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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 · 23 August 2025
Saint Rose of Lima, Virgin
- ReadingA reading from the Book of Ruth 2:1-3, 8-11; 4:13-17
- GospelFrom the Gospel according to Matthew 23:1-12
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.
Optional memorial · White
Saint Rose of Lima, Virgin
Saturday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time
Also: Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Pray at their tomb
Patron saints of the day
- Saint Rose of Lima — patron of The Americas, Peru, Philippines
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.