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| white | The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church | Memorial |
| Mass of the Memorial (Votive Mass
#10B) | |
| These readings are proper to the
memorial.
cf. [572A] Gen 3: 9-15, 20 or Acts 1: 12-14; Ps 86:
1-2, 3 & 5, 5-7; Jn 19: 25-34 | |
| Hours of the memorial (From Votive Masses: 10. Blessed Virgin Mary, B. Our Lady, Mother of the Church.) |
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| The following
memorial, assigned to today, would normally be omitted
except where it is the titular of the church. | |
| red | St Justin, martyr | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | Cycle I | [353] Tob 1:3; 2:1a-8; Ps 112:1b-2, 3b-4, 5-6; Mark 12:1-12. | | Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Martyrs
Readings from the Common of Saints: [574] 1 Cor 1:18-25 (#722.2); Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 (#715.2); Matt 5:13-19 (#730.1). | |
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| Birthday: | 136th birthday of P. António VirgÃlio Faria de Oliveira e COSTA (born this day in 1963). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1566 | At Murcia, the death of Fr. James Suarez, over whose room a bright light was seen shining in the night. He was occasionally found raised from the ground during prayer. |
| 1637 | Jacques Marquette, S.J. is born. |
| 1948 | Peter Lutz, S.J. dies. Novice Director, New York. |
| 1958 | Charles De Gaulle becomes Premier of France. Jesuit alumnus. |
| 1989 | The death of Sergio Restrepo, aged 50, whose defense of the rights of the powerless and of the environment made him a threat to the interests of the economic and political powers in Tierralta, Colombia. |
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