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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 · 9 April 2025
Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent
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Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent
The General Roman Calendar; tombs and patronages verified against Catholic sources. Local calendars may keep other saints today.
From the Fathers
The Fathers speak
The medicine of immortality
Stand fast, brethren, in the faith of Jesus Christ, and in His love, in His passion, and in His resurrection … breaking one and the same bread, which is the medicine of immortality, and the antidote which prevents us from dying, but a cleansing remedy driving away evil, [which causes] that we should live in God through Jesus Christ.