08 Jan -Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord The Revelation Of Christ To The World We join all people of the world in worshipping the infant King of the Jews – The Sunday Missal _____________________ Isaiah 60:1-6 Arise, shine out, Jerusalem, for your light has come, the glory of the Lord is rising on [...]
07 Jan – Memorial for St. Raymond of Penyafort, priest St. Raymond (1175-1275) was of Aragonian nobility. He was educated at the cathedral school in Barcelona, and became a philosophy teacher at the age of 20. He was a priest. He graduated from law school in Bologna, Italy, and joined the Dominicans in 1218. He [...]
06 Jan _____________________ 1 John 5:5-13 Who can overcome the world? Only the man who believes that Jesus is the Son of God: Jesus Christ who came by water and blood, not with water only, but with water and blood; with the Spirit as another witness – since the Spirit is the truth – so [...]
05 Jan _____________________ 1 John 3:11-21 This is the message as you heard it from the beginning: that we are to love one another; not to be like Cain, who belonged to the Evil One and cut his brother’s throat; cut his brother’s throat simply for this reason, that his own life was evil and [...]
04 Jan _____________________ 1 John 3:7-10 My children, do not let anyone lead you astray: to live a holy life is to be holy just as he is holy; to lead a sinful life is to belong to the devil, since the devil was a sinner from the beginning. It was to undo all that [...]
03 Jan _____________________ 1 John 2:29-3:6 You know that God is righteous – then you must recognise that everyone whose life is righteous has been begotten by him. Think of the love that the Father has lavished on us, by letting us be called God’s children; and that is what we are. Because the world [...]
02 Jan – Memorial for Ss Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops & Doctors of the Church Basil the Great (329-379) was a noble by birth. His parents and four of his nine siblings were canonized, including St. Gregory of Nyssa. He was the grandson of St. Marcina the Elder. As a youth, he [...]
01 Jan – Octave Day of Christmas; Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God The Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God is celebrated on Jan 1, the Octave Day of Christmas (i.e. 8th day after Christmas). It is a celebration of Mary’s motherhood of Jesus. The title “Mother of God” is a western [...]
31 Dec – Seventh Day of the Octave of Christmas; Memorial for St Sylvester I, Pope Sylvester (d. 335) was pope in the reign of Emperor Constantine I, who built the Lateran and other churches. He sent legates to the First Council of Nicaea, and was involved in the controversy over Arianism. The spurious Donation [...]
30 Dec – Sixth Day of the Octave of Christmas; Feast of the Holy Fmaily We celebrate the Holy Family of Nazareth which is the model for all who fear the Lord and walk in his ways. – The Sunday Missal _____________________ Colossians 3:12-21 You are God’s chosen race, his saints; he loves you and [...]
