Thursday – 17th Week in Ordinary Time – A – Optional Memorial of Saint Peter Chrysologus, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Saint Peter Chrysologus, which means Peter of the Golden Words, is one of the most important yet often overlooked Fathers of the Western Church. He was not a speculative theologian like Saint Augustine, but rather he was a master preacher whose gift was explaining profound doctrine in simple language that ordinary Christians could understand. This is precisely why Pope Benedict XIII declared him a Doctor of the Church in 1729.