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“In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph.” Our Lady of Fatima, July 13th, 1917

Friday, October 23rd, 2026

Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time

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Jesus said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west you say immediately that it is going to rain–and so it does; and when you notice that the wind is blowing from the south you say that it is going to be hot–and so it is. You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky; why do you not know how to interpret the present time? “Why do you not judge for yourselves what is right? If you are to go with your opponent before a magistrate, make an effort to settle the matter on the way; otherwise your opponent will turn you over to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the constable, and the constable throw you into prison. I say to you, you will not be released until you have paid the last penny.”

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Ben Stahl, The Stations of the Cross (1954)

Today's Rosary: Sorrowful Mysteries The Agony in the Garden The Scourging at the Pillar The Crowning with Thorns The Carrying of the Cross The Crucifixion and Death

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Saint(s) of the Day

Friday, October 23rd, 2026

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Saint John of Capestrano, Priest optional memorial

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Blessed Giovannangelo Porro

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Saint Theodoret of Antioch
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Quotes by Saints

When night comes and you look back over the day... just take everything, exactly as it is, put it in God's hands and leave it with Him.

St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)
Do not try to please everybody. Try to please God, the angels, and the saints – they are your public.

St. John Marie Vianney

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The true Christian is a Warrior, not because he loves the fight, but because he loves the truth.

St. John Henry Newman

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“Dear children! May this time be a time of prayer for peace. I am calling you to renew in your families the prayer of the Rosary for my intentions, so that I may be able to multiply your prayers and intercede for you before the Most High, [for Him] to heed your prayers and to give you peace. I am with you and like never before I pray for you and with you, my little children. Thank you for having responded to my call.”

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Our Lady's Apparitions

Guadalupe

Tepeyac, Mexico · 1531
Our Lady appeared to St. Juan Diego, a poor Nahua convert, on Tepeyac Hill. When the bishop asked for a sign, Castilian roses grew on the winter hill, and Our Lady’s image was left on his tilma — a mother who comes first to the poor, and through whom the Americas were brought to Our Lady’s Son.

Main messages
- “I am the perfect and perpetual Virgin Mary, Mother of the True God through Whom everything lives.”
- “I want very much that they build my sacred little house here, so that in it I may show Him, exalt Him, and give Him to the people.”
- “Am I not here, I who am your Mother? Are you not under my shadow and protection?”
- Our Lady is mother of all who live in this land, and of every people who love Our Lady, cry to Our Lady, and have confidence in Our Lady.
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Lourdes

Lourdes, France · 1858
In the grotto of Massabielle Our Lady appeared eighteen times to St. Bernadette Soubirous, a poor miller’s child. Our Lady revealed a spring that still draws the sick, asked for a chapel and processions, and — four years after the dogma — named herself the Immaculate Conception. From that hidden cave a place of washing, candlelight, and pilgrimage has never ceased.

Main messages
- When Bernadette asked her name, Our Lady said: “I am the Immaculate Conception” — the dogma defined four years earlier, spoken by the Lady herself.
- “Penance! Penance! Penance! Pray to God for sinners. Go, kiss the ground for the conversion of sinners.”
- Drink at the spring and wash there; come in procession; tell the priests to build a chapel here. The water and the processions remain the signs of Lourdes.
- Our Lady said to Bernadette: “I do not promise to make you happy in this world, but in the next.”
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Fatima

Fátima, Portugal · 1917
After the Angel of Peace prepared them, Our Lady appeared to Lúcia, Francisco, and Jacinta six times, asked for the daily Rosary, showed them hell and Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart, and confirmed the message by the Miracle of the Sun before a great crowd.

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- Pray the Rosary every day, to bring peace to the world and the end of war.
- Offer prayers and sacrifices for the conversion of sinners, and in reparation for sins against the Immaculate Heart.
- Jesus wants to establish devotion to Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart: “My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and the way that will lead you to God.”
- Consecration of Russia and Communion of reparation on the First Saturdays. “In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph.”
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From the art treasury

Crucifixion (round)

Albrecht Dürer

Albrecht Dürer; Crucifixion (round). SMK — National Gallery of Denmark. Open Access (Public Domain).

Christ on the Cross mourned by the Virgin Mary and Saints Mary Magdalene and John

Maestro Francesco

Maestro Francesco; Christ on the Cross mourned by the Virgin Mary and Saints Mary Magdalene and John. SMK — National Gallery of Denmark. Open Access (Public Domain).

Deposition from the Cross

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1893

Henri Fantin-Latour; Deposition from the Cross. Art Institute of Chicago. Open Access (CC0).

Deposition of Christ, 'Florence Pietà'

Michelangelo Buonarroti

Michelangelo Buonarroti; Deposition of Christ, 'Florence Pietà'. SMK — National Gallery of Denmark. Open Access (Public Domain).

Virgin with the Dead Christ, 'St. Peter's Pietà'

Michelangelo Buonarroti

Michelangelo Buonarroti; Virgin with the Dead Christ, 'St. Peter's Pietà'. SMK — National Gallery of Denmark. Open Access (Public Domain).

The crucifixion: small plate

Rembrandt van Rijn

Rembrandt van Rijn; The crucifixion: small plate. SMK — National Gallery of Denmark. Open Access (Public Domain).

Christ on the Cross

Martin Schongauer, 1470–90

Martin Schongauer; Christ on the Cross. The Cleveland Museum of Art. Open Access (CC0).

Diptych with Scenes from the Life of Christ (left wing: Raising of Lazarus and Crucifixion) (right wing: Entry into Jerusalem and Entombment)

Unknown artist, c. 1350–1375

Unknown artist; Diptych with Scenes from the Life of Christ (left wing: Raising of Lazarus and Crucifixion) (right wing: Entry into Jerusalem and Entombment). The Cleveland Museum of Art. Open Access (CC0).