Understanding the Day
Season
Time After Pentecost
Week
Week 4 of Time After Pentecost
Rank
Feast
St. Juliana Falconeri’s feast falls in the Time after Pentecost, the long liturgical season when the Church reflects on the life of the Church empowered by the Holy Spirit and on the growth of Christian discipleship. The rank “Double” is an older liturgical category indicating a fully observed feast: it has its own proper prayers and, in many settings, takes liturgical precedence over ferial weekday observances. There is no octave or vigil specified here, so the celebration is observed on its proper day without an extended eight-day period or a special vigil liturgy attached.
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.
Saint & Feast
Principal celebration
Juliana Falconieri
St. Juliana Falconeri, Virgin
Italian nun
- Born
- 1270-01-01 · Florence
- Died
- 1341-01-01 · Florence
Juliana Falconieri, O.S.M., was the Italian foundress of the Religious Sisters of the Third Order of Servites.
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Gervase
Ss. Gervase and Protase, Martyrs
Today in Church History
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Catechism
Catechism of the Catholic Church
Christian initiation is beautifully woven through the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist, each playing a vital role in the life of a believer. Baptism marks our birth into new life in Christ and, according to the Lord’s will, is necessary for salvation. Its grace forgives original and personal sin, makes us adoptive children of the Father, incorporates us into the Church, and makes us sharers in Christ’s priesthood. In an emergency, any person can baptize if they intend to do what the Church does and use water with the words of baptism in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. For families, this encourages us to nurture faith from an early age, since children may be baptized in the faith of the Church. We are also invited to trust in God’s mercy and pray for the salvation of children who have died without Baptism.
In the journey of faith, Baptism, the Eucharist, and Confirmation together form the sacraments of Christian initiation. Confirmation completes baptismal grace, binds the baptized more perfectly to the Church, and enriches them with a special strength of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit rested upon Jesus for his saving mission, and Christ promised to pour out the Spirit upon his people—a promise fulfilled on Easter Sunday and more strikingly at Pentecost. Through Confirmation, received through the laying on of hands and anointing with chrism, the baptized are strengthened to be true witnesses of Christ, spreading and defending the faith by word and deed.
¶ 1281
Those who die for the faith, those who are catechumens, and all those who, without knowing of the Church but acting under the inspiration of grace, seek God sincerely and strive to fulfill his will, are saved even if they have not been baptized (cf. LG 16).