[314] 1 Sam 18:6-9; 19:1-7;Ps 56:2-3, 9-10a, 10b-11, 12-13; Mark 3:7-12.
Hours of the day.
Lunar New Year (Year of the Yang Wood Horse (Jia-Wu)).
[RM]
Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture the Betrothal of Mary and Joseph (cf. Mt. 1:18–25, Lk. 1:26–27; 2:5) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:
95th anniversary of the death of P. Ferdinand Brault (59) d. 1919 at Tours, France.
Anniversary:
58th anniversary of the death of P. Joseph Verdin (92) d. 1956 at Grahamstown, RSA.
Anniversary:
41st anniversary of the death of P. Henry Swift (73) d. 1973 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
37th anniversary of the death of F. Benedict Fostacz (69) d. 1977 at Zagreb, Croatia.
Birthday:
19th birthday of S. Thomas Mwaba CHILINGA (born this day in 1995).
