Understanding the Day
Season
Time After Pentecost
Week
Week 11 of Time After Pentecost
Rank
Sunday
The rank “Semidouble” is an older liturgical designation. In plain language it means this feast is important and observed with proper prayers and readings but does not override higher-ranking feasts or solemnities. There is no octave or vigil attached specifically to this celebration in the provided context, so the usual Sunday rites apply: Mass, the Ordinary of the day, and the appointed Scripture for the eleventh Sunday after Pentecost.
Introit (Daily Prayer)
Lavishly he gives to the poor; his generosity shall endure forever; his horn shall be exalted in glory.
Ps 111:1
Happy the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in His commands.
Glory Be to the Father…
We beseech You, O almighty God, that we who have eaten the food of heaven may find in it, by the intercession of blessed Romanus, Your Martyr, strength against all harm.
Through our Lord…
Weekly Prayer
Morning Offering
in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world, in thanksgiving for Your favors, in reparation for my sins,
for the intentions of all my associates, and in particular for the intention recommended by the Holy Father this month.
Weekly Formation
The Theological Virtues
The Theological Virtues
Faith
Faith is the infused virtue by which the mind firmly assents to the truths God has revealed because He can neither deceive nor be deceived. It rests on God’s authority and gives the foundation by which the believer knows Him and orders life toward Him.
Hope
Hope is the infused virtue by which a person confidently expects eternal life and the graces needed to reach it, relying on God’s goodness, promises, and power. It stands between despair, which distrusts mercy, and presumption, which expects heaven without conversion and grace.
Charity
Charity is the infused virtue by which God is loved above all things for His own sake and one’s neighbor is loved for God. It gives supernatural life to the other virtues by directing the whole person toward friendship with God and eternal union with Him.
Saint & Feast
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
A biography or feast reflection has not yet been prepared.
John Vianney
St. Jean-Marie Vianney, Confessor
French priest and saint (1786–1859)
- Born
- 1786-05-08 · Dardilly
- Died
- 1859-08-04 · Ars-sur-Formans
John Vianney was a French Catholic priest often referred to as the Curé d'Ars. He is known for his priestly and pastoral work in his parish in Ars, France, resulting in the radical spiritual transformation of the community and its surroundings.
Learn more about John VianneyToday in Church History
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