Saint of the day · July 9
Saints Augustine Zhao Rong, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs — Optional memorial
2026 · Thursday
Saints Augustine Zhao Rong, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs
Optional memorial · Ordinary Time green
2027 · Friday
Saints Augustine Zhao Rong, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs
Optional memorial · Ordinary Time green
Psalm of the day: Psalm 124
1 A Song of Ascents. By David. If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, let Israel now say,
2 if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, when men rose up against us,
3 then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us,
4 then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul.
5 Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.
6 Blessed be Yahweh, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.
7 Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
8 Our help is in Yahweh’s name, who made heaven and earth.
Prayer of the day: Prayer to Saint Hedwig (Patroness of the Indebted)
You who, through your faith and trust in God, obtained the grace to overcome financial difficulties and to help so many who suffered, intercede for me before the Father.
Grant me, through your powerful intercession, the grace of (make your request).
Deliver me from debts, misery, and affliction.
Give me the strength to work with dignity, to honor my commitments, and to live with the serenity that comes from trust in God.
Amen.
Bible texts from public-domain translations; liturgical calendar computed from the General Roman Calendar and national calendars. We are not an official religious institution.