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For 12 September 2026, Memorial of The Most Holy Name of Mary, based on 1 Corinthians 10:14-22, sent in from Kingston, Jamaica.

For 11 September 2026, Friday of week 23 in Ordinary Time, based on Luke 6:39-42, sent in from Lyon, France.

For 10 September 2026, Thursday of week 23 in Ordinary Time, based on Luke 6:27-38, sent in from Chandler, Arizona, USA.

For 9 September 2026, Memorial of Saint Peter Claver, based on Luke 6:20-26, sent in from St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

For 8 September 2026, The Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary, based on Micah 5:1-4a, sent in from Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.

For 7 September 2026, Monday of week 23 in Ordinary Time, based on 1 Cor. 5:6-8, Luke 6:7, sent in from St. Louis, Missouri, USA. (Image: Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam in the Sistine Chapel)

For 6 September 2026, Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, based on Matthew 18:15–20, sent in from Kingston, Jamaica.

For 5 September 2026, Anniversary of Deceased Friends and Benefactors, based on Luke 6:1-5, sent in from Kingston, Jamaica.

For 4 September 2026, Friday of week 22 in Ordinary Time, based on 1 Corinthians 4:1-5, sent in from Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA.

For 3 September 2026, Memorial of Saints Gregory the Great, pope, and Phoebe, deacon, based on 1 Corinthians 3:18-23, sent in from Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

For 2 September 2026, Wednesday of week 22 in Ordinary Time, based on Luke 4:38–39, sent in from Chicago, Illinois, USA.

For 1 September 2026, Tuesday of week 22 in Ordinary Time, based on 1 Corinthians 2:10b-16, sent in from St. Louis, Missouri.

For 31 August 2026, Monday of week 22 in Ordinary Time, based on Luke 4:16-30, sent in from Dunedin, New Zealand.

For 30 August 2026, Twenty Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, based on Matthew 16:21–27, sent in from Ossining, New York, USA.

For 29 August 2026, The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, based on Mark 6:17-29, sent in from Muskego, Wisconsin, USA.

For 28 August 2026, Feast of St. Augustine, based on Matthew 25:1-13, sent in from Kansas City, Missouri, USA.

For 26 August 2026, Wednesday of week 21 in Ordinary Time, based on Matthew 23:27-32, sent in from Squamish, British Columbia, Canada.

For 25 August 2026, Tuesday of week 21 in Ordinary Time , based on Matthew 23:23-26, sent in from Great Bend, Kansas, USA.

For 24 August 2026, Feast of Saint Bartholomew, Apostle, based on John 1:45-51, sent in from Rustic, Colorado, USA.

For 23 August 2026, Twenty First Sunday in Ordinary Time, based on Matthew 16:13–20, sent in from Vechta, Germany.

For 22 August 2026, The Memorial of Our Lady, Mother and Queen, based on Matthew 23:1-12, sent in from Aurora, Illinois USA.

For 21 August 2026, Memorial of Saint Pius X, Pope, based on Matthew 22:34-40, sent in from Croton-on-Hudson, NY, USA.

For 20 August 2026, Thursday of week 20 in Ordinary Time, based on Ezekiel 36:23-28, sent in from Springfield, Illinois, USA.

For 19 August 2026, Wednesday of week 20 in Ordinary Time, based on Ezekiel 34:1-11, sent in from LeMars, Iowa.

For 18 August 2026, Memorial of Blessed Mannes or Marnés, Priest, brother of Holy Father Dominic, based on Matthew 19:23-30, sent in from Amityville, New York, USA.

For 17 August 2026, Memorial of Saint Hyacinth (Jacek), Priest, based on Matthew 19:16-22, sent in from Turin, Italy . (Photo by Daphné Richard on Unsplash)

For 16 August 2026, 20th Sunday of the Year, based on Matthew 15:21-28, sent in from Kingston, Jamaica.

For 15 August 2026, The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, based on Luke 1:39-56, sent in from Fall Creek, Oregon, USA.

For 14 August 2026, Memorial of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Priest, Martyr , based on Matthew 19:3-12, sent in from Rome, Italy. (Photo by Lawrence Lew OP of a relic of hairs from the saint’s beard from the the Maximilian Kolbe centre in Lourdes)

For 13 August 2026, Thursday of week 19 in Ordinary Time, based on Matthew 18:21–22, sent in from Chicago, Illinois, USA.

For 12 August 2026, Wednesday of week 19 in Ordinary Time, based on Matthew 18:15-20, sent in from Muskego, Wisconsin, USA.

For 11 August 2026, Tuesday of week 19 in Ordinary Time, based on Matthew 18:1-5, 10, 12-14, sent in from Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA.

For 10 August 2026, The Feast of Saint Laurence, Deacon, Martyr, based on 2 Corinthians 9:6-10, sent in from St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

For 9 August 2026, The Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, based on Matthew 14:22–33, sent in from Leicester, England, UK.

For 8 August 2026, Solemnity of St. Dominic, based on Isaiah 52:7-10, Matthew 5:13-19, sent in from St. Louis, Missouri, USA. (Image is a watercolor of St. Dominic by John Gerlach, OP)

For 7 August 2026, Friday of week 18 in Ordinary Time, based on Matthew 16:24-28, sent in from Cambridge, England.

For 6 August 2026, The Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, based on Matthew 17:1–9, sent in from Kansas City, Missouri, USA.

For 5 August 2026, Wednesday of week 18 in Ordinary Time, based on Jeremiah 31:1-7, sent in from Chicago, Illinois, USA.

For 4 August 2026, Memorial of Saint John Mary Vianney, Priest, based on Matthew 9:35-10:1, sent in from Chicago, Illinois, USA.

For 3 August 2026, Monday of week 18 in Ordinary Time, based on Jeremiah 28:1-17, sent in from Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

For 2 August 2026, The 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time, based on Matthew 14:13-21, sent in from St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

For 1 August 2026, Memorial of Saint Alphonsus Mary de’ Liguori, Bishop, Doctor, based on Matthew 14:1-12, sent in from The Monastery of Tibhirine, Algeria.

For 31 July 2026, Memorial of Saint Ignatius Loyola, Priest , based on Jeremiah 26:1-9, sent in from Kingston, Jamaica. (This stained glass window of the Saint is from the church of St Ignatius Loyola in New York. Photo by Fr. Lawrence Lew OP)

For 30 July 2026, Thursday of week 17 in Ordinary Time, based on Matthew 13:47-53, sent in from Chandler, Arizona, USA.

For 29 July 2026, Memorial of Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus , based on John 11:19-27, sent in from Dunedin, New Zealand.

For 28 July 2026, Tuesday of week 17 in Ordinary Time , based on Jeremiah 14:17-22, sent in from Croton-on-Hudson, NY, USA.

For 27 July 2026, Monday of week 17 in Ordinary Time , based on Matthew 13:31-35, sent in from Amityville, New York, USA.

For 26 July 2026, Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, based on 1 Kings 3:5,9-12, Matthew 13:44-46, sent in from St. Louis, Missouri, USA. (image: St. Thomas Aquinas Writing Before the Crucifix, painting by Antonio Rodriguez)

For 25 July 2026, The Feast of Saint James, Apostle, based on 2 Corinthians 4:7-15, sent in from Jacksonville, Florida, USA.

For 24 July 2026, Friday of week 16 in Ordinary Time, based on Matthew 13:18-23, sent in from Great Bend, Kansas, USA.