Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: Catechists (Watch video) (Read Reflection) "Let us pray for the catechists, summoned to announce the Word of God: may they be its witnesses, with courage and creativity and in the power of the Holy Spirit."
2 Thursday
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Thursday of the first week in Advent.
Mass of the day. Preface of Advent I
Cycle I
[178] Isa 26:1-6;Ps 118:1+8-9, 19-21, 25-27a; Matt 7:21, 24-27.
Hours of the day.
[RM]
Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Habakkuk, prophet (cf. Hb. 1:2) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:
29th anniversary of the death of P. Colm O'Riordan (73) d. 1992 at London, England.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1552
Francis Xavier dies on the island of Sancian, off the coast of China. He is said to have converted more than 1,200,000 in India. He died on this day or early on December 3rd.
1552
On the island of Sancian off the coast of China, St. Francis Xavier died.
1559
At Rome in the conclave soon after the death of Pope Paul IV, several of the Cardinals wished to elect Father James Laynez.
1580
At Berne, Peter Canisius and Robert Adreno, who were accompanying the Apostolic Legate to Germany, were hissed by the Calvinists and pelted with Snowballs and mud.
1814
Marquis de Sade dies in a mental asylum near Paris, age 74. Jesuit Alumnus.
1912
Maurice Meschler, S.J. dies. He was an ascetical writer as well as provincial, novice director, tertian instructor, and assistant in Rome.
1975
The 32nd General Congregation was formally summoned by Father General Pedro Arrupe. This Congregation is best known for Decree 4, the document on our mission today: "The mission of the Societyof Jesus today is the service of faith, of which the promotion of justice is an absolute requirement. For reconciliation with God demands the reconciliation of people with one another".
1983
Piet Fransen, S.J. dies. A theologian, he wrote especially on the theology of grace.
