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"Going therefore, teach ye all nations; baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world" - Mt. 28:19,20

"For He says, “Judas, betrayest thou the Son of Man with a kiss?” Who is there He would not have softened? Who is there that this address would not have made yielding? What beast? What adamant? Yet not that wretched man." - St. John Chrysostom

St. William of Norwich, Martyr

"He was a twelve year old boy, apprentice to a tanner. A little before Easter, in 1137, the Jews seized and gagged him: then they bound and crucified him, in derision of Christ: they also pierced his left side."

PASSIONTIDE

"Let us hope that, by God’s mercy, the holy time we are now entering upon will work such a happy change in us, that, on the day of judgment, we may confidently fix our eyes on Him we are now about to contemplate crucified by the hands of sinners." - Dom Guéranger

First Sunday in Lent

God permits temptations to give us opportunity to practise the virtues of love and patience. He said through Moses: The Lord, your God, trieth you, that it may appear, whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul, or not. (Deut. xiii. 3.)

St. Onesimus (95)

He was a slave who escaped from his master, Philemon. He was converted and baptized by St. Paul who sent him back to his master, with his Epistle. Philemon pardoned him and Onesimus returned to St. Paul. Later, he became bishop and was martyred under Domitian.

Our Lady of Lourdes (1858)

The first of the eighteen apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Bernadette Soubirous took place at Lourdes on February 11, 1858. On March 25th, when Bernadette asked the beautiful Lady Her name, She replied: I am the Immaculate Conception.

"Now thou dost dismiss thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word in peace; Because my eyes have seen thy salvation" - Lk 2:29,30

Second Sunday After Epiphany

"There was a marriage in Cana"

A valid marriage can be dissolved only by the death of one spouse. If the pope or a bishop, for important reasons, gives a divorce, neither can marry again while the other lives, without committing a grievous sin.

St. Stephen, Proto-Martyr (36)

He was one of the seven deacons chosen by the Apostles to execute works of charity. He upbraided the chief priests and accused them of putting Christ to death just as their fathers had killed the prophets. They stoned him without further delay.