus, the show notes display the full bio of the Saint of the Day from CNA and provides a link to the full text of the readings. If you get the wrong day's podcast you can unsubscribe from this podcast and subscribe to one of the following based on whether you are the same day, or one day ahead or one day behind the timezone of the podcast server (based in United States): Next Day : https://www.wiredcatholic.com/todaysmassreadings+1.xml Same Day : https://www.wiredcatholic.com/todaysmassreadings+0.xml Previous Day: https://www.wiredcatholic.com/todaysmassreadings-1.xml Regular Autodetect Feed: https://www.wiredcatholic.com/todaysmassreadings.xml ************** Change Log/Feedback to Comments and Reviews: 2025-12-31 Script broke in November requiring rewrite to python. Sorry to all the users out there! But it's back up and running now. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 2025-03-18 Fixed Saint of the Day chapter picture. Yes I know it's been broken way too long. This should be a more durable fix. 2023-08-11 Some refactoring. Added etag header. Add Saint Picture as episode picture, notes. 2023-07-20 Fixed Saint of the Day chapter picture. 2023-03-02 Fixed the revised date format which occurred on 3/1/23 for the Mp3 which prevented downloading the link. 2023-02-04 Fixed the revised date format to the mp3 name which occurred on Feb 1. 2023 breaking the feed and resulting in 3-4 days of lost mass podcasts. Please note that have no way of responding to the reviews other than this changelog. I use the feed daily so I will usually know when it breaks but it takes me a couple of days to find the time to fix it. Keep in mind I do this in my spare time. It takes me several hours to fix these bugs. When this happens, until it is fixed please visit the USCCB site directly to get the mass podcast online at https://bible.usccb.org/daily-bible-reading. Or if you use Podcast Addict you can click transcript button from any previously working episode and that will open your browser to the correct USCCB page. Then click the forward arrow to advance to the cuurent day. This feed will usually be fixed within a couple of days. 2022-12-10 Fixed chapter Saint of Day Pics. Fixed geo dating. 2022-12-07 Fixed broken Saint of the day url and broken feed. 2022-02-05 Improved Image Getting for chapters. Deleted CNA Code. 2022-01-30 Fixed Saint Picture of Day so fallback is whats on Franciscan page 2022-01-28 Fixed some XML validation issues 2021-11-13 Fixed some XML/itunes validation issues 2021-11-05 Added Saint of the Day Picture for Podcast 2.0 as players: podcast: chapter, added podcast:transcript linked to reading 2021-04-11 Fixed typos and Saint of Day link 2021-04-08 - Fixed timezone error catching; fixed saint of the day error, added alternative saint of the day link (Franciscan media). 9-16-20 - Fixed Dead MP3 Links Broken By USCCB Website Rewrite, Prior Episodes Restarted as of 9-16-20 ] 8-12-20 - Added prior episodes per listener request] *******

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    Today's Catholic Mass Readings Saturday, June 20, 2026

    Full Text of Readings Saturday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 370 The Saint of the day is Saint Paulinus of Nola Saint Paulinus of Nola’s Story Anyone who is praised in the letters of six or seven saints undoubtedly must be of extraordinary character. Such a person was Paulinus of Nola, correspondent and friend of Saints Augustine, Jerome, Melania, Martin, Gregory and Ambrose. Born near Bordeaux, he was the son of the Roman prefect of Gaul, who had extensive property in both Gaul and Italy. Saint Paulinus of Nola became a distinguished lawyer, holding several public offices in the Roman Empire. With his Spanish wife, Therasia, he retired at an early age to a life of cultured leisure. The two were baptized by the saintly bishop of Bordeaux and moved to Therasia’s estate in Spain. After many childless years, they had a son who died a week after birth. This occasioned their beginning a life of great austerity and charity, giving away most of their Spanish property. Possibly as a result of this great example, Paulinus was rather unexpectedly ordained a priest at Christmas by the bishop of Barcelona. He and his wife then moved to Nola, near Naples. He had a great love for Saint Felix of Nola, and spent much effort in promoting devotion to this saint. Saint Paulinus of Nola gave away most of his remaining property—to the consternation of his relatives—and continued his work for the poor. Supporting a host of debtors, the homeless and other needy people, he lived a monastic life in another part of his home. By popular demand he was made bishop of Nola and guided that diocese for 21 years. Saint Paulinus of Nola’s last years were saddened by the invasion of the Huns. Among his few writings is the earliest extant Christian wedding song. His liturgical feast is celebrated on June 22. Reflection Many of us are tempted to “retire” early in life, after an initial burst of energy. Devotion to Christ and his work is waiting to be done all around us. Paulinus’ life had scarcely begun when he thought it was over, as he took his ease on that estate in Spain. “Man proposes, but God disposes.”Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

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    Today's Catholic Mass Readings Friday, June 19, 2026

    Full Text of Readings Friday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 369 The Saint of the day is Saint Romuald Saint Romuald’s Story In the midst of a wasted youth, Saint Romuald watched his father kill a relative in a duel over property. In horror he fled to a monastery near Ravenna. After three years, some of the monks found him to be uncomfortably holy and eased him out. Romuald spent the next 30 years going about Italy, founding monasteries and hermitages. He longed to give his life to Christ in martyrdom, and got the pope’s permission to preach the gospel in Hungary. But he was struck with illness as soon as he arrived, and the illness recurred as often as he tried to proceed. During another period of his life, Saint Romuald suffered great spiritual dryness. One day as he was praying Psalm 31 (“I will give you understanding and I will instruct you”), he was given an extraordinary light and spirit which never left him. At the next monastery where he stayed, Saint Romuald was accused of a scandalous crime by a young nobleman he had rebuked for a dissolute life. Amazingly, his fellow monks believed the accusation. He was given a severe penance, forbidden from offering Mass, and excommunicated—an unjust sentence that he endured in silence for six months. The most famous of the monasteries Saint Romuald founded was that of the Camaldoli in Tuscany. Here began the Order of the Camaldolese Benedictines, uniting the monastic and eremitical lives. In later life Romuald’s own father became a monk, wavered, and was kept faithful by the encouragement of his son. Reflection Christ is a gentle leader, but he calls us to total holiness. Now and then, men and women are raised up to challenge us by the absoluteness of their dedication, the vigor of their spirit, the depth of their conversion. The fact that we cannot duplicate their lives does not change the call to us to be totally open to God in our own particular circumstances.Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

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    Today's Catholic Mass Readings Thursday, June 18, 2026

    Full Text of Readings Thursday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 368 The Saint of the day is Venerable Matt Talbot Venerable Matt Talbot’s Story Matt Talbot can be considered the patron of men and women struggling with alcoholism. He was born in Dublin, where his father worked on the docks and had a difficult time supporting his family. After a few years of schooling, Matt obtained work as a messenger for some liquor merchants; there he began to drink excessively. For 15 years—until he was almost 30—Matt was an active alcoholic. One day he decided to take “the pledge” for three months, make a general confession and begin to attend daily Mass. There is evidence that Matt’s first seven years after taking the pledge were especially difficult. Avoiding his former drinking places was hard. He began to pray as intensely as he used to drink. He also tried to pay back people from whom he had borrowed or stolen money while he was drinking. Most of his life Matt Talbot worked as a builder’s laborer. He joined the Secular Franciscan Order and began a life of strict penance; he abstained from meat nine months a year. Matt spent hours every night avidly reading Scripture and the lives of the saints. He prayed the rosary conscientiously. Though his job did not make him rich, Matt contributed generously to the missions. After 1923, Matt’s health failed, and he was forced to quit work. He died on his way to church on Trinity Sunday. Fifty years later, Pope Paul VI gave Matt Talbot the title venerable. His liturgical feast is celebrated on June 19. Reflection In looking at the life of Matt Talbot, we may easily focus on the later years when he had stopped drinking for some time and was leading a penitential life. Only alcoholic men and women who have stopped drinking can fully appreciate how difficult the earliest years of sobriety were for Matt. He had to take one day at a time. So do the rest of us.Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

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    Today's Catholic Mass Readings Wednesday, June 17, 2026

    Full Text of Readings Wednesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 367 The Saint of the day is Saint Joseph Cafasso Saint Joseph Cafasso’s story Even as a young man, Joseph Cafasso loved to attend Mass and was known for his humility and fervor in prayer. After his ordination, he was assigned to a seminary in Turin. There he worked especially against the spirit of Jansenism—an excessive preoccupation with sin and damnation. He used the works of Saint Francis de Sales and Saint Alphonsus Liguori to moderate the rigorism popular at the seminary. Joseph Cafasso recommended membership in the Secular Franciscan Order to priests. He urged devotion to the Blessed Sacrament and encouraged daily Communion. In addition to his teaching duties, Joseph was an excellent preacher, confessor, and retreat master. Noted for his work with condemned prisoners, he helped many of them die at peace with God. Joseph Cafasso urged one of his former pupils—Saint John Bosco—to establish the Salesians congregation to work with the youth of Turin. Joseph died in 1860, and was canonized in 1947. His liturgical feast is celebrated on June 23. Reflection Devotion to the Eucharist gave energy to all Joseph’s other activities. Long prayer before the Blessed Sacrament has been characteristic of many Catholics who have lived out the gospel well: Saint Francis, Bishop Fulton Sheen, Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, and Saint Teresa of Calcutta among them.Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

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    Today's Catholic Mass Readings Tuesday, June 16, 2026

    Full Text of Readings Tuesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 366 The Saint of the day is Saint John Francis Regis Saint John Francis Regis’ Story Born into a family of some wealth, John Francis Regis was so impressed by his Jesuit educators that he himself wished to enter the Society of Jesus. He did so at age 18. Despite his rigorous academic schedule, he spent many hours in chapel, often to the dismay of fellow seminarians who were concerned about his health. Following his ordination to the priesthood, John Francis undertook missionary work in various French towns. While the formal sermons of the day tended toward the poetic, his discourses were plain. But they revealed the fervor within him and attracted people of all classes. Father Regis especially made himself available to the poor. Many mornings were spent in the confessional or at the altar celebrating Mass; afternoons were reserved for visits to prisons and hospitals. The bishop of Viviers, observing the success of John Francis Regis in communicating with people, sought to draw on his many gifts, especially needed during the prolonged civil and religious strife then rampant throughout France. With many prelates absent and priests negligent, the people had been deprived of the sacraments for 20 years or more. Various forms of Protestantism were thriving in some cases while a general indifference toward religion was evident in other instances. For three years, Father Regis traveled throughout the diocese, conducting missions in advance of a visit by the bishop. He succeeded in converting many people and in bringing many others back to religious observances. Though John Francis Regis longed to work as a missionary among the Native Americans in Canada, he was to live out his days working for the Lord in the wildest and most desolate part of his native France. There he encountered rigorous winters, snowdrifts and other deprivations. Meanwhile he continued preaching missions and earned a reputation as a saint. Upon entering the town of Saint-Andé, one man came upon a large crowd in front of a church and was told that people were waiting for “the saint” who was coming to preach a mission. The last four years of John Francis Regis’ life were spent preaching and organizing social services, especially for prisoners, the sick and the poor. In the autumn of 1640, Father Regis sensed that his days were coming to a conclusion. He settled some of his affairs and prepared for the end by continuing to do what he did so well: speaking to the people about the God who loved them. On December 31, he spent most of the day with his eyes on the crucifix. That evening, he died. His final words were: “Into thy hands I commend my spirit.” John Francis Regis was canonized in 1737. Reflection John Francis Regis longed to travel to the New World and become a missionary to the Native Americans, but he was called instead to work among his own compatriots. Unlike many famous preachers, he isn’t remembered for golden-tongued oratory. What people who listened to him heard was his own fervent faith, and it had a powerful effect on them. We can recall homilists who impressed us for the same reason. More importantly for us, we can also remember ordinary people, neighbors and friends, whose faith and goodness touched us and brought us to deeper faith. That is the calling most of us must follow. Let us take a moment to thank luminaries like John Francis Regis who show us the way to grace,Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

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    Today's Catholic Mass Readings Monday, June 15, 2026

    Full Text of Readings The Saint of the day is Saint Marguerite d’Youville Saint Marguerite d’Youville’s Story We learn compassion from allowing our lives to be influenced by compassionate people, by seeing life from their perspectives, and reconsidering our own values. Born in Varennes, Canada, Marie Marguerite Dufrost de Lajemmerais had to interrupt her schooling at the age of 12 to help her widowed mother. Eight years later she married François d’Youville; they had six children, four of whom died young. Despite the fact that her husband gambled, sold liquor illegally to Native Americans, and treated her indifferently, she cared for him compassionately until his death in 1730. Even though she was caring for two small children and running a store to help pay off her husband’s debts, Marguerite d’Youville still helped the poor. Once her children were grown, she and several companions rescued a Quebec hospital that was in danger of failing. She called her community the Institute of the Sisters of Charity of Montreal; the people called them the “Grey Nuns” because of the color of their habits. In time, a proverb arose among the poor people of Montreal, “Go to the Grey Nuns; they never refuse to serve.” In time, five other religious communities traced their roots to the Grey Nuns. The General Hospital in Montreal became known as the Hôtel Dieu (House of God) and set a standard for medical care and Christian compassion. When the hospital was destroyed by fire in 1766, Mère Marguerite knelt in the ashes, led the Te Deum—a hymn to God’s providence in all circumstances—and began the rebuilding process. She fought the attempts of government officials to restrain her charity, and established the first foundling home in North America. Pope Saint John XXIII, who beatified Mère Marguerite d’Youville in 1959, called her the “Mother of Universal Charity.” She was canonized in 1990, and her liturgical feast is celebrated on October 16. Reflection Saints deal with plenty of discouragement, plenty of reasons to say, “Life isn’t fair” and wonder where God is in the rubble of their lives. We honor saints like Marguerite d’Youville because they show us that with God’s grace and our cooperation, suffering can lead to compassion rather than bitterness.Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

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    Today's Catholic Mass Readings Sunday, June 14, 2026

    Full Text of Readings Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 91 The Saint of the day is Saint Albert Chmielowski Saint Albert Chmielowski’s Story Born in Igolomia near Kraków as the eldest of four children in a wealthy family, Albert Chmielowski was christened Adam. During the 1864 revolt against Czar Alexander III, Adam’s wounds forced the amputation of his left leg. His great talent for painting led to studies in Warsaw, Munich, and Paris. Adam returned to Kraków and became a Secular Franciscan. In 1888, when he founded the Brothers of the Third Order of Saint Francis, Servants to the Poor, he took the name Albert. They worked primarily with the homeless, depending completely on alms while serving the needy regardless of age, religion, or politics. A community of Albertine sisters was established later. Pope John Paul II beatified Albert Chmielowski in 1983, and canonized him six years later. His liturgical feast is celebrated on June 17. Reflection Reflecting on his own priestly vocation, Pope John Paul II wrote in 1996 that Albert Chmielowski had played a role in its formation “because I found in him a real spiritual support and example in leaving behind the world of art, literature, and the theater, and in making the radical choice of a vocation to the priesthood” (Gift and Mystery: On the Fiftieth Anniversary of My Priestly Ordination). As a young priest, Karol Wojtyla repaid his debt of gratitude by writing The Brother of Our God, a play about Brother Albert’s life.Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

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    Today's Catholic Mass Readings Saturday, June 13, 2026

    Full Text of Readings Saturday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 364 The Saint of the day is Saint Anthony of Padua Saint Anthony of Padua’s Story The gospel call to leave everything and follow Christ was the rule of Saint Anthony of Padua’s life. Over and over again, God called him to something new in his plan. Every time Anthony responded with renewed zeal and self-sacrificing to serve his Lord Jesus more completely. His journey as the servant of God began as a very young man when he decided to join the Augustinians in Lisbon, giving up a future of wealth and power to be a servant of God. Later when the bodies of the first Franciscan martyrs went through the Portuguese city where he was stationed, he was again filled with an intense longing to be one of those closest to Jesus himself: those who die for the Good News. So, Saint Anthony of Padua entered the Franciscan Order and set out to preach to the Moors. But an illness prevented him from achieving that goal. He went to Italy and was stationed in a small hermitage where he spent most of his time praying, reading the Scriptures and doing menial tasks. The call of God came again at an ordination where no one was prepared to speak. The humble and obedient Anthony hesitantly accepted the task. The years of searching for Jesus in prayer, of reading sacred Scripture and of serving him in poverty, chastity, and obedience had prepared Saint Anthony of Padua to allow the Spirit to use his talents. Anthony’s sermon was astounding to those who expected an unprepared speech and knew not the Spirit’s power to give people words. Recognized as a great man of prayer and a great Scripture and theology scholar, Saint Anthony of Padua became the first friar to teach theology to the other friars. Soon he was called from that post to preach to the Albigensians in France, using his profound knowledge of Scripture and theology to convert and reassure those who had been misled by their denial of Christ’s divinity and of the sacraments. After he led the friars in northern Italy for three years, he made his headquarters in the city of Padua. He resumed his preaching and began writing sermon notes to help other preachers. In the spring of 1231 Saint Anthony of Padua withdrew to a friary at Camposampiero where he had a sort of treehouse built as a hermitage. There he prayed and prepared for death. On June 13, he became very ill and asked to be taken back to Padua, where he died after receiving the last sacraments. Saint Anthony of Padua was canonized less than a year later and named a Doctor of the Church in 1946. Reflection Saint Anthony of Padua should be the patron of those who find their lives completely uprooted and set in a new and unexpected direction. Like all saints, he is a perfect example of turning one’s life completely over to Christ. God did with Anthony as God pleased—and what God pleased was a life of spiritual power and brilliance that still attracts admiration today. He whom popular devotion has nominated as finder of lost objects found himself by losing himself totally to the providence of God. May Saint Anthony’s holy life help us see with renewed faith God’s forgiveness and unconditional love for each of us! If we as believers understood as clearly as Anthony the depth of God’s love for each of us, surely our love for Christ would grow stronger.Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

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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 that the USCCB podcasts are downloaded directly from the USCCB website - this feed's only purpose is ease of use and better organization in your podcast player while minimizing bandwidth by downloading only one podcast at a time. As a bonus, the show notes display the full bio of the Saint of the Day from CNA and provides a link to the full text of the readings. If you get the wrong day's podcast you can unsubscribe from this podcast and subscribe to one of the following based on whether you are the same day, or one day ahead or one day behind the timezone of the podcast server (based in United States): Next Day : https://www.wiredcatholic.com/todaysmassreadings+1.xml Same Day : https://www.wiredcatholic.com/todaysmassreadings+0.xml Previous Day: https://www.wiredcatholic.com/todaysmassreadings-1.xml Regular Autodetect Feed: https://www.wiredcatholic.com/todaysmassreadings.xml ************** Change Log/Feedback to Comments and Reviews: 2025-12-31 Script broke in November requiring rewrite to python. Sorry to all the users out there! But it's back up and running now. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 2025-03-18 Fixed Saint of the Day chapter picture. Yes I know it's been broken way too long. This should be a more durable fix. 2023-08-11 Some refactoring. Added etag header. Add Saint Picture as episode picture, notes. 2023-07-20 Fixed Saint of the Day chapter picture. 2023-03-02 Fixed the revised date format which occurred on 3/1/23 for the Mp3 which prevented downloading the link. 2023-02-04 Fixed the revised date format to the mp3 name which occurred on Feb 1. 2023 breaking the feed and resulting in 3-4 days of lost mass podcasts. Please note that have no way of responding to the reviews other than this changelog. I use the feed daily so I will usually know when it breaks but it takes me a couple of days to find the time to fix it. Keep in mind I do this in my spare time. It takes me several hours to fix these bugs. When this happens, until it is fixed please visit the USCCB site directly to get the mass podcast online at https://bible.usccb.org/daily-bible-reading. Or if you use Podcast Addict you can click transcript button from any previously working episode and that will open your browser to the correct USCCB page. Then click the forward arrow to advance to the cuurent day. This feed will usually be fixed within a couple of days. 2022-12-10 Fixed chapter Saint of Day Pics. Fixed geo dating. 2022-12-07 Fixed broken Saint of the day url and broken feed. 2022-02-05 Improved Image Getting for chapters. Deleted CNA Code. 2022-01-30 Fixed Saint Picture of Day so fallback is whats on Franciscan page 2022-01-28 Fixed some XML validation issues 2021-11-13 Fixed some XML/itunes validation issues 2021-11-05 Added Saint of the Day Picture for Podcast 2.0 as players: podcast: chapter, added podcast:transcript linked to reading 2021-04-11 Fixed typos and Saint of Day link 2021-04-08 - Fixed timezone error catching; fixed saint of the day error, added alternative saint of the day link (Franciscan media). 9-16-20 - Fixed Dead MP3 Links Broken By USCCB Website Rewrite, Prior Episodes Restarted as of 9-16-20 ] 8-12-20 - Added prior episodes per listener request] *******

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