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Sunday, January 24, 2010
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Liturgy of the Hours: Week III

Liturgical Notes: Gloria; Creed; Preface of Sundays in Ordinary Time.

History: The Council of Basel suspends Pope Eugene IV (1438); Pope Gelasius II elected to the papacy (1118); Birth of Edmund Campion (1540); Death of Pope Stephen III (772)

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Monday, January 25, 2010
Feast: The Conversion of Paul, apostle

Liturgy of the Hours: Week III; Sanctoral

History: Pope John XXIII announces his intentions to call an ecumenical council (1959); Deaths of Saint Gregory of Nazianzen (389), Pope Gregory IV (844), and Henry Suso (1366)

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Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Memorial: Saints Timothy and Titus, bishops

Liturgy of the Hours: Week III; Sanctoral

History: The Council of Trent issued its conclusions in the Tridentinum, establishing a distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism (1564)

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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Wednesday of the Thrid Sunday in Ordinary Time
Optional Memorial: Saint Angela Merici, virgin

Liturgy of the Hours: Week III; Sanctoral

History: Vatican opens 7 year trial against scholar Giordano Bruno (1593); Deaths of Pope Vitalian (672) and Sergius II (847)

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Thursday, January 28, 2010
Memorial: Saint Thomas Aquinas, priest and doctor of the Church

Liturgy of the Hours: Week III; Sanctoral

History: The excommunication of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor is lifted (1077); Diet of Worms begins (1521); Birth of Pope Clement IX (1600); Deaths of Charlemagne (814) Pope Paul V (1621)

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Friday, January 29, 2010
Friday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time

History: Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher (904); Death of Pope Gelasius II (1119)

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Saturday, January 30, 2010
Saturday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time
Optional Memorial: The Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday

History: Bloody Sunday: United Kingdom British Paratroopers kill fourteen Roman Catholic marchers in Northern Ireland (1972)

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Sunday, January 31, 2010
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Liturgy of the Hours: Week IV

Liturgical Notes: Gloria; Creed; Preface of Sundays in Ordinary Time; Catholic Schools Week will be commemorated in the United States this week.

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