[356] 2 Tim 2:8-15;Ps 25:2-5ab, 8-9, 10+14; Mark 12:28-34.
Hours of the day.
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St Norbert, bishop Common of Pastors, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious Readings from the Common of Saints: [578] Ezek 34:11-16 (#719.9); Ps 23:1-3a, 4, 5, 6 (#721.2); Luke 14:25-33 (#742.23).
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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Isa 6:1-4,8 or Heb 2:10-18; Ps 23 (22):2-3, 5, 6 (â„Ÿ.1); John 17:1-2, 9, 14-26. Download the texts
Hours of the feast. Te Deum.
Anniversary:
55th anniversary of the death of F. Adelino Rodrigues (79) d. 2003 at Braga, Portugal.
Birthday:
119th birthday of P. Konrad LANDSBERG (born this day in 1939).
Birthday:
75th birthday of P. Isaac-el Joseph FERNANDES (born this day in 1983).
Birthday:
67th birthday of S. Jimo Bernardo FRANCISCO (born this day in 1991).
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1610
In Paris at the funeral of Henry IV two priests denounce the Jesuits as accomplices in his death because of Fr. Mariana's book De Rege.
1634
At Yendi in Japan, the martyrdom of Ven. Father Sebastian Vieyra, a Portuguese, and five Japanese novices. They endured the torment of the Pit, being hung head downward three whole days. The father, still alive, was tortured to death by fire.
1760
Two Portuguese ships arrive in South America to arrest and expel the Jesuits. 86 Jesuits were put on board.
1856
The expulsion of Jesuits from Mexico, under the presidency of Ignacio Comonfort.
