Understanding the Day
Season
Time After Epiphany
Week
Week 3 of Time After Epiphany
Rank
Feast
Introit (Daily Prayer)
The just man shall flourish like the palm tree, like a cedar of Lebanon shall he grow: planted in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God. (Alleluia, alleluia.)
Ps 91:2
It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praise to Your name, Most High.
Glory Be to the Father…
O Lord, in celebrating this yearly feast, we have partaken of the sacrament. Grant, we beseech You, that it may give us help for life on earth and for life everlasting.
Through our Lord…
Weekly Prayer
Confiteor
through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault;
therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin, all the angels and saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God.
Weekly Formation
Purity and Self-Control
The Works of the Flesh
Conduct contrary to purity and faithfulness
Conduct against purity and faithfulness follows bodily appetite outside the order of faithful love established by God. St. Paul calls such conduct a work of the flesh because fallen desire, rather than grace and right reason, is allowed to govern the person.
Disrespect for purity and personal boundaries
Disrespect for purity and personal boundaries treats another person’s dignity, commitments, or rightful limits as obstacles to appetite. It belongs to the works of the flesh because desire is separated from charity, responsibility, and reverence for the person.
Reckless indulgence that dishonors God’s gift of the body
Reckless indulgence is the deliberate abandonment of moderation in bodily pleasure. It dishonors the body by making immediate satisfaction rule over reason, duty, health, and the spiritual purpose for which human freedom is given.
Indulgent gatherings that cast aside modesty and self-control
Indulgent gatherings are social occasions ordered toward excess and the abandonment of modesty or self-control. Their fault is not celebration itself, but a shared atmosphere that encourages participants to set aside reason, purity, and responsibility.
The Fruits of the Holy Spirit
Saint & Feast
Peter Nolasco
St. Peter Nolasco, Confessor
Spanish saint
- Born
- 1180-00-00 · Mas-Saintes-Puelles
- Died
- 1256-05-06 · Barcelona
Peter Nolasco, O. de M. was a Catholic nobleman known for founding the Royal and Military Order of Our Lady of Mercy of the Redemption of the Captives with approval by Pope Gregory IX on 17 January 1235.
Learn more about Peter NolascoAgnes
S. Agnes Virgin and Martyr, second
Today in Church History
Walk to Canossa
1077PapalOn January 28, 1077, Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV stood barefoot in the snow at Canossa to seek absolution from Pope Gregory VII, marking a pivotal moment in the Investiture Controversy between the papacy and secular rulers.
This event underscores the power of humility and reconciliation in resolving conflicts.
Death of Charlemagne
814EventCharlemagne, King of the Franks and Lombards and Emperor of the Romans, died on January 28, 814. His reign marked a significant period of cultural and religious revival in Western Europe, often referred to as the Carolingian Renaissance.
Charlemagne's support for the Church laid foundations for a Christian Europe.
The Walk to Canossa (1077)
1077EventThe Walk to Canossa marks a pivotal moment in the Investiture Controversy, where Henry IV's public penance before Pope Gregory VII demonstrated the papacy's authority over secular rulers. This event underscored the Church's role in mediating power dynamics in medieval Europe.