January 2018
January is the Month, the Church Dedicates to the Most Holy Name of Jesus & the Most Holy Family
Ejaculatory Prayers to the Holy Family.
[An Indulgence of 300 days every time the three following ejaculatory prayers are said, to obtain a happy death. For saying any one of them, 100 days Indulgence]
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph,
I give you my heart, my soul, and, my life.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph,
assist me in my last agony.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph,
may I die in peace in your blessed company.
Taken from: A Catholic’s Vade Mecum, Edition 1851.
Invocation of the Most Holy Name of JESUS.
“ JESUS! ”
(An Indulgence of twenty-five days is granted for each devout invocation)
Below listed are the feasts falling in January 2018:
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January 1: Circumcision of the Lord, Double of the II Class; Octave of the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ.
January 2: The most holy Name of Jesus, Double of the II Class.
January 3: Feria.
January 4: Feria.
January 5: FIRST FRIDAY/Commemoration of St. Telesphorus Pope and Martyr.
January 6: FIRST SATURDAY/Epiphany of the Lord, Double of the I Class.
[PART I – The Adoration of the Magi]
[PART II – History and Significance of the Feast of the Epiphany]
[PART III – Balaam's Prophecy, and the Expectation of the Gentiles]
January 7: The Most Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, Joseph, Greater Double.
January 8: Feria.
January 9: Feria.
January 10: Feria.
January 11: Commemoration of St. Hyginus Pope and Martyr.
January 12: Feria.
January 13: Commemoration of the Baptism of our Lord, Greater Double.
January 14: II Sunday after Epiphany, Double; Commemoration of St. Hilary (of Poitiers), Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church; Commemoration of St. Felix (of Nola), Priest and Martyr.
January 15: St. Paul, First Hermit, Confessor, Simple; Commemoration of St. Maurus, Abbot.
January 16: St. Marcellus I Pope and Martyr, Simple.
January 17: St. Anthony (of Egypt), Abbot, Double.
January 18: Chair of St. Peter Apostle at Rome, Greater Double; Commemoration of St. Paul Apostle; Commemoration of St. Prisca Virgin and Martyr.
January 19: Commemoration of Ss. Marius, Martha, Audifax, and Abachum Martyrs; Commemoration of St. Canute, King of Denmark, Martyr.
January 20: Ss. Fabian Pope and Sebastian Martyrs, Double.
January 21: III Sunday after Epiphany, Double; Commemoration of St. Agnes, Roman Virgin and Martyr.
January 22: Ss. Vincent and Anastasius Martyrs, Simple.
January 23: St. Raymund of Peñafort Confessor, Simple; Commemoration of St. Emerentiana Virgin and Martyr.
January 24: St. Timothy Bishop and Martyr, Double.
January 25: Conversion of St. Paul Apostle, Greater Double; Commemoration of St. Peter.
January 26: St. Polycarp Bishop and Martyr, Double.
January 27: St. John Chrysostom Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church, Double.
(THE SHROVETIDE / PRE-LENTEN SEASON BEGINS)
January 28: Septuagesima Sunday, Double; Commemoration of St. Peter Nolasco Confessor; Commemoration of St. Agnes Virgin and Martyr (second feast).
January 29: St. Francis de Sales Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church, Double.
January 30: St. Martina Virgin and Martyr, Simple; The Prayer of Christ (Tuesday after Septugesima).
January 31: St. John Bosco Confessor, Double.
“Our help is in the NAME of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.”
(Ps, cxxiii. 8)