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Wednesday after Epiphany Saint of the Day: St. Apollinaris; Second Century bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia; reminded the Roman emperor of the favors he had received through the prayers of his Christian soldiers; died about 175 A.D. Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/8/20 Gospel: Mark 6:45-52

Optional Memorial of St. Raymond of Penafort, 1175-1275; born into the Spanish nobility; made a compilation of church law which was used until 1917; succeeded St. Dominic as head of the Dominicans at the age of 63; worked to combat heresy and convert the Moors in Spain Tuesday after Epiphany Office of Readings and Morning […]

Monday After Epiphany Saint of the Day: St. Peter of Canterbury; companion of St. Augustine of Canterbury in his mission to evangelize England; died 607 A.D. Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/6/20 Gospel: Matthew 4:12-17, 23-25

Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord Twelfth Day of Christmas Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/5/20 Gospel: Matthew 2:1-12

Memorial of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, 1774-1821; a member of New York’s high society until she was widowed and entered into full communion with the Catholic Church; opened a school in Baltimore, and founded a religious community; the “mother” of the parochial school system in the United States Eleventh Day of Christmas Office of Readings […]

Tenth Day of Christmas Optional Memorial of the Most Holy Name of Jesus Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/3/20 Gospel: John 1:29-34

Memorial of Saints Basil the Great (330-379) and Gregory Nazianzen (329-390); friends who helped to shape Eastern monasticism Ninth Day of Christmas Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/2/20 Gospel: John 1:19-28

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God Eighth Day of Christmas Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/1/20 Gospel: Luke 2:16-21

Seventh Day of Christmas Optional Memorial of St. Sylvester I, 258-335; lived through the persecution of Diocletian; elected pope in 314; reigned for twenty-four years and eleven months Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/31/19 Gospel: John 1:1-18

Sixth Day of Christmas Saint of the Day: St. Sabinus, martyred along with Exuperantius, Marcellus, Venustian, and companions, in the year 303 A.D. Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/30/19 Gospel: Luke 2:36-40