Feast days of the week 12-18 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, 12 August, 2007
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost (II)
"The Church puts her hope in God from whom she receives her help. Our Lord has healed the wounds of mankind and has given us strength. Infinite charity and mercy of God."
Epistle: First Letter of Bl. Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians, 15:1-10.
Gospel: Continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Mark, 7:31-37.

St. Clare, Virgin (III)
"St. Clare of Assisi expressed to St. Francis the desire to consecrate herself to God. Together with him, she became the foundress of the Franciscan Nuns of the Second Order: the 'Poor Clares'. She governed her convent for forty-two years, and died A.D. 1253."
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. Matthew, 25:1-13.

Monday, 13 August, 2007
Ferial (IV)
Epistle: First Letter of Bl. Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians, 15:1-10.
Gospel: Continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Mark, 7:31-37.

Sts. Hippolytus and Csssian, Martyrs (Comm.)
"Hippolytus, guardian of St. Laurence, was converted and baptised by the Saint. He was tied by the legs to wild horses, A.D. 260.
St. Cassian, a schoolmaster at Imola, was pierced to death by his pagan pupils, armed with styluses A.D. 320. He is the patron of stenographers."
Epistle: Bl. Paul the Apostle to the Hebrews, 10:32-38.
Gospel: Continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Luke, 12:1-8.

Tuesday, 14 August, 2007
Day of fast (traditional)
The Vigil of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (II)
"The Liturgy of the Mass celebrated on this day is a fitting preparation for tomorrow's ancient and solemn Feast of our Lady."
Lesson: From the Book of Ecclesiasticus, 24:23-31.
Gospel: Continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Luke, 11:27-28.

St. Eusebius, Confessor (Comm.)
"St. Eusebius was a priest of Rome, distinguished for his zeal against the Arians of the fourth century. He was imprisoned by order of the Emperor Constantine, and died in prison."

Wednesday, 15 August, 2007
Holy Day of Obligation
THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (I)
"Mary was cared for by St. John for twelve years after our Lord's Resurrection. Her life was spent helping the Apostles and in praying for the conversion of the world. On the third day after Mary's death, when the Apostles gathered around her tomb, they found it empty. The sacred body had been carried up to the celestial paradise. Jesus Himself came to conduct her thither; the whole court of heaven came to welcome with songs of triumph the Mother of the Divine Word."
Lesson: From the Book of Judith, 13:22-25; 15:10.
Gospel: Continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Luke, 1:41-50.

Thursday, 16 August, 2007
St. Joachim, Confessor, Father of the Blessed Virgin Mary (II)
"The holy Patriarch St. Joachim was the husband of St. Anne, and the father of our Lady. This feast, originally kept on March 20, was transferred to the day following the Assumption, in order to associate the Blessed Daughter and her holy father in triumph."
Lesson: From the Book of Ecclesiasticus, 31:8-11.
Gospel: Continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Matthew, 1:1-16.

Friday, 17 August, 2007
St. Hyacinth, Confessor (II)
"Hyacinth Ronski, a Pole, was originally a canon of the Cathedral of Cracow. Having gone to Rome, he became acquainted with St. Dominic and was admitted to the Order of the Friars Preachers by the holy Founder himself. He laboured for the establishment of the Order in Poland and died A.D. 1257."
Lesson: From the Book of Ecclesiasticus, 31:8-11.
Gospel: Continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Luke, 12:35-40.

Saturday, 18 August, 2007
Our Lady of Saturdays (IV)
Lesson: From the Book of Ecclesiasticus, 24:14-16.
Gospel: Continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Luke, 11:27-28.

St. Agapitus, Martyr (Comm.)
"St. Agapitus, when only fifteen years old, endured many cruel tortures, and was beheaded at Praeneste in Italy A.D. 275."
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. Matthew, 10:26-32.


[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)