Understanding the Day
Season
Time After Pentecost
Week
Week 15 of Time After Pentecost
Rank
Simple feast
Introit (Daily Prayer)
Incline Your ear, O Lord; answer me; save Your servant, O my God, who trusts in You. Have pity on me, O Lord, for to You I call all the day.
Ps 85:4
Gladden the soul of Your servant, for to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
Glory Be to the Father…
Through the prayer of Your blessed Martyrs, Protus and Hyacinth, may the reception of the holy sacrament purify us, O Lord.
Through our Lord…
Weekly Prayer
Prayer to the Holy Family
bless us and grant us the grace
to love and serve God faithfully,
to honor one another with patience and charity,
and to make our home a dwelling place of peace.
Holy Family of Nazareth,
help us to grow in faith, hope, and love.
Guide our work, our rest, our words, and our choices,
so that in all things we may seek the will of God.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph,
pray for us and protect our family. Amen.
Weekly Formation
The Gifts of the Holy Spirit
The Gifts of the Holy Spirit
Wisdom
Wisdom is the gift by which the Holy Ghost gives a spiritual relish for divine things and orders the whole life toward God’s glory. It judges created goods in the light of the highest cause, seeing them according to their relation to God.
Understanding
Understanding is the gift by which the Holy Ghost gives deeper penetration into the meaning of revealed truth. It does not create new revelation, but enables the mind to grasp more clearly the mysteries already received by faith.
Counsel
Counsel is the gift by which the Holy Ghost guides practical judgment amid difficulty, danger, or uncertainty. It perfects prudence by making the soul ready to recognize and follow divine guidance when human reasoning alone is insufficient.
Fortitude
Fortitude is the gift by which the Holy Ghost strengthens the will to do God’s will and endure whatever fidelity requires. It carries the firmness of the virtue of fortitude to a higher readiness under divine prompting, even in extraordinary trials.
Knowledge
Knowledge is the gift by which created things are judged rightly in relation to God and His will. It reveals both the goodness of creation and its inability to satisfy the soul apart from the Creator.
Piety
Piety is the gift by which the Holy Ghost produces filial affection toward God as Father and a loving reverence for what belongs to Him. From this spirit flow willing worship, obedience, and a family-like charity toward God’s children.
Saint & Feast
Protus
Sts. Protus and Hyacinth Martyrs
Christian martyrs and saints
- Born
- 0300-00-00
- Died
- 0250-00-00 · Rome
Saints Protus and Hyacinth were Christian martyrs during the persecution of Emperor Valerian. Protus' name is sometimes spelled Protatius, Proteus, Prothus, Prote, and Proto. His name was corrupted in England as Saint Pratt. Hyacinth is sometimes called by his Latin name Hyacinthus. The day of their annual commemoration is mentioned in the "Depositio Martyrum" on September 11, in the Chronograph of 354.
Learn more about ProtusCustoms & Fasting
No traditional fast · Complete abstinence
Traditional Friday complete abstinence.
Today in Church History
Battle of Vienna
1683EventOn September 11, 1683, the Battle of Vienna began, marking a turning point in the Ottoman-Habsburg wars. The Catholic League, led by King John III Sobieski of Poland, played a crucial role in lifting the Ottoman siege.
The victory at Vienna is a testament to the power of unity and faith in overcoming adversity.