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
Optional
Anniversary:
205th anniversary of the death of F. Alphonse Kury (35) d. 1898 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
106th anniversary of the death of P. Kenneth Nixon (78) d. 1997 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
Anniversary:
78th anniversary of the death of -P. Paul Brassil (SAP) (91) d. 2025 at Dublin, Ireland.
Birthday:
165th birthday of E. Dieter SCHOLZ (born this day in 1938).
Birthday:
123rd birthday of P. Grant TUNGAY (born this day in 1980).
