Tuesday, July 11
Tuesday, July 11
A Ferial weekday in Ordinary Time. No feast or memorial is kept today — only the steady rhythm of the week, and the Mass given for the weekday.
The feast of the day
No feast is kept today
An ordinary day in Ordinary Time
Most days of the year keep no feast or memorial — and that is not a gap. The Church simply prays the Mass of the weekday and keeps walking through the season. A good day to carry one quiet intention, and to let prayer be unhurried.
The saint of the day
Meet St. Benedict of Nursia
Saint of the day · Feast Jul 11
St. Benedict of Nursia
Father of Western Monasticism · Patron of Europe
Benedict founded Monte Cassino and wrote the Rule of St. Benedict, the bedrock of Western monasticism. His motto Ora et Labora — Pray and Work — shaped European civilization.
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