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SUMMARY:Third Sunday after Epiphany–G (II) - St. Polycarp\, Bishop\, Martyr
DESCRIPTION:ST. POLYCARP\, Bishop of Smyrna\, was a disciple of St. John. He wrote to the Philippians\, exhorting them to mutual love and to hatred of heresy. When the apostate Marcion met St. Polycarp at Rome\, he asked the aged saint if he knew him. “Yes\,” St. Polycarp answered\, “I know you for the first-born of Satan.” These were the words of a saint most loving and most charitable\, and specially noted for his compassion to sinners. He hated heresy\, because he loved God and man so much. In 167\, persecution broke out in Smyrna. When Polycarp heard that his pursuers were at the door\, he said\, “The will of God be done; “ and meeting them\, he begged to be left alone for a little time\, which he spent in prayer for “the Catholic Church throughout the world.” He was brought to Smyrna early on Holy Saturday; and\, as he entered\, a voice was heard from Heaven\, “Polycarp\, be strong.” When the proconsul besought him to curse Christ and go free\, Polycarp answered\, “86 years I have served Him\, and He never did me wrong; how can I blaspheme my King and savior?” When he threatened him with fire\, Polycarp told him this fire of his lasted but a little\, while the fire prepared for the wicked lasted forever. At the stake he thanked God aloud for letting him drink of Christ’s chalice. The fire was lit\, but it did him no hurt; so he was stabbed to the heart\, and his dead body was burnt. “Then\,” say the writers of his acts\, “we took up the bones\, more precious than the richest jewels or gold\, and deposited them in a fitting place\, at which may God grant us to assemble with joy to celebrate the birthday of the martyr to his life in Heaven!”
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/third-sunday-after-epiphany-g-ii-st-polycarp-bishop-martyr/
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SUMMARY:Conversion of St. Paul\, Apostle–W (III) - (Comm. of St. Peter\, Apostle)
DESCRIPTION:THE great apostle PAUL\, named Saul at his circumcision\, was born at Tarsus\, the capital of Silicia\, and was by privilege a Roman citizen\, to which quality a great distinction and several exemptions were granted by the laws of the empire. He was early instructed in the strict observance of the Mosaic law\, and lived up to it in the most scrupulous manner. In his zeal for the Jewish law\, which he thought the cause of God\, he became a violent persecutor of the Christians. He was one of those who combined to murder St. Stephen\, and in the violent persecution of the faithful which followed the martyrdom of the holy deacon\, Saul signalized himself above others. By virtue of the power he had received from the high priest\, he dragged the Christians out of their houses\, loaded them with chains\, and thrust them into prison. In the fury of his zeal he applied for a commission to take up all Jews at Damascus who confessed Jesus Christ\, and bring them bound to Jerusalem\, that they might serve as examples for the others. But God was pleased to show forth in him His patience and mercy. While on his way to Damascus\, he and his party were surrounded by a light from Heaven\, brighter than the sun\, and suddenly struck to the ground. And then a voice was heard saying\, “Saul\, Saul\, why dost thou persecute me?” And Saul answered\, “Who art Thou\, Lord?” and the voice replied\, “I am Jesus\, whom thou dost persecute.” This mild expostulation of Our Redeemer\, accompanied with a powerful interior grace\, cured Saul’s pride\, assuaged his rage\, and wrought at once a total change in him. Wherefore\, trembling and astonished\, he cried out\, “Lord\, what wilt Thou have me to do?” Our Lord ordered him to arise and to proceed on his way to the city\, where he should be informed of what was expected from him. Saul\, arising from the ground\, found that\, though his eyes were open\, he saw nothing. He was led by hand into Damascus\, where he was lodged in the house of a Jew named Judas. To this house came by divine appointment a holy man named Ananias\, who\, laying his hands on Saul\, said\, “Brother Saul\, the Lord Jesus\, who appeared to thee on thy journey\, hath sent me that thou mayest receive thy sight and be filled with the Holy Ghost.” Immediately something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes\, and he recovered his sight. Then he arose and was baptized; he stayed some few days with the disciples at Damascus\, and began immediately to preach in the synagogues that Jesus was the Son of God. Thus a blasphemer and a persecutor was made an apostle\, and chosen as one of God’s principal instruments in the conversion of the world.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/conversion-of-st-paul-apostle-w-iii-comm-of-st-peter-apostle/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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SUMMARY:St. Timothy\, Bishop\, Martyr–R (III)
DESCRIPTION:TIMOTHY was a convert of St. Paul. He was born at Lystra in Asia Minor. His mother was a Jewess\, but his father was a pagan; and though Timothy had read the Scriptures from his childhood\, he had not been circumcised as a Jew. On the arrival of St. Paul at Lystra the youthful Timothy\, with his mother and grandmother\, eagerly embraced the Faith. Seven years later\, when the apostle again visited the country\, the boy had grown into manhood\, while his good heart\, his austerities and zeal had won the esteem of all around him; and holy men were prophesying great things of the fervent youth. St. Paul at once saw his fitness for the work of an evangelist. Timothy was forthwith ordained\, and from that time became the constant and much-beloved fellow-worker of the apostle. In company with St. Paul he visited the cities of Asia Minor and Greece at one time hastening on in front as a trusted messenger\, at another lingering behind to confirm in the Faith some recently founded church. Finally\, he was made the first Bishop of Ephesus; and here he received the two epistles which bear his name\, the first written from Macedonia and the second from Rome\, in which St. Paul from his prison gives vent to his longing desire to see his “dearly beloved son\,” if possible\, once more before his death. St. Timothy himself not many years after the death of St. Paul\, won his martyr’s crown at Ephesus. As a child Timothy delighted in reading the sacred books\, and to his last hour he would remember the parting words of his spiritual father\, “Attende lectioni”—“Apply thyself to reading.”
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-timothy-bishop-martyr-r-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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SUMMARY:St. Raymond of Peñafort\, Confessor–W (III) - St. Emerentiana\, Virgin\, Martyr–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:Born A.D. 1175\, of a noble Spanish family\, RAYMOND\, at the age of 20\, taught philosophy at Barcelona with marvelous success. Ten years later his rare abilities won for him the degree of Doctor in the University of Bologna\, and many high dignities. A tender devotion to our Blessed Lady\, which had grown up with him from childhood\, determined him in middle life to renounce all his honors and to enter her Order of St. Dominic. There\, again\, a vision of the Mother of Mercy instructed him to cooperate with his penitent St. Peter Nolasco\, and with James\, King of Aragon\, in founding the Order of Our Lady of Ransom for the Redemption of Captives. He began this great work by preaching a crusade against the Moors\, and rousing to penance the Christians\, enslaved in both soul and body by the infidel. King James of Aragon\, a man of great qualities\, but held in bond by a ruling passion\, was bidden by the saint to put away the cause of his sin. On his delay\, Raymond asked for leave to depart from Majorca\, since he could not live with sin. The king refused\, and forbade\, under pain of death\, his conveyance by others. Full of faith\, Raymond spread his cloak upon the waters\, and\, tying one end to his staff as a sail\, made the sign of the cross and fearlessly stepped upon it. In six hours he was borne to Barcelona\, where\, gathering up his cloak dry\, he stole into his monastery. The king\, overcome by this miracle\, became a sincere penitent and the disciple of the saint till his death. In 1230\, Gregory IX summoned Raymond to Rome\, made him his confessor and grand penitentiary\, and directed him to compile “The Decretals\,” a collection of the scattered decisions of the popes and Councils. Having refused the archbishopric of Tarragona\, Raymond found himself in 1238 chosen third General of his Order; which post he again succeeded in resigning\, on the score of his advanced age. His first act when set free was to resume his labors among the infidels\, and in 1256 Raymond\, then 81\, was able to report that 10\,000 Saracens had received baptism. He died in 1275.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-raymond-of-penafort-confessor-w-iii-st-emerentiana-virgin-martyr-r-comm/
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SUMMARY:Sts. Vincent & Anastasius\, Martyrs–R (III)
DESCRIPTION:VINCENT was archdeacon of the church at Saragossa [Spain]. Valerian\, the bishop\, had an impediment in his speech; thus Vincent preached in his stead\, and answered in his name when both were brought before Dacian\, the president\, during the persecution of Diocletian. When the bishop was sent into banishment\, Vincent remained to suffer and to die. First of all\, he was stretched on the rack; and\, when he was almost torn asunder\, Dacian\, the president\, asked him in mockery “how he fared now.” Vincent answered\, with joy in his face\, that he had ever prayed to be as he was then. It was in vain that Dacian struck the executioners and goaded them on in their savage work. The martyr’s flesh was torn with hooks; he was bound in a chair of red-hot iron; lard and salt were rubbed into his wounds; and amid all this he kept his eyes raised to heaven\, and remained unmoved. He was cast into a solitary dungeon\, with his feet in the stocks; but the angels of Christ illuminated the darkness\, and assured Vincent that he was near his triumph. His wounds were now tended to prepare him for fresh torments\, and the faithful were permitted to gaze on his mangled body. They came in troops\, kissed the open sores\, and carried away as relics cloths dipped in his blood. Before the tortures could recommence\, the martyr’s hour came\, and he breathed forth his soul in peace. Even the dead bodies of the saints are precious in the sight of God\, and the hand of iniquity cannot touch them. A raven guarded the body of Vincent where it lay flung upon the earth. When it was sunk out at sea the waves cast it ashore; and his relics are preserved to this day in the Augustinian monastery at Lisbon\, for the consolation of the Church of Christ. ST. ANASTASIUS\, a monk of Persia\, was put to death with 70 other Christians under Chosroes in 628.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/sts-vincent-anastasius-martyrs-r-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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SUMMARY:St. Agnes\, Virgin\, Martyr–R (III)
DESCRIPTION:ST. AGNES was but 12 years old when she was led to the altar of Minerva at Rome and commanded to obey the persecuting laws of Diocletian by offering incense. In the midst of the idolatrous rites she raised her hands to Christ\, her Spouse\, and made the sign of the life-giving Cross. She did not shrink when she was bound hand and foot\, though the shackles slipped from her young hands\, and the heathens who stood around were moved to tears. The bonds were not needed for her\, and she hastened gladly to the place of her torture. Next\, when the judge saw that pain had no terrors for her\, he inflicted an insult worse than death: her clothes were stripped off\, and she had to stand in the street before a pagan crowd; yet even this did not daunt her. “Christ\,” she said\, “will guard His own.” So it was. Christ showed\, by a miracle\, the value which He sets upon the custody of the eyes. Whilst the crowd turned away their eyes from the spouse of Christ\, as she stood exposed to view in the street\, there was one young man who dared to gaze at the innocent child with immodest eyes. A flash of light struck him blind\, and his companions bore him away half dead with pain and terror. Lastly\, her fidelity to Christ was proved by flattery and offers of marriage. But she answered\, “Christ is my Spouse: He chose me first\, and His I will be.” At length the sentence of death was passed. For a moment she stood erect in prayer\, and then bowed her neck to the sword. At one stroke her head was severed from her body\, and the angels bore her pure soul to paradise.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-agnes-virgin-martyr-r-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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SUMMARY:Sts. Fabian\, Pope\, & Sebastian\, Martyrs–R (III)
DESCRIPTION:ST. FABIAN\, Supreme Pontiff\, suffered martyrdom in the persecution of Decius\, in 250. ST. SEBASTIAN was an officer in the Roman army\, esteemed even by the heathen as a good soldier\, and honored by the Church ever since as a champion of Jesus Christ. Born at Narbonne\, Sebastian came to Rome about the year 284\, and entered the lists against the powers of evil. He found the twin brothers Marcus and Marcellinus in prison for the faith\, and\, when they were near yielding to the entreaties of their relatives\, encouraged them to despise flesh and blood\, and to die for Christ. God confirmed his words by miracle: light shone around him while he spoke; he cured the sick by his prayers; and in this divine strength he led multitudes to the faith\, among them the Prefect of Rome\, with his son Tiburtius. He saw his disciples die before him\, and one of them came back from Heaven to tell him that his own end was near. It was in a contest of fervor and charity that St. Sebastian found the occasion of martyrdom. The Prefect of Rome\, after his conversion\, retired to his estates in Campania\, and took a great number of his fellow-converts with him to this place of safety. It was a question whether Polycarp the priest or St. Sebastian should accompany the neophytes. Each was eager to stay and face the danger at Rome\, and at last the pope decided that the Roman church could not spare the services of Sebastian. He continued to labor at the post of danger till he was betrayed by a false disciple. He was led before Diocletian\, and\, at the emperor’s command\, pierced with arrows and left for dead. But God raised him up again\, and of his own accord he Went before the emperor and conjured him to stay the persecution of the Church. Again sentenced\, he was at last beaten to death by clubs\, and crowned his labors by the merit of a double martyrdom.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/sts-fabian-pope-sebastian-martyrs-r-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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SUMMARY:Second Sunday after Epiphany–G (II)
DESCRIPTION:ST. CANUTUS\, King\, Martyr. St. Canutus\, King of Denmark\, was endowed with excellent qualities of both mind and body. It is hard to say whether he excelled more in courage or in conduct and skill in war; but his singular piety eclipsed all his other endowments. He cleared the seas of pirates\, and subdued several neighboring provinces which infested Denmark with their incursions. The kingdom of Denmark was elective till the year 1660\, and\, when the father of Canutus died\, his eldest brother\, Harold\, was called to the throne. Harold died after reigning for two years\, and Canutus was chosen to succeed him. He began his reign by a successful war against the troublesome\, barbarous enemies of the state\, and by planting the faith in the conquered provinces. Amid the glory of his victories he humbly prostrated himself at the foot of the crucifix\, laying there his diadem\, and offering himself and his kingdom to the King of kings. After having provided for the peace and safety of his country\, he married Eltha\, daughter of Robert\, Earl of Flanders\, who proved a spouse worthy of him. His next concern was to reform abuses at home. For this purpose he enacted severe but necessary laws for the strict administration of justice\, and repressed the violence and tyranny of the great\, without respect to persons. He countenanced and honored holy men\, and granted many privileges and immunities to the clergy. His charity and tenderness towards his subjects made him study by all possible ways to make them a happy people. He showed a royal munificence in building and adorning churches\, and gave the crown which he wore\, of exceeding great value\, to a church in his capital and place of residence\, where the kings of Denmark are yet buried. To the virtues which constitute a great king\, Canutus added those which prove the great saint. A rebellion having sprung up in his kingdom\, the king was surprised at church by the rebels. Perceiving his danger\, he confessed his sins at the foot of the altar\, and received Holy Communion. Stretching out his arms before the altar\, the saint fervently recommended his soul to his Creator; in this posture he was struck by a javelin thrown through a window\, and fell a victim for Christ’s sake.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/second-sunday-after-epiphany-g-ii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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SUMMARY:Our Lady on Saturdays–W (IV) - St. Prisca\, Virgin\, Martyr–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:ST. PRISCA was a young Roman woman tortured and executed for her Christian faith. The dates of her birth and death are unknown. She is revered as a pre-schism Western saint and martyr by the Orthodox Church and as a saint and a martyr by the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. Though some legends suggest otherwise\, scholars do not believe she is the Priscilla (Prisca) of the New Testament couple\, Priscilla and Aquila\, who were friends of the apostle Paul.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/our-lady-on-saturdays-w-iv-st-prisca-virgin-martyr-r-comm/
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SUMMARY:St. Anthony the Hermit\, Abbot–W (III)
DESCRIPTION:ST. ANTHONY was born in the year 251\, in Upper Egypt. Hearing at Mass the words\, “If thou wilt be perfect\, go\, sell what thou hast\, and give to the poor\,” he gave away all his vast possessions. He then begged an aged hermit to teach him the spiritual life. He also visited various solitaries\, copying in himself the principal virtue of each. To serve God more perfectly\, Anthony entered the desert and immured himself in a ruin\, building up the door so that none could enter. Here the devils assaulted him most furiously\, appearing as various monsters\, and even wounding him severely; but his courage never failed\, and he overcame them all by confidence in God and by the sign of the Cross. One night\, whilst Anthony was in his solitude\, many devils scourged him so terribly that he lay as if dead. A friend found him thus\, and believing him dead carried him home. But when Anthony came to himself he persuaded his friend to carry him\, in spite of his wounds\, back to his solitude. Here\, prostrate from weakness\, he defied the devils\, saying\, “I fear you not; you cannot separate me from the love of Christ.” After more vain assaults the devils fled\, and Christ appeared to Anthony in glory. His only food was bread and water\, which he never tasted before sunset\, and sometimes only once in two\, three\, or four days. He wore sackcloth and sheepskin\, and he often knelt in prayer from sunset to sunrise. Many souls flocked to him for advice\, and after 20 years of solitude he consented to guide them in holiness thus founding the first monastery. His numerous miracles attracted such multitudes that he fled again into solitude\, where he lived by manual labor. He expired peacefully at a very advanced age. St. Athanasius\, his biographer\, says that the mere knowledge of how St. Anthony lived is a good guide to virtue.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-anthony-the-hermit-abbot-w-iii/
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SUMMARY:St. Marcellus I\, Pope\, Martyr–R (III)
DESCRIPTION:POPE MARCELLUS I (January 6\, 255 – January 16\, 309) was pope from May or June 308 to his death in 309. He succeeded Pope Marcellinus after a considerable interval. Under Maxentius\, he was banished from Rome in 309\, on account of the tumult caused by the severity of the penances he had imposed on Christians who had lapsed under the recent persecution. He died the same year\, being succeeded by Pope Eusebius. His relics are under the altar of San Marcello al Corso in Rome. For some time after the death of Marcellinus in 304\, the Diocletian persecution continued with unabated severity. After the abdication of Diocletian in 305\, and the accession in Rome of Maxentius to the throne of the Caesars in October of the following year\, the Christians of the capital again enjoyed comparative peace. Nevertheless\, nearly two years passed before a new Bishop of Rome was elected. Then in 308\, Pope Marcellus first entered on his office. At Rome\, Marcellus found the Church in the greatest confusion. The meeting-places and some of the burial-places of the faithful had been confiscated\, and the ordinary life and activity of the Church was interrupted. Added to this were the dissensions within the Church itself\, caused by the large number of weaker members who had fallen away during the long period of active persecution and later\, under the leadership of an apostate\, violently demanded that they should be readmitted to communion without doing penance. Marcellus divided the territorial administration of the Church into 25 districts\, appointing over each a presbyter\, who saw to the preparation of the catechumens for baptism and directed the performance of public penances. The presbyter was also made responsible for the burial of the dead and for the celebrations commemorating the deaths of the martyrs. The pope also had a new burial-place\, the Cœmeterium Novellœ on the Via Salaria (opposite the Catacomb of St. Priscilla)\, laid out. The work of the pope was\, however\, quickly interrupted by the controversies concerning the question of the re-admittance of the lapsed into the Church. As to this\, we gather some light from the poetic tribute composed by Pope Damasus I in memory of his predecessor and placed over his grave. Damasus relates that Marcellus was looked upon as a wicked enemy by all the lapsed\, because he insisted that they should perform the prescribed penance for their guilt. As a result\, serious conflicts arose\, some of which ended in bloodshed\, and every bond of peace was broken. At the head of this band of dissenters was an apostate who had denied the Faith even before the outbreak of persecution. The tyrannical Maxentius had the pope seized and sent into exile. This took place at the end of 308 or the beginning of 309\, which gives the length of the pontificate as no more than one year\, six (or seven) months\, and 20 days. Marcellus died shortly after leaving Rome\, and was venerated as a saint.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-marcellus-i-pope-martyr-r-iii/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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SUMMARY:St. Paul the First Hermit\, Confessor–W (III) - St. Maurus\, Abbot–W (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:ST. PAUL was born in Upper Egypt\, about the year 230\, and became an orphan at the age of 15. He was very rich and highly educated. Fearing lest the tortures of a terrible persecution might endanger his Christian perseverance\, he retired into a remote village. But his pagan brother-in-law denounced him\, and St. Paul\, rather than remain where his faith was in danger\, entered the barren desert\, trusting that God would supply his wants. And his confidence was rewarded; for on the spot to which Providence led him he found the fruit of the palm-tree for food\, and its leaves for clothing\, and the water of a spring for drink. His first design was to return to the world when the persecution was over; but\, tasting great delights in prayer and penance\, he remained the rest of his life\, 90 years\, in penance\, prayer\, and contemplation. God revealed His existence to St. Antony\, who sought him for three days. Seeing a thirsty she-wolf run through an opening in the rocks\, Antony followed her to look for water\, and found Paul. They knew each other at once\, and praised God together. When St. Antony visited him\, a raven brought him a loaf\, and St. Paul said\, “See how good God is! For 60 years this bird has brought me half a loaf every day; now thou art come\, Christ has doubled the provision for His servants.” Having passed the night in prayer\, at dawn of day Paul told Antony that he was about to die\, and asked to be buried in the cloak given to Antony by St. Athanasius. Antony hastened to fetch it\, and on his way back saw Paul rise to Heaven in glory. He found his dead body kneeling as if in prayer\, and two lions came and dug his grave. Paul died in his 113th year.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-paul-the-first-hermit-confessor-w-iii-st-maurus-abbot-w-comm/
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SUMMARY:St. Hilary\, Bishop\, Confessor\, Doctor–W (III) - St. Felix\, Priest\, Martyr–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:ST. HILARY was a native of Poitiers in Aquitaine. Born and educated a pagan\, it was not till near middle age that he embraced Christianity\, moved thereto mainly by the idea of God presented to him in the Holy Scriptures. He soon converted his wife and daughter\, and separated himself rigidly from all un-Catholic company. In the beginning of his conversion\, St. Hilary would not eat with Jews or heretics\, nor salute them by the way; but afterwards\, for their sake\, he relaxed this severity. He entered Holy Orders\, and in 353 was chosen bishop of his native city. Arianism\, under the protection of the Emperor Constantius\, was just then in the height of its power\, and St. Hilary found himself called upon to support the orthodox cause in several Gallic councils\, in which Arian bishops formed an overwhelming majority. He was in consequence accused to the emperor\, who banished him to Phrygia. He spent his three years and more of exile in composing his great works on the Trinity. In 359 he attended the Council of Seleucia\, in which Arians\, semi-Arians\, and Catholics contended for the mastery. With the deputies of the council he proceeded to Constantinople\, and there so dismayed the heads of the Arian party that they prevailed upon the emperor to let him return to Gaul. He traversed Gaul\, Italy\, and Illyria\, wherever he came discomfiting the heretics and procuring triumph of orthodoxy. After seven or eight years of missionary travel he returned to Poitiers\, where he died in peace in 368.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/st-hilary-bishop-confessor-doctor-w-iii-st-felix-priest-martyr-r-comm/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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SUMMARY:Commemoration of the Baptism of Our Lord–W (II)
DESCRIPTION:In spite of the small scandal that Jesus’ baptism must have created what was the sinless one doing having Himself baptized? It belonged to the earliest tradition\, is recorded in all four gospels (Mt. 3:13; Mk. 1:9; Lk. 3:21-22\, Jn. 1:29-34)\, and belongs undoubtedly to the events of the historical Jesus. In Mark it is the beginning of the gospel\, and Luke has Jesus in the synagogue at Nazareth at the start of His ministry recalling His anointing with the Spirit at the Jordan. In the very short summary of the good news\, Peter includes Jesus’ baptism (Acts 1:22). In identifying who Jesus is\, the biblical witness moves back from the resurrection (Rom. 1:3-4)\, to the baptism of Jesus\, to the annunciation (Lk. 1:26-38)\, to pre-existence (Jn. 1:1). The Jordan event\, therefore\, is an important stage in this backward development in identifying Jesus.
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CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200112
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SUMMARY:The Feast of the Holy Family–W (II)
DESCRIPTION:The special devotion which sets forth the Holy Family of Jesus\, Mary\, and Joseph as the model of virtue for all Christian households began in the 17th century. It commenced almost simultaneously in Canada and France: the Association of the Holy Family being founded in Montreal in 1663\, and the Daughters of the Holy Family in Paris in 1674. Numerous other congregations and associations under the patronage of the Holy Family have been established since that time\, and they are spread over the world. The archconfraternity was established by Pius IX in 1847. In 1893 Leo XIII approved a feast for Canada\, and Benedict XV extended the Feast of the Holy Family to the whole Church and ordered its celebration to take place on the Sunday after the Epiphany.
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CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200111
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SUMMARY:Our Lady on Saturdays–W (IV) - St. Hyginus\, Pope & Martyr–R (Comm.)
DESCRIPTION:Pope Hyginus was the Bishop of Rome from c. 138 to c. 142. Tradition holds that during his papacy he determined the various prerogatives of the clergy and defined the grades of the ecclesiastical hierarchy.
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CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200110
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SUMMARY:Ferial–W (IV)
DESCRIPTION:ST. WILLIAM\, Archbishop. William Berruyer\, of the illustrious family of the ancient Counts of Nevers\, was educated by Peter the Hermit\, Archdeacon of Soissons\, his uncle by the mother’s side. From his infancy William learned to despise the folly and emptiness of the world\, to abhor its pleasures\, and to tremble at its dangers. His only delight was in exercises of piety and in his studies\, in which he employed his whole time with indefatigable application. He was made canon\, first of Soissons and afterwards of Paris; but he soon resolved to abandon the world\, and retired into the solitude of Grandmont\, where he lived with great regularity in that austere Order until finally he joined the Cistercians\, then in wonderful odor of sanctity. After some time he was chosen Prior of the Abbey of Pontigny\, and afterwards became Abbot of Chaalis. On the death of Henri de Sully\, Archbishop of Bourges\, William was chosen to succeed him. The announcement of this new dignity which had fallen on him overwhelmed him with grief\, and he would not have accepted the office had not the pope and his general\, the Abbot of Citeaux\, commanded him to do so. His first care in his new position was to conform his life to the most perfect rules of sanctity. He redoubled all his austerities\, saying it was incumbent on him now to do penance for others as well as for himself. He always wore a hair-shirt under his religious habit\, and never added to his clothing in winter or diminished it in summer; he never ate any flesh-meat\, though he had it at his table for strangers. When he drew near his end\, he was\, at his request\, laid on ashes in his hair-cloth\, and in this posture expired on the 10th of January\, 1209. His body was interred in his cathedral\, and\, being honored by many miracles\, was taken up in 1217\, and in the year following William was canonized by Pope Honorius III.
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CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200109
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200110
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SUMMARY:Ferial–W (IV)
DESCRIPTION:SS. JULIAN and BASILISSA\, Martyrs. St. Julian and St. Basilissa\, though married\, lived\, by mutual consent\, in perpetual chastity; they sanctified themselves by the most perfect exercises of an ascetic life\, and employed their revenues in relieving the poor and the sick. For this purpose they converted their house into a kind of hospital\, in which they sometimes entertained a thousand poor people. Basilissa attended those of her sex\, in separate lodgings from the men; these were taken care of by Julian\, who from his charity is named the Hospitalarian. Egypt\, where they lived\, had then begun to abound with examples of persons who\, either in the cities or in the deserts\, devoted themselves to the most perfect exercises of charity\, penance\, and mortification. Basilissa\, after having stood seven persecutions\, died in peace; Julian survived her many years and received the crown of a glorious martyrdom\, together with Celsus\, a youth\, Antony\, a priest\, Anastasius\, and Marcianilla\, the mother of Celsus. Many churches and hospitals in the East\, and especially in the West\, bear the name of one or other of these martyrs. Four churches at Rome\, and three out of five at Paris\, which bear the name of St. Julian\, were originally dedicated under the name of St. Julian\, the Hospitalarian and martyr. In the time of St. Gregory the Great\, the skull of St. Julian was brought out of the East into France\, and given to Queen Brunehault; she gave it to the nunnery which she founded at Étampes; part of it is at present in the monastery of Morigny\, near Étampes\, and part in the church of the regular canonesses of St. Basilissa at Paris.\nReflection—God often rewards men for works that are pleasing in His sight by giving them grace and opportunity to do other works higher still. St. Augustine said\, “I have never seen a compassionate and charitable man die a bad death.”
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/ferial-w-iv-4/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200108
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200109
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SUMMARY:Ferial–W (IV)
DESCRIPTION:ST. APOLLINARIS\, THE APOLOGIST\, Bishop. Claudius Apollinaris\, Bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia\, was one of the most illustrious prelates of the second age. Notwithstanding the great encomiums bestowed on him by Eusebius\, St. Jerome\, Theodoret\, and ethers\, but little is known of his actions; and his writings\, which then were held in great esteem\, seem now to be all lost. He wrote many able treatises against the heretics\, and pointed out\, as St. Jerome testifies\, from what philosophical sect each heresy derived its errors. Nothing rendered his name so illustrious\, however\, as his noble apology for the Christian religion which he addressed to the Emperor Marcus Aurelius\, about the year 175\, soon after the miraculous victory that prince had obtained over the Quadi by the prayers of the Christians. St. Apollinaris reminded the emperor of the benefit he had received from God through the prayers of his Christian subjects\, and implored protection for them against the persecution of the pagans. Marcus Aurelius published an edict in which he forbade any one\, under pain of death\, to accuse a Christian on account of his religion; by a strange inconsistency\, he had not the courage to abolish the laws then in force against the Christians\, and\, as a consequence\, many of them suffered martyrdom\, though their accusers were also put to death. The date of St. Apollinaris’ death is not known; the Roman Martyrology mentions him on the 8th of January.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/ferial-w-iv-3/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200107
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SUMMARY:Ferial–W (IV)
DESCRIPTION:ST. LUCIAN\, Martyr. St. Lucian was born at Samosata in Syria. Having lost his parents in his youth\, he distributed all his worldly goods\, of which he inherited an abundant share\, to the poor\, and withdrew to Edessa\, to live near a holy man named Macarius\, who imbued his mind with a knowledge of the Holy Scriptures\, and led him to the practice of the Christian virtues. Having become a priest\, his time was divided between the external duties of his holy state\, the performance of works of charity\, and the study of sacred literature. He revised the books of the Old and New Testaments\, expunging the errors which had found their way into the text either through the negligence of copyists or the malice of heretics\, thus preparing the way for St. Jerome\, who shortly after was to give to the world the Latin translation known as “The Vulgate.” Having been denounced as a Christian\, Lucian was thrown into prison and condemned to torture\, which was protracted for 12 whole days. Some Christian visited him in prison\, on the feast of the Epiphany\, and brought bread and wine to him; while bound and chained down on his back\, he consecrated the divine mysteries upon his own breast\, and communicated the faithful who were present. He finished his glorious career in prison\, and died with the words\, “I am a Christian\,” on his lips.
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CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200106
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SUMMARY:THE FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY–W (I) (Holy Day of Obligation in England\, Wales & Ireland)
DESCRIPTION:THE word Epiphany means “manifestation\,” and it has passed into general acceptance throughout the universal Church\, from the fact that Jesus Christ manifested to the eyes of men His divine mission on this day first of all\, when a miraculous star revealed His birth to the kings of the East\, who\, in spite of the difficulties and dangers of a long and tedious journey through deserts and mountains almost impassable\, hastened at once to Bethlehem to adore Him and to offer Him mystical presents\, as to the King of kings\, to the God of Heaven and earth\, and to a man withal feeble and mortal. The second manifestation was when\, going out from the waters of the Jordan after having received baptism from the hands of St. John\, the Holy Ghost descended on Him in the visible form of a dove\, and a voice from Heaven was heard\, saying\, “This is My beloved Son\, in whom I am well pleased.” The third manifestation was that of His divine power\, when at the marriage-feast of Cana He changed the water into wine\, at the sight whereof His disciples believed in Him. The remembrance of these three great events\, concurring to the same end\, the Church has wished to celebrate in one and the same festival.\nReflection—Admire the almighty power of this little Child\, who from His cradle makes known His coming to the shepherds and magi—to the shepherds by means of His angel\, to the magi by a star in the East. Admire the docility of these kings. Jesus is born; behold them at His feet! Let us be little\, let us hide ourselves\, and the divine strength will be granted to us. Let us be docile and quick in following divine inspirations\, and we shall then become wise of the wisdom of God\, powerful in His almighty power.
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CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200105
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SUMMARY:The Most Holy Name of Jesus–W (II)
DESCRIPTION:The feast of the Holy Name of Jesus has been celebrated in the Roman Catholic Church\, at least at local levels\, since the end of the 15th century. The celebration has been held on different dates\, usually in January\, because January 1\, eight days after Christmas\, commemorates the circumcision and naming of the child Jesus; as recounted in the Gospel read on that day\, “at the end of eight days\, when he was circumcised\, he was called Jesus\, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.”
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CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200104
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UID:1453-1578096000-1578182399@marylandcatholicwomen.com
SUMMARY:First Saturday - Our Lady on Saturdays–W (IV)
DESCRIPTION:ST. TITUS\, Bishop. Titus was a convert from heathenism\, a disciple of St. Paul\, one of the chosen companions of the apostles in his journey to the Council of Jerusalem\, and his fellow-laborers in many apostolic missions. From the Second Epistle which St. Paul sent by the hand of Titus to the Corinthians we gain an insight into his character and understand the strong affection which his master bore him. Titus had been commissioned to carry out a twofold office needing much firmness\, discretion\, and charity. He was to be the bearer of a severe rebuke to the Corinthians\, who were giving scandal and were wavering in their faith; and at the same time he was to put their charity to a further test by calling upon them for abundant alms for the church at Jerusalem. St. Paul meanwhile was anxiously awaiting the result. At Troas he writes\, “I had no rest in my spirit\, because I found not Titus\, my brother.” He set sail to Macedonia. Here at last Titus brought the good news. His success had been complete. He reported the sorrow\, the zeal\, the generosity of the Christians\, till the apostle could not contain his joy\, and sent back to them his faithful messenger with the letter of comfort from which we have quoted. Titus was finally left as a bishop in Crete\, and here he\, in turn\, received the epistle which bears his name\, and here at last he died in peace. The mission of Titus to Corinth shows us how well the disciple caught the spirit of his master. He knew how to be firm and to inspire respect. The Corinthians\, we are told\, “received him with fear and trembling.” He was patient and painstaking. St. Paul “gave thanks to God\, who had put such carefulness for them in the heart of Titus.” And these gifts were enhanced by a quickness to detect and call out all that was good in others\, and by a joyousness which overflowed upon the spirit of St. Paul himself\, who “abundantly rejoiced in the joy of Titus.”\nReflection—Saints win their empire over the hearts of men by their wide and affectionate sympathy. This was the characteristic gift of St. Titus\, as it was of St. Paul\, St-Francis Xavier\, and many others.
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CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200103
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SUMMARY:First Friday - Ferial–W (IV)
DESCRIPTION:ST. GENEVIEVE\, Virgin. Genevieve was born at Nanterre\, near Paris. St. Germanus\, when passing through\, specially noticed a little shepherdess\, and predicted her future sanctity. At seven years of age she made a vow of perpetual chastity. After the death of her parents\, Paris became her abode; but she often travelled on works of mercy\, which\, by the gifts of prophecy and miracles\, she unfailingly performed. At one time she was cruelly persecuted: her enemies\, jealous of her power\, called her a hypocrite and tried to drown her. But St. Germanus having sent her some blessed bread as a token of esteem\, the outcry ceased\, and ever afterwards she was honored as a saint. During the siege of Paris by Childeric\, king of the Franks\, Genevieve went out with a few followers and procured corn for the starving citizens. Nevertheless Childeric\, though a pagan\, respected her\, and at her request spared the lives of many prisoners. By her exhortations again\, when Attila and his Huns were approaching the city\, the inhabitants\, instead of taking flight\, gave themselves to prayer and penance\, and averted\, as she had foretold\, the impending scourge. Clovis\, when converted from paganism by his holy wife\, St. Clotilda\, made Genevieve his constant adviser\, and\, in spite of his violent character\, made a generous and Christian king. She died within a few weeks of that monarch\, in 512\, aged 89. A pestilence broke out at Paris in 1129\, which in a short time swept off 14\,000 persons\, and\, in spite of all human efforts\, daily added to its victims. At length\, on November 26th\, the shrine of St. Genevieve was carried in solemn procession through the city. That same day but three persons died\, the rest recovered\, and no others were taken ill. This was but the first of a series of miraculous favors which the city of Paris has obtained through the relics of its patron saint.\nReflection—Genevieve was only a poor peasant girl\, but Christ dwelt in her heart. She was anointed with His Spirit\, and with power\, she went about doing good\, and God was with her.
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CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200102
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SUMMARY:Ferial–W (IV)
DESCRIPTION:ST. FULGENTIUS\, Bishop. In spite of family troubles and delicate health\, Fulgentius was appointed at an early age procurator of his province at Carthage. This success\, however\, did not satisfy his heart. Levying the taxes proved daily more distasteful\, and when he was 22\, St. Austin’s treatise on the Psalms helped him decide to enter religion. After six years of peace\, his monastery was attacked by Arian heretics\, and Fulgentius himself was driven out destitute to the desert. He now sought the solitude of Egypt\, but finding that country also in schism\, he turned his steps toward Rome. There\, the splendors of the imperial court only told him of the greater glory of the heavenly Jerusalem\, and at the first lull in the persecution\, he sought his African cell. Elected bishop in 508\, he was summoned forth to face new dangers\, and was shortly after banished by the Arian king\, Thrasimund\, with 59 orthodox prelates\, to Sardinia. Though the youngest of the exiles\, he was at once the mouthpiece of his brethren and the stay of their flocks. By his books and letters\, which are still extant\, he confounded both Pelagian and Arian heresiarchs\, and confirmed the Catholics in Africa and Gaul. An Arian priest betrayed Fulgentius to the Numidians\, and ordered him to be scourged. This was done. His hair and beard were plucked out\, and he was left naked\, his body one bleeding sore. Even the Arian bishop was ashamed of this brutality\, and offered to punish the priest if the saint would prosecute him. But Fulgentius replied\, “A Christian must not seek revenge in this world. God knows how to right His servants’ wrongs. If I were to bring the punishment of man on that priest\, I should lose my own reward with God. And it would be a scandal to many little ones that a Catholic and a monk\, however unworthy he be\, should seek redress from an Arian bishop.” On Thrasimund’s death the bishops returned to their flocks\, and Fulgentius\, having reestablished discipline in his see\, retired to an island monastery\, where after a year’s preparation he died in peace in the year 533.\nReflection—Each year may bring us fresh changes and trials; let us learn from St. Fulgentius to receive all that happens as from the hand of God\, and appointed for our salvation.
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CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200101
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SUMMARY:Holy Day of Obligation: OCTAVE DAY OF THE NATIVITY–W (I)
DESCRIPTION:CIRCUMCISION was a sacrament of the Old Law\, and the first legal observance required by Almighty God of the descendants of Abraham. It was a sacrament of initiation in the service of God\, and a promise and engagement to believe and act as He had revealed and directed. The law of circumcision continued in force until the death of Christ\, and our savior being born under the law\, it became Him\, who came to teach mankind obedience to the law of God\, to fulfil all justice\, and to submit to it. Therefore\, He was circumcised that He might redeem them who were under the law\, by freeing them from the servitude of it; and that those who were in the condition of servants before might be set at liberty\, and receive the adoption of sons in baptism\, which\, by Christ’s institution\, succeeded to circumcision. On the day that the divine Infant was circumcised\, He received the name of Jesus\, which signifies savior\, which had been given Him by the angel before He was conceived. That name\, so beautiful\, so glorious\, the divine Child does not wish to bear for one moment without fulfilling its meaning; even at the moment of His circumcision He showed Himself a savior by shedding for us that blood a single drop of which is more than sufficient for the ransom and salvation of the whole world.
URL:https://marylandcatholicwomen.com/event/holy-day-of-obligation-octave-day-of-the-nativity-w-i/
CATEGORIES:Church Calendar
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