Jan. 1, 2021

January 2021

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)

Non-Sunday Holy Days of Obligation

Saint Pope Pius X promulgated on 2 July 1911, the Motu Proprio, Supremi Disciplinae, relating to Holy Days of obligation. It reduced the number of non-Sunday holy days of Obligation from 36 to 8, which are as follows:

1. December 8th: The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

2. December 25th: Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ (Christmas)

3. January 1st: Circumcision of the Lord and Octave of the Nativity

4. January 6th: Epiphany of the Lord

5. Thursday after the 5th Sunday after Easter: The Ascension of the Lord

6. June 29th: Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles

7. August 15th : Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

8. November 1st: All Saints

There is no obligation for fast or abstinence on a holy day of obligation, even if it falls on a Friday.

Below listed are the feasts falling in January 2021:

ANNO DOMINI 2 0 2 1

January 1: FIRST FRIDAY/Circumcision of the Lord, Double of the II Class (HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION); Octave of the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ.

January 2: FIRST SATURDAY/Mass of the Season

January 3: The Most Holy Name of Jesus, Double of the II Class.

January 4: Mass of the Season

January 5: Commemoration of St. Telesphorus Pope and Martyr.

January 6: Epiphany of the Lord, Double of the I Class (HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION).
[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: The Most Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, Joseph, Greater Double.

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

January 12: Mass of the Season

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: II Sunday after Epiphany, Double; Commemoration of St. Anthony (of Egypt), Abbot.

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

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.

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.

(THE SHROVETIDE / PRE-LENTEN SEASON BEGINS)

January 31: Septuagesima Sunday, Double; Commemoration of St. John Bosco Confessor.

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