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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 · 19 April 2025

Holy Saturday

  1. GospelFrom the Gospel according to Matthew 27:60-66

From Vatican News — Word of the Day, following the General Roman Calendar, with a commentary from the Popes. Where a feast is kept on another day in your country, your parish’s readings may differ.

The General Roman Calendar; tombs and patronages verified against Catholic sources. Local calendars may keep other saints today.

From the Fathers

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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.

Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Letter to the Ephesians 20Bishop of Antioch and martyr, died c. 107 Cited in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1405 · Translation: ANF 1

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