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| | red | St James, apostle | Mass of the feast; Gloria, preface of the feast. | | | Yr C | [605] 2 Cor 4:7-15; Ps 126:1bc-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6; Matt 20:20-28. | | | Hours of the feast; Te Deum. | | | Diocese of Tete, Mozambique | | white | St James, the Great, Patronal Feast of the Diocese | Feast | | Mass of the saint, Gloria, proper readings, preface of saints. |
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| [RM] | Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. James, son of Zebedee, apostle (cf. Mt. 4:21-22) [from the Roman Martyrology]. | | | Birthday: | 38th birthday of S. Masuzyo Mwango JUMBE (born this day in 1987). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
| | 1580 | Fr. Balthasar Alvarez dies. Spiritual Director of Teresa of Avila, Master of Novices, and Provincial of three Provinces. St. Teresa learned by revelation that he was one of the most perfect men then living. | | 1581 | An interview between Queen Elizabeth and Edmund Campion. He had addressed her at Oxford 15 years earlier. | | 1583 | The martyrdom near Goa, India, of Blessed Rudolph Aquaviva, Peter Berno, Francis Aranha, Alphonsus Pacheco and Anthony Francisco. It is listed as July 15th in the old style calendar. Peter Berno is the only Swiss Jesuit who has been beatified. | | 1657 | In Poland died Fr. William Rose, a Frenchman, confessor to the Queen of Poland. His bed was a board, and two books served for pillow. | | 1922 | Pius XI declares St. Ignatius the heavenly patron of Spiritual Exercises and related works. | | | | |
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