Understanding the Day
Season
Time After Pentecost
Week
Week 25 of Time After Pentecost
Rank
Sunday or semidouble observance
The rank “Semidouble” is an older liturgical term indicating that this feast is more important than a simple commemoration but not as high as a solemnity. There is no octave or vigil attached here, so the celebration is kept on the single day.
Daily Prayer
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Weekly Prayer
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Weekly Formation
Sloth and Diligence
The Way of Darkness
Sloth
Sloth is sorrow, weariness, or neglect in the face of the spiritual good and the duties required by one’s vocation. It is more than physical tiredness: it resists the effort of loving God well and often escapes into idleness, distraction, or unfinished obligations.
The Way of Light
Diligence
Diligence is steady care in carrying out the good required by one’s duties and state in life. It opposes sloth by persevering through difficulty, weariness, or lack of attraction instead of neglecting what love of God and neighbor requires.
Saint & Feast
Martin I
St. Martin I, Pope and Martyr
pope (598-655)
- Born
- 0598-06-21 · Pian di San Martino
- Died
- 0655-09-19 · Chersonesus
Pope Martin I, also known as Martin the Confessor, was the bishop of Rome from 21 July 649 to his death 16 September 655. He had served as Pope Theodore I's ambassador to Constantinople, and was elected to succeed him as pope. He was the only pope when Constantinople controlled the papacy whose election had not awaited imperial mandate. For his strong opposition to Monothelitism, Pope Martin I was arrested by Emperor Constans II, carried off to Constantinople, and ultimately banished to Cherson. He is considered a saint by both the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church, as well as the last pope recognised as a martyr.
Learn more about Martin ICustoms & Fasting
No traditional fast · Complete abstinence
Traditional Friday complete abstinence.
Today in Church History
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