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Tuesday, January 10, 2017

January 10: St Paul the First Hermit, Memorial

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St Paul of Thebes (died circa 341) fled to the desert during the persecution of Decius and Valerianus around 250 AD.  St Jerome's li...
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St Peter Orseolo (Jan 10)

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In the Benedictine calendar today (EF calendar Jan 15), today is the memorial of  St Paul the first hermit . But the martyrology also...
Thursday, January 5, 2017

January 6: Feast of the Epiphany

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The celebration of the feast of the Epiphany (the word means manifestation) on January 6 is very ancient as a decree of the Holy See dat...

Prayer options for the stealth hermitess (and others) Pt IV - The Offices of the religious orders Pt 1

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Some time ago I started a series entitled 'prayer options for the stealth hermitess (and others)'.  In previous posts I've c...
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Saints of the martyrology for January 5: St Telesphorus, Pope;St Apollinaris of Egypt; St Emiliana, virgin

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St Telesphorus St Telesphorus, who is commemorated today in the Extraordinary Form calendar, was pope between around 127 to 136 AD.  ...
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Wednesday, January 4, 2017

January 4: St Titus, Bishop and Confessor, Memorial

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St Titus appears in the martyrology today with this description: "In Crete, the birthday of St Titus, who was ordained Bishop of ...
Sunday, January 1, 2017

January 1: Octave of the Nativity (or whatever happened to the feast of the Circumcision of Our Lord?)

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Today is the Octave Day of Christmas (aka New Year), and one of those feasts that have gone through a few incarnations in recent years. ...
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