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St. Lazarus

"Father, I give thee thanks...And I knew that thou hearest me always; but because of the people who stand about have I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me. When he had said these things, he cried with a loud voice: Lazarus, come forth!"

"Mary, a virgin not only undefiled but a virgin whom grace has made inviolate, free of every stain of sin." - St. Ambrose

St. Martin of Tours (397)

At fifteen he was forcibly enrolled in the Roman armies as a soldier. He was baptized at eighteen, and under the direction of St. Hilary he built a monastery where he retired. He was then made Bishop of Tours and founded the famous abbey of Marmoutiers.

St. Placid and his Companions, Martyrs

As a child, St. Placid was committed by his parents, who belonged to the most illustrious patrician families in Rome, to the care of St. Benedict, who later sent him to Sicily. He was put to death with his monks by sarecenic pirates in 541.

St. Remigius, Bishop

He converted and baptized King Clovis, and thus brought Christianity to the Franks. He was celebrated for his holiness and miracles. After an episcopate of seventy-four years, the longest on record, he died in 533, leaving to France his famous Testament.

St. Januarius, Bishop of Beneventum, and his Companions

St. Januarius, his deacons, and others were beheaded at Puteoli during the persecution of Diocletian in 305. Some of the blood of St. Januarius, preserved in a phial, liquefies each year when placed near the martyrs head.

Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost

"Go, and do thou in like manner." -Lk. 10:37

Sts. Tiburtius and Susanna, Martyrs

St. Tiburtius, a subdeacon, son of the prefect of Rome, being accused of professing the Christian religion, was beheaded in 286. St. Susanna, a holy virgin, refused to marry the son of Diocletian, and was beheaded after cruel torments in 295.

Saints Abdon and Sennen, Martyrs

Illustrious Persian dignitaries, who were brought as captives to Rome, courageously confessed the faith of Christ. They were flogged in the amphitheater, then lions were released to devour them under the persecution of Decius in 250.

"Without doubt, you think St. Martha greatly blessed because she had the high honor to receive our Lord into her house. But why do you not estimate your own much greater happiness? Who is He, Whom you receive in Holy Communion, in a much more excellent manner?" - Fr. Weninger