Sept 17, 2026. Gospel: Matt 16:24-27. Holy Stigmata of St Francis

Sept 17, 2026. Gospel: Matt 16:24-27. Holy Stigmata of St Francis

Author: Ken Hagen September 17, 2026 Duration: 1:49

24 Then Jesus said to his disciples: If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Tunc Jesus dixit discipulis suis : Si quis vult post me venire, abneget semetipsum, et tollat crucem suam, et sequatur me.

 25 For he that will save his life, shall lose it: and he that shall lose his life for my sake, shall find it.
Qui enim voluerit animam suam salvam facere, perdet eam : qui autem perdiderit animam suam propter me, inveniet eam.

 26 For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?
Quid enim prodest homini, si mundum universum lucretur, animae vero suae detrimentum patiatur? aut quam dabit homo commutationem pro anima sua?

 27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels: and then will he render to every man according to his works.
Filius enim hominis venturus est in gloria Patris sui cum angelis suis : et tunc reddet unicuique secundum opera ejus.

Two years before his death, while at prayer on Mount Avernia, St Francis Assisi, was rapt in contemplation, and received in his own body the impression of the sacred Wounds of Christ. Pope Benedict the XI ordered the Feast of the Stigmata of St Francis to be observed on September 17th. Pope Paul V extended it to the whole Catholic world.


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Sept 2, 2026. Gospel: Luke 19:12-26. St Stephen, Confessor [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:25
12 He said therefore: A certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.Dixit ergo : Homo quidam nobilis abiit in regionem longinquam accipere sibi regnum, et reverti. 13 And cal…
Sept 1, 2026. Gospel: Matt 6:24-33. Commemoration of St Giles. Abbot [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:23
24 No man can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one, and love the other: or he will sustain the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.Nemo potest duobus dominis servire : aut enim unum…
Aug 31, 2026. Gospel: Luke 12:35-40. St Raymund Nonnatus, Confessor [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:56
35 Let your loins be girt, and lamps burning in your hands.Sint lumbi vestri praecincti, et lucernae ardentes in manibus vestris, 36 And you yourselves like to men who wait for their lord, when he shall return from the w…
Aug 27, 2026. Gospel: Matt 18:1-5. St Joseph Calsanctius, Confessor [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:26
1 At that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying: Who thinkest thou is the greater in the kingdom of heaven?In illa hora accesserunt discipuli ad Jesum, dicentes : Quis, putas, major est in regno caelorum? 2 And Jesus…
Aug 25, 2026. Gospel: Luke 19:12-26. St Louis, Confessor [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 5:01
12 He said therefore: A certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.Dixit ergo : Homo quidam nobilis abiit in regionem longinquam accipere sibi regnum, et reverti. 13 And cal…
Aug 24, 2026. Gospel: Luke 6:12-19. St Bartholemew, Apostle [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:55
12 And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and he passed the whole night in the prayer of God.Factum est autem in illis diebus, exiit in montem orare, et erat pernoctans in oratione D…