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Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
Today the Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Juliana, Virgin and Martyr (c. 305). St. Juliana was a Christian virgin of Cumae, Italy, martyred for the faith when she refused to marry a Roman prefect. She suffered terrible ordeals and was finally beheaded. One tradition reports that Juliana actually…
Ordinary Time: February 16th
Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
Today the Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Juliana, Virgin and Martyr (c. 305). St. Juliana was a Christian virgin of Cumae, Italy, martyred for the faith when she refused to marry a Roman prefect. She suffered... More
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Ordinary Time: February 15th
Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time
From the Gospel for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A: Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever obeys and... More
Ordinary Time: February 14th
Memorial of Sts. Cyril, Monk and Methodius, Bishop
Today is the Memorial of Saints Cyril and Methodius. St. Cyril (827-869) was a priest and a philosopher and accompanied his brother St. Methodius (826-885) to Moravia to preach the Gospel. They both perfected a... More
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Ordinary Time: February 13th
Friday of the Fifth Week of Ordinary Time
The Roman Martyrology commemorates Bl. Christine of Spoleto (1435-1458). Born Agostina Camozzi in Osteno, Como, Italy, she was the daughter of a well-known doctor. After several years of living contrary to God's ways,... More
Ordinary Time: February 12th
Thursday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
The Roman Martyrology, commemorates St. Eulalia (290-304), the most celebrated virgin martyr of Spain. She was a native of Merida, thirteen years of age, and was burnt at the stake in her native city under... More
Ordinary Time: February 11th
Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of Our Lady of Lourdes
The Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes today, marking the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1858 to fourteen-year-old Marie Bernade (St. Bernadette) Soubirous. Between February 11 and... More
Ordinary Time: February 10th
Memorial of St. Scholastica, Virgin
Today is the Memorial of St. Scholastica (480-547). She was the twin sister of St. Benedict, the Patriarch of Western monasticism. She was born in Umbria, Italy, about 480. Under Benedict's direction, Scholastica founded a... More
Ordinary Time: February 9th
Monday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
Today the Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Teilo, Bishop of Llandaff, Wales (d. 6th century), is celebrated as a feast in Wales. Teilo was the son of Ensic and Guenhaff. He was the spiritual student of Saint Dyfrig of... More
Ordinary Time: February 8th
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
From the Gospel for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A: You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and then put it under a bushel basket; it is set on a lampstand,... More
Sunday: a day of rest.
Ordinary Time: February 7th
Saturday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
The Roman Martyrology commemorates Blessed Pius IX (1792-1878), who reigned as pope from 1846-1878. He was the last pope to hold temporal power for the Papal States, before they were reformed. He defined the dogma of... More
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Ordinary Time: February 6th
Memorial of St. Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs
Today is the Memorial of St. Paul Miki, a Japanese Jesuit, and his twenty-five companions (d. 1597), who were martyred in Nagasaki, Japan. They were the first martyrs of East Asia to be canonized. They were killed simultaneously... More
