Understanding the Day
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Time After Pentecost
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Week 4 of Time After Pentecost
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Weekday
Time after Pentecost is the long portion of the Church year between Pentecost and Advent focused on Christian growth, discipleship, and living the Gospel in ordinary life. This Wednesday falls in the fourth week of that season, a weekday called a feria. In straightforward terms, “feria” means an ordinary weekday in the liturgical calendar without a feast of higher rank attached. The celebration’s rank, Feria, indicates that the day’s liturgy follows the regular weekday pattern: the Scripture readings and prayers appointed for Week 4 of Time after Pentecost are used, and there is generally no obligatory memorial, feast, or solemnity that would replace them. There is no octave or special vigil associated with this day, so its observance is simple and stable from year to year.
Daily Prayer
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Weekly Formation
Commandment 8
The Ten Commandments
Thou shalt not bear false witness.
The Eighth Commandment requires truthfulness and respect for another person’s good name. It forbids lies, false testimony, rash judgment, slander, detraction, and the needless disclosure of faults, because justice and charity both govern speech.
Featured Saint
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Wednesday of Week 4 of Time after Pentecost
Saint Pio of Pietrelcina
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Catechism
Catechism of the Catholic Church
Baptism is the sacrament of faith and the source of new life in Christ, from which the whole Christian life begins. Faith is received and grows within the community of the Church, and after Baptism it is called to develop. Parents, godparents, and the whole ecclesial community share responsibility for helping the baptized—children and adults alike—grow in faith and for safeguarding the grace given in Baptism. The Church teaches that Baptism is necessary for salvation for those who have received the Gospel and can ask for it, while trusting God’s mercy for those who desire Baptism but cannot receive it, including catechumens who die before Baptism. For children who die without Baptism, the Church entrusts them to God’s mercy and hopes in his saving love. For Catholic families, these teachings encourage us to nurture faith at home, support the baptized on their Christian path, and not prevent little children from coming to Christ through the gift of holy Baptism.
Baptism is a profound sacrament that symbolizes both death and purification, as well as regeneration and renewal in the Holy Spirit. Through Baptism, original sin, personal sins, and all punishment for sin are forgiven, so that nothing remains to impede entry into the Kingdom of God. The baptized become new creatures: adopted children of God, members of Christ, coheirs with him, and temples of the Holy Spirit. Yet suffering, illness, death, human weakness, and the inclination to sin remain, calling us to resist sin courageously through the grace of Jesus Christ. For families reflecting on Baptism, this is a hopeful reminder that Christian life is rooted in the grace received there: faith, hope, love, the gifts of the Holy Spirit, and growth in goodness through the moral virtues.