Saints and the Liturgical Year

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February 8, 2013 - Friday, 4th Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect:
“Grant us, Lord, our God,
that we may honor you with all our mind,
and love everyone in truth of heart.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

February 8 - St. Josephine Bakhita, Virgin (Optional Memorial):

Collect:
“O God, who led Saint Josephine Bakhita from abject slavery
to the dignity of being your daughter and a bride of Christ,
grant, we pray, that by her example
we may show constant love for the Lord Jesus crucified,
remaining steadfast in charity
and prompt to show compassion.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

“St. Josephine (1868 - 1947) was a young Sudanese girl sold into slavery and brought to Italy where, while serving as a nanny, she was sent to live with the Canossian Sisters of the Institute of the Catechumens in Venice. There she was baptized and eventually granted her freedom. In 1896 she joined the Canossian Daughters of Charity where she served for twenty five years. She died after a long and painful illness, during which she would cry out to the Lord: ‘Please loosen the chains … they are so heavy!’ Her dying words were, ‘Our Lady! Our Lady!’” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. Josephine Bakhita, see link:
cfrsudan.blogspot.com/2008/07/st-josephine-bakhita-of-sudan.html
 
February 9, 2013 - Saturday, 4th Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect:
“Grant us, Lord, our God,
that we may honor you with all our mind,
and love everyone in truth of heart.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

For some saints of the day, see link:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2013-02-09
 
February 10, 2013 - Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Today is also Pro-life Sunday.
“Today will be the last time the Sunday Assembly sings 'Alleluia’ until the Easter Vigil.” (Ordo).

Collect:
“Keep your family safe, O Lord, with unfailing care,
that, relying solely on the hope of heavenly grace,
they may be defended always by your protection.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2013-02-10

February 10 - Saint Scholastica, Virgin (Memorial):

Collect:
“As we celebrate anew the Memorial of the Virgin Saint Scholastica,
we pray, O Lord,
that, following her example,
we may serve you with pure love
and happily receive what comes from loving you.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

“St. Scholastica (480-547) was the twin sister of St. Benedict. Following the rule of her brother, she founded the Order of the Benedictine nuns.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. Scholastica, see link:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/S/stscholastica.asp
 
February 11, 2013 - Monday, 5th Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect:
“Keep your family safe, O Lord, with unfailing care,
that, relying solely on the hope of heavenly grace,
they may be defended always by your protection.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

February 11 - Our Lady of Lourdes (Optional Memorial):

Collect:
“Grant us, O merciful God, protection in our weakness,
that we, who keep the Memorial of the Immaculate Mother of God,
may, with the help of her intercession,
rise up from our iniquities.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

“This day marks the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1858 to fourteen-year-old St. Bernadette Soubirous. There were eighteen in all, the last of which was on July 16, 1858. The message of Lourdes is a call to conversion, prayer, and charity.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

"According to St. Bernadette, the visionary at Lourdes in 1858, the Virgin Mary proclaimed herself ‘The Immaculate Conception’.

PN. Blessed John Paul II designated 11 February as World Day of the Sick, ‘a special time of prayer and sharing, of offering one’s suffering for the good of the Church, and of reminding us to see in our sick brother and sister the face of Christ who, by suffering, dying and rising, achieved the salvation of humankind.’ (Letter Instituting the World Day of the Sick, 13 May 1992, 3)." (Ordo).

For more on Our Lady of Lourdes, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/O/ourladyoflourdes.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2013-02-11
 
'If I were to meet the slave-traders who kidnapped me and even those who tortured me, I would kneel and kiss their hands, for if that did not happen, I would not be a Christian and Religious today… The Lord has loved me so much: we must love everyone… we must be compassionate!"

Saint Josephine Bakhita
 
Shin said:
'If I were to meet the slave-traders who kidnapped me and even those who tortured me, I would kneel and kiss their hands, for if that did not happen, I would not be a Christian and Religious today… The Lord has loved me so much: we must love everyone… we must be compassionate!"

Saint Josephine Bakhita
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For the grace of humility and Christian compassion, St. Josephine Bakhita, pray for us!
 
February 12, 2013 - Tuesday, 5th Week in Ordinary Time:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Keep your family safe, O Lord, with unfailing care,
that, relying solely on the hope of heavenly grace,
they may be defended always by your protection.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

For some saints of the day, see link:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2013-02-12
 
February 13, 2013 - Ash Wednesday:

Collect:
“Grant, O Lord, that we may begin with holy fasting
this campaign of Christian service,
so that, as we take up battle against spiritual evils,
we may be armed with weapons of self-restraint.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2013-02-13

"Ash Wednesday - In today’s Mass, ashes from olive branches or the branches of other trees, which were blessed in the preceding year, are blessed and imposed…

Ashes remind us of ancient forms of penance and also that the human glamour of this life will soon come to an end when God calls us to himself for judgment." (St. Joseph Weedkay Missal, 1975).

February 13 - St. Catherine de Ricci
St. Catherine de Ricci was born in 1522 in Florence, Italy. She belonged to a distingsuidhed Florentine family. She became prioress of St. Vincent’s Convent at Prato and was given the stigmata by Our Lord. She was outstanding among mystics for the intensity of her ecstasies. St. Catherine died in 1590 at Prato, Italy.

For more on St. Catherine de Ricci, see link:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/C/stcatherinedericci.asp
 
February 14, 2013 - Thursday After Ash Wednesday:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Prompt our actions with your inspiration, we pray, O Lord,
and further them with your constant help,
that all we do may always begin from you
and by you be brought to completion.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
(“All memorials’ of the saints occurring during Lent are observed as optional. Hence, they may be omitted or observed as commemorations.” (Ordo).

Saints Cyril, Monk, and Methodius, Bishop (Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“O God, who enlightened the Slavic peoples
through the brothers Saints Cyril and Methodius,
grant that our hearts may grasp the words of your teaching,
and perfect us as a people of one accord
in true faith and right confession.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

“Sts. Cyril (d.869) and Methodius (d.885) were brothers who evangelized Moravia, Bohemia, and Bulgaria. Methodius was consecrated bishop by Pope Adrian II. Pope John Paul II proclaimed the brothers Patrons of Europe along with St. Benedict.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF).

Saint Valentine:
At least three saints with the name of Valentine are identified, all of them martyrs. The romantic association of St. Valentine’s Day are traced to England and France in the Middle Ages. (Catholic Encyclopedia).

For more on Saints Cyril and Methodius, and Saint Valentine, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/C/stcyrilandmethodius.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2013-02-14
www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/VALENTIN.HTM
 
February 15, 2013 - Friday After Ash Wednesday:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Show gracious favor, O Lord, we pray,
to the works of penance we have begun,
that we may have strength to accomplish with sincerity
the bodily observances we undertake.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

For some saints of the day, see link:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2013-02-15
 
February 16, 2013 - Saturday After Ash Wednesday:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Almighty ever-living God,
look with compassion on our weakness
and ensure us your protection
be stretching forth the right hand of your majesty.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

For some saints of the day, see link:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2013-02-16
 
February 17, 2013 - First Sunday of Lent:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Grant, almighty God,
through the yearly observances of holy Lent,
that we may grow in understanding
of the riches hidden in Christ
and by worthy conduct pursue their effects.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2013-02-17

February 17 - The Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order (Optional Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Impart to us, O Lord, in kindness
the filial devotion with which the holy brothers
venerated so devoutly the Mother of God
and led your people to yourself.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one god, for ever and ever.”

“Seven members of a Florentine confraternity founded the order of Servites of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the thirteenth century. The Servites lead a life of prayer and mortification, meditating on the Passion of the Lord and venerating the Blessed Virgin as Our Lady of Sorrows.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF).

For more on the Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order, see link:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/F/foundersoftheordersofservites.asp
 
February 18, 2013 - Monday, 1st Week of Lent:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Convert us, O God our Savior,
and instruct our minds by heavenly teaching,
that we may benefit from the works of Lent.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

For some saints of the day, see link:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2013-02-18
 
February 19, 2013 - Tuesday, 1st Week of Lent:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Look upon your family, Lord,
that, through the chastening effects of bodily discipline,
our minds may be radiant in your presence
with the strength of our yearning for you.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
www.ewtn.com/faith/lent/

For some saints of the day, see link:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2013-02-19
 
February 20, 2013 - Wednesday, 1st Week of Lent:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Look kindly, Lord, we pray,
on the devotion of your people,
that those who by self-denial are restrained in body
may by the fruit of good works be renewed in mind.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
www.ewtn.com/faith/lent/

For some saints of the day, see link:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2013-02-20
 
February 21, 2013 - Thursday, 1st Week of Lent:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Bestow on us, we pray, O Lord,
a spirit of always pondering on what is right
and of hastening to carry it out,
and, since without you we cannot exist,
may we be enabled to live according to your will.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

February 21 - Saint Peter Damian, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (Optional Memorial):
Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Grant, we pray, almighty God,
that we may so follow the teaching and example
of the Bishop Saint Peter Damian,
that, putting nothing before Christ
and always ardent in the service of your Church,
we may be led to the joys of eternal light.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

“St. Peter Damian (1001-1072), a Benedictine monk, wrote many important works on the liturgy as well as on theology and morals. He supported Pope St. Gregory VII in his struggle for the rights of the Church.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
www.ewtn.com/faith/lent/

For more on St. Peter Damian, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/P/stpeterdamian.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2013-02-21
 
‘No one can be ignorant of the fact that all the Fathers of the Catholic Church unanimously imposed the inviolable rule of continence on clerics in major orders. The Body of the Lord in the sacrament of the altar is the same as the one carried by the immaculate hands of the Virgin at Bethlehem. To be able to touch It, it is necessary to have pure hands, sanctified by perfect continence.’

St. Peter Damian

‘Tell me, you who in your arrogance mock at Christ’s passion, you who, in refusing to be stripped and scourged with Him, deried His nakedness and all His torments as foolish and vain things like the illusions which come to us in sleep, what will you do when you see Him who was stripped in public and hung on the Cross shining in the glory of His majesty, surrounded by the angelic host, with His immeasurable and incomparable splendor round about Him, more glorious than all things, visible or invisible? What, I say, will you do, when you behold Him for whose shame you now have nothing but scorn, seated on the fiery throne of the tribunal of Heaven, and judging the whole human race in the dreadful judgement of His justice? By what rash boldness of presumption do you hope to share in His glory, whose shame and injuries you scorned to bear?’

St. Peter Damian

‘What are the inventions of crazy poets to me? What do I care for the melodramatic adventures of pompous tragedians? Let the comedians put an end to the poisoned stream of scurrilities flowing from their noisy lips, and the satirists cease to burden their audiences with bitter banquets of insidious slander. . . Those blinded by the sulphurous flames of the teachings of darkness can give me nothing.’

St. Peter Damian

‘Though the avaricious man, build churches, be assiduous in preaching, reconcile enemies, strengthen in the faith those who hesitate; though he offer the holy sacrifice daily; though he keep aloof from secular affairs; yet, so long as avarice rules him, it corrupts all his virtues.’

St. Peter Damian

‘Holy men are able to look even now upon their Creator by the grace of contemplation.’

St. Peter Damian
 
Shin said:
‘No one can be ignorant of the fact that all the Fathers of the Catholic Church unanimously imposed the inviolable rule of continence on clerics in major orders. The Body of the Lord in the sacrament of the altar is the same as the one carried by the immaculate hands of the Virgin at Bethlehem. To be able to touch It, it is necessary to have pure hands, sanctified by perfect continence.’

St. Peter Damian

‘Tell me, you who in your arrogance mock at Christ’s passion, you who, in refusing to be stripped and scourged with Him, deried His nakedness and all His torments as foolish and vain things like the illusions which come to us in sleep, what will you do when you see Him who was stripped in public and hung on the Cross shining in the glory of His majesty, surrounded by the angelic host, with His immeasurable and incomparable splendor round about Him, more glorious than all things, visible or invisible? What, I say, will you do, when you behold Him for whose shame you now have nothing but scorn, seated on the fiery throne of the tribunal of Heaven, and judging the whole human race in the dreadful judgement of His justice? By what rash boldness of presumption do you hope to share in His glory, whose shame and injuries you scorned to bear?’

St. Peter Damian

‘What are the inventions of crazy poets to me? What do I care for the melodramatic adventures of pompous tragedians? Let the comedians put an end to the poisoned stream of scurrilities flowing from their noisy lips, and the satirists cease to burden their audiences with bitter banquets of insidious slander. . . Those blinded by the sulphurous flames of the teachings of darkness can give me nothing.’

St. Peter Damian

‘Though the avaricious man, build churches, be assiduous in preaching, reconcile enemies, strengthen in the faith those who hesitate; though he offer the holy sacrifice daily; though he keep aloof from secular affairs; yet, so long as avarice rules him, it corrupts all his virtues.’

St. Peter Damian

‘Holy men are able to look even now upon their Creator by the grace of contemplation.’

St. Peter Damian
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What a fitting reminder for our time, Shin, when Christian values are eroding. Thanks for sharing.
 
February 22 - The Chair of St. Peter the Apostle (Feast):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Grant, we pray, almighty God,
that no tempests may disturb us,
for you have set us fast
on the rock of the Apostle Peter’s confession of faith.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php

“This feast commemorates the office of supreme pastor conferred by Christ upon St. Peter and continued in unbroken succession to the present. It celebrates the unity of the Church, which is founded upon the Apostle, and reinforces assent to the teaching office (Magisterium) of the Roman Pontiff, extending both to truths solemnly defined ex cathedra and to all acts of the ordinary Magisterium.” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, the Apostle, see links:
www.ewtn.com/library/Doctrine/CE_CHAIR.HTM
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2013-02-22
 
February 23, 2013 - Saturday, 1st Week of Lent:

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Turn our hearts to you, eternal Father,
and grant that, seeking always the one thing necessary
and carrying out works of charity,
we may be dedicated to your worship.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

Today’s Scripture readings and reflections:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
www.ewtn.com/faith/lent/

February 23 - Saint Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr (Memorial):

Collect (Opening Prayer):
“God of all creation,
who were pleased to give the Bishop Saint Polycarp
a place in the company of he Martyrs,
grant, through his intercession,
that, sharing with him in the chalice of Christ,
we may rise through the Holy Spirit to eternal life.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

“St. Polycarp (d.155) was converted to Christianity by St. John the Evangelist. He was consecrated Bishop of Smyrna (modern-day Izmir, Turkey). He was about eighty-six when the Roman proconsul urged him to renounce Christ or face death. St. Polycarp said, ‘For eighty-six years I have served him and he has never wronged me. How can I renounce the King who has saved me?’” (Daily Roman Missal, MTF.)

For more on St. Polycarp, see links:
www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/P/stpolycarp.asp
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2013-02-23
 
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