The month of August is dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
The Holy Father’s Intentions for the Month of August 2026
For evangelization in the city: Let us pray that in large cities often marked by anonymity and loneliness we find new ways to proclaim the Gospel, discovering creative paths to build community
Feasts for August
01. Alphonsus Liguori, Memorial
02. EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, Sunday
04. John Vianney, Memorial
05. Dedication of St. Mary Major, Opt. Mem.
06. Transfiguration, Feast
07. Sixtus II and companions; Cajetan, Opt. Mem.
08. Dominic, Memorial
09. NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, Sunday
10. St. Lawrence, Feast
11. Clare, Memorial
12. Jane Frances de Chantal, Opt. Mem.
13. Pontian and Hippolytus, Opt. Mem.
14. Maximilian Kolbe, Memorial
15. ASSUMPTION OF MARY, Solemnity
16. TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, Sunday
19. John Eudes, Opt. Mem.
20. Bernard, Memorial
21. Pius X, Memorial
22. Queenship of Mary, Memorial
23. TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, Sunday
24. Bartholomew, Apostle, Feast
25. Louis IX of France; Joseph Calasanz, Opt. Mem.
27. Monica, Memorial
28. Augustine, Memorial
29. Passion of John the Baptist , Memorial
30. TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, Sunday
Focus of the Liturgy
The Gospel readings for August are taken from St. Matthew. All Sunday readings are from Cycle A, and Weekday readings are from Year II.
August 2nd Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mt 14:13-21: They all ate and were satisfied.
August 9th Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mt 14:22-33: Command me to come to you on the water.
August 16th Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mt 15:21-28: O woman, great is your faith!
August 23rd Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mt 16:13-20: You are Peter, and to you I will give the keys of the kingdom of heaven.
August 30th Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mt 16:21-27: Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself.
The feasts of St. Eusebius of Vercelli and St. Peter Julian Eymard (August 2), St. Teresa Benedicta (August 9), St. Stephen of Hungary (August 16), and St. Rose of Lima (August 23) fall on a Sunday will be superseded by the Sunday Liturgy.
A Time to Perservere
The Blessed Virgin Mary is the most perfect example of Christian
perseverance, but she is also our advocate in heaven where she is
crowned Queen of Heaven and Earth (August 22). Mary is the “Mother of
Perpetual Help”, the patroness of the Congregation founded by St.
Alphonsus Liguori (August 1). “No one who has fled to her protection is
left unaided” is the claim of the Memorare of St. Bernard (August 20).
Heretics have returned to the faith by the prayers of her Rosary, first
preached by St. Dominic (August 8) in the twelfth Century, and hearts
have been converted by the graces received while wearing her Miraculous
Medal, promoted by St. Maximillian Kolbe (August 14) and adopted as the
“badge” for the Pious Union he founded. Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope!
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