Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/11/20 Gospel: Mark 7:1-13

Memorial of St. Scholastica, 480-542; twin sister of St. Benedict; founded a religious community for women near her brother’s monastery; visited her brother annually, praying and discussing spiritual matters Monday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/10/20 Gospel: Mark 6:53-56

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/9/20 Gospel: Matthew 5:13-16

Friday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Moses; Fourth Century hermit and bishop; known as the “Apostle of the Saracens”; died 372 A.D. Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/7/20 Gospel: Mark 6:14-29

Memorial of St. Paul Miki and companions, died 1597; the 26 Japanese martyrs–priests, brothers, laymen, Franciscans, Jesuits, Secular Franciscans, catechists, doctors, artisans, servants, old men, and children–crucified on what is now known as the Holy Mountain Thursday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/6/20 Gospel: Mark 6:7-13

Memorial of St. Agatha, 230-251; virgin-martyr; arrested as a Christian, and sent to a house of prostitution, but was preserved from being violated, and was later put to death; patroness of Palermo and Catania Wednesday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/5/20 Gospel: Mark 6:1-6

Tuesday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Andrew Corsini, 1302-1374; wild in his youth, he converted and became a Carmelite; known as “the Apostle of Florence”; named bishop of Fiesole in 1349 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/4/20 Gospel: Mark 5:21-43

Optional Memorial of St. Blaise, bishop and martyr, died about 316 A.D.; patron of illnesses of the throat Monday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/3/20 Gospel: Mark 5:1-20

Feast of the Presentation of the Lord Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/2/20 Gospel: Luke 2:22-40

Saturday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: st. Veridiana, 1182-1242; Benedictine virgin and recluse; visited by St. Francis of Assisi in 1211 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/1/20 Gospel: Mark 4:35-41