Monthly Archives: February 2020

A Venetian nobleman, St. Jerome joined the army.  He was taken prisoner and was miraculously freed through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary.  He began a life devoted to charity toward the poor, especially orphans.  At age 37 he was ordained.  He founded the first known orphanage around 1530.  He founded many more in the ensuing years, along with hospitals and institutes for fallen women.  He established a congregation which took care of educating youths.  He was the first to teach children the Faith by questions and answers.  He died in 1537 while caring for people stricken by an epidemic.

FEAST DAY- February 8

PATRON OF- Orphans, libraries, translators

A Call To Joy: Living In The Presence of God 

Responsorial Psalm

Lord, teach me your statutes.

Quiz

Yesterday’s Answer-

False

Today’s Question-

Prayer requires no real effort on our part to be fruitful.  True or False?

Richard was a prince of the West Saxons, but his people gave him the title of King.   He was held in great veneration by his people.  Little is known of his early life,  but he was the father of Sts. Willibald, Walburga, and Winnebald.  He was on a pilgrimage from West Essex, England to Rome with his two sons.   They stopped at various towns and visited shrines and churches along the way.  The journey proved to be exhausting for Richard.  He died at Lucca, Italy in 722.  The people of Lucca venerated him and reported many miracles through his intercession.

FEAST DAY- February 7

PATRON OF- Large families

HISTORICAL BOOKS

Responsorial Psalm

Blessed be God my salvation!

Quiz

Yesterday’s Answer-

“Hail, favored one” (Lk 1:28)

Today’s Question-

How one lives has little influence on the quality of prayer. True or False?

St. Paul Miki, a Japanese Jesuit along with 2 other Jesuit priests, six Franciscans, (4 of whom were Spanish), one Mexican, one Indian, and 17 Japanese, including  lay people, were martyred near Nagasaki after a journey to impress the population that they were trying to prepare the way for the Spanish and Portuguese to conquer Japan.  Just like Jesus, they were all pierced with a lance.   This happened 45 years after St. Francis Xavier had evangelized much of Japan. They were canonized in 1862.

FEAST DAY- February 6

EBOOKS

Responsorial Psalm

Lord, you are exalted over all.

Quiz

Yesterday’s Answer-

True

Today’s Question-

What was the opening greeting of the angel Gabriel to Mary when he announced the birth of Jesus?

The name Agatha means “good”.  She was born into a noble family.  Details of her martyrdom are historically certain but the details are legendary.  A Roman senator (Quintanius) had St. Agatha tortured, including cutting off her breasts because she refused his solicitations.  When she continued to refuse, he had her thrown onto red-hot coals.  An earthquake shook the town and he feared an uprising of the people so he had Agatha returned to prison where she died.  

FEAST DAY- February 5

PATRON OF- diseases of the breast, nurses, earthquakes

BOOK

Responsorial Psalm

Lord, forgive the wrong I have done.

Quiz

Yesterday’s Answer-

True

Today’s Question-

In prayer we also have communion with Mary, the Mother of God.  True or False?

St. Veronica is known for wiping the face of Jesus on his Way of the Cross.  It is said that he left an imprint of his face on the towel.  Legend has it she cured Emperor Tiberius with this image, called Veronica’s Veil.  It is also said that she left the “veil” in the care of Pope Clement and his successors.  French legend has it that she married Zacheus, a convert in France and accompanied him to Rome.  Another legend is that she is the “woman cured of bleeding when she touched his cloak”.

FEAST DAY- February 4

PATRON OF- Photographers

HOLY WOMEN BY POPE BENEDICT XVI

Responsorial Psalm

Listen, Lord, and answer me.

Quiz

Yesterday’s Answer-

(b) modesty

Today’s Question-

All things are possible for the one who prays in faith.    True or False?

St. Blaisé studied philosophy early in his life and afterward became a physician.  He became a priest and was made Bishop of Sebaste, Armenia.  There, he was taken prisoner by the Governor.  On the way to prison a mother whose child was suffering of a disease of the throat, begged him to aid her.  His intercession caused the child to be cured.  Since then, he is called upon for help in such cases.  He was tortured and beheaded in the year 316. 

FEAST DAY- February 3

PATRON OF- diseases of the throat

SAINTS

Responsorial Psalm

Lord, rise up and save me.

Quiz

Today’s Question-

What guards people’s privacy and preserves their dignity?

(a) stewardship  (b) modesty  (c) jusice

This occurs 40 days after the birth of Jesus.  Jesus was presented in the temple and was prayed over by Simeon in the presence of Anna the prophetess.

FEAST DAY- February 2

BOOK

Responsorial Psalm

Who is this king of glory? It is the Lord!

Quiz

Yesterday’s Answer-

True

Today’s Question-

From whom did Jesus first learn how to pray?

Born in Sweden in 1303.  She married and was a devoted mother to her eight children.  After she was widowed, she continued to live in the world but devoted herself to the ascetic life as a member of the Third Order of St. Francis.  She then formed a religious order and became a model of great virtue to all.  She wrote many works relating her mystical experiences.  She died in Rome in 1373.

FEAST DAY- February 1

PATRON OF- Widows, Sweden

GIFTS

Responsorial Psalm

Create a clean heart in me, O God.

Quiz

Yesterday’s Answer-

Baptism

Today’s Question-

What do we call the main laws given to Moses in the Old Testament?