Understanding the Day
Season
Time After Pentecost
Week
Week 17 of Time After Pentecost
Rank
Sunday
Introit (Daily Prayer)
You are just, O Lord, and Your ordinance is right. Deal with Your servant according to Your kindness.
Ps 118:1
Happy are they whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord.
Glory Be to the Father…
Through our Lord…
Weekly Prayer
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, assist me in my last agony.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, may I breathe forth my soul in peace with you.
Weekly Formation
The Evangelical Counsels
The Evangelical Counsels
Chastity
The evangelical counsel of chastity is the voluntary renunciation of marriage for the sake of Christ and undivided service to His kingdom. It goes beyond the chastity required of every Christian and, when vowed in religious life, offers the whole person to God.
Poverty
The evangelical counsel of poverty is the voluntary surrender or restricted use of personal possessions in order to follow Christ with greater freedom. It goes beyond ordinary justice and detachment by making material goods subject to a stable form of Gospel renunciation.
Obedience
The evangelical counsel of obedience is the voluntary offering of one’s will to God through lawful religious authority and an approved rule. St. Thomas calls it the chief religious vow because it offers not merely possessions or bodily goods, but the direction of one’s own will.
Saint & Feast
Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
A biography or feast reflection has not yet been prepared.
Eustace
S. Eustachius and Companions, Martyrs
Christian martyr
- Born
- 0100-01-01 · Rome
- Died
- 0118-01-01 · Rome
Saint Eustace is revered as a Christian martyr. According to legend, he was martyred in AD 118, at the command of emperor Hadrian. Eustace was a pagan Roman general, who converted to Christianity after he had a vision of the cross while hunting. He lost all his wealth, was separated from his wife and sons, and went into exile in Egypt. Called back to lead the Roman army by emperor Trajan, Eustace was happily reunited with his family and restored to high social standing, but after the death of Trajan, he and his family were martyred under Hadrian for refusing to sacrifice to pagan Roman gods.
Today in Church History
Martyrdom of Bishop John Coleridge Patteson
1871MartyrdomBishop John Coleridge Patteson, the first bishop of Melanesia, was martyred in 1871 on Nukapu, Solomon Islands. His dedication to evangelization and education in the region exemplifies the Church's missionary spirit and commitment to spreading the Gospel, even in the face of danger.
The sacrifice of Bishop Patteson inspires us to live our faith courageously and to serve others selflessly.