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December 2045

24 Sunday
  violetFourth Sunday of AdventPsalter Week 4
Mass of the Sunday; creed; the Gloria is omitted. Preface of Advent II. Ritual and funeral Masses are prohibited.
Yr C [12] Mic 5:1-4a; Ps 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19; Heb 10:5-10; Luke 1:39-45.
Hours of the Sunday; Te Deum
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture Sts. Adam and Eve (cf. Gn. 2-4) [from the Roman Martyrology].
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Jacob, patriarch (cf. Gn. 25:22–34, 27:18–29, 28:10–22, 29:15–30, 32:22–32.) [from the Roman Martyrology].
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Rachel, matriarch (cf. Gn. 30:22–24) [from the Roman Martyrology].
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Jesse, father of David (cf. Ru. 4:17, 1 Sa. 17:12, Is 11:1,10) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Birthday:62nd birthday of S. Uachisso Abneiro ALEXANDRE (born this day in 1983).
Birthday:53rd birthday of S. Elphas Takudzwa NDLOVU (born this day in 1992).
Birthday:46th birthday of S. Jorge Zeca BENTO (born this day in 1999).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1491Ignatius Loyola is born.
1567Barely 35 years after the Society was founded, the first Jesuits to enter what is now Colombia disembarked at Cartagena on their way to Peru, sent by St. Francis Borgia at the request of King Philip II.
1567The first Jesuits arrive in Cartegena, missioned by Francis Borgia. 1587. The death of Claude Matthee, highly esteemed by King Henry III. He predicted that Fr. Acquaviva would be General and hold that office for a long time.
1603The leaders of the Paris Parliament presented to King Henry IV a long list of accusations against the Jesuits. The King replied by refuting them and making a strong defense of the Society.
1910Fr. General Franz Xaver Wernz orders the Woodstock faculty to be moved to New York, to Fordham.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2045

Dominical Letter  A
Golden Number  13
Epact  xi
Solar Cycle 10
Letter of the Martyrology l
Roman Year of Indiction 8
Julian Period Year 6758
Years since the confirmation of the Society 505
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  489
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 24
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 9 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    9 April