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'Tis the Friday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time (Tempus per annum, "time through the year"): Wikipedia-link.

Commentary: Wayback Machine.

Saints of the Day
'Tis the festival of Saints Louis Martin & Zélie Martin (1823-1894 & 1831-1877, A.K.A. Marie-Azélie Guérin).

Commentary: Husband & wife, parents of the Doctor of the Church St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus & the Holy Face, A.K.A. of Lisieux, the "Little Flower of Jesus" [1 October] & the Servants of God Agnès of Jesus, Françoise-Thérèse Martin, & Geneviève of the Holy Face.

Saint Quote o' the Day

"I want to become a saint; it will not be easy at all. I have a lot of wood to chop, & it is as hard as stone. I should have started sooner, while it was not so difficult; but, in any case; 'Better late than never.'"
—Saint Zélie Martin (1831-1877, feast: 12 July)