The month of September is dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows, whose memorial the Church celebrates on September 15
The Holy Father’s Intentions for the Month of September 2024
For the cry of the earth: We pray that each one of us will hear and take to heart the cry of the Earth and of victims of natural disasters and climactic change, and that all will undertake to personally care for the world in which we live.
Feasts for September
01. TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, Sunday
03. Gregory the Great, Memorial
08. TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, Sunday
09. Peter Claver (USA), Memorial
12. Most Holy Name of Mary, Opt. Mem.
13. John Chrysostom, Memorial
14. Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Feast
15. TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, Sunday
16. Cornelius and Cyprian, Memorial
17. Robert Bellarmine, Hildegard of Bingen, Opt. Mem.
19. Januarius, Opt. Mem.
20. Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang and Companions; Ember Friday, Memorial
21. Matthew, Apostle; Ember Saturday, Feast
22. TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, Sunday
23. Pius of Pietrelcina, Memorial
26. Cosmas and Damian, Opt. Mem.
27. Vincent de Paul, Memorial
28. Wenceslaus; Lawrence Ruiz and Companions, Opt. Mem.
29. TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, Sunday
30. Jerome, Memorial
Focus of the Liturgy
The Gospels for the Sundays in September 2024 are from the Gospel of St. Mark from Year B, Weekdays following Cycle II.
September 1st Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23: You disregard God’s commandment but cling to human tradition.
September 8th Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mark 7:31-37: He makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.
September 15th Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mark 8:27-35: You are the Christ…the Son of Man must suffer greatly.
September 22nd Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mark 9:30-37: The Son of Man is to be handed over….Whoever wishes to be first will be the servant of all.
September 29th Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mark 9:30-37: The Son of Man is to be handed over….Whoever wishes to be first will be the servant of all.
Highlights of the Month
During September, as in all of Tempus per Annum, or Ordinary Time (formerly known as Time After Pentecost), the Liturgy does not focus on one particular mystery of Christ, but views the mystery of Christ in all its aspects. We follow the life of Christ through the Gospels, and focus on the teachings and parables of Jesus and what it means for us to be a follower of Christ. During Ordinary Time we can concentrate more on the saints and imitate their holiness as Christ’s followers.
The commemorations of Nativity of Mary (September 8), Our Lady of Sorrows (September 15), and Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael (September 29) fall on a Sunday so they are superseded by the Sunday Liturgy.
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