Aug. 2 Monday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Optional Memorial of St. Eusebius of Vercelli, Bishop; Saint Peter Julian Eymard, Priest, Opt. Mem.

Born in La Mure, France, Saint Peter became a parish priest in 1834 and joined the Marists five years later. He fostered Eucharistic adoration throughout his life and founded a religious order of priest-adorers of the Holy Eucharist who came to be known as the Priests of the Blessed Sacrament.