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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 · 14 August 2025
Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr
- ReadingA reading from the Book of Joshua 3:7-10a, 11, 13-17
- GospelFrom the Gospel according to Matthew 18:21–19:1
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.
Memorial · Red
Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr
Thursday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Patron saints of the day
- Saint Maximilian Kolbe — patron of prisoners, addiction
The General Roman Calendar; tombs and patronages verified against Catholic sources. Local calendars may keep other saints today.
From the Fathers
The Fathers speak
Like a mustard seed
For the articles of the Faith were not composed as seemed good to men; but the most important points collected out of all the Scripture make up one complete teaching of the Faith. And just as the mustard seed in one small grain contains many branches, so also this Faith has embraced in few words all the knowledge of godliness in the Old and New Testaments.