Daily Readings:
Saints/Martyrs/Feasts/Fasts to be observed/commemmorated/celebrated: the Tenth Day of Christmas
St. Genevieve
Feastday: January 3
Patron of Paris
512
St. Genevieve was born about the year 422, at Nanterre near Paris. She was seven years old when St. Germain of Auxerre came to her native village on his way to great Britain to combat the heresy of Pelagius. The child stood in the midst of a crowd gathered around the man of God, who singled her out and foretold her future sanctity. At her desire the holy Bishop led her to a church, accompanied by all the faithful, and consecrated her to God as a virgin.
When Attila was reported to be marching on Paris, the inhabitants of the city prepared to evacuate, but St. Genevieve persuaded them to avert the scourge by fasting and prayer, assuring them of the protection of Heaven. The event verified the prediction, for the barbarian suddenly changed the course of his march.
The life of St. Genevieve was one of great austerity, constant prayer, and works of charity. She died in the year 512. Her feast day is January 3rd.
She dressed in a long flowing gown with a mantle covering her shoulders, similar to the type of garments the Blessed Mother wore. One of the symbols of this saint is a loaf of bread because she was so generous to those in need.
St. Bertilia
Feastday: January 3
687
Foundress and noble virgin. She and her bridegroom took vows of chastity and remained virgins. When her husband died, Bertilia lived as a hermitess near the church that she had founded at Maroeuil, France.
St. Blitmund
Feastday: January 3
660
Monk of Bobbio, Italy; a disciple of St. Attalas and companion of St. Valery. Blitmund went to France with St. Valery, and founded an abbey at Leucone. He became the abbot there
Sts. Zosimus & Athanasius
Feastday: January 3
303
Zosimus and Athanasius (d.303) + Martyrs in Cilicia (modern Turkey). They were executed during the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian (r. 284-305). According to one account, Zosimus was tortured and Athanasius, a witness, was so moved that he converted to the faith. Both were then tortured but survived and died in peace after being released. They became hermits. Feast day: January 3.
St. Wenog
Feastday: January 3
unknown
Saint of Wales who is mentioned in several liturgical calendars. No other details of his life are extant.
Sts. Theopemptus and Theonas
Feastday: January 3
284
Two martyrs, considered synonymous with the martyrs Synesius and Heopompus. Theopemptus, also called Theopompus, was the bishop of Nicomedia who, along with Theonas, a magician whom he had converted, was martyred during the first days of the reign of Emperor Diocletian (r. 284-305). While it is certain that both saints lived, their Acts are considered untrustworthy
St. Cyrinus
Feastday: January 3
320
Martyred soldier with Primus and Theogenes. Members of the Roman army, they were martyred at Cyzicus, on the Hellespont.
St. Daniel
Feastday: January 3
168
Martyr at Padua, Italy, companion of St. Prosdocimus. Daniel was Jewish by descent and a deacon. He served St. Prosdocimus, the first bishop of Padua, in missionary efforts. Daniel’s body was discovered circa 1000 and was solemnly enshrined on January 3, 1064.
St. Finlugh
Feastday: January 3
6th century
Irish abbot, the brother of St. Fintan. He trained in Scotland as a disciple of St. Columba and returned to Ireland to become abbot of a monastery in County Deify.
St. Fintan
Feastday: January 3
Patron of Doon, in Limerick, Ireland
6th century
Abbot and patron saint of Doon, in Limerick, Ireland. He was a disciple of St. Comgall, and a well in Limerick is revered in his name.
St. Florentius of Vienne
Feastday: January 3
unknown
Bishop and martyr of Vienne, France, who attended the Council of Valence in 374.
St. Narses
Feastday: January 3
Martyred bishop of Persia. He was the bishop of Subagord, in modem Iran, and was executed with a disciple, Joseph.
Scriptural and Responsorial Readings:
11:14 PM (1 hour ago)
First Reading - 1 Jn 3:22-4:6
22 And whatsoever we shall ask, we shall receive of him: because we keep his commandments, and do those things which are pleasing in his sight.6 We are of God. He that knoweth God, heareth us. He that is not of God, heareth us not. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
11:14 PM (1 hour ago)
Psalm - Ps 2:7-8,10-12a
7 The Lord hath said to me: Thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee. 8 Ask of me, and I will give thee the Gentiles for thy inheritance, and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession. 10 And now, O ye kings, understand: receive instruction, you that judge the earth. 11 Serve ye the Lord with fear: and rejoice unto him with trembling. 12a Embrace discipline
11:14 PM (1 hour ago)
Gospel - Mt 4:12-17,23-25
12 And when Jesus had heard that John was delivered up, he retired into Galilee: 13 And leaving the city Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capharnaum on the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim; 14 That it might be fulfilled which was said by Isaias the prophet: 15 Land of Zabulon and land of Nephthalim, the way of the sea beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles: 16 The people that sat in darkness, hath seen great light: and to them that sat in the region of the shadow of death, light is sprung up. 17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say: Do penance, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom: and healing all manner of sickness and every infirmity, among the people. 24 And his fame went throughout all Syria, and they presented to him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and such as were possessed by devils, and lunatics, and those that had palsy, and he cured them: 25 And much people followed him from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.
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