Catholic Family Devotions

Understanding the Day

Season

Time After Pentecost

Week

Week 2 of Time After Pentecost

Rank

Second-class feast

The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary is celebrated in Ordinary Time after Pentecost as a joyful, focused feast honoring Mary’s role as Queen of Heaven and Mother of the Church. In the older Divino Afflatu calendar this is a “Double of the II Class” — a high-ranking liturgical celebration that takes precedence over most other feasts on the same day. There is no octave or vigil attached in this context, so the celebration is observed on the single appointed day rather than extended over eight days.

Daily Prayer

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Weekly Prayer

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Weekly Formation

Commandment 6

The Ten Commandments

Be faithful in marriage and respect God’s gift of the body.
The Sixth Commandment guards fidelity in marriage and the holiness of God’s gift of the body. It requires purity appropriate to each state of life, respect for personal boundaries, and faithful conduct in thought, word, and action.

Saint & Feast

Principal celebration

Queenship of Mary

Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Pope Pius XII instituted the liturgical Feast of the Queenship of Mary in 1954.

Pope Pius XII instituted the liturgical Feast of the Queenship of Mary in 1954. It was first assigned to May 31 and was moved to August 22 in the revised Roman calendar.

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Commemoration

Boniface

St. Boniface, Bishop and Martyr

missionary who propagated Christianity in the Frankish Empire

Born: 0675-00-00 · Crediton
Died

Today in Church History

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Catechism

Catechism of the Catholic Church

The Eucharist is the Lord’s invitation to receive him in the sacrament, for he tells us that unless we eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, we have no life in us. As we prepare for this holy moment, we are called to examine our consciences and, if aware of grave sin, to receive the sacrament of Reconciliation before Communion. With humble and ardent faith, we can echo the Centurion: “Lord, I am not worthy.” We also prepare by observing the required fast and by showing respect, solemnity, and joy in our gestures and clothing as Christ becomes our guest. The Church warmly encourages the faithful who are properly disposed to receive Communion whenever they participate in Mass, especially on Sundays and feast days, and even more often.

Receiving Holy Communion deepens our union with Christ, who invites us to abide in him and live because of him. This sacred nourishment strengthens, preserves, and renews the life of grace received at Baptism, sustaining us on our Christian pilgrimage. The Eucharist also separates us from sin: Christ’s gift of himself cleanses us from past sins, strengthens our charity, and helps us resist breaking away from him through mortal sin. As we receive Communion, we are encouraged to grow in Christ’s friendship and root our lives more deeply in him.

The liturgy proclaims, celebrates, and lives the mystery of Christ within many cultures, not abolishing them but redeeming and fulfilling them in Christ. It includes an unchanging part instituted by God and entrusted to the Church, as well as elements the Church may adapt to cultures when appropriate. Different recognized rites express and communicate the same mystery of Christ and show the catholicity of the Church. For family reflection, cultural expressions in worship are a gift when they remain faithful to the common faith, the sacramental signs received from Christ, and communion with the Church. The liturgy both finds expression in culture and helps shape it, while calling for conversion wherever customs are incompatible with the Catholic faith.

Today's Mass Readings

Open the day's Sancta MissaDivinum Officium · Divino Afflatu - 1954View readings