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Saint of the Day
The feast the whole Church keeps today, the saints you can visit at their tomb, and what they are patrons of.
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The readings at Mass · 7 December 2024
Saint Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
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Saint Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Saturday of the First Week of Advent
St Ambrose, Doctor of the Church since 1298
Pray at their tomb
Patron saints of the day
- Saint Ambrose — patron of Milan
The General Roman Calendar; tombs and patronages verified against Catholic sources. Local calendars may keep other saints today.
From the Fathers
The Fathers speak
When we call God Father
We ought then, beloved brethren, to remember and to know, that when we call God Father, we ought to act as God’s children; so that in the measure in which we find pleasure in considering God as a Father, He might also be able to find pleasure in us. Let us converse as temples of God, that it may be plain that God dwells in us.