Project BLACK MAMBA

'Tis the Optional Memorial of Saint Angela Merici, Virgin, C.S.U. (1474-1540), foundress of the Angelines, formally the Secular Institute of St. Angela Merici, formerly the Company of St. Ursula: Saint-link ūna, Saint-link duae, & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link C.S.U..

Commentary: Wayback Machine. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:

She founded the Company of St. Ursula in which women dedicated their lives to the service of the Church through the education of girls. From this organization later sprang the monastic Order of Ursulines, whose nuns established places of prayer & learning throughout Europe, worldwide, & in North Americas.

'Tis also the feast of Saint Julian of Le Mans, Bishop (third century): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.

'Tis also the feast of Saint Vitalian, Pope (died 672): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.

Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings
The Second Book of Samuel, chapter seven, verses four thru seventeen;
Psalm Eighty-nine, verses four, five, & twenty-seven thru thirty;
The Gospel according to Mark, chapter four, verses one thru twenty.

Personal Reading
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter twenty-five (verses one thru forty-six).

Commentary: Obviously, the bid to quick march through Matthew before Christmas & all the disruption attendant to a colossal family reunion (for several days, there were twelve persons in my house!) failed. I now hope to finish this Gospel by the end of week, thereafter to begin the long slog through the Book of Genesis, which featured heavily in the recently read Bible Basic for Catholics.