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Baptism of the Lord | Feast |
| Mass of the Feast; Gloria, Preface of the Baptism of the Lord. |
| [21] Is 42:1-4, 6-7 or (Year B) Is 55:1-11; Ps 29:1-2, 3-4, 3b+9b-10 or (Year B) Is 12:2-6; Acts 10:34-38 or (Year B) 1 Jn 5:1-9; Mark 1:7-11. |
| Only one reading is used before the Gospel when this feast is celebrated on Monday. |
| Hours of the feast. Te Deum. |
| Ordinary Time begins tomorrow. (Switch to Vol. III of the Lit. of the Hours.)
Week 1 of the Psalter. |
| When Ordinary Time
begins on Tuesday, the Lectionary recommends combining the Monday readings [305]
with the Tuesday readings [306] (or using them in lieu of the Tuesday readings),
so that the scripture of Ordinary Time begins with the beginnings of
the biblical books. |
| Anniversary: | 9th anniversary of the death of P. James Fitzsimons (95) d. 2015 at Johannesburg, RSA.  |
| Birthday: | 39th birthday of P. Emmanuel CHISANGA (born this day in 1985). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1595 | All members of the Society in Paris were driven into exile amid great hardships. |
| 1599 | Fr. General Aquaviva sends the Ratio Studiorum to all provinces. |
| 1601 | The birth of Balthasar Gracian, a Spanish Jesuit who wrote on courtly matters. He is the author of "The Compleat Gentleman" and "The Art of Worldly Wisdom." |
| 1736 | John Carroll, is born. Archbishop. In the new calendar his birthday is January 19th. |
| 1978 | In Makumbi, Rhodesia, Fr. Desmond Donovan (age 50) disappears while traveling to celebrate Mass. |
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