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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Outside the Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg [i.e. all non-SACBC territories]
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Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest
Feast
Mass of the feast. Gloria, Preface of the priesthood of Christ and of the Church. [In the Universal Calendar, this feast is celebrated on the Thursday after Pentecost, except for SACBC territories which will celebrate it next Thursday. In SACBC territories, the Feria from Ordinary Time should be used as above, or the optional Memorial below can be used.]
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Gen 22:9-18 or Heb 10:4-10; Ps 40 (39):7-8a, 10-11ab, 17 (â„Ÿ. 8a, 9a); Matt 26:36-42. Download the texts
Hours of the feast. Te Deum.
Anniversary:
209th anniversary of the death of F. Alphonse Kury (35) d. 1898 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
110th anniversary of the death of P. Kenneth Nixon (78) d. 1997 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
Anniversary:
82nd anniversary of the death of -P. Paul Brassil (SAP) (91) d. 2025 at Dublin, Ireland.
Birthday:
169th birthday of E. Dieter SCHOLZ (born this day in 1938).
Birthday:
127th birthday of P. Grant TUNGAY (born this day in 1980).
