Wednesday, August 23
Wednesday, August 23
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. Rose of Lima
Saint of the day · Feast Aug 23
St. Rose of Lima
First Saint of the Americas · Mystic
Rose of Lima was the first person born in the Americas to be canonized. She modeled herself on Catherine of Siena, practicing severe penance and mystical prayer, and protected Lima through her intercession.
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