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Epiphany of the Lord | Solemnity |
| Mass of the Vigil or of the Solemnity; Gloria, Creed. |
| | [20] Is 60:1-6; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13; Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; Matt 2:1-12. |
| The Solemn Proclamation of the Date of Easter and the other major dates is encouraged (DPPL, n. 118). It is read by the deacon or cantor immediately after the Gospel. See Appendix I (below). |
| Preface of Epiphany; EuchPr I Communicantes.
Hours of the Solemnity. Te Deum.
On weekdays between Epiphany and Baptism, Week 2 of the Psalter.
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| [RM] | Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Abel (cf. Gn 4:4, Mt. 23:34–35) [from the Roman Martyrology]. |
| Anniversary: | 78th anniversary of the death of P. Joel Jordan (34) d. 1972 at Portland, USA.  |
| Anniversary: | 38th anniversary of the death of P. John McAuley (89) d. 2012 at Dublin, Ireland. |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1554 | The husband of Princess Juana dies. She was 19, and, under the alias of Mateo Sanchez would soon become a Jesuit scholastic. |
| 1619 | At Rome, St. John Berchmans and Bartholomew Penneman, his companion scholastic from Belgium, entered the Roman College. |
| 1726 | Domenico Zipoli, S.J. dies of tuberculosis. He was a composer in the Jesuit Reductions. He died before his ordination, which was delayed because no bishop was near. |
| 1848 | At Rome, as Pius IX was returning to the Quirinal, angry shouts were raised, "Death to the Jesuits." The Pope fainted in his carriage. |
| 1922 | Formal opening of Weston College as a House of Studies. |
| 1953 | Pope Pius XII gives permission to St. Louis University President Paul Reinert to name the new library in his honor. |
| 1983 | Cy Schommer, S.J., violinist, dies. |
| 1983 | Pope John Paul II reveals his intention to make Carlo Martini, S.J. and Henri deLubac, S.J. cardinals. There have been 18 Jesuit cardinals. |
| 1987 | The end of a five day meeting of Jesuit Islamicists in Cairo. |
| 1993 | Victor Yanitelli dies President of St. Peter's College, 1963-80, and parochial vicar. The homilist at his funeral said: "When I die, I want to be judged by Vic rather than by Jesus Christ." |
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