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'Tis the feast of Saints Cosmas & Damian, Martyrs (died circa 287), martyred in the reign of the emperor Diocletian: Martyr-link Charlie, Martyr-link Delta, Martyrs-link, & Wikipedia-link.

Commentary: Wayback Machine. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:

I apologize there are not any saint stories or pictures due to internet down time & printing schedules. —Fran (the bulletin editor)

A farcical plan: Had I known, I would have offered The Secret Base as an archive of last year's bulletin "saint stories"—hagiographies. Of course, the internet would have been necessary to access The Secret Base & had the internet been accessible than an archive of last year's bulletin hagiographies would not have been necessary.

The past bulletin hagiographies are available to you via The Secret Base's Wayback Machine.

Quoth the Holy Family bulletin:

Little is known about Ss. Cosmas & Damian except that they suffered martyrdom for their faith in Syria sometime during the persecutions of Diocletian (around 303). We may never know exactly what happened, but we do know that their witness to the faith was so strong that people turned to them for prayerful help & passed their story on to others.

'Tis also the feast of Blessed Paul VI, Pope (1897-1978), two hundred sixty-second Bishop of Rome: Blessed-link ūnus, Blessed-link duo, & Wikipedia-link.

Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings
Weekday
The Book of Job, chapter one, verses six thru twenty-two;
Psalm Seventeen, verses one(b,c,d), two, three, six, & seven;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter nine, verses forty-six thru fifty;

or, for Ss. Cosmas & Damien:
The Book of Wisdom, chapter three, verses one thru nine;
Psalm One Hundred Twenty-six, verse five;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter ten, verses twenty-eight thru thirty-three.