24 July 2025 – Thursday of Week 16 Optional memorials: St Sharbel Makhlūf, ordained in 1859 at Annaya Monastery, a hermit from 1875 until his death in 1898, great devotee of the Blessed Sacrament. Also (feast in Waterford & Lismore) St Declan, pre-Patrician saint, nobleman baptised by Colman, studied in Europe, settled in Ardmore and…