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Saints of December 16

Saint John the Baptist in Prison Visited by Two Disciples
Fides Viva illustration after Giovanni di Paolo, “Saint John the Baptist in Prison Visited by Two Disciples” · original work

Wednesday, December 16, 2026

Wednesday of the third week of Advent

  • Violet
  • Year I
  • Psalter week 3

Gospel · Lk 7:18b-23

Are you the one who is to come? The blind see and the gospel is preached to the poor

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The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are made clean, the deaf hear

Lk 7:22 · Gospel of the day
  • Saint Adelaide of Italy
  • Saints Adulphus and John of Seville
  • Saint Everard of Friuli
  • Saint Tanco of Verden
  • Saint Eulalius of Syracuse
  • Saint Albina of Caesarea
  • Saint Ado of Vienne

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Jesus laments over Jerusalem, which kills the prophets

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