Friday, January 25, Second Week in Ordinary Time
FEAST OF THE CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL
THE CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL
"On one such occasion I was traveling to Damascus with the authorization and commission of the chief priests. At midday, along the way, O king, I saw a light from the sky, brighter than the sun, shining around me and my traveling companions. We all fell to the ground and I heard a voice saying to me in Hebrew, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goad". and I said, 'Who are you, sir?' And the Lord replied, 'I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. Get up now, and stand on your feet. I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and witness of what you have seen (of me) and what you will be shown. I shall deliver you from this people and from the Gentiles to whom I send you, to open their eyes that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may obtain forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been consecrated by faith in me." (Acts 25,12-21)
Readings for today's Mass:
www.usccb.org/bible/readings/012513.cfm
AT THE VATICAN TODAY
The Holy Father met with
- Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (weekly meeting)
- H.E. Nikolay Sadchikov, Ambassador from the Russian Federation, on farewell visit
- Participants at the meeting of the Mixed International Commission for Theological Dialog between
the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Churches. Address in English.
In the afternoon, the Holy Father was to preside at Vespers at the Basilica of St. Paul outside the Walls
to commemorate the Feast of the Apostle to the Gentiles, which concludes the annual Week of Prayer
for Christian Unity. Homily.
The Vatican released the texts (in Latin and Italian only) for two Apostolic Letters motu proprio
by Benedict XVI providing for:
- The transfer of competence over seminaries from the Congregation for Catholic Education to
the Congregation for the Clergy
- The transfer of competence for catechesis from the Congregation of the Clergy to the Pontifical
Council for New Evangelization.
@Pontifex 1/25/13
An unexpected 'shout-out' from the Holy Father to the annual MARCH FOR LIFE in the United States
on the 40th anniversary of Roe v Wade, the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in demand anywhere in the country...
I must check the French Twitter account if the Vatican thought to do the same thing for the 'MANIF A TOUS' in France...
P.S. Well, no, they didn't - I should have known, because there would have been a tweet in English and the other languages as well.
Too bad Mons. Celli's people didn't think of it then (even if, to my surprise, the French account only has only 61,393 followers at this moment).
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