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September 28: Saint Wenceslaus, Martyr—Optional Memorial
c. 907–929
Patron Saint of brewers, Czech Republic, Bohemia, and Slovakia
Pre-Congregation canonization
Liturgical Color: Red
Quote:
Good King Wenceslas looked out, on the Feast of Stephen,
When the snow lay round about, deep and crisp and even.
Brightly shone the moon that night, though the frost was cruel,
When a poor man came in sight, gath’ring winter fuel.
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In his master’s steps he trod, where the snow lay dinted;
Heat was in the very sod which the Saint had printed.
Therefore, Christian men, be sure, wealth or rank possessing,
Ye who now will bless the poor, shall yourselves find blessing.
~From the Christmas hymn, Good King Wenceslaus
Prayer:
Saint Wenceslaus, you listened to the voice of God, learned the faith through the instrumentality of your grandmother, and chose the Gospel as the central mission of your governance. Please pray for me, that I will always choose Christ above anything this world has to offer and make the proclamation of the Gospel my central mission in life. Saint Wenceslaus, pray for me. Jesus, I trust in You.
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Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe—Solemnity
Last Sunday in Ordinary Time
Liturgical Color: White or Gold
Quote:
Jesus said to his disciples: “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit upon his glorious...
Published 11/23/24
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November 24: Saint Andrew Dung-Lac, Priest and his Companions, Martyrs—Memorial
Seventeenth–Nineteenth Centuries
Patron Saints of Vietnam
Canonized by Pope John Paul II June 19, 1988
Liturgical Color: Red
Quote:
I, Paul, in chains for the name of...
Published 11/23/24