5 Mon Weekday

[The Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major]

Nm 11:4b-15/Mt 14:13-21 

6 Tue The Transfiguration of the Lord Feast

Dn 7:9-10, 13-14/2 Pt 1:16-19/Lk 9:28b-36 

7 Wed Weekday

[Saint Sixtus II, Pope, and Companions, Martyrs; Saint Cajetan, Priest]

Nm 13:1-2, 25—14:1, 26-29a, 34-35/Mt 15:21-28 

8 Thu Saint Dominic, Priest Memorial

Nm 20:1-13/Mt 16:13-23 

9 Fri Weekday

[Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Virgin and Martyr]

Dt 4:32-40/Mt 16:24-28 

10 Sat Saint Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr Feast

2 Cor 9:6-10/Jn 12:24-26 

11 SUN NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Wis 18:6-9/Heb 11:1-2, 8-19 or 11:1-2, 8-12/Lk 12:32-48 or 12:35-40

Feast days, as the Old Testament readings last week reminded us, are our teachers. We begin this week with the Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome, and important church built to honor Mary for her  role in the disputes over the nature of Jesus in the 4th century. Mary is the witness that Jesus is human and divine.

Interesting saints all this week. I’ll comment on them as we go along.