31 Jan – Saturday in the Third Week in Ordinary Time; St John Bosco, priest St. John Bosco (1815-1888) was the son of Venerable Margaret Bosco. His father died when he was just two years old, and as soon as he was old enough to do odd jobs, he did so for extra money for [...]
30 Jan – Friday in the Third Week in Ordinary Time ____________________ Hebrews 10:19-25 Remember all the sufferings that you had to meet after you received the light, in earlier days; sometimes by being yourselves publicly exposed to insults and violence, and sometimes as associates of others who were treated in the same way. For [...]
29 Jan ____________________ Hebrews 10:19-25 Through the blood of Jesus we have the right to enter the sanctuary, by a new way which he has opened for us, a living opening through the curtain, that is to say, his body. And we have the supreme high priest over all the house of God. So as [...]
27 Jan – Tuesday in the Third Week in Ordinary Time, St Angela Merici, Virgin St. Angela Merici (1474-1540) became a Franciscan tertiary at the age of 15. She received a vision telling her that she would inspire devout women in their vocation. In Crete, during a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, she was struck [...]
26 Jan – Monday in the Third Week in Ordinary Time, Sts Timothy & Titus, Bishops, Memorial Timothy (d. 97) was the son of a Greek gentile, his mother Eunice was Jewish. He was converted to Christianity by St. Paul around the year 47. He was a partner, assistant and close friend of Paul. He [...]
25 Jan – Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul St. Paul (3-65) was a Jewish Talmudic student and a Pharisee. He was a tent-maker by trade. Saul the Jew hated and persecuted Christians as heretical, even assisting at the stoning of St. Stephen the Martyr. On his way to Damascus to arrest another group [...]
25 Jan – Third Sunday in Ordinary Time The Lord Who Teaches Us His Ways Like Jonah, Christ was sent to preach repentance. He wills us to change our ways. We are not to become engrossed in the world, but to believe the good news and live for the kingdom of God. – the Sunday [...]
24 Jan – Saturday in the Second Week in Ordinary Time; St Francis De Sales, Bishop & Doctor St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622) was born in a castle to a well-placed family. His parents intended him to become a lawyer, enter politics, and carry on the family line and power. He studied at La Roche, Annecy, Clermont [...]
23 Jan – Friday in the Second Week in Ordinary Time ____________________ Hebrews 8:6-13 We have seen that Christ has been given a ministry of a far higher order, and to the same degree it is a better covenant of which he is the mediator, founded on better promises. If that first covenant had been without [...]
22 Jan – Thursday in the Second Week in Ordinary Time; St Vincent, Deacon & Martyr Vincent of Saragossa (d. 304) was a friend of St. Valerius of Saragossa in Spain, and served as his deacon. He was imprisoned and tortured in Valencia, some of it by burning on a gridiron, for his faith. He converted [...]
