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August 7SAINT CAJETAN of THIENAFounder(1480-1547)Saint Cajetan was born in 1480 at Vicenza near Venice in Italy, of the pious and noble family by the name of Thiena. His great-uncle, who bore the same name as himself and was a Canon of Padua, was considered to be the prince of the theologians of his century; and several prelates and cardinals, as well as governors of Milan and Naples, were of the same line. His parents dedicated Cajetan to our Blessed Lady. From childhood he was remarked for his obedience, his temperance, and his charity towards the poor.A distinguished student, a veritable...

August 7, 2006 Monday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time Psalm: Monday 33 Reading 1Jer 28:1-17 In the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah,in the fifth month of the fourth year,the prophet Hananiah, son of Azzur, from Gibeon,said to me in the house of the LORDin the presence of the priests and all the people:“Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel:‘I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.Within two years I will restore to this placeall the vessels of the temple of the LORD which Nebuchadnezzar,king of Babylon, took away from...

August 7, 2004 Saturday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time Psalm: Saturday 34 Reading I Responsorial Psalm Gospel Reading IHb 1:12—2:4 Are you not from eternity, O LORD, my holy God, immortal? O LORD, you have marked him for judgment, O Rock, you have readied him punishment! Too pure are your eyes to look upon evil, and the sight of misery you cannot endure. Why, then, do you gaze on the faithless in silence while the wicked man devours one more just than himself? You have made man like the fish of the sea, like creeping things without...

August 7, 2002Wednesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time Psalm: Wednesday Week 35 Reading I Responsorial Psalm Gospel Reading IJer 31:1-7 At that time, says the Lord,I will be the God of all the tribes of Israel,and they shall be my people.Thus says the Lord:The people that escaped the swordhave found favor in the desert.As Israel comes forward to be given his rest,the Lord appears to him from afar:With age-old love I have loved you;so I have kept my mercy toward you.Again I will restore you, and you shall be rebuilt,O virgin Israel;Carrying your festive tambourines,you shall go forth...