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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

Saturday after Epiphany Saint of the Day: St. Paulinus of Aquileia, 726-804; born in Italy, and worked on his family’s farm; as a priest, became a renowned grammar professor; became archbishop of Aquileia in 787; known for his holiness, and his opposition to heresy Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/11/20 Gospel: John 3:22-30

Friday after Epiphany Saint of the Day: St. William of Bourges, 1155-1209; ordained a priest, and became a monk, known for devotion to the Blessed Sacrament; reluctantly became archbishop of Bourges, France, in 1200, and led by example; patron of the University of Parish Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/10/20 Gospel: Luke 5:12-16

Thursday after Epiphany Saint of the Day: St. Waningus; nobleman of the court of King Clotaire III of Neustria (part of modern-day France); gave up a worldly life and entered a monastery; instrumental in the founding of Fontenelle Abbey and Holy Trinity Church and Convent of Fecamp; died 683 A.D. Office of Readings and Morning […]