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Friday of the Third Week of Easter Optional Memorial of St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, 1577-1622; taught philosophy while earning a legal degree at the University of Freiberg in Germany; he became known as the "poor man's lawyer"; ultimately, he decided he wanted to work for God; after ordination, he was appointed to the Congregation for the Spreading of the Faith, but was martyred by several Austria...

Thursday of the Third Week of Easter Optional Memorial of St. George, 275-303; Roman soldier who was executed for his Christian faith during the reign of Diocletian; he became one of Christianity’s most venerated saints, especially known as a military protector and for the legendary story of slaying a dragon; he is honored as a patron saint in many countries and traditions Office of Readings...

Wednesday of the Third Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Tarbula; Fourth Century virgin and martyr, the sister of St. Simeon the Persian, bishop and martyr; she was consecrated a virgin and met her own martyrdom soon after the death of her brother; she was accused of witchcraft, and causing the illness of the wife of the ardently anti-Christian King Shapur; she was condemned and executed in 345...

Tuesday of the Third Week of Easter Optional Memorial of St. Anselm, 1033-1109; Archbishop of Canterbury; a doctor of the church; subjects of his writings included the existence of God, the Incarnation, the procession of the Holy Spirit, Atonement, and discussions on Free Will and Predestination; German philosophers and English historians referenced Anselm; Anselm is also mentioned in Dante’...

Monday of the Third Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Francis Page; a 16th and 17th Century Jesuit martyr of England; born in Antwerp, Belgium, Francis was a member of an English Protestant family;  he was reconciled to the Catholic faith, and was ordained in 1600 and sent from Douai, France, to England; he was arrested there two years later; while in prison, Francis entered the Society of...

Third Sunday of Easter Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/19/26 Gospel: Luke 24:13-35

Saturday of the Second Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Apollonius the Apologist; Second Century martyr whose defense of the faith, is considered one of the most priceless documents of the early Church; he was a Roman senator who was denounced as a  Christian by one of his slaves; the Praetorian Prefect, Sextus Tigidius Perennis, arrested him, also putting the slave to death as an informe...

Friday of the Second Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Robert of Chaise Dieu; Eleventh Century Benedictine abbot and founder; born in Auvergne, France, became a priest and canon of St. Julian's in Brioude; he then founded a hospice and became spiritual director of St. Odilo in Cluny; he eventually settled near Brioude, Auvergne, with a fellow hermit, a former knight named Stephen; there he attr...

Thursday of the Second Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Bernadette Soubirous, 1844-1879; the recipient of the visions of Our Lady of Lourdes; born into a poor family in Lourdes, France; at 14, while gathering firewood, she encountered a beautiful lady in a grotto; after numerous additional apparitions, Bernadette asked the Lady her name, and she replied, "I am the Immaculate Conception"; a cha...

Wednesday of the Second Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Hunna, "the holy washerwoman"; a noblewoman who devoted herself to the poor of Strasbourg, France, in the Seventh Century; she even washed the poor, hence her name; she died in 679 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/15/26 Gospel: John 3:16-21

Tuesday of the Second Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Peter Gonzales, 1190-1246; born in Spain, he entered the Dominicans and became chaplain and confessor of King St. Ferdinand of Castile; he preached a campaign against the Moors, and then cared for the captured Muslims; he also cared for sailors, who dubbed him Thelmo, after St. Elmo Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/14/26 Gospel:...

Monday of the Second Week of Easter Optional Memorial of Pope St. Martin I; Seventh Century pope during the time of a popular heresy which held that Christ had no human will; Martin called a council in which documents supporting this heresy were censured, and the patriarch of Constantinople and two of his predecessors were condemned; the emperor ordered that Martin be brought to Constantinople, wh...

Second Sunday of Easter - Divine Mercy Sunday Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/12/26 Gospel: John 20:19-31

Saturday in the Octave of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Stanislaus of Krakow, 1030-1079; born near Krakow, Poland; educated and ordained at Gnesen; he soon he became noted for his preaching and became a much sought after spiritual adviser; he was successful in his reforming efforts, and in 1072 was named  Bishop of Krakow; he denounced the cruelties and injustices of King Boleslaus, and excomm...

Friday in the Octave of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Paternus; Eleventh Century Irish/Scottish hermit; born either in  Ireland  or  Scotland and joined a monastery; going to Westphalia, he was one of the first monks to enter the Abdinghof Monastery under the leadership of St. Meinwerk; Paternus lived as a hermit in one of the cells; such was his obedience to the vow of enclosure tha...

Thursday in the Octave of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Hugh of Rouen; Eighth Century Benedictine  bishop of Rouen, Paris, and Bayeux, France, a nephew of Charles Martel and the son of Duke Drogo of Burgundy; he was named the  bishop of Rouen in 722; he then moved to Paris and later to Bayeux; at the same time  he was  abbot of Fontenelles and Jumieges; at the close of his life,...

Wednesday in the Octave of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Julia Billiart, 1751-1816; she took a vow of virginity while young and worked so hard for the poor that she collapsed, remaining a cripple until 1804 when she was miraculously cured; she stayed in Amiens, where the Institute of Notre Dame was founded by Julia and pious friends in 1804; in 1809 she was forced to move to Namur, and the Motherho...

Tuesday in the Octave of Easter Saint of the Day: St. John Baptist de La Salle, 1651-1719; ordained a priest at age 27; he became interested in the creation of schools for poor boys in Rheims, where he was stationed; he threw himself wholeheartedly into the work; the remainder of his life was closely entwined with the community of religious men he founded, the Brothers of the Christian School (als...

Monday in the Octave of Easter Saint of the Day: Pope St. Celestine I; founder of the papal diplomatic service; elected pope in 422, and battled the heresies of Nestorianism and Pelagianism; Celestine is believed to have sent Palladius to evangelize Ireland in 431; Celestine died in 432 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/6/26 Gospel: Matthew 28:8-15

Easter Sunday - Solemnity Christ is risen! Alleluia, alleluia! Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/5/26 Gospel: John 20:1-9

Holy Saturday Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/4/26 Gospel: Matthew 28:1-10

Good Friday No mass is celebrated today Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/3/26 Gospel: John 18:1-19:42

Holy Thursday Saint of the Day: St. Abundius; Fifth Century  bishop and noted theologian who was born in Thessaloncia; he became the bishop  of Como, Italy, and attended the Council of  Constantinople in 450; he was sent by Pope  St. Leo I the Great to the Emperor Theodosius II as an envoy of the Holy See; his mission led to the Council of Chalcedon  in 451 and to the Coun...

Wednesday of Holy Week Saint of the Day: St. Hugh of Grenoble, 1053-1132; born in the Dauphine region, and became a canon of the Cathedral in Valence; he became bishop of Grenoble in 1080, and attempted a massive reform of the diocese, but was discouraged, and retired to Chaise Dieu Abbey, becoming a Benedictine; Pope Gregory VII ordered him to return to Grenoble; he gave St. Bruno the land on whi...

Tuesday of Holy Week Saint of the Day: St. Guy of Pomposa, 1008-1046; born in Ravenna, Italy, and gave everything to the poor; he spent three years as a hermit on an island in the Po River; he became the abbot of St. Severus, and a much sought after spiritual advisor Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/31/26 Gospel: John 13:21-33, 36-28