Monday, July 21, 2025
Saint Lawrence of Brindisi, Priest and Doctor of the Church
Optional memorial
Monday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time
The Church remembers Saint Lawrence of Brindisi, Priest and Doctor of the Church (d. 1619). Today is an optional memorial.
Readings of the day
Joyful Mysteries
First Mystery: The Annunciation

“Behold, the servant of the Lord; let it be done to me according to your word.”Luke 1:38
The angel Gabriel is sent by God to a virgin of Nazareth named Mary and tells her she will conceive by the power of the Holy Spirit and bear a Son, who will be called the Son of the Most High. Mary gives her humble, free consent.
Fruit of the mystery: Humility
The Our Father
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
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This day’s five mysteries (Joyful Mysteries)
- The Annunciation
- The Visitation
- The Nativity
- The Presentation
- The Finding in the Temple
Coming up
- Saint Mary MagdaleneTue, Jul 22 · Feast
- Saint James, ApostleFri, Jul 25 · Feast
- The Transfiguration of the LordWed, Aug 6 · Feast
- The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin MaryFri, Aug 15 · Solemnity
- The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin MaryFri, Aug 22 · Memorial
Liturgical calendar for the dioceses of the USA (General Roman Calendar and U.S. proper), checked against the USCCB liturgical calendar. Readings: citations from the U.S. Lectionary for Mass, text from the Douay-Rheims Bible (public domain).
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