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Friday, January 1, 2010
The Octave Day of Christmas: The Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God

Liturgy of the Hours: Seasonal proper

Liturgical Notes: With the permission of the diocesan bishop, the Mass for Peace is allowed. Gloria; Creed; Preface of the Blessed Virgin Mary I. Today is a holy day of obligation.

History: Birth of Pope Alexander VI (1431); Deaths of Saint Basil the Great (379) and Saint Telemachus (404)

Today’s Readings

Saturday, January 2, 2010
Memorial: Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, bishops, doctors of the Church

Liturgy of the Hours: Week I; Sanctoral and Seasonal proper; EP I of Epiphany

History: Mercurius becomes Pope John II, the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the papacy (533)

Today’s Readings

Sunday, January 3, 2010
The Epiphany of the Lord

Liturgy of the Hours: Seasonal proper; EP II of Epiphany

History: Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon (1431); Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem (1521); Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro (1962)

Liturgical Notes: Gloria; Creed; Preface of Epiphany; Proclamation of the Date of Easter. Today begins National Migration Week in the United States.

Today’s Readings

Monday, January 4, 2010
Memorial: Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, religious (USA)

Liturgy of the Hours: Seasonal proper of day; Sanctoral (Appendix V)

History: Death of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton (1821)

Today’s Readings

Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Memorial: Saint John Neumann, bishop (USA)

Liturgy of the Hours: Seasonal proper of day; Sanctoral (Appendix V)

History: Pope Paul VI meets the Greek patriarch Athenagoras I in Jerusalem: the first meeting of Catholic and Orthodox Christianity leaders since 1439 (1964); Birth of Francisco Suarez (1548); Death of Pope Innocent X (1655)

Today’s Readings

Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Christmas Weekday
Optional Memorial: Blessed Andre Bessette, religious

Liturgy of the Hours: Seasonal proper of the day; Sanctoral

History: First Mass celebrated in the New World at La Isabela, Hispaniola (1494); Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta to begin a legacy of work amongst India's poorest and diseased people (1929); Death of Berengar of Tours (1088)

Today’s Readings

Thursday, January 7, 2010
Christmas Weekday
Optional Memorial: Saint Raymond of Penafort, priest

Liturgy of the Hours: Week II

History: Pius V becomes pope (1566); Birth of Pope Gregory XIII (1502)

Today’s Readings

Friday, January 8, 2010
Christmas Weekday

Liturgy of the Hours: Week II

History: Innocent III becomes pope (1198); Birth of Archbishop John Carroll (1735); Deaths of Saint Severinus (482); Antipope Clement III (1100); Pope Celestine III (1198)

Today’s Readings

Saturday, January 9, 2010
Christmas Weekday

Liturgy of the Hours: Week II; EP I of Baptism of the Lord

History: Judges' investigations for the trial of Joan of Arc begin in Rouen, France, the seat of the English occupation government (1431); Birth of Pope Gregory XV (1554)

Today’s Readings

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