Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: The beauty of marriage (Watch video) (Read Reflection) "Let us pray for young people who are preparing for marriage with the support of a Christian community: may they grow in love, with generosity, faithfulness, and patience."
2 Wednesday
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Wednesday of the ninth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle I
[355] Tob 3:1-11a, 16-17a;Ps 25:2-3, 4-5ab, 6-7bc, 8-9; Mark 12:18-27.
Hours of the day.
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Sts Marcellinus and Peter, martyrs Common of Martyrs Readings from the Common of Saints: [575] 2 Cor 6:4-10 (#716.4); Ps 124:2-3, 4-5, 7b-8 (#715.3); John 17:11b-19 (#718.7).
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Anniversary:
123rd anniversary of the death of F. Alphonse Kury (35) d. 1898 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
24th anniversary of the death of P. Kenneth Nixon (78) d. 1997 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
Birthday:
83rd birthday of E. Dieter SCHOLZ (born this day in 1938).
Birthday:
41st birthday of P. Grant TUNGAY (born this day in 1980).
On this day in our Jesuit history...
St. Mary Anne de Parades (1618-45) the lily of Quito, Ecuador. Her feast is in the Jesuit martyrology. She was directed by Jesuits.
1810
At Rome, Fr. Joseph Pignatelli, fearing the suppression of his community at S. Pantaleo, bade them no longer address each other as Father, Brother, or use the words provincial, Rector, and told the brothers to wear secular dress.
1930
45 novices move from St. Andrew on Hudson, NY to Wernersville.
1987
Anthony De Mello, S.J. dies in New York City. He was a spiritual writer and noted lecturer, on prayer, with insights from the spirituality of the East. In 1998, the Vatican issued a warning about some of his writings. He founded the Sadhana Institute in India.
