January 2020

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 2020:

ANNO DOMINI  2 0 2 0

January 1: Circumcision of the Lord, Double of the II Class; Octave of the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ.

January 2: Mass of the Season

January 3: FIRST FRIDAY/Mass of the Season

January 4: FIRST SATURDAY/Mass of the Season

January 5: The most holy Name of Jesus, Double of the II Class; Commemoration of St. Telesphorus Pope and Martyr.

January 6: 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: Mass of the Season

January 8: Mass of the Season

January 9: Mass of the Season

January 10: Mass of the Season

January 11: Commemoration of St. Hyginus Pope and Martyr.

January 12: The Most Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, Joseph, Greater Double.

January 13: Commemoration of the Baptism of our Lord, Greater Double.

January 14: St. Hilary (of Poitiers), Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church, Double; Commemoration of St. Felix (of Nola), Priest and Martyr.

January 15: St. Paul, First Hermit, Confessor, Double; 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: II Sunday after Epiphany, Double; Commemoration of Ss. Marius, Martha, Audifax, and Abachum Martyrs; Commemoration of St. Canute, Martyr.

January 20: Ss. Fabian Pope and Sebastian Martyrs, Double.

January 21: St. Agnes, Roman Virgin and Martyr, Double.

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: III Sunday after Epiphany, Double; Commemoration of St. Polycarp Bishop and Martyr.

January 27: St. John Chrysostom Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church, Double.

January 28: St. Peter Nolasco Confessor, Double; 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.

January 31: St. John Bosco Confessor, Double.

“Our help is in the NAME of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.”
(Ps, cxxiii. 8)