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 […]

Memorial of St. Thomas Aquinas, 1225-1274; priest and Doctor of the Church; his greatest contribution was his writings; the unity, harmoney and continuity of faith and reason, of revealed and natural human knowledge, pervades his writings Thursday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/28/21 Gospel: Mark 4:21-25

Wednesday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Angela Merici, 1474-1540; founded the first teaching congregation of women, the Company of St. Ursula, and in so doing, founded the first of what is now known as a “secular institute” Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/27/21 Gospel: Mark 4:1-20