This week there are only two saints on the calendar in the United States, St. Cyril, Monk and St. Methodious, Bishop. The Collect from the Mass on Tuesday, the Feast of St. Cyril and St. Methodoious: "Father, you brought the light of the Gospel to Slavic nations through St. Cyril and his brother St. Methodius. Open...
On the calendar this week, we celebrate the feasts of St. Paul Miki and Companions (February 6), St Jerome Emiliani and St. Josephine Bakhita (February 8), St. Scholastica (February 10) and Our Lady of Lourdes (February 11). St. Paul Miki and his Companions lived in 16th Century Japan. They were martyred by being...