Category: August feasts and saints

August 21. St. PIUS X. Pope of the Blessed Sacrament. Short bio + achievements.

August 20, 2017August 20, 2022 catholicsstrivingforholiness

August 21. St. PIUS X. Pope of the Blessed Sacrament. Short bio + achievements. August 21: St. PIUS X“Instaurare omnia in Christo”(Restore all things in […]

August 7: Sts. SIXTUS II, POPE AND COMPANION MARTYRS. Short bio, Divine Office 2nd reading, and prayer.

August 6, 2017August 6, 2021 catholicsstrivingforholiness

August 7:Sts. SIXTUS II, POPE AND COMPANION MARTYRS.Short bio, Divine Office 2nd reading, and prayer. In the persecutions under Emperor Valerian I in 258, numerous […]

August 6: LESSONS FROM OUR LORD’S TRANSFIGURATION. Summary vid + full text.

August 5, 2017August 4, 2023 catholicsstrivingforholiness

August 6:LESSONS OUR LORD’S TRANSFIGURATION. Reflection vid and text. OUTLINE 2.1. The Revelation of the Trinity 2.2. It removes the scandal of the Cross: it […]

August 27: ST. MONICA. Patroness of Mothers, Married Women and Widows.

August 24, 2016August 23, 2023 catholicsstrivingforholiness

August 27: ST. MONICA. Patroness of Mothers, Married Women and Widows. Outline Today we celebrate the memorial of St. Monica. She is the persistent, determined, […]

August 22: QUEENSHIP OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY.

August 20, 2016August 21, 2021 catholicsstrivingforholiness

August 22:QUEENSHIP OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Today we celebrate the joyous memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Mother. It was […]