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Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/20/22 Gospel: Luke 6:27-38

Saturday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Barbatus of Benevento, 610-682; ordained in Marcona, and sent to Benevento; when the seige of the city by the Byzantine emperor ceased, he was named bishop of Benevento; attended the Council of Constantinople in 680 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/19/22 Gospel: Mark 9:2-13

Friday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Flavian of Constantinople; patriarch of Constantinople beginning in about 446; started the condemnation of Eutyches, who began the heresy of Monophysitism; deposed, exiled, and beaten; mortally wounded, and died 449 A.D. Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/18/22 Gospel: Mark 8:34-9:1

Thursday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of the Seven Founders of the Servite Order; began in 1240; members combined monastic life and active ministry; members of the community came to the United States in 1852 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/17/22 Gospel: Mark 8:27-33

Wednesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Onesimus; companion of St. Paul; escaped slave who Paul sent back to his master, Philemon, encouraging the latter to treat him as a brother; also mentioned as the companion of Tychicus, who carried Paul's letter to the Colossians; died about 68 A.D.

Tuesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Claude de Colombiere, 1641-1682; friend and confessor of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque; served as superior of a small Jesuit residence in Burgundy; he was then sent to England to serve as confessor to the Duchess of York; due to tensions against Catholics, Claude was imprisoned and banished, but his health was ruined Office of Readings...

Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of Saints Cyril (827-869) and Methodius (815-884); brothers who evangelized the Slavic peoples; they translated the Gospels, the psalter, Paul's letters, and the liturgical books into Slavonic, and composed a Slavonic liturgy Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/14/22 Gospel: Mark 8:11-13

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/13/22 Gospel: Luke 6:17, 20-26

Friday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes; the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to St. Bernadette Soubirous in 1858, with a message of conversion and penance; the apparitions were confirmed by Church authorities in 1862, and the feast became worldwide in 1907 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/22/22 Gospel: Mark 7:31-37

Thursday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Scholastica, 480-542; twin sister of St. Benedict; founded a religious community for women near her brother's monastery; she and her brother visited annually; on their final visit, Benedict refused to stay for the night, so Scholastica prayed to God, who sent a severe thunderstorm Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/10/22 Gospel:...

Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Alto; Eighth Century hermit and missionary; founded an abbey in Bavaria; St. Boniface came in 750 to dedicate the abbey church; Alto died in 760 A.D. Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/9/22 Gospel: Mark 7:14-23

Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Jerome Emiliani, 1486-1537; irreligious soldier who spent time in prison and learned to pray; on his escape, began studying for the priesthood; cared for the sick and hungry during famine in northern Italy; founded the Clerks Regular of Somasca in 1532; died of a disease contracted while tending the sick Office of Readings and Mor...

Monday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Luke the Younger; tried to become a religious, but was arrested as an escaped slave; finally became a hermit on Mount Joannitsa, near Corinth; revered for his holiness and miracles; died 946 A.D. Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/7/22 Gospel: Mark 6:53-56

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/6/22 Gospel: Luke 5:1-11

Saturday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Agatha, 230-251; very little is known of her with certainty, excep that she was martyred in Sicily during the persecution of Emperor Decius; patroness of both Palermo and Catania Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/5/22 Gospel: Mark 6:30-34

Friday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Andrew Corsini, 1302-1374; wild as a youth, he was converted and became a Carmelite monk; known as the Apostle of Florence, a prophet, and a miracle worker; named bishop of Fiesole in 1349 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/4/22 Gospel: Mark 6:14-29

Thursday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Blaise; a good bishop, but as persecution continued in Armenia, he fled to the back country and lived as a hermit; as hunters took him to prison, he was approached by a mother with a young son who had a fish bone stuck in his throat--which was remedied by St. Blaise; Blaise was tortured and executed in 316 A.D. Office of Reading...

Feast of the Presentation of the Lord Wednesday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/2/22 Gospel: Luke 2:22-40

Tuesday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Brigid of Ireland, 451-525; born into slavery; unable to keep from feeding the poor and healing them; patroness of Ireland, dairymaids, cattle, midwives, Irish nuns, and newborn babies Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/1/22 Gospel: Mark 5:21-43

Monday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. John Bosco, 1815-1888; known for his work with young boys; founded the Salesians in 1859 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/31/22 Gospel: Mark 5:1-20

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/30/22 Gospel: Luke 4:21-30

Saturday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Dallan; kinsman of St. Edan of Ferns; became blind, theoretically, because of his hard work studying; wrote a poem in honor of St. Columba, and when it was published after Columba's death, Dallan's sight was restored; Dallan was murdered by pirates in 598 A.D.

Friday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Thomas Aquinas, 1225-1274; preeminent spokesman of the Catholic tradition of reason and of divine revelation; the unity harmony, and continuity of faith and reason, of revealed and natural human knowledge, pervades his writings Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/28/22 Gospel: Mark 4:26-34

Thursday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Angela Merici, 1474-1540; founded the first teaching congregation of women, and founded the first of what are now called "secular institutes" in the Church Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/27/22 Gospel: Mark 4:21-25

Memorial of Saints Timothy and Titus; both companions of St. Paul; Timothy was with Paul at the founding of the Church in Corinth; Titus was the administrator of the Christian community on the island of Crete; both died about 95 A.D. Wednesday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/26/22 Gospel: Mark 4:1-20