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Two Young Saints To Be Canonized - September 7, 2025

EWTN brings you front-row access to the Jubilee Year’s most extraordinary moments–including the historic Canonizations of Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati. Wherever you are–in Rome, at home, or on the go–experience history and watch live on Sunday, September 7 at 3:00AM ET/12:00AM PT or catch the replay at 6:00 PM ET/3:00 PM PT on the EWTN App, streaming devices, or at EWTN.com.

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Relics of Mexican Martyrs to Visit Several Local Parishes

The relics of six Mexican martyrs will travel through Western Washington in late August and early September with stops for veneration at several parishes.

The tour, sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, will stop at 12 churches in Western Washington between Aug. 31 and Sept. 10. 

Each of the six saints — Sts. Pedro de Jesus Maldonado, Luis Batis Sainz, Jose Maria Robles Hurtado, Mateo Correa Megallanes, Miguel del la Mora de la Mora and Rodrigo Aguilar Aleman — was a priest and a member of the Knights of Columbus. They were killed during the persecution of the church in Mexico in the 1920s and 1930s.

During that time, the church in Mexico was forbidden to own property, Catholic seminaries and schools were closed, and priests and laity were told to publicly denounce their faith or risk death. These men continued their ministry despite the ban on Catholic practices and were slain.

They are among 25 Mexican martyrs Pope John Paul II canonized in 2000.

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Month of the Seven Sorrows of Mary

The month of September is dedicated to the Seven Sorrows of Mary. Devotion to the sorrows of the Virgin Mary dates from the twelfth century, when it made its appearance in monastic circles under the influence of St. Anselm and St. Bernard. The Cistercians and then the Servites undertook to propagate it. It became widespread in the fourteenth and especially the fifteenth centuries, particularly in the Rhineland and Flanders, where Confraternities of the Sorrowful Mother sprang up. It was in this context that the first liturgical formularies in her honor were composed. A provincial council of Mainz in 1423 made use of these in establishing a "Feast of the Sorrows of Mary" in reparation for Hussite profanations of her images.

In 1494 the feast appeared in Bruges, where the Precious Blood of Christ was venerated; later on it made its way into France. It did not, however, become widespread in France before Benedict XIII included it in the Roman Calendar in 1727 and assigned it to the Friday before Palm Sunday.

Some Churches had previously celebrated this feast during the Easter season. Others, however, celebrated the Joys of the Blessed Virgin during the Easter season, as is still done today at Braga. In some places it was entitled "Recollection of the Feasts and Joys of the Blessed Virgin Mary."

Excerpted from The Church at Prayer, Vol. IV A.G. Martimort.

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The Divine Mercy Message and Devotion
The message of The Divine Mercy is simple. It is that God loves us – all of us. And, He wants us to recognize that His mercy is greater than our sins, so that we will call upon Him with trust, receive His mercy, and let it flow through us to others. Thus, all will come to share His joy.

The Divine Mercy message is one we can call to mind simply by remembering ABC:
  A - Ask for His Mercy. God wants us to approach Him in prayer constantly, repenting of our sins and asking Him to pour His mercy out upon us and upon the whole world.
  B - Be merciful. God wants us to receive His mercy and let it flow through us to others. He wants us to extend love and forgiveness to others just as He does to us.
  C - Completely trust in Jesus. God wants us to know that all the graces of His mercy can only be received by our trust. The more we open the door of our hearts and lives to Him with trust, the more we can receive. Learn more here...