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SAINTS JANUARY 01 Bl. Jean-Baptiste Lego, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr in Angers, France. Martyred during the French Revolution along with his brother Blessed René Lego. Feastday Jan.1 MOST HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD . The Council of Ephesus in 431 confirmed a truth very dear to the Christian people: Mary is the true Mother of God, insofar as she is mother of Jesus, true God and true man: two natures in one Divine person, without confusion, without change, without division.  Jan 1 ST. VINCENT MARIA STRAMBI, A native of Civitavecchia (1745-1824), he became a Passionist priest, over the objection of his father. A great preacher, he became bishop of Macerata. He cared for seminarians’s formation and helped the poor. After refusing to swear loyalty to Napoleon, the Pope called him as his advisor in Rome.  Jan 1  

There isn't a Church on the monopoly board Repent and Reconcile with Holy Church, our foes press on from every side. Holy Mary lead all souls to heaven especially those most in need of your mercy.  

SAINTS DECEMBER 31 STS. DONATA, PAULINA AND HILARY, MARTYRS ON THE VIA SALARIA NUOVA Dec. 31   St. Sylvester, Roman Catholic Priest and was Pope for twenty-four years and eleven months.The Council of Nicea was assembled during his reign, in the year 325, during the period in which the Roman Emperor, Constantine, built the first Roman basilicas, and the Council of Nicea clarified central Christological teachings. Pope St. Sylvester died on 31  https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/12/31/st--sylvester-i--pope.html  ST. MELANY, ROMAN MATRON, or St. Melania , The life of St. Melania reminds us of the fleeting character of earthly wealth. We should strive to emulate her use of wealth as well as talents to further the cause of Christ. Dec.31

  The Holy Catholic Church and Christian Culture, From The Foundation of Christendom by H. Belloc, We must begin by laying down as a historical fact not to be removed by affection one way or the other, that the conversion of the Roman Empire was a conversion to what was called by all our ancestry and what is still called by those with any historical sense The Catholic Church. The Empire was not ‘converted’ to what modern men mean when they used the word ‘Christianity’. The phrase is continually used and as continually corrupts the historical judgement of those who use it and those who hear it. In the ears of modern youth, especially in societies which have lost the Catholic Culture, the word ‘Christianity’ means vaguely, “That which is common in various sects, opinions and moods inherited in diluted form from the Reformation”. In England today, for instance ‘Christianity’ means a general feeling of kindliness, particularly to animals. To some more precise in mind it may mean an app