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St. Andrew Bobola (1657)

He entered the Society of Jesus and was made superior. Missionary to Lithuania, he converted thousands by his preaching. Captured by the Cossacks, he underwent tortures such as burning, strangulation, and flaying. Finally, he was killed with a sabre.

St. Bernardine of Siena (1444)

He entered the Order of St. Francis at twenty-two. He condemned usury, superstition, and the sin of homosexual acts in the most severe terms. He started the devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus, and held the IHS monogram in his hand when preaching.

St. Brendan the Navigator (577)

He was educated by St. Ita, and later by St. Erc; who ordained him a priest. He built many monastic cells. He took a voyage of seven years, accompanied by a number of monks, at the close of the eighth century. He is the patron saint of sailors.

St. Epiphanius (403)

He embraced the monastic life and went to Egypt. After returning to Palestine, he founded a monastery near Eleutheropolis and became its superior. In 367, he was chosen Bishop of Salamis, in Cyprus, and served for 36 years. He had great charity for the poor.

The Apparition of St. Michael the Archangel (492)

In the pontificate of Gelasius I, he appeared on the summit of Monte Gargano in Apulia, Italy. He requested that a sanctuary should be erected in memory of all the angels. This place was celebrated on account of numerous miracles

"Friends, I came to you not to adopt a false faith, but to instruct you in the true one." - St. Fidelis

St. George, Martyr (304)

The Emperor Diocletian had at first favored this soldier, but when St. George reproached him for his cruelty, he was thrown into prison and finally put to death with such great cruelty, that he is called the "Great Martyr."

"For He says, “Judas, betrayest thou the Son of Man with a kiss?” Who is there He would not have softened? Who is there that this address would not have made yielding? What beast? What adamant? Yet not that wretched man." - St. John Chrysostom

Spy Wednesday

"On this day, Judas leaves his Master, and takes the devil for his guide. The love of money blinds him. He fell from the light, he became darkened; for how could he be said to see, who sold the Light for thirty pieces of silver?" - Dom Guéranger

St. Hermenegild, Martyr (585)

He was the son of Leovigild of Spain and was brought up in the Arian heresy. He married a zealous Catholic, and by her example he was converted. He was eventually captured and beheaded for refusing to receive Communion from an Arian bishop.