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  SAINTS JANUARY 17 Bl. Gregory Khomyshyn, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr. Arrested for his faith in 1939. Arrested again in April 1945; deported to Kiev, Ukraine. Died in prison. One of the Martyrs Killed Under Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe  Feastday January 17 Saint Anthony of Egypt  Abbot. St Anthony was born in 251 in Upper Egypt. When he was 20, his parents died, leaving him a large estate. After much prayer Antony decided to sell his possessions and give the money to the poor. His younger sister joined a community of religious women while Anthony went to live in a deserted fort in complete solitude from 286 to 306. During this time he is said to have withstood many temptations. At the end of this time he gathered a group of disciples around him. He visited Alexandria to encourage the Christians there who were being persecuted by Maximinus. In 355 he went to Alexandria to refute the Arians. Jan. 17 St. Antony, Abbott - Information on the Saint of the Day - Va...

 Jan 16 Friday of the First Week in Ordinary Time Gospel and Thought for the Day - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/word-of-the-day.html  Gospel in Art: The Paralytic of Capernaum is lowered from the roof https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/54143 Reading of the day A reading from the Book of Samuel 8:4-7, 10-22a All the elders of Israel came in a body to Samuel at Ramah and said to him, “Now that you are old, and your sons do not follow your example, appoint a king over us, as other nations have, to judge us.” Samuel was displeased when they asked for a king to judge them. He prayed to the LORD, however, who said in answer: “Grant the people’s every request. It is not you they reject, they are rejecting me as their king.” Samuel delivered the message of the LORD in full to those who were asking him for a king. He told them: “The rights of the king who will rule you will be as follows: He will take your sons and assign them to his chariots and horses, and they will r...

  St Henry of Coquet Island https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/19

  Gospel in Art: The Paralytic of Capernaum is lowered from the roof https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/54143

  Saint of the Day - Calendar of Saints - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints.html

  Gospel and Thought for the Day - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/word-of-the-day.html

  SAINTS JANUARY 16 ST. MARCELLUS I, POPE AND MARTYR  In Rome on the Via Salaria, the natal day Not his birthday but the day he died and was "born again" into Heaven  Because he professed the Catholic faith, the tyrant Maxentius ordered that he be beaten with cudgels and then made to serve the animals in a public stable.Jan. 16 ST PRISCILLA, ROMAN MATRON Priscilla was a Roman matron of the first century. Some have identified her with the wife of Aquila, engaged in the first Christian catechesis; or with the founder of a cemetery named for her on the Via Salaria, who received St Paul as a guest. According to others, she was a freed slave.  St. Dunchaid O'Braoin, 988 A.D. Abbot on Clanmocnoise, near Westmeath, Ireland. He was a hermit until circa 969, when he became abbot. He died in Armagh.   St. Fursey, 648 A.D. Irish monastic founder, the brother of Sts. Foillan and Ulan, praised by St. Bede. Fursey was born on the island of Inisguia en Lough Carri,  ...

  Pope Leo: Vatican II calls us to friendship with Christ https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/54133

  St Paul the Hermit https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/18

  Jan 15 Thursday of the First Week in Ordinary Time Gospel and Thought for the Day - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/word-of-the-day.html  Gospel in Art: A leper came to Jesus, imploring him https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/54135 Reading of the day A reading from the Book of Samuel 4:1-11 The Philistines gathered for an attack on Israel. Israel went out to engage them in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek. The Philistines then drew up in battle formation against Israel. After a fierce struggle Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who slew about four thousand men on the battlefield. When the troops retired to the camp, the elders of Israel said “Why has the LORD permitted us to be defeated today by the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the Lord from Shiloh that it may go into battle among us and save us from the grasp of our enemies.” So the people sent to Shiloh and brought from there the ark of the LORD of hosts, who is ...

  Gospel in Art: A leper came to Jesus, imploring him https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/54135

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 SAINTS JANUARY 15 St. Francisco Fernandez de Capillas, Roman Catholic Martyr Spanish missionary who became the first Catholic martyr in China after he was beheaded in Fu'an, Fujian in China. Feastday Jan 15 St. Blaithmaic, 823 A.D. Irish abbot who sought martyrdom among the Danes, he went to England and encountered the Danes and was murdered on the altar steps of the abbey church at lona.   St. Ita. was reputedly of royal lineage. She was born at Decies, Waterford, Ireland, refused to be married, and secured her father's permission to live a virginal life. She moved to Killeedy, Limerick, and founded a community of women dedicated to God. She also founded a school for boys, and one of her pupils was St. Brendan. Many extravagant miracles were attributed to her (in one of them she is reputed to have reunited the head and body of a man who had been beheaded; in another she lived entirely on food from heaven), and she is widely venerated in Ireland. She is also known as Dei...

 The Black Robes Song  In the 1600s, when the maps were drawn in ghosts Young men of France sought comforts and their boasts But a different kind of fire burned in a pious few The Society of Jesus with a mission grand and new. #Amercia #kirk #Christ #Christianity #chriseanrock #ChristianStrength   https://elevenlabs.io/music/songs/UFPWn0i5Hz8IdlnPMTK7

  "The Song of the Hill Country" Elizabeth and her husband, Zechariah, were very old and had almost given up hope of having a family. But Elizabeth never lost her kindness. One day, an angel promised them a son. When Elizabeth’s cousin Mary came to visit, the two women shared a beautiful moment of joy in the hills of Judea. Elizabeth’s son, John, would grow up to be a voice in the wilderness, but her story is about the quiet beauty of a promise kept. #Elizabeth #Zechariah #Christian #kirk #church

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'Are you dead?' The most downloaded app among Chinese people living alone - ZENIT - English : An app that suddenly shot to the top of the download charts has lifted the veil on the anxiety of many Chinese people, not just the elderly, who find themselves living alone in large cities. If no one responds within 48 hours, their smartphone sends a notification to a contact. By 2030, China will have 200 million single-person households

  St Felix of Nola and St Devasahayam https:// indcatholicnews.com/saint/17

  Jan 14 Wednesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time Gospel and Thought for the Day - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/word-of-the-day.html  Gospel in Art: Very early morning, he went out to a desolate place and prayed https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/54127  Reading of the day A reading from the Book of Samuel 3:1-10, 19-20 During the time young Samuel was minister to the LORD under Eli, a revelation of the LORD was uncommon and vision infrequent. One day Eli was asleep in his usual place. His eyes had lately grown so weak that he could not see. The lamp of God was not yet extinguished, and Samuel was sleeping in the temple of the LORD where the ark of God was. The LORD called to Samuel, who answered, “Here I am.” Samuel ran to Eli and said, “Here I am. You called me.” “I did not call you,” Eli said. “Go back to sleep.” So he went back to sleep. Again the LORD called Samuel, who rose and went to Eli. “Here I am,” he said. “You called me.” But Eli answered, ...

  Gospel in Art: Very early morning, he went out to a desolate place and prayed https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/54127

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 SAINTS JANUARY 14 St. Deusdedit, 664 A.D. Benedictine archbishop of Canterbury, England. He was a Southern Saxon, originally called Freithona. In 653, Deusdedit succeeded Honorius, becoming the first Anglo-Saxon to become a primate of England. He died, probably on October 28, during a plague. ST. MALACHY, PROPHET Saint Malachy was born in 1094 at Armagh, Ireland and died on November 2, 1148. St. Malachy was canonized in 1190 by Pope Clement III. This was the first papal canonization of an Irish saint. Jan.14 ST. FELIX OF NOLA, PRIEST, Felix was the son of Hermias, a Syrian who had been a Roman soldier. He was born on his father's estate at Nola near Naples, Italy. On the death of his father, Felix distributed his inheritance to the poor, was ordained by Bishop St. Maximus of Nola, and became his assistant. Jan 14

  Jan 13 Tuesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time Gospel and Thought for the Day - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/word-of-the-day.html  Gospel in Art: Jesus told the unclean spirit: 'Be silent, and come out of him!' https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/54120  Reading of the day A reading from the Book of Samuel 1 Samuel 1:9-20 Hannah rose after a meal at Shiloh, and presented herself before the LORD; at the time, Eli the priest was sitting on a chair near the doorpost of the LORD’s temple. In her bitterness she prayed to the LORD, weeping copiously, and she made a vow, promising: “O LORD of hosts, if you look with pity on the misery of your handmaid, if you remember me and do not forget me, if you give your handmaid a male child, I will give him to the LORD for as long as he lives; neither wine nor liquor shall he drink, and no razor shall ever touch his head.” As she remained long at prayer before the LORD, Eli watched her mouth, for Hannah was praying sile...

  St Mungo, St Hilary of Poitiers https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/16

  Gospel in Art: Jesus told the unclean spirit: 'Be silent, and come out of him!' https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/54120

  Gospel and Thought for the Day - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/word-of-the-day.html

SAINTS JANUARY 13  Hilary (Hilarius) of Poitiers (c. 310 – c. 367[1]) was Roman Catholic Bishop of Poitiers and is a Doctor of the Church. He was sometimes referred to as the "Hammer of the Arians" Feastday Jan.13 St. Elian, 6th. Century.  Perhaps a Breton, he was related to Ismael and labored in the missions of Cornwall England.  St.  Erbin, 5th century. Saint of the Comish and Devonshire regions of England. He is also listed as Ervan, Ernie, Erbyn, or Hermes. Churches in Cornwall are dedicated to Erbin  St. Kentigern Mungo, 603  A.D. First bishop of the Strathclyde Britons. By tradition, he was the son of a British princess. His nickname, Mungo, means "dear one" or "darling." He was raised by St. Serf and be. came a hermit near Glasgow, Scotland. Driven into exile after being consecrated a bishop circa 540, Kentigern went to St. David in Wales. There he possibly founded St. Asaph Monastery at Llanelwy. In 553, he returned to Scotland to continue his labo...