Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven
Saturday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/15/26
Gospel: Luke 11:27-28

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<li>Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven</li>
<li>Saturday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time</li>
<li>Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/15/26</li>
<li>Gospel: Luke 11:27-28</li>
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Daybreak for August 15, 2026

Friday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time
Memorial of St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe, 1894-1941; he was ordained at the age of 24; in 1917, he formed an association called the Militia Immaculata, which started producing faith periodicals; it grew into a publishing house of 650 friars; in 1941, St. Maximilian was arrested and placed in a Nazi death camp; shortly after, he died at Auschwitz, from a lethal injection, when he bartered his own life for a man’s who had a family
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/14/26
Gospel: Matthew 19:3-12

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<li>Friday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time</li>
<li>Memorial of St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe, 1894-1941; he was ordained at the age of 24; in 1917, he formed an association called the Militia Immaculata, which started producing faith periodicals; it grew into a publishing house of 650 friars; in 1941, St. Maximilian was arrested and placed in a Nazi death camp; shortly after, he died at Auschwitz, from a lethal injection, when he bartered his own life for a man&rsquo;s who had a family</li>
<li>Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/14/26</li>
<li>Gospel: Matthew 19:3-12</li>
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Daybreak for August 14, 2026

Thursday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time
Optional Memorial of Saints Pontian and Hippolytus; Pontian was Bishop of Rome from 230 – 236 A.D.; St. Hippolytus, a prominent theologian, was a theological opponent and rival of several of Pontian’s predecessors and of Pontian himself; when Maximinus I became emperor in 235, . he banished both men to the island of Sardinia; St. Hippolytus reconciled with Rome, and both men suffered inhumane treatment and death in the mines of Sardinia and they are celebrated together as holy martyrs in the Church
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/13/26
Gospel: Matthew 18:21-19:1

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<li>Thursday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time</li>
<li>Optional Memorial of Saints Pontian and Hippolytus; Pontian was Bishop of Rome from 230 &ndash; 236 A.D.; St. Hippolytus, a prominent theologian, was a theological opponent and rival of several of Pontian&rsquo;s predecessors and of Pontian himself; when Maximinus I became emperor in 235, . he banished both men to the island of Sardinia; St. Hippolytus reconciled with Rome, and both men suffered inhumane treatment and death in the mines of Sardinia and they are celebrated together as holy martyrs in the Church</li>
<li>Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/13/26</li>
<li>Gospel: Matthew 18:21-19:1</li>
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Daybreak for August 13, 2026

Wednesday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time
Optional Memorial of St. Jane Frances de Chantal, 1572-1641; when she became a widow, she took a vow of chastity, and in 1604 began seeking spiritual direction from St. Francis de Sales; in 1610, they formed the Congregation of the Visitation, unique in that it admitted women deemed physically unsuitable by other orders; the members went outside their convents to serve the needy; by the time Jane was canonized, there were 164 communities of the order
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/12/26
Gospel: Matthew 18:15-20

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<li>Wednesday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time</li>
<li>Optional Memorial of St. Jane Frances de Chantal, 1572-1641; when she became a widow, she took a vow of chastity, and in 1604 began seeking spiritual direction from St. Francis de Sales; in 1610, they formed the Congregation of the Visitation, unique in that it admitted women deemed physically unsuitable by other orders; the members went outside their convents to serve the needy; by the time Jane was canonized, there were 164 communities of the order</li>
<li>Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/12/26</li>
<li>Gospel: Matthew 18:15-20</li>
</ul>

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