Lit Date Category: Sundays and Lesser Festivals

Bishop in Galloway d. c.430

Bishop of Lindisfarne d. August 31, 651 Aidan’s strength was his earnest simplicity. He shared the gospel face to face, one person at a time, traveling from village to village on foot, giving all that he had to anyone in need along the way.

Friar, Founder of the Order of Friars Minor (aka Franciscans) b. 1182 d. October 3, 1226 The Rector gave an excellent summary of the life of Francis in his sermon Blessing the Things We Fear (2007). And Fr Andrew uses the example of Francis to encourage us to choose generosity over caution in his sermon […]

Abbess at Assisi b. July 16, 1194 d. August 11, 1253 Born into a wealthy family, Clare was inspired as a young woman by St. Francis of Assisi, and immediately renounced her wealth and followed his lead. With the support of Francis, she founded an order for woman known as “The Poor Ladies of Saint […]

Priest, Friar, Founder of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) b. c.1170 d. 1221 Lesser Feasts and Fasts describes the legacy of the establishment of Dominican friaries in this way: The Dominican Constitutions, first formulated in 1216, and revised and codified by the Master-General of the Order, Raymond of Pe√±afort, in 1241, place a strong emphasis […]

Bishop and Martyr of Carthage d. September 14, 258 An orator and teacher of rhetoric, Saint Cyprian wrote many epistles and treatises. In On the Lord’s Prayer, he wrote: ‚ÄúWe say ‘Hallowed be thy Name,’ not that we want God to be made holy by our prayers, but because we seek from the Lord that […]

Abbot of Monte Cassinod. c.540

Archbishop of Mainz, Missionary to Germany, and Martyrb. c.675d. 754

Monastic and Teacher b. 324 d. 379 This day we commemorate Macrina (the Younger), who is the granddaughter of Macrina (the Elder), the daughter of Saint Basil (the Elder), and the sister of Saint Basil the Great and other saintly siblings.