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22 Feb – Feast of the Chair of St Peter, Apostle
The feast of the Chair of St. Peter at Rome, Italy has been celebrated from the early days of the Christian era on Jan 18, in commemoration of the day when St. Peter held his first service in Rome. The feast of the Chair of [...]

02 Feb – Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
Today we celebrate the close of the Christmas festival of light. Candles are blessed and we carry them in procession to welcome Christ, the light to enlighten the Gentiles and the glory of his people.
- The Weekday Missal
This feast celebrates an early episode in the life [...]

25 Jan – Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, apostle
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 [...]

10 Jan – Feast of the Baptism of the Lord; Catechetical Sunday
The Baptism Of The Lord
The Father anointed hsi beloved son, Jesus, with the Holy Spirit and with power, to bring healing and peace to all the nations.
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Isaiah 42:1-4.6-7
Thus says the Lord:
Here is my servant whom I uphold,
my chosen one in whom my soul delights.
I [...]

03 Jan – Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord
The Revelation Of Christ To The World
We join all the people of the world in worshipping the infant King of the Jews
- The Sunday Missal
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Isaiah 60:1-6
Arise, shine out Jerusalem, for your light has come,
the glory of the Lord is rising on you,
though night still covers the [...]

01 Jan – Solemnity of 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 derivation from the Greek term ‘theotokos’, the God-bearer.
The [...]

28 Dec – Feast of the Holy Innocents, Martyrs
The Holy Innocents are the children slaughtered by Herod the Great when he tried to kill the infant Christ.
- Patron Saint Index
The children died for Christ, though they do not know it. The parents mourned for the death of martyrs. The Christ child makes of those as [...]

27 Dec – Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph; Singapore: Family Life Sunday
The Holy Family
We celebrate that Holy Family of Nazareth which is the model for all who fear the Lord and walk in His ways.
- The Sunday Missal
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1 Samuel 1:20-22.24-28
Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son, and called him [...]

26 Dec -  Feast of St. Stephen, Protomartyr
St. Stephen was the first Christian martyr. A deacon and a preacher, all we know of him is related in the Acts of the Apostles. While preaching the gospel in the streets, angry Jews who believed his message to be blasphemy dragged him outside the city, and stoned [...]

25 Dec -  Solemnity of The Nativity of the Lord (Mass during the Day)
The Word Made Flesh
For us the Word of God is no longer the message spoken by prophets, but the messenger of God in person, the eternal Word begotten of the Father before time began.
- The Sunday Missal
The name “Christmas” was derived from [...]