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Friday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Joseph Cafasso, 1811-1860; born in Italy, ordained in 1833; popular teacher, sought-after confessor and spiritual advisor; close friend of St. John Bosco, and encouraged him in his work with boys; patron of prison chaplains Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/23/23 Gospel: Matthew 6:19-23

Thursday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of Saints John Fisher and Thomas More; More was a literary scholar, eminent lawyer, gentleman, father of four children, and chancellor of England; Fisher was a priest who was asked to study the question of King Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon, which he affirmed to be valid; both rejected Henry's remarriage and claim to be the head of the Church of England, and were executed in 1535 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/22/23 Gospel: Matthew 6:7-15

Wednesday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, 1568-1591; had a profound spiritual quickening at the age of 7; eventually joined the Society of Jesus, with St. Robert Bellarmine as his spiritual advisor; assisted in the Jesuit hospital in Rome during the plague of 1591, and fell ill; upon recovery, he still had a fever, and was very weak, but maintained his discipline of prayer; died at the age of 23 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/21/23 Gospel: Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18

Tuesday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Silverius; became pope in 536, but Empress Theodora tried to get him deposed; he was accused of conspiring with the Goths and exiled; he was allowed to return to Rome, but was then sent to the island of Palmaria, where he was persuaded to abdicate; he died in 537 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/20/23 Gospel: Matthew 5:43-48

Monday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Romuald, 950-1027; watched his father kill a man, which horrified him, fleeing to a monastery; he was gently ejected after a period; spent thirty years founding monasteries and hermitages; in later life, his father became a monk, wavered, but remained faithful due to the encouragement from his son Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/19/23 Gospel: Matthew 5:38-42

11th Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/18/23 Gospel: Matthew 9:36-10:8

Saturday of the 10th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/17/23 Gospel: Luke 2:41-51

Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Friday of the 10th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/16/23 Gospel: Matthew 11:25-30

Thursday of the 10th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Adelaide; born in Belgium, and lived in a Cistercian convent from the age of 7; she was loved the sister, but contracted leprosy, and was isolated for health reasons; she received many graces, including visions and ecstasies, and miracles were credited to her intercession; she eventually became blind and paralyzed, and died in 1250 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/15/23 Gospel: Matthew 5:20-26

Wednesday of the 10th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Joseph the Hymnographer, 810-886; a native of Sicily, he fled to Thessalonica to avoid an attack by the Arabs, then to Constantinople; he fled Constantinople because of the iconoclast persecution; on his way to Rome, he was captured and made a slave in Crete; after escaping, he returned to Constantinople and founded a monastery; he was the most prolific of the Greek hymn-writers Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/14/23 Gospel: Matthew 5:17-19

Tuesday of the 10th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Anthony of Padua, 1195-1231; joined the Augustinians as a young man, giving up a future of wealth and power; impressed by the Franciscan martyrs, he later joined the Franciscans; in Italy, he was stationed in a small hermitage, where he spent most of his time praying, reading scripture, and doing menial tasks Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/13/23 Gospel: Matthew 5:13-16

Monday of the 10th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Peter of Mount Athos; soldier, captured by Muslims, and then released; went to Rome, and was granted the monastic habit by the pope; journeyed to Mount Athos in northern Greece, where took up the life of a hermit, remaining there for half-a-century; the first hermit to reside on Mount Athos Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/12/23 Gospel: Matthew 5:1-12

Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/11/23 Gospel: John 6:51-58

Saturday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Landericus; bishop of Paris 650-661; labored zealously to improve the lot of the poor and lowly; founded the city's first real hospital, dedicated to St. Christopher, which eventually became the Hotel-Dieu; he welcomed the Benedictines to his diocese, and encouraged them to found the Abbey of Denis Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/10/23 Gospel: Mark 12:38-44

Friday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Tim Optional Memorial of St. Ephrem, 306-373; poet, teacher, orator, defender of the faith; born in Mesopotamia, fled as a refugee to Edessa; his works reflect a deep insight and knowledge of the scriptures; lived in cave overlooking Edessa, and died there in 373 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/9/23 Gospel: Mark 12:35-37

Thursday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. William of York, 1110-1154; became archbishop of York in 1154, but his selection was challenged on grounds of simony and unchastity; he was cleared by Rome, but ousted by a later pope; Pope Anastasius IV eventually restored him as bishop of York, but he died about a month after returning Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/8/23 Gospel: Mark 12:28-34

Wednesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Willibald, 700-786; native of Wessex, England, brother of Saints Winebald and Walburga, and related, through his mother, to St. Boniface; assisted Boniface in his missionary work, and was ordained, and then became bishop of Eichstatt, in Franconia; founded a double monastery with his siblings, and made Winebald abbot, and Walburga abbess; served as bishop for four decades Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/7/23 Gospel: Mark 12:18-27

Tuesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Norbert, 1080-1134; founder of the Praemonstratensians, better known as the Norbertines, in the French region of Premontre; Norbert and his community converted heretics, reconciled enemies, and rebuilt the faith in indifferent believers; Norbert reluctantly became archbishop of Magdeburg, Germany, and continued his work for the Church Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/6/23 Gospel: Mark 12:13-17

Monday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Boniface, 675-754; apostle of the Germans; sent by Pope Gregory II to reform the German Church, which was rampant with paganism, and errors; his reform efforts were successful; Boniface and 53 others were massacred on their visit to the Frisians, preparing converts for confirmation Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/5/23 Gospel: Mark 12:1-12

Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/4/23 Gospel: John 3:16-18