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January 2040

9 Monday
  whiteThe Baptism of the LordFeast
Mass of the Feast; Gloria, Preface of the Baptism of the Lord.
[21] Is 42:1-4, 6-7 or (Year C) Is 40:1-5, 9-11; Ps 29:1-2,3-4,3b+9b-10a or (Year C) Ps 104:1-4,24-25,27-30; Acts 10:34-38 or (Year C) Tit 2:11-14, 3:4-7; Luke 3:15-16, 21-22.
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.
Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
   whiteSt Adrian of Canterbury, AbbotOptional 
Common of Pastors
Anniversary:80th anniversary of the death of P. Bevis Collings (56) d. 1960 at Makumbi, S. Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:42nd anniversary of the death of P. William Lane (66) d. 1998 at Choma, Zambia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:34th anniversary of the death of P. Augusto Correia Pinto (90) d. 2006 at Braga, Portugal. Read Obituary
Anniversary:32nd anniversary of the death of F. Christopher Murray (HIB) (96) d. 2008 at Dublin, Ireland. Read Obituary
Birthday:43rd birthday of NS. Bongani Gerald G. TSHUMA (born this day in 1997).
Birthday:50th birthday of S. Mark ZULU (born this day in 1990).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1567The first missionaries to Peru, nine in number, are sent by St. Francis Borgia.
1831Father Peter de Smet and a few companions sail from Europe for North America.
1986Michel de Certeau, S.J. dies, age 61. Writer, anthropology, 1987. The death of William Lynch, S.J. He wrote on religion and literature: Christ and Apollo, Images of Hope, Images of Faith, etc.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2040

Dominical Letter  A g
Golden Number  8
Epact  xvi
Solar Cycle 5
Letter of the Martyrology r
Roman Year of Indiction 3
Julian Period Year 6753
Years since the confirmation of the Society 500
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  484
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 19
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 1 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    6 May