27 December 2019
27 December 2019 Feast of Saint John, Apostle and evangelist Today the Church celebrates the feast of St. John, Apostle and evangelist. St. ...
26 December 2019
26 December 2019 Feast of Saint Stephen, first martyr Today is the feast day of St. Stephen, known as the first martyr. The first reading, from ...
25 December 2019
25 December 2019 The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) It is customary to hear the Roman Martyrology recited before the beginning of Midnight ...
24 December 2019
24 December 2019 Tuesday in the Fourth Week of Advent – Mass in the Morning This morning’s gospel concludes the story of Zechariah, whose very ...
23 December 2019
23 December 2019 Monday of the Fourth Week of Advent “John is his name,” wrote Zechariah—a fitting name for a son who came as an unexpected ...
22 December 2019
22 December 2019 Fourth Sunday of Advent On the campus of Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, there is a statue of St. Joseph sitting ...
21 December 2019
21 December 2019 Memorial of Saint Peter Canisius Peter Canisius, a great Jesuit saint, died on this date in 1597. He was born in the ...
20 December 2019
20 December 2019 Friday of the Third Week of Advent “Therefore, the Lord himself will give you this sign: the virgin shall conceive and bear a ...
19 December 2019
19 December 2019 Thursday of the Third Week of Advent There was a man named Manoah whose wife was barren and had borne no children (cf. Judges ...
18 December 2019
18 December 2019 Wednesday of the Third Week of Advent Jeremiah delivered a prophecy that the same God who rescued the Israelites from Egypt ...