Understanding the Day
Season
Time After Pentecost
Week
Week 7 of Time After Pentecost
Rank
Sunday
The rank “Semidouble” is an older liturgical classification that indicates this day has a modest level of liturgical observance: the Mass and Office are celebrated with their proper propers (specific prayers and readings for the day), but without the additional solemn elements reserved to higher ranks such as double or double major feasts. There is no octave or special vigil attached to this celebration in the provided context.
Daily Prayer
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Weekly Prayer
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Weekly Formation
The Needs of the Church
The Precepts of the Church
You shall help to provide for the needs of the Church.
This precept requires the faithful to contribute, according to their means, to the material needs of the Church. Such support provides for divine worship, apostolic work, clergy and ministers, and assistance to those in need.
Saint & Feast
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
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Apollinaris
St. Apollinaris, Bishop and Martyr
Syrian bishop and saint
- Born
- 0100-00-00 · Antioch
- Died
- 0075-07-23 · Ravenna
Apollinaris of Ravenna is a Syrian saint, whom the Roman Martyrology describes as "a bishop who, according to tradition, while spreading among the nations the unsearchable riches of Christ, led his flock as a good shepherd and honoured the Church of Classis near Ravenna by a glorious martyrdom."
Learn more about ApollinarisToday in Church History
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