Understanding the Day
Season
Time After Pentecost
Week
Week 14 of Time After Pentecost
Rank
Simple feast
Introit (Daily Prayer)
Behold, O God, our Protector, and look upon the face of Your Anointed. Better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere.
Ps 83:2-3
How lovely is Your dwelling place, O Lord of Hosts! My soul yearns and pines for the courts of the Lord.
Glory Be to the Father…
May the pleading of the blessed Abbot Aegidius for us, together with the partaking of Your sacrament, protect us, O Lord, so that we, mindful of his way of life, may obtain the help of his intercession.
Through our Lord…
Weekly Prayer
Act of Spiritual Communion
I believe that Thou art present in the Most Holy Sacrament.
I love Thee above all things,
and I desire to receive Thee into my soul.
Since I cannot now receive Thee sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart.
I embrace Thee as if Thou wert already there,
and unite myself wholly to Thee.
Never permit me to be separated from Thee. Amen.
Weekly Formation
The Spiritual Works of Mercy
The Spiritual Works of Mercy
Admonish the sinner
Admonishing the sinner is a charitable warning intended to help a person recognize and leave serious wrongdoing. It requires truth, prudence, and concern for the person’s salvation, not humiliation, anger, or a desire to display superiority.
Instruct the ignorant
Instructing the ignorant means teaching needed truth to someone who does not know it, especially truth concerning faith and moral duty. The work presumes patience and accuracy and differs from winning an argument or displaying knowledge.
Counsel the doubtful
Counseling the doubtful helps a person whose judgment is uncertain to recognize a sound and morally lawful course. Good counsel applies truth prudently to the actual difficulty and does not replace conscience with another person’s preferences.
Comfort the sorrowful
Comforting the sorrowful shares another person’s burden through truthful consolation, patient presence, and appropriate help. Christian comfort neither dismisses grief nor offers false assurances, but strengthens hope in God amid real suffering.
Bear wrongs patiently
Bearing wrongs patiently means enduring injuries that cannot prudently be corrected without yielding to hatred or revenge. It does not require enabling abuse or refusing lawful protection; patience governs the heart while justice addresses the wrong.
Saint & Feast
Giles
St. Giles, Abbot
Christian hermit
- Born
- 0640-00-00
- Died
- 0710-00-00
Saint Giles, also known as Giles the Hermit, was a hermit or monk active in the lower Rhône most likely in the 7th century. Revered as a saint, his cult became widely diffused but his hagiography is mostly legendary. A town that bears his name grew up around the monastery he purportedly founded, which became a pilgrimage centre and a stop on the Way of Saint James.
Learn more about GilesToday in Church History
Consecration of Lund Cathedral Altar (1145)
1145DedicationThe consecration of the main altar of Lund Cathedral in 1145 marked a significant moment for the Catholic Church in the Nordic countries, as it established Lund as a central ecclesiastical authority. This event underscored the expansion of the Church's influence in Northern Europe during the Middle Ages.
The dedication of sacred spaces reminds us of the importance of worship and community in our faith journey.
Publication of Monteverdi's Vespers (1610)
1610EventClaudio Monteverdi's 'Vespro della Beata Vergine' was published in 1610 and is a significant work in sacred music during the early Baroque period. It was dedicated to Pope Paul V, reflecting the Catholic Church's engagement with the arts to enhance liturgical worship and devotion. However, the exact publication date is not traditionally associated with September 1.
The integration of art and music in worship can deepen our spiritual experience and connection to the divine.