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Today is Saturday of the 12th week of Ordinary Time. The liturgical color is green.
In the Extraordinary Form, this is the season after Pentecost, and the liturgical color for today is red.
Saints & Celebrations:
On June 30, in the Ordinary Form, we celebrate the First martyrs of the Holy Roman Church. It is an optional memorial.
In the Extraordinary Form, we celebrate St. Paul, apostle. It is a Class III day.
In the Extraordinary Form, we also celebrate St. Peter, apostle. This celebration is a commemoration.
If you’d like to learn more about the First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church, you can click here.
If you’d like to learn more about St. Paul, you can click here.
If you’d like to learn more about St. Peter, you can click here.
For information about other saints, blesseds, and feasts celebrated today, you can click here.
Readings:
To see today’s readings in the Ordinary Form, you can click here.
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Devotional Information:
According to the Holy See’s Directory on Popular Piety:
176. The Christological titles associated with the Redeemer are particularly associated with the mystery of the Blood of Christ: Christ has redeemed us from an ancient slavery by his most precious and innocent Blood (cf. 1 Pt 1, 19) and “purifies us of sin” (1 John 1, 17);High Priest “of all blessings to come” since Christ “has entered the sanctuary once and for all, taking with him not the blood of goats and bull calves, but his own blood, having won an eternal redemption for us”; faithful Witness vindicating the blood of the martyrs (cf Ap 6, 10) “who were slain on account of the word of God, for witnessing to it” (cf. Aps 6, 9); of King, who as God, “reigns from the wood of the Cross”, which is adorned with the purple of his own Blood; Spouse and Lamb of God in whose Blood the members of the Church -the Bride- have washed their garments (cf. Ap 7, 14; Eph 5, 25-27).