Is 61: 9-11; 1 Sam 2:1, 4-8; Lk 2: 41-51. The ferial first reading and psalm may be used, but the gospel is proper to this memorial.
Hours of the Memorial
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Saturday of the eighth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle I
[352] Sir 51:12cd-20;Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11; Mark 11:27-33.
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).
Optional
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Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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Anniversary:
137th anniversary of the death of F. Alphonse Kury (35) d. 1898 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
38th anniversary of the death of P. Kenneth Nixon (78) d. 1997 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
Birthday:
97th birthday of E. Dieter SCHOLZ (born this day in 1938).
Birthday:
55th 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.
