Understanding the Day
Season
Time After Pentecost
Week
Week 4 of Time After Pentecost
Rank
Sunday or semidouble observance
The Rank: “Semidouble” is an older liturgical classification still used in traditional calendars. In plain language, it means this feast is more important than a simple local commemoration but not as solemn as a major feast like Easter or Christmas. The Mass and Office have particular propers (texts) for the saint, though the surrounding weekday observances may continue with some elements retained.
Context and Importance: There is no octave or vigil attached here.
Daily Prayer
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Weekly Prayer
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Weekly Formation
The Two Greatest Commandments
The Two Greatest Commandments
You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, with your whole soul and with all your mind.
To love God with the whole heart, soul, and mind is to prefer Him above every created good and to order the whole life toward Him. This love includes worship, obedience, trust, and the willing acceptance of His truth and commandments.
You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
To love one’s neighbor as oneself is to desire and seek the neighbor’s true good for the love of God. Every human person is a neighbor in this sense, and this charity excludes both deliberate harm and indifference to another’s genuine need.
Saint & Feast
Leo II
St. Leo II, Pope and Confessor
Leo II served as bishop of Rome from 682 until his death in 683.
Leo II served as bishop of Rome from 682 until his death in 683. He is venerated as a saint, and the traditional Roman calendar observes his feast on July 3.
Learn more about Leo IIFeast of Saints Peter and Paul
Fifth Day Within the Octave of Sts. Peter and Paul, Apostles
anniversary
The Feast of Saints Peter and Paul or Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul is a liturgical feast in honor of the martyrdom in Rome of the apostles Saint Peter and Saint Paul, which is observed on 29 June. The celebration is of ancient Christian origin, the date selected being the anniversary of either their death or the translation of their relics.
Today in Church History
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