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August:
Overview of the Month, Intentions, Feasts, Focus of the Liturgy
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Saint
of the Day - AmericanCatholic.org -
Catholic saints are holy people and human people who lived extraordinary
lives. Each saint the Church honors responded to God's invitation
to use his or her unique gifts. God calls each one of us to be
a saint. Learn about the Saint we honor today and subscribe to
recieve free Saint of the Day Newsletter from St. Anthony Press.
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August
4 - Saint John Vianney - AmericanCatholic.org
A man with vision overcomes obstacles and performs deeds that
seem impossible. John Vianney was a man with vision: He wanted
to become a priest. But he had to overcome his meager formal schooling,
which inadequately prepared him for seminary studies. His failure
to comprehend Latin lectures forced him to discontinue. But his
vision of being a priest urged him to seek private tutoring. After
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August 15 - The
Assumption of Mary - AmericanCatholic.org
On November 1, 1950, Pius XII defined the Assumption of Mary to be a dogma of
faith: “We pronounce, declare and define it to be a divinely revealed dogma that
the immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course
of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul to heavenly glory.”
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August
22 - The Queenship of Mary - AmericanCatholic.org
Pius XII established this feast in 1954. But Mary’s queenship has roots in Scripture.
At the Annunciation Gabriel announced that Mary’s Son would receive the throne
of David and rule forever. At the Visitation, Elizabeth calls Mary “mother of
my Lord.” As in all the mysteries of Mary’s life, Mary is closely associated with
Jesus: Her queenship is a share in Jesus’ kingship.
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August
28 - Saint Augustine - AmericanCatholic.org
A Christian at 33, a priest at 36, a bishop at 41: many people are familiar with
the biographical sketch of Augustine of Hippo, sinner turned saint. But really
to get to know the man is a rewarding experience. There quickly surfaces the intensity
with which he lived his life, whether his path led away from or toward God. The
tears of his mother, the instructions of Ambrose and, most of all, God himself
speaking to him in the Scriptures redirected Augustine’s love of life to a life
of love.
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August
29 - Beheading of Saint John the Baptist - AmericanCatholic.org
The drunken oath of a king with a shallow sense of honor, a seductive dance and
the hateful heart of a queen combined to bring about the martyrdom of John the
Baptist. The greatest of prophets suffered the fate of so many Old Testament prophets
before him: rejection and martyrdom. The “voice crying in the desert” did not
hesitate to accuse the guilty, did not hesitate to speak the truth. But why? What
possesses a man that he would give up his very life?
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Check
out American Catholic's Saints' Calendar for the Month of August
- AmericanCatholic.org
This
calendar includes saints on the General Roman Calendar as well
as other holy people for each day of the year. Some feast dates
on the AmericanCatholic.org calendar fall on days other than
the official feast day.
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