Ordinary TimeMemorial

Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop

Today the Church keeps a memorial of holy witnesses to Christ. Remembering the saints gives thanks for His grace at work in human lives and asks their intercession for our own fidelity. Hear the Word of God, offer the duties of your vocation, and ask Mary to form in you the generous love that bears fruit in holiness.

Keep this day with Mary

The Church’s prayer today

United States Roman Calendar · Year B → Year C at Advent · Cycle I. Liturgical color: white.

Scripture for the liturgy

Rom 14:7-12/Lk 15:1-10 (488)

These references follow the annual calendar, including permitted reading choices. Optional memorials ordinarily retain the weekday readings. Daily reading pages for this future year may not yet be published. Use these references with the USCCB Bible, or open the annual calendar.

On the faith of Mary

Faith · Read with the saints

But how are we to imitate this Faith of Mary? Faith is at once a gift and a virtue. It is a gift of God, inasmuch as it is a light which God infuses into the soul; and then a virtue, as regards the exercise which the soul makes of it. Whence Faith has to serve us not only as a rule of believing, but also of acting.

St. Alphonsus de Liguori · The Glories of Mary · On the Faith of Mary · excerpt

Make this prayer your own

Grace of the Resurrection, descend into my soul and make it truly faithful.

St. Louis de Montfort · The Secret of the Rosary · First Method, eleventh decade

One faithful act

Let faith govern your actions as well as your beliefs.

Pray a decade with Mary
Calendar scope and local observance

Dates, ranks, and reading references follow the official calendar for the dioceses of the United States, with Ascension on Sunday. Diocesan, parish, patronal, and religious-family calendars may differ. Consult your parish for Mass schedules and obligations. The Marian meditation is a devotional aid accompanying the day.

Sources for this teaching