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MARCH 1, 2026 – SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT – ST. DAVID, BISHOP. & ST. ALBINUS, BISHOP.
Rich kid Albinus becomes bishop but lives poorer than monks, cracks down hard on incestuous noble weddings, never lets rank touch his ego. Radical humility wins.
FEBRUARY 28, 2026 – LENT DAY 11 – SS. ROMANUS AND LUPICINUS, ABBOTS.
Noble Romanus vanishes into Swiss wilderness eating twigs and praying nonstop. Strict brother Lupicinus arrives in animal skins and wooden shoes. Together they accidentally launch hardcore monastic empire.
FEBRUARY 27, 2026 – LENT DAY 10 – ST. LEANDER, BISHOP.
Noble monk becomes bishop of Arian Spain, converts the crown prince (dad kills him), gets banished, then flips the new king and the whole Visigoth people to Catholicism. Boom.
FEBRUARY 26, 2026 – LENT DAY 9 – ST. PORPHYRY, BISHOP.
Millionaire monk sells everything, gets healed by God, then as bishop of pagan Gaza razes the main temple and paves the new church door with its marble. Trample idolatry daily.
FEBRUARY 25, 2026 – LENT DAY 8 – ST. TARASIUS.
Court superstar Tarasius gets elected patriarch only if icons get a council. Convenes Nicaea II, crushes iconoclasm, then blocks emperor’s divorce plot. Legend.
FEBRUARY 24, 2026 – LENT DAY 7 – ST. MATTHIAS, APOSTLE.
Upper-room prayer huddle: 120 waiting for Pentecost. Peter calls the shot — replace Judas via holy lots. Matthias hits the jackpot and becomes Apostle #12.
FEBRUARY 23, 2026 – LENT DAY 6 – ST. PETER DAMIAN & ST. SERENUS
Orphan Peter survives cruel brother, monks up, becomes Cardinal who slaps simony and antipopes. Plus gardener Serenus: tells ladies “wrong hour, ladies,” gets falsely accused, then beheaded for Christ.
FEBRUARY 22, 2026 – FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT – ST. PETER’S CHAIR AT ANTIOCH.
Peter skips straight to Antioch, plants the first big see, coins the word “Christians.” Today we celebrate that very Chair with the same joy as his martyrdom.
FEBRUARY 21, 2026 – LENT DAY 4 – ST. SEVERIANUS, MARTYR, BISHOP.
Empress-backed heretic floods Palestine with blood. Bishop Severianus alone refuses to kneel. Result? Hauled outside the city and butchered for loving two natures.
FEBRUARY 20, 2026 – LENT DAY 3 – ST. EUCHERIUS, BISHOP.
Born rich, dedicated to God at birth, ditches palace for abbey penance. Forced into bishop’s chair, tells off Charles Martel for robbing churches—gets exiled twice. Dies happy in prayer.
