Memorial of St. Agatha, 230-251; arrested as a Christian and sent to a house of prostitution to be mistreated; she was preserved from being violated, but was sentenced to death Friday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/5/21 Gospel: Mark 6:14-29

Thursday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Joseph of Leonissa, 1556-1612; Capuchin who ministered to Christian galley slaves working under Turkish masters; sentenced to death, but miraculously freed; reconciled families and cities in Italy Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/4/21 Gospel: Mark 6:7-13

Wednesday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Blaise, bishop and martyr; lived as a hermit to escape persecution; captured, and while being sent to prison, he was approached by a woman whose son was choking on a fishbone; at Blaise’s command, the boy coughed up the bone; throats are customarily […]

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, […]