Catholic devotion
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September 10, 2026 – Known by God, Called to Love in Today’s Mass Readings
Being right isn’t the flex you think it is. 💥 Today’s Mass readings for September 10th go straight for the ego, and honestly? We all needed this one. 🙏 📖 First Reading (1 Corinthians 8:1b-7, 11-13) St. Paul drops a… Continue reading
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September 9th – Saint of the Day: Saint Ciarán of Clonmacnoise, Priest & Abbot
He had 7 months. He built something that lasted 1,000 years. ⛪🔥 Saint Ciarán of Clonmacnoise was a carpenter’s son from the west of Ireland who gave away his only Gospel book to a classmate who needed it… having only… Continue reading
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September 9th – Saint of the Day: Saint Peter Claver, Jesuit Missionary Priest
He signed his name “slave of the slaves forever.” ✍️⛓️ And then he spent 44 years proving he meant it. While the wealthy crossed the street to avoid the slave ships, one quiet Jesuit priest climbed INTO them. 🚢 Baskets… Continue reading
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September 9, 2026 – Leaving Everything for the King in Today’s Mass Readings
Jesus promised laughter. Yes, actual laughter. 😳🙌 Most people have read the Beatitudes a hundred times and never noticed that. Today’s Mass readings (September 9th, Memorial of Saint Peter Claver) flip everything the world says about winning. 🔥 📖 First… Continue reading
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September 8th – Saint of the Day: Saint Thomas of Villanova, Professor, Augustinian Friar & Bishop
The emperor of half of Europe begged this man to become a bishop. He said no. Twice. 😳 When they finally forced him under his vow of obedience, he showed up in a worn-out habit and a battered hat… then… Continue reading
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September 8th – The Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Only 3 birthdays made it onto the Church’s calendar. 🎂 Jesus. John the Baptist. And her. 👑 Mary’s birth got zero attention when it happened. No star. No angels anyone saw. Just an ordinary baby in an ordinary house. Except… Continue reading
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September 8, 2026 – The Quiet Beginning of Our Salvation in Today’s Mass Readings
Today the Church celebrates a birthday that changed everything 🎂✨ Not Christmas. Not yours. The birthday of Mary, the girl God chose before time began 💙 Here’s what today’s readings reveal: 📖 First Reading (Micah 5:1-4a): 700 years early, a… Continue reading
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September 7th – Saint of the Day: Saint Cloud (Clodoald), Prince, Priest & Hermit
A Crown Left on the Floor Every September 7th the Church remembers a man who could have been a king and chose to be a priest instead. Saint Clodoald, known in France and the English speaking world simply as Saint… Continue reading
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September 7th – Saint of the Day – The Martyrs of Košice: Saints Mark Križin, Stephen Pongrácz, and Melchior Grodziecki
✝️September 7th – Saint of the Day – The Martyrs of Košice: Saints Mark Križin, Stephen Pongrácz, and Melchior Grodziecki✝️ 3 priests. 3 nations. 1 night. 🔥 A Croatian, a Hungarian, and a Pole walk into a city that has… Continue reading
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September 7, 2026 – Stretch Out Your Hand in Today’s Mass Readings
🍞 A little yeast leavens all the dough. ✝️ Today’s readings expose the counterfeit version of faith and show what the real thing looks like. 📜 First Reading, 1 Corinthians 5:1-8 St. Paul finds a church so proud of being… Continue reading
