[499] 2 Macc 7:1, 20-31;Ps 17:1bcd, 5-6, 8b+15; Luke 19:11-28.
Hours of the day.
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St Gertrude, virgin Common of Virgins, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious Readings from the Common of Saints: [677] Eph 3:14-19 (#740.7); Ps 23:1b-3a, 4, 5, 6 (#739.4); John 15:1-8 (#742.24).
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St Margaret of Scotland Common of Holy Men and Women: For Those Who Work for the Underprivileged Readings from the Common of Saints: [676] Is 58:6-11 (#737.15); Ps 112:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9 (#739.7); John 15:9-17 (#742.25).
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Sts Roch Gonzalez, John del Castillo, Alphonsus Rodriguez, priests; Bl Juan Antonio Solinas, priest, martyrs [SJ] Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here) From the Common of Martyrs Readings from the Common of Saints: Common of Martyrs: Readings outside Easter Time I. Wisdom 10:10-14; Ps 116(115):10+15, 16-17, 18-19; John 15:9-17. II. Phil 1:20b-26; Ps 31(30):3b-4, 6-8a, 16b-17, 21; Matt 10:16-22. III. 1 Pet 3:14-17; Ps 124(123):2-3, 4-5, 7cd-8; John 12:24-26. Common of Martyrs: Readings during Easter Time I. Rev 12:10-12b; Ps 34(33):2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9; John 17:11b-19.
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Anniversary:
170th anniversary of the death of P. Ladislaus Menyhárt (48) d. 1897 at Miruru, Zumbo, Province of Mozambique.
Anniversary:
156th anniversary of the death of P. Charles Gordon (80) d. 1911 at Roehampton, England.
Anniversary:
93rd anniversary of the death of F. Henry Tryers (86) d. 1974 at Port Elizabeth, RSA.
Anniversary:
79th anniversary of the death of P. Langlois Lewis (74) d. 1988 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
Anniversary:
46th anniversary of the death of P. John Fairhurst (BRI) (90) d. 2021 at Boscombe, England.
Birthday:
134th birthday of P. Horst ULBRICH (born this day in 1933).
Birthday:
69th birthday of NS. Shingirirai Munahse KARONDERA (born this day in 1998).
On this day in our Jesuit history...
Old Jesuit Martyrology - Bl. Paul Navarro and companions.
Saints Roch González, Alphonsus RodrĂguez and John del Castillo, Priests and Martyrs (Optional Memorial)
The Province of Paraguay was established in 1607 to minister to the nomadic GuaranĂ Indian tribes. The first Jesuit priest sent to San Ignacio GuazĂş Mission was Roch González. He was joined in 1627 by Alphonsus RodrĂguez and John del Castillo, both natives of Spain. Their successful missionary activities brought the Jesuits into conflict with a local religious leader, who was responsible for putting the missionaries to death.
1857
Jon Svennson, S.J. is born. He wrote children’s stories about Iceland, and has been translated into forty languages. A native of Iceland, he wrote in German.
1889
Josef Jungmann, S.J. is born. History of Liturgy.
1968
Cardinal Bea, S.J. dies Scripture Scholar, ecumenist. He was Confessor of Pius XI and Pius XII and created a Cardinal in 1959. He was appointed to head Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity at the age of 79.
1989
The assassination in San Salvador, El Salvador, of Ignacio EllacurĂa, Ignacio MartĂn-BarĂł, Segundo Mondes, JoaquĂn LĂłpez, Juan RamĂłn Moreno, and Amando LĂłpez, along with their cook, Elba JuliaRamos, and her daughter Celina Maricet Ramos.
