Our Lady of Fatima is venerated under this title following apparitions to three shepherd children in Portugal in 1917. The message of Fatima includes a call to conversion of heart, repentance from sin, and prayer, especially the Rosary.

Matías, † s. I; elegido para reemplazar a Judas; calificado porque fue testigo del ministerio y la resurrección de Jesús; se dice que sufrió el martirio en Cólquida (actual Georgia) o en Jerusalén; mencionado en el Canon Romano.

sidore, † 1130; layman whose wife, Maria de la Cabeza (Torribia) is also a saint; farm laborer associated with miracles; patron of Madrid, of farmers, and of rural communities.

At the conclusion of their missionary journey, Paul and Barnabas tell the Antioch community all that the Lord had accomplished (1) in their preaching the kingdom of God (Ps). This kingdom, to be marked by our love for one another (3), will reach its fulfillment in new heavens and a new earth (2). Acts 14:21-27 Ps 145:8-13 Rv 21:1-5a Jn 13:31-33a, 34-35

Bernardine, † 1444; O.F.M.; famous reformer and eloquent preacher who traveled throughout Italy; encouraged devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus (3 Jan.); known for his use of the monogram, IHS (an abbreviation of the Greek name for Jesus); patron of advertisers and advertising; invoked against hoarseness.

Cristóbal de Magallanes y veintiún sacerdotes diocesanos y tres laicos fueron fusilados o ahorcados († 1915-1937) por su asociación con el levantamiento cristero que se opuso al gobierno mexicano anticatólico en la década de 1920. El lema cristero era: "¡Viva Cristo Rey y la Virgen de Guadalupe!

Rita was born in 1381 in the town of Roccaporena in Umbria. She lived with a brutal husband and had two sons. After the violent murder of her husband, she urged forgiveness in contrast to the customary vendetta of her day. Becoming an Augustinian nun, she spent some forty years in prayer, contemplation, and service to the sick and poor. Toward the end of her life, she received a wound from a thorn from the crown of thorns. She died in 1457. She is the patron saint of desperate situations.

By listening attentively to the Spirit promised by Jesus (3), the early Church resolves the question whether Gentile converts need to observe certain Jewish ritual practices (1). All are called (Ps) to dwell in the heavenly Jerusalem, founded on the twelve apostles of the Lamb (2). Acts 15:1-2, 22-29 Ps 67:2-3, 5-6, 8 Rv 21:10-14, 22-23 Jn 14:23-29

Philip Neri, † 1595; founded (1575) the Congregation of Priests of the Oratory [C.O.], today numbering about 500 members, to promote holiness of priestly life and foster effective preaching; noted for his joyful and simple spirit, and his use of short, wise maxims; known as the "Apostle of Rome" and "Reformer of the Eternal City."

Augustine, † 26 May 604(5?); monk of Mt. Cœlius in Rome; sent with forty other monks by Pope Gregory I (3 Sept.) to England; baptized Ethelbert, king of Kent; ordained a bishop in 597; established the Sees of Canterbury, London, and Rochester; in 601, received the pallium as Primate of England.

Paul VI, Giovanni Battista Montini, was born 26 September, 1897 near Brescia, Italy. Ordained a priest in 1920, he was eventually recruited for the Vatican diplomatic service. For thirty years he worked at the Vatican Secretariat of State. In 1954 he was named archbishop of Milan, where he sought to win disaffected workers back to the Catholic Church. In 1958, Montini was the first of twenty-three cardinals named by Pope John XXIII, and helped in preparing Vatican II. Elected pope in June 1963 and taking the name Paul VI, he continued the work of the Council which concluded on 8 December 1965. The previous day, Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras revoked the excommunications that their predecessors had made in 1054. Paul VI increased the number of cardinals significantly, giving many countries their first cardinal; he also instituted a permanent observer mission at the United Nations (1964). Paul VI wrote seven encyclicals, including Ecclesiam Suam (1964), Populorum Progressio (1967), and Humanæ Vitæ (1968). Other writings included Evangelii Nuntiandi (1975) and Marialis Cultus (1974). Pope Paul VI died at Castel Gandolfo on 6 August 1978. He was beatified on 19 October 2014 and canonized 14 October 2018.

Con hospitalidad y afecto (1b), Isabel saluda a su prima María (2), la portadora del Poderoso Salvador (1a, Sal).

Jesus commissions his disciples to baptize in his name, reminding them that he is always present through his Spirit (3). Jesus ascended to his Father amid cries of gladness (Ps), entering into the heavenly sanctuary (2b). We are to be his witnesses (1), mindful of the great hope to which we are called (2a). Acts 1:1-11 Ps 47:2-3, 6-9 Eph 1:17-23 or Heb 9:24-28; 10:19-23 Lk 24:46-53

Marcellinus, presbyter, and Peter, exorcist, † c. 303; beheaded under Diocletian; both mentioned in the Roman Canon.

Charles Lwanga and twenty-one Ugandan companions, † 15 Nov. 1885-27 Jan. 1887; protomartyrs of Black Africa; over one hundred killed in this period, including Anglicans; Charles is the patron saint of African Catholic Youth Action.

Boniface, † 754; Anglo-Saxon O.S.B.; founded abbey of Fulda; bishop of Mainz; martyred along with thirty companions at Dokkum in Frisia; known as the "Apostle of Germany."

Norbert, † 1134; founded (1120) the Premonstratensians or "Norbertines," [O.Praem.] today numbering about 1,125 members; archbishop of Magdeburg; strong supporter of Church reform and evangelization; devoted to the Holy Eucharist.

Gn 11:1-9 Ps 33:10-11, 12-13, 14-15 Ex 19:3-8a, 16-20b (Ps) Dn 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56 or Ps 19:8-11 Ez 37:1-14 Ps 107:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 Jl 3:1-5 Ps 104:1-2a, 24, 35c, 27-28, 29bc-30 Rom 8:22-27 Jn 7:37-39

All of us have been baptized into one and the same Spirit (2a), and live by that same Spirit (2b). That same Spirit, the Advocate, was given as gift to the disciples (1) to remind them of all that Jesus said and did (3b), and to strengthen them to go forth in the name of the Lord (3a), "to renew the face of the earth" (Ps). Acts 2:1-11 Ps 104:1ab, 24ac, 29bc-30, 31, 34 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 or Rom 8:8-17 Jn 20:19-23 or Jn 14:15-16, 23b-26