10th Day of Prayer for the Church in China (est. 2008)
Mass of the day.
Cycle II
[344] Jas 5:1-6;Ps 49:14-15ab, 15cd-16, 17-18, 19-20; Mark 9:41-50.
Hours of the day.
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Our Lady of the Way [SJ] Texts in the Jesuit Supplement (Download here) Proper (Preface: The Motherhood of the Blessed Virgin Mary) Readings from the Common of Saints: During Easter Time: Heb 10:19-25, or Outside Easter Time: Prov 4:10-18, Ps 119 (118):1-2, 12+14, 36-37, 41-42, Luke 2:15b-19
Optional
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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Jer 31:31-34 or Heb 10:11-18; Ps 110 (109):1b-e, 2, 3 (â„Ÿ. 4b); Mark 14:22-25. Download the texts
Hours of the feast. Te Deum.
Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
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The Blessed Virgin Mary, Help of Christians
MemorialÂ
Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary
[RM]
Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture Bl. Johanna, wife of Chuza, disciple (cf. Lk. 8:1b-3) [from the Roman Martyrology].
[RM]
Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Manaen, prophet in Antioch (cf. Acts 13:1) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:
103rd anniversary of the death of F. Martin Meyringer (81) d. 1915 at Diest, Belgium.
Anniversary:
87th anniversary of the death of F. Thomas Segura (77) d. 1931 at S. Salvador da BaÃa, Brasil.
Anniversary:
62nd anniversary of the death of F. William Blackledge (56) d. 1956 at Petworth, W. Sussex, England.
Anniversary:
18th anniversary of the death of P. Donal McKenna (67) d. 2000 at Limbe, Malawi.
Anniversary:
14th anniversary of the death of P. Bertold Beck (GER) (84) d. 2004 at Köln, Germany.
Birthday:
55th birthday of +P. Dhanapalan RAYAR (born this day in 1963).
