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Sunday, January 17, 2010
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Liturgy of the Hours: Week II

Liturgical Notes: Gloria; Creed; Preface of Sundays in Ordinary Time; Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins tomorrow.

History: Birth of Pope Pius V (1504)

Today’s Readings

Monday, January 18, 2010
Monday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time

Note: Week of the Prayer for Christian Unity begins today.

History: Mark is elected pope (336)

Today’s Readings

Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Tuesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time

Today’s Readings

Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Wednesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
Optional Memorial: Saint Fabian, pope and martyr and Saint Sebastian, martyr

Liturgy of the Hours: Week II; Sanctoral

History: Pope Fabian was martyred (250); Death of the Venerable Basil Moreau (1873)

Today’s Readings

Thursday, January 21, 2010
Memorial: Saint Agnes, virgin and martyr

Liturgy of the Hours: Week II; Sanctoral

History: Innocent V becomes pope (1276); Deaths of Saint Agnes (304) and Pope Paschal II (1118)

Today’s Readings

Friday, January 22, 2010
Friday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
Optional Memorial: Saint Vincent, deacon, martyr
Day of Prayer and Penance for violations to the dignity of the human person (USA)

Liturgy of the Hours: Week II; Sanctoral

Liturgical Note: In all the dioceses of the United States of America, January 22 (or January 23, when January 22 falls on a Sunday) shall be observed as a particular day of penance for violations to the dignity of the human person committed through acts of abortion, and of prayer for the full restoration of the legal guarantee of the right to life. The Mass “For Peace and Justice” (no. 22 of the “Masses for Various Needs”) should be celebrated with violent vestments as an appropriate liturgical observance for this day (GIRM, 373).

History: The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrived at the Vatican (1506); U.S. Supreme Court delivers Roe v. Wade decision which legalizes abortion (1973)

Today’s Readings

Saturday, January 23, 2010
Saturday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
Optional Memorial: The Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday

History: The Union of Utrecht forms a Protestant republic in the Netherlands (1579); Birth of Saint Vincent Ferrer (1350)

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