Saint Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception, virgin (†1946). To avoid a forced marriage, she burned her own foot and, admitted among the Malabar Poor Clares, lived almost continually ill, offering her life to God. She died in Bharananganan, a town in the state of Kerala, India.
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The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls)
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Wisdom 3:1-9
Psalm 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6
Romans 5:5-11
John 6:37-40
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