The Month of January Dedicated to the Holy Name of Jesus
Catholic Schools Week
Saints: Saint Aedan of Ferns (c.550-632); Saint Martina, Roman Martyr (d. 228); Saint Hiacintha Marescotti, Roman Virgin (d. 1640)
Readings of the Day
Rule of Saint Benedict: Ch 7:31-33 Humility
Mass: Heb 11:32-40; Resp Ps 31; Mk 5:1-20
Let your hearts take comfort, all who hope in the Lord.
MARY, QUEEN OF PEACE,
SAINT MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL,
PRAY FOR US.
JESUS, MASTER TEACHER,
HAVE MERCY ON US.
Welcome to Monday in Catholic Schools Week. Throughout this week we will hear from Pope Saint John Paul II, and maybe some others too, about the value of a Catholic education, and the responsibility of parents, teachers, and students, to ensure that we are faithful to the tenets of our faith. For all Catholic educators, that they may form our children according to the light and truth of Christ.*
And may all the faithful, along with the man dwelling among the tombs in the territory of the Gerasenes (see Mk 5:1-4), be released from the shackles and chains that bind us, those that keep us from the light and truth of Christ.
In order that the Catholic school and the Catholic teachers may truly make their irreplaceable contribution to the Church and to the world, the goal of Catholic education itself must be crystal clear. Beloved sons and daughters of the Catholic Church, brothers and sisters in the faith: Catholic education is above all a question of communicating Christ, in helping to form Christ in the lives of others.
(Message of John Paul II to the National Catholic Educational Association of the United States,
April 16, 1979)
SAINT AEDAN OF FERNS,
SAINT MARTINA,
SAINT HIACINTHA MARESCOTTI,
SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS,
POPE SAINT JOHN PAUL II,
SAINT JOHN HENRY NEWMAN,
PRAY FOR US.
*"Suggested Prayer of the Faithful," Magnificat, Sunday, January 29, 2023.
Today's photo: A bit of beauty in the fountain found this past Saturday. How great is the goodness of the Lord.
© Gertrude Feick 2023
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