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Daily readings: September 16 – 22

Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms

The ‘golden-mouthed’ preacher exiled by an Empress twice

St John Chrysostom only became a priest at the age of 40

St John Chrysostom (September 13)

Daily readings: September 9 – 15

Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms

The monk who converted a tribe of pagans in modern-day Belgium

The ruins of St Bertin’s Abbey, rebuilt in the 13th century

St Bertin (September 5) became abbot of a flourishing monastery with some 150 monks under his rule

Daily readings: September 2 – 8

Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Form

The French king who sought to protect the weak from the strong

St Louis (August 25) was jovial in company but gave himself up to prayer and fasting in private

Daily readings: August 26 – September 1

Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms

St Pius X: the son of a village postman who urged modernists to be ‘beaten with fists’

‘A man of God who knew the unhappiness of the world’

St Pius X (August 21) had a saintliness that no one who knew him doubted

Daily readings: August 19 – 25

Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms

The teenager who ran away from home to join St Francis

St Clare’s relatives literally tried to drag her away from her religious vocation

St Clare (August 11) founded the Order of Poor Ladies, now known as the Poor Clares