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Sunday, 23 January 2022

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle C)

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22 January 2022

Memorial of St. Vincent, deacon and martyr

St Vincent was born in Huesca, Spain, and became a deacon of the church of Saragossa (Zaragoza). He was tortured to death in Valencia, in the persecution of Diocletian. After his death, his cult spread rapidly through the Roman Empire.

Text of today's Lauds here: http://www.ibreviary.com/

Make it your daily morning habit and commune with the One whom we know loves us.

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21 January 2022

Memorial of St. Agnes, virgin and martyr

As with so many of the early Roman martyrs, very little is now known about Agnes’ life. Partly this is because the details have been obscured by the light that shines from her martyrdom and the cult that it inspired, and partly because if you are martyred at the age of 12, your life has not really acquired that many details in any case. Agnes was filled with the love of God from an early age, vowed herself to celibacy, and when the opportunity of martyrdom arose, she did not hide away but stepped forward and took it.

That is really all that is known: but it is enough. We who are used to compromising with the world at every turn, and would find excuses to avoid any inconveniences that our faith might cause us, let alone martyrdom (“yes, of course I would die for my faith in principle, but wouldn’t I be able to do more good in the long run if I stayed alive just now?”), should admire the simple wisdom of Agnes, realize that there are moments where compromise and moral ambiguity just will not do, and pray for the strength to live up to such moments when they happen. See the article in Wikipedia.

Text of today's Lauds here: http://www.ibreviary.com/

Make it your daily morning habit and commune with the One whom we know loves us.

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20 January 2022

Thursday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time (Cycle C)

Pray the Psalms with the universal Church. Follow today's Lauds here: http://www.ibreviary.com/

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19 January 2022

Wednesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time (Cycle C)

Pray the Psalms with the universal Church. Follow today's Lauds here: http://www.ibreviary.com/m/breviario.php?s=lodi

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Tuesday, 18 January 2022

2nd Week in Ordinary Time (Year II Cycle C)

Pray without ceasing. (1 Thes. 5:16)

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Memorial, St. Anthony, Abbot

Today, the Church commemorates the abbot from the 3rd century. St. Anthony, the father of monks, retired to the desert at about the age of eighteen in order to live in perfect solitude. He laid the foundations of community life, and gave to his disciples that profound broad and sane instruction, the mature result of solitude and prayer, which forms the surest basis of Christian asceticism.

Pray for those in monastic life and pray for a resurgence of vocations to this life.

St. Anthony, Abbot, pray for us.

Sunday, 16 January 2022

Feast of the Santo Niño (proper Feast in the Philippines)

The devotion to the Santo Niño (Holy Child) is the oldest and one of the most popular in the Philippines. When Legazpi landed on the island of Cebu in 1565, one of his soldiers found an image of the Child Jesus. It is believed to be the same statue Magellan had given to the wife of the chieftain of the island after her baptism. The image is venerated today in the Basilica of Cebu. For Filipino Catholics, the Holy Child represents a God who is accessible to all and can be approached without fear. The devotion instills the virtues of simplicity, obedience, and trust in God. At the same time it calls for mature discipleship and loving service to all. 

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Today is the FEAST OF THE BAPTISM OF OUR LORD, which ushers in the start of the Ordinary Season of the Church calendar year.