Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi October 4 Saint Francis… pray for us! .

Whoever listens to you listens to me. Whoever rejects you rejects me. And whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me. (Luke 10:16)

Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, so that you may discern what is God’s will — what is good and pleasing and perfect. (Romans 12:2)

the Catholic bishop of Brownsville, Texas

Memorial October 3 Saint Mother Théodora Guérin, SP, Founder of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana… pray for us!

Pope Leo XIV with Sr. Norma Pimentel, MJ

Memorial October 2 Holy Guardian Angels… pray for us! Coincidentally, it is Yom Kippur. Depicted is Marc Chagall’s painting entitled “Abraham and the Angels”

Memorial October 1 St. Thérèse of Lisieux (de L’Enfant Jésus), Discalced Carmelite, Patron of Missions, Little Flower, Doctor of the Church… pray for us!

Rest in peace, Dr. Jane Goodall. www.nbcnews.com/news/obituar...

the great Michele Pistone of Villanova University who has done incredible work to make this conference possible

Cardinal Robert McElroy at the Mass for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees: “We are witnessing an unprecedented assault on our nation…this assault is intended to make life miserable for undocumented migrants…our government is engaged in a comprehensive campaign of fear at its core.”

Father, you gave Saint Jerome delight in his study of holy scripture. May your people find in your word the food of salvation and the fountain of life. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. — Amen.

Memorial September 30 Saint Jerome, Doctor of the Church… pray for us!

The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Except it doesn’t bend on its own—it bends because we pull it in the direction of justice. What keeps me hopeful during times like these is being surrounded by people who are doing just that.

Feast of the Archangels September 29 Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael… pray for us!

Newman to be ‘Doctor of the Church’ on November 1st.

Get ready America… Tuesday night they’ll be on each other’s show!

Memorial September 27 Saint Vincent de Paul, founder, holy man, servant of orphans and underprivileged… pray for us!

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MEMORIAL September 26 Saints Cosmas and Damian, Martyrs… pray for us! Third century Arab twins, Christian healers, who practiced medicine and surgery — without a fee, This led to being named Anargyro (Aνάργυροι) “silver-less” aka “unmercenaries."

Souvenir from Vermont now being read in Charleston SC. Highly recommend reading this gem.

One of my favorite settings to welcome Autumn!

Welcome 1st day of Autumn!

We can truly say that the accurate likeness of the Divine consists in our soul’s imitation of the superior Nature. — Gregory of Nyssa

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September 21 Saint Matthew, Apostle… pray for us!

In a moment like this, when tensions are high, part of the job of the president is to remind us of the ties that bind us together.

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Rest in peace, Robert Redford (89).

Memorial September 16 Sts. Cornelius, P&M, and Cyprian, B&M… pray for us!

From Sept. 9-13, believers from the Chaldean, Assyrian, Syriac Catholic and Syriac Orthodox churches joined together in Erbil for the Festival of the Cross.

Sequence — Stabat Mater At the cross her station keeping, Stood the mournful Mother weeping, Close to Jesus to the last. Through her heart, his sorrow sharing, All his bitter anguish bearing, Now at length the sword had passed…

MEMORIAL September 15 Our Lady of Sorrows… pray for us!

EVENING PRAYER READING - 1 Corinthians 1:23-24 We preach Christ crucified — a stumbling block to Jews, and an absurdity to Gentiles; but to those who are called, Jews and Greeks alike, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

FEAST OF THE EXALTATION OF THE CROSS We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you, because by your Cross you have redeemed the world. R. Alleluia, alleluia.

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Memorial September 13 Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church… pray for us!