Memorial of St. Agnes, virgin and martyr, died 258 A.D.; young woman arrested for being a Christian, condemned, and executed Tuesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/21/20 Gospel: Mark 2:23-28

Monday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Fabian, 200-250; pope and martyr; St. Cyprian wrote that Fabian was an “incomparable” man whose glory in death matched the holiness and purity of his life Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/20/20 Gospel: Mark 2:18-22

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/19/20 Gospel: John 1:29-34

Saturday of the First Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Margaret of Hungary, 1242-1271; a princess among nuns of noble descent in a convent on an island in the Danube; refused special treatment, and performed the most menial tasks; known for her prayer and fasting Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for […]

Memorial of St. Anthony, the abbot (also known as St. Anthony of Egypt), 251-356; gave up his inheritance, and lived most of his life in solitude; founded a monastery with scattered cells; fought the Arian heresy Friday of the First Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/17/20 Gospel: Mark 2:1-12

Thursday of the First Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Fursey; Irish monastic founder; praised by St. Bede and others; died 650 A.D. Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/16/20 Gospel: Mark 1:40-45

Wednesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Paul the Hermit, 229-342; born in Egypt; lived much of his adult life in a desert cave; visited–and buried at his death–by St. Anthony Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/15/20 Gospel: Mark 1:29-39

Tuesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Felix of Nola; Third Century priest of Nola, near Naples, Italy; assistant to Bishop St. Maximus of Nola; imprisoned in the persecution of Decius, and reputedly released by an angel; known for his care for the poor; died 255 A.D. Office of […]

Monday of the First Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Hilary of Poitiers, 315-368; defender of the divinity of Christ when Arianism was popular; exiled to Phrygia, but eventually returned to Poitiers Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/13/20 Gospel: Mark 1:14-20

Feast of the Baptism of the Lord; final day of the Christmas season Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/12/20 Gospel: Matthew 3:13-17