You know well enough that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, but at the love with which we do them.
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“In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph.” Our Lady of Fatima, July 13th, 1917
Sunday, September 27th, 2026
Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Ordinary Time Green
The Glorious Mysteries The Resurrection The Ascension The Descent of the Holy Spirit The Assumption The Coronation of Mary
Saint(s) of the Day
Sunday, September 27th, 2026
Memorials
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Saint Vincent de Paul, Priest
Memorial
Saint Vincent de Paul (1581–1660), priest of Gascony and apostle of charity, spent his life serving the poor, galley slaves, foundlings, and war-stricken provinces of France. Founder of the Congregation of the Mission and the Daughters of Charity, he formed clergy, organized the Ladies of Charity, and taught that love of God and neighbor are one. Canonized in 1737 and named…
Also Celebrated
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Blessed
María Fenollosa Alcaina
Blessed María Fenollosa Alcaina (1901–1936) was a Spanish Capuchin Sister of the Holy Family who offered her life in fidelity to Christ amid the religious persecution of the Spanish Civil War. Born into a large farming family, she embraced consecrated life and was martyred at the age of thirty-five. Beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2001 among José Aparicio Sanz and 232…
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Baruc
Saint Baruc (Barrwg, Barruc, Barrog, or Barry) was a sixth-century Welsh disciple of Saint Cadoc who died by drowning in the Bristol Channel while obeying his master. Tradition places his burial on Barry Island in the Vale of Glamorgan, where a chapel once stood in his honor and his feast is kept on 27 September. His memory endures in the place-name and in local devotion that…
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Hiltrude of Liessies
Saint Hiltrude of Liessies (also Hiltrudis), a Frankish noble virgin of the eighth century, refused a princely marriage to embrace the monastic life beside the abbey her father founded at Liessies. Living as a recluse in a cell by the chapel, she drew other noble daughters to form a women's annex and died in holiness on 27 September. Venerated as patroness of Liessies and…
Quotes by Saints
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Charity enters heaven when humility opens the door.
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Jesus Christ, Lord of all things! You see my heart, you know my desires. Possess all that I am - you alone. I am your sheep; make me worthy to overcome the devil.
Our Lady
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Guadalupe
Tepeyac, Mexico · 1531
Our Lady appeared to St. Juan Diego, a poor Nahua convert, on Tepeyac Hill. When the bishop asked for a sign, Castilian roses grew on the winter hill, and Our Lady’s image was left on his tilma — a mother who comes first to the poor, and through whom the Americas were brought to Our Lady’s Son.
Main messages
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Lourdes
Lourdes, France · 1858
In the grotto of Massabielle Our Lady appeared eighteen times to St. Bernadette Soubirous, a poor miller’s child. Our Lady revealed a spring that still draws the sick, asked for a chapel and processions, and — four years after the dogma — named herself the Immaculate Conception. From that hidden cave a place of washing, candlelight, and pilgrimage has never ceased.
Main messages
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Fatima
Fátima, Portugal · 1917
After the Angel of Peace prepared them, Our Lady appeared to Lúcia, Francisco, and Jacinta six times, asked for the daily Rosary, showed them hell and Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart, and confirmed the message by the Miracle of the Sun before a great crowd.
Main messages
Medjugorje
Latest Message from Our Lady of Medjugorje, Queen of Peace
“Dear children! May this time be a time of prayer for peace. I am calling you to renew in your families the prayer of the Rosary for my intentions, so that I may be able to multiply your prayers and intercede for you before the Most High, [for Him] to heed your prayers and to give you peace. I am with you and like never before I pray for you and with you, my little children. Thank you for having responded to my call.”
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