Feast days of the week 29 July - 4 August, A.D. 2007 (1962 liturgical calendar).

SECOND PART OF THE LITURGICAL YEAR: THE EASTER CYCLE (MYSTERY OF THE REDEMPTION).[1]
III. THE SEASON AFTER PENTECOST

Sunday, 29 July, 2007
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost (II)
"God is our Helper, and He will always come to our aid: He will open the ears of His mercy to our prayers, and will not allow us to be tempted beyond our strength. Let us obey therefore with joy the precepts of the Lord, let us worthily attend the Mysteries of the holy Mass, and partake of the Body of the Lord, the manna of our souls."
Epistle: First Letter of Bl. Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians, 10:6-13.
Gospel: Continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Luke, 19:41-47.

St. Martha, Virgin (III)
"Martha, sister of Mary Magdalen and Lazarus, lived at Bethany a humble active life. She often gave hospitality to our Lord. According to one account they ended their days at Marseilles - St. Lazarus as Bishop, St. Mary Magdalene as anchoress, St. Martha as head of a small community of holy women."
Epistle: Second Letter of Bl. Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians, 10:17-18; 11:1-2.
Gospel: Continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Luke, 10:38-42.

SS. Felix, Simplicius, Faustinus and Beatrice, Martyrs (Comm.)
"This holy Pope (Felix) opposed the Arians, and was martyred under an heretical Emperor A.D. 492.
SS. Simplicius, Faustinus, and Beatrice their sister, suffered martyrdom at Rome under Diocletian A.D. 302."
Lesson: From the Book of Wisdom, 5:16-20.
Gospel: Continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Luke, 6:17-23.

Monday, 30 July, 2007
Ferial (IV)
Epistle: First Letter of Bl. Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians, 10:6-13.
Gospel: Continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Luke, 19:41-47.

SS. Abdon and Sennen, Martyrs (Comm.)
"Abdon and Sennen, natives of Persia, were arrested and brought to Rome. They suffered martyrdom under Decius A.D. 254."
Epistle: Second Letter of Bl. Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians, 6:4-10.
Gospel: Continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Matthew 5:1-12.

Tuesday, 31 July, 2007
St. Ignatius of Loyola, Confessor (III)
"Ignatius, courtier and knight, was wounded in the siege of Pamplona. During his long convalescence the reading of the lives of the Saints revealed to him that the Church militant needed and army of glorious soldiers to fight the forces combined against it: Pagans, Mohammedans, Protestants, etc. He founded the Society of Jesus and as the first General of this new spiritual chivalry he moved to the attack under the motto: 'Ad majorem Dei gloriam - To the greater glory of God!' He died with the Holy Name of Jesus on his lips A.D. 1556."
Epistle: Second Letter of Bl. Paul the Apostle to Timothy, 2:8-10; 3:10-12.
Gospel: Continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Luke, 10:1-9.

Wednesday, 1 August, 2007
Ferial (IV)
Epistle: First Letter of Bl. Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians, 10:6-13.
Gospel: Continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Luke, 19:41-47.

The Holy Machabees, Martyrs (Comm.)
"These seven holy brothers suffered martyrdom under Antiochus in the second century before Christ."

Thursday, 2 August, 2007
St. Alphonsus Mary de Liguori, Bishop, Confessor, Doctor of the Church (III)
"This Neopolitan nobleman renounced all earthly things. He established the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists) to preach the Gospel to the poor. Illustrious by his preaching and writings, he was made to accept the bishopric of St. Agatha, in Southern Italy. He returned to his Congregation and died A.D. 1787."
Epistle: Second Letter of Bl. Paul the Apostle to Timothy, 2:1-7.
Gospel: Continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Luke, 19:41-47.

St. Stephen I, Pope, Martyr (Comm.)
"St. Stephen was beheaded by his persecutors towards the end of the Mass he was celebrating, while he sat in his Episcopal chair in the Catacombs A.D. 257."

Friday, 3 August, 2007
First Friday
Ferial (IV)
Epistle: First Letter of Bl. Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians, 10:6-13.
Gospel: Continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Luke, 19:41-47.

Saturday, 4 August, 2007
First Saturday
St. Dominic, Confessor (III)
"Dominic Guzman, born in Spain, opposed the errors of the Albigenses. He founded the Order of the Friars Preachers, contributing to devotion to the Rosary, saving the Western Church from heresy and anarchy. He died A.D. 1221."
Lesson: From the Book of Ecclesiasticus, 31:8-11.
Gospel: Continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Luke, 12:35-40.

[1] Remarks are abstracted from The Daily Missal and Liturgical Manual, from Editio Typica of the Roman Missal and Breviary, 1962
(Baronius Press Limited, London, 2004, in conjunction with the Fraternal Society of St. Peter, www.baroniuspress.com)