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Monday of the sixth week in ordinary time

Sixth Sunday in ordinary time

Memorial of Sts. Cyril, monk, and Methodius, bishop

Wednesday of the fifth week in ordinary time

Memorial of St. Scholastica, virgin

Fifth Sunday in ordinary time

Saturday of the fourth week in ordinary time

In 1549 the great Jesuit missionary St. Francis Xavier arrived on the shores of Japan. Within 40 years there were over 200,000 Catholic converts, most settling in the southwest city of Nagasaki. While St. Francis did not see the tremendous growth of his missionary efforts, St. Paul Miki, the son of wealthy Japanese parents, did.

Memorial of St. Paul Miki and companions, martyrs

Memorial of St. Agatha, virgin and martyr

Tuesday of the fourth week in ordinary time

Feast of the Presentation of the Lord

Saturday of the third week in ordinary time

Thursday of the third week in ordinary time

In listening to the Gospel reading today, you may get stuck on why Jesus would paraphrase Isaiah 6:9-10 and say, “The mystery of the kingdom of God has been granted to you. But to those outside everything comes in parables, so that they may look and see but not perceive, and hear and listen but

Wednesday of the third week in ordinary time

Memorial of St. Thomas Aquinas, priest and doctor of the Church

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