Daily Readings:
Saints/Martyrs/Feasts/Fasts to be observed/commemmorated/celebrated:
St. Fillan
Feastday: January 19
Fillan, son of Feriach and St. Kentigerna, was also known as Foelan. He became a monk in his youth and accompanied his mother from Ireland to Scotland where he lived as a hermit near St. Andrew's monastery for many years, and then was elected abbot. He later resigned and resumed his eremitical life at Glendochart, Pertchire, where he built a church and was reknowned for his miracles. Various legends attribute the most extravagant miracles to him, such as the one in which his prayers caused a wolf that had killed the ox he was using to drag materials to the church he was building, to take the ox's place. Fillan died on January 19. His feast day is January 19.
St. Pontianus
Feastday: January 19
St. Pontianus (English for Pontian) is very brief due to the date. Died in 169 a martyr. He was put to death at Spoleto, It during the reign of Marcus Aurelius. Feast day Jan 19th.
St. Henry of Sweden
Feastday: January 19
Henry was an Englishman of the twelfth century residing at Rome. In 1152, he was consecrated Bishop of Uppsala, Sweden, by the Papal Legate Nicholas Breakspear, who later became Pope Adrian IV. In 1154, St. Eric, King of Sweden, led a punitive expedition against the Finns in retaliation for their marauding activity into Sweden, and Henry accompanied him. Eric offered peace and the Christian Faith to the people of Finland, but they refused. A battle ensued and the Swedes won. Henry baptized the defeated people in the Spring of Kuppis near Turku. When Eric returned to Sweden, Henry remained behind, working to convert more of the Finns. To this end he built a church at Nousis, which became his headquarters. In time, Henry met a violent death on account of his love of God. A converted Finnish soldier named Lalli had murdered a Swedish soldier. After careful consideration of the facts and assiduous prayer, Henry imposed the penalty of excommunication on the murderer. Lalli became enraged and slew the saintly bishop with an ax. Henry was buried at Nousis, and miracles were reported at his tomb.
St. Henry of Uppsala
Feastday: January 19
Patron saint of Finland
Henry was an Englishman living in Rome. He accompanied the papal legate, Nicholas Cardinal Breakspear to Scandinavia in 1151 and was consecrated bishop of Uppsala, Sweden, the next year by the cardinal. Henry was with King Eric of Sweden in the latter's invasion of Finland to punish Finnish pirates and remained behind when Eric returned to Sweden. Henry was murdered by a convert named Lalli, on whom he had imposed a penance for a murder he had committed. Henry is considered the patron saint of Finland, though he does not appear to have ever been formally canonized.
St. Arcontius
Feastday: January 19
8th, 9th century
Bishop and martyr of Viviers, France. A mob of people in Viviers killed Arcontius for having defended the rights of the Church in a local matter.
St. Arsenius
Feastday: January 19
959
Bishop and patron of Corfu. A native of Constantinople and a convert from Judaism, Arsenius became the first bishop of Corfu, Greece.
St. Bassian
Feastday: January 19
413
Bishop of Lodi, in Lombardy, Italy, and friend of St. Ambrose of Milan. Bassian was Sicilian by birth. He attended the Council of Aquilcia in 381. He was also at the deathbed of St. Ambrose.
St. Branwallader
Feastday: January 19
6th century
Bishop of Jersey, England. A part of his remains were translated by King Athelstan in 935.
St. Wulfstan
Feastday: January 19
1095
Wulfstan (1008-1095) + Bishop and reformer, also called Wulstan and Wolstan. Born at Long-Itch ington, Warwickshire, England, he studied at the abbeys of Evesham and Peterborough, received ordination, and joined the Benedictines at Worcester. Wulfstan served as treasurer of the church at Worcester, was prior of the monastery, and finally was named bishop of Worcester in 1062. After overcoming initial doubts about his ability to hold the office of bishop, he demonstrated such skill after the Norman Conquest that he was the lone bishop to be kept in his post by William the Conqueror (r. l066-l087). For the next three decades, Wulfstan rebuilt his cathedral, cared for the poor, and struggled to alleviate the harsh decrees of the Normans upon the vanquished Saxons. Wulfstan died while engaged in the daily ritual of washing the feet of a dozen poor men. He was canonized in 1203. Feast day: January 19.
St. Canute IV
Feastday: January 19
1086
Martyred king of Denmark, sometimes called Knud. The illegitimate son of King Sven II Estridson of Denmark, Canute succeeded his brother Harald III Hen in 1081. After marrying Adela, the sister of Count Robert of Flanders, Canute built churches and monasteries. In 1085, he planned an invasion of England, but the nobles of the court rebelled against him and forced him to flee to the isle of Funen. There, Canute, his brother Benedict, and seventeen companions were slain in the church of St. Alban. Pope Paschal II authorized Canute’s cult in 1101.
St. Catellus
Feastday: January 19
9th century
Bishop of Castellamore, Italy, and friend of St. Antoninus. Catellus served Castellamore, south of Naples, and he is the principal saint of the city and diocese.
St. Contentius
Feastday: January 19
510
A bishop of Bayeux, in Normandy, France, from 480 until his death.
St. Firminus
Feastday: January 19
unknown
Third bishop of Gabales, in France.
St. Germanicus
Feastday: January 19
156
Martyr of Smyrna. He was thrown to wild animals in a local amphitheater. When the beasts did not attack, Germanicus provoked them into attacking, gaining the admiration of the pagans of the arena. A letter describing his martyrdom and that of St. Polycarp is extant.
St. Henry of Uppsala
Feastday: January 19
1156
Bishop and patron saint of Finland. Henry was an Englishman who accompanied Cardinal Nicholas Breakspear to Sweden and Norway in 1151. There he was made the bishop of Uppsala, Sweden. He accompanied King St. Eric of Sweden on a military campaign to Finland, never leaving that land again. Henry was murdered in Finland by an excommunicate named Lalli. He was never formally canonized.
St. Remigius
Feastday: January 19
772
Bishop of Rouen, France, and the natural son of the powerful Frankish leader, Charles Martel. Appointed bishop in 755, he chose as his special objective the introduction of the Roman rite into the Gallic or French Church.
St. Nathalan
Feastday: January 19
Hermit and bishop of Tullicht, best known for his miracles. A Scot born to a noble family near Aberdeen, he became a hermit and performed miracles during a famine. Later he became a bishop, and during one visit to Rome was consecrated by the Holy Father. He returned to Tullicht, where he built churches and conducted missionary activities.
St. Messalina
Feastday: January 19
251
Virgin martyr and disciple of St. Felician, the bishop of Foligno, Italy. She received the veil from St. Felician and visited him in prison. Denounced as a Christian, she was ordered to sacrifice to the pagan gods. Refusing, Messalina was beaten to death.
Sts. Paul, Gerontius and Companions
Feastday: January 19
2nd century
Martyrs during he Roman persecutions. Paul and Gerontius were put to death with Pia, Germana, Januarius, Saturninus, Successus, Catus, and Julius in Numidia, one of the Roman provinces of Africa
St. Pontian
Feastday: January 19
169
Martyred Italian. Pontian was put to death at Spoleto, Italy, during the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. The details of his death are uncertain owing to the general unreliability of the Acts concerning his martyrdom.
St. Absadah
Feastday: January 19
I am the priest martyr. I was born at Behnesa, Kemet. The Diocletian persecutions erupted. I stayed home. Yeshua appeared to me.
I surrendered to Authorities . They bound me to Alexandria. St. Jules D’acfahs visited me in jail. I was beheaded outside of Alexandria, and buried in what is now Cairo.
Scriptural Readings:
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First Reading - Heb 7:1-3,15-17
1 For this Melchisedech was king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him: 2 To whom also Abraham divided the tithes of all: who first indeed by interpretation, is king of justice: and then also king of Salem, that is, king of peace: 3 Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but likened unto the Son of God, continueth a priest for ever.15 And it is yet far more evident: if according to the similitude of Melchisedech there ariseth another priest, 16 Who is made not according to the law of a carnal commandment, but according to the power of an indissoluble life: 17 For he testifieth: Thou art a priest for ever, according to the order of Melchisedech
Psalm - Ps 110:1-4
1 The Lord said to my Lord: Sit thou at my right hand: Until I make thy enemies thy footstool. 2 The Lord will send forth the sceptre of thy power out of Sion: rule thou in the midst of thy enemies. 3 With thee is the principality in the day of thy strength: in the brightness of the saints: from the womb before the day star I begot thee. 4 The Lord hath sworn, and he will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedech
Gospel - Mk 3:1-6
1 And he entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there who had a withered hand. 2 And they watched him whether he would heal on the sabbath days; that they might accuse him. 3 And he said to the man who had the withered hand: Stand up in the midst. 4 And he saith to them: Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy? But they held their peace. 5 And looking round about on them with anger, being grieved for the blindness of their hearts, he saith to the man: Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth: and his hand was restored unto him.6 And the Pharisees going out, immediately made a consultation with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him
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