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Thursday following Ash Wednesday Spotlight on Saints Faustinus and Jovita, brothers, martyred 120 A.D. Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/15/18 Gospel: Luke 9:22-25

Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent A day of fast (for ages 18-59) and abstinence (for all 14 or older) Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/14/18 Gospel: Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18

Tuesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time; “Fat Tuesday,” “Mardi Gras”–the last day before Lent Spotlight on St. Catherine de Ricci; 16th Century religious, who experienced the “Ecstacy of the Passion” every week for twelve years Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/13/18 Gospel: Mark 8:14-21

Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Spotlight on St. Julian, Twelfth Century patron of hotel keepers, travelers, and boatmen Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/12/2018 Gospel: Mark 8:11-13

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/11/18 Gospel: Mark 1:40-45

Memorial of St. Scholastica, virgin, twin sister of St. Benedict; died 543 Saturday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/10/18 Gospel: Mark 8:1-10

Friday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Spotlight on St. Alto, Eighth Century hermit and missionary; Irish or Anglo-Saxon, but founded an abbey in Bavaria Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/9/18 Gospel: Mark 7:31-37

Thursday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Jerome Emiliani, 1486-1537; soldier-turned-priest; devoted himself and his property solely to others Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/8/18 Gospel: Mark 7:24-30

Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Spotlight on St. Moses, Fourth Century Arab hermit and bishop, “the Apostle of the Saracens” Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/7/18 Gospel: Mark 7:14-23

Memorial of St. Paul Miki and companions, the 16th Century Japanese martyrs Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/6/18 Gospel: Mark 7:1-13