Jul. 5 Tuesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Optional Memorials of St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria, Priest & St. Elizabeth of Portugal (USA), Opt. Mem.

Gospel Verse, John 10:14: I am the good shepherd, says the Lord; I know my sheep, and mine know me.St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria was the founder of the Clerks Regular of St. Paul, later called the Barnabites from the name of their principal church in Rome. He also founded a congregation of nuns which now no longer exists. He was a great admirer of St. Paul and was himself imbued with the teaching of the great Apostle, whom he gave to his followers as a model and a patron. He was a zealous and untiring preacher and completely wore himself out at this work; he died at the age of thirty-six on July 5, 1539.