Feast of the Presentation of the Lord Tuesday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/2/21 Gospel: Luke 2:22-40

Monday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Brigid of Ireland, 451-525; there are many stories of her purity in childhood; her father intended to sell her to the king of Leinster, but the king saw that “her merit before God is greater than ours”; made a vow of chastity, […]

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/31/21 Gospel: Mark 1:21-28

Saturday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Bathildis, 626-680; born in England, enslaved, and taken to the Frankish kingdom; married King Clovis II in 649; founded a Benedictine convent and St. Denis Monastery Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/30/21 Gospel: Mark 4:35-41

Friday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Dallan Forgaill; kinsman of St. Edan of Ferns; great scholar who became blind; wrote a poem honoring St. Columba, and when it was published, his sight was restored; murdered by pirates in 598 A.D. Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/29/21 […]