Corpus Christi Church Fremont

09/08/2026

The Catholic Church celebrates the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Sept. 8, nine months after the Dec. 8 celebration of her immaculate conception.

09/08/2026

SEPTEMBER 8 + Today is the Feast Day of the Nativity (Birth) of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The Church celebrates the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary on its traditional fixed date of September 8, nine months after the December 8 celebration of her Immaculate Conception.

The circumstances of the Virgin Mary's infancy and early life are not directly recorded in the Bible, but other documents and traditions describing the circumstances of her birth are cited by some of the earliest Christian writers from the first centuries of the Church.

These accounts, although not considered authoritative in the same manner as the Bible, outline some of the Church's traditional beliefs about the birth of Mary.

The “Protoevangelium of James,” which was put into its final written form in the early second century, describes Mary's father Joachim as a wealthy member of one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. Joachim was deeply grieved, along with his wife Anne, by their childlessness.

Joachim and Anne began to devote themselves extensively and rigorously to prayer and fasting, initially wondering whether their inability to conceive a child might signify God's displeasure with them.

As it turned out, however, the couple were to be blessed with a daughter as an angel appeared and revealed to Anne and prophesied that all generations would honor their future child: “The Lord has heard your prayer, and you shall conceive, and shall bring forth, and your seed shall be spoken of in all the world.”

After Mary's birth, Anne “made a sanctuary” in the infant girl's room, and “allowed nothing common or unclean” on account of the special holiness of the child. The same writing records that when she was one year old, her father “made a great feast, and invited the priests, and the scribes, and the elders, and all the people of Israel.”

Saint Augustine described the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary as an event of cosmic and historic significance, and an appropriate prelude to the birth of Jesus Christ. The 17th century Franciscan nun the Venerable Mary of Jesus of Agreda details Mary's life - as told to her by the Blessed Virgin herself - in the book The Mystical City of God.

Happy Birthday to Our Blessed Mother - the Queen of Heaven and Earth!

09/08/2026

09/07/2026

SEPTEMBER 7 + Today is the Feast Day of Spiritual Warrior Saint Regina + Pray for us

Regina was born in the third century in eastern France. Her mother died in childbirth, and she was left to be raised by her father Clement, a wealthy pagan. He placed her in the care of a Christian nurse, who secretly baptized her. When her father learned of her Christianity, he threw her out of the house and forced her to live with the nurse who raised her. Due to the family’s poverty, Regina helped out by working as a shepherdess.

When she was fifteen, Regina caught the eye of the prefect of Gaul, Olybrius, a man of great importance. He became obsessed with the young woman, and was determined to take her as his bride. He delighted in her noble upbringing, but was annoyed to find that she was practicing the Christian faith. At that time, Christians were being violently persecuted and killed, under the direction of the Emperor Decius. Olybrius asked her to deny her faith, so as to not only save her from persecution, but to secure her as a wife. She declined, refusing to recant her faith, and professing it all the louder. In retaliation, Olybrius had her imprisoned.

Regina was chained to the walls of a dark prison cell by means of an iron belt that was bolted to the wall. She was beaten, burned with red-hot plates and pincers and iron combs. She still would not deny her faith so finally, she was beheaded, and this child with the queenly name entered the Kingdom of Heaven.

Her courageous commitment to Christ caused the conversion of many witnesses present who observed a solitary dove hovering atop her head during her torture.

Regina's relics are enshrined in Flavigny Abbey, where they have been rendered famous by miracles and pilgrimages. There is a miraculous spring with powers to heal many illnesses, with a hospital nearby dedicated to Saint Regina founded by Saint Vincent de Paul.

09/07/2026

As Knights, we recognize that work is not only a means of livelihood, but also a way to share in God’s creative plan. Let us pray for all workers, especially those who struggle with unemployment, unsafe conditions, or unjust wages.

May St. Joseph the Worker inspire us to approach our work with faith, integrity, and dedication. 🙏

09/07/2026

In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ I will begin this day.

I thank you, Lord, for having preserved me during the night. I will do my best to make all I do today pleasing to You and in accordance with Your will. My dear Mother Mary, watch over me this day. My Guardian Angel, take care of me. St. Joseph and all you saints of God, pray for me.

O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer You my prayers, works, joys and sufferings of this day for all the intentions of Your Sacred Heart, in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world, in reparation for my sins, for all the poor souls in purgatory, for the intentions of all my relatives and friends, and in particular for the intentions of the Holy Father.

I wish to gain all the indulgences attached to the prayers I shall say and the good works I shall perform this day. Amen.


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09/07/2026

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.

09/06/2026

Friends, in today’s Gospel (Matt 18:15–20), Jesus teaches us how to correct a brother or sister. What is so rich here is the pursuit of the issue with a deep care for the person in question and also for the entire family of the Church (since love is our constant call). And then the wonderful conclusion: “If he refuses to listen to them, tell the church. If he refuses to listen even to the church, then treat him as you would a Gentile or a tax collector.”

This sounds, at first, like a total rejection, but then we recall how Jesus treated the Gentiles and tax collectors—eating with them, pursuing them, drawing them into his circle. There might be a moment of rejection and expulsion in the process of fraternal correction, but it is only provisional and only for the sake of eventual reconciliation.

St. Augustine, who was never afraid to speak the hard truth when necessary, followed the recommendations of Matthew 18 very concretely. Over the table in his episcopal residence where he dined with the priests of his diocese hung a sign that read: “If you speak ill of your brother here, you are not welcome at this table.”

09/06/2026

Today we celebrate the feast of St. Teresa of Calcutta (Sept 5), a faithful servant of Christ, and founder of the Missionaries of Charity. St. Teresa of Calcutta, pray for us.