Saint of the Day: St. Marianne Cope; as provincial of the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis in Syracuse, New York, she led a team to Hawaii to run the receiving station for those suspected of having leprosy; opened a hospital and school for girls on the island of Maui; opened a home for "unprotected women and girls" on Molokai, where she also took charge of the home that St. Damien de Veuster had established for boys
Day of prayer for the full restoration of the legal guarantee of the right to life and of penance for violations to the dignity of the human person committed through acts of abortion
Memorial of St. Agnes; lived in the Third Century; legend has it that she was a beautiful young woman, desired by many men; one whom she refused reported to authorities as a Christian; she was arrested and confined to a house of prostitution; one man who looked at her lustfully was blinded, but regained his sight as a result of her prayer; she was condemned and executed
Optional Memorial of St. Fabian, 200-250; a Roman layman who came into the city as the next pope was about to be elected, when a dove rested on his head, and he was selected unanimously; led the Church for 14 years, and died a martyr's death
Saint of the Day: St. Henry of Sweden; Englishman residing at Rom; named bishop of Uppsala, Sweden, in 1152; journey with King Eric to Finland, where a battle erupted, and was won by the Swedes; Henry remained to baptize and evangelize; slain by a convicted murderer whom he had excommunicated
Saint of the Day: St. Margaret of Hungary, 1242-1272; a princess, entered the Dominican novitiate at the age of 12; objected to any special treatment, and went out of her way to perform the most menial tasks, and serve the poor and sick
Memorial of St. Anthony of Egypt, 251-356; gave his large inheritance to the poor at the age of 20, and spent most of his life in solitude; at 54, he founded a sort of monastery with scattered cells; at 60, he hoped to be a martyr in the Roman persecution; at 88, he fought the Arian heresy; died in solitude at age 105
Saint of the Day: St. Fursey; 7th Century Irish monastic founder; founded Rathmat Abbey; in 630, he went to East Anglia, where he founded a monastery near Ugremouth; later, he went to France to build a monastery near Paris; St. Bede and other wrote about his intense ecstasies; died 650 A.D.
Saint of the Day: St. Felix of Nola; third century heir to an estate in Italy, who donated it to the poor; ordained by Bishop St. Maximus; Maximus fled a persecution, and Felix was seized, but reputedly released by an angel, and brought Maximus back to Nola; Felix spent the rest of his life on a small piece of land, sharing with the poor; died 255 A.D.
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/14/23
Gospel: Mark 2:13-17
1 hr
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