Project BLACK MAMBA

Today is the optional memorial of Saint Raymond of Peñafort, O.P. (circa 1175-1275; also spelt Penyafort): Saint-link Unus, Saint-link Duo, & Wikipedia-link.

Commentary: Quoth the bulletin:

Pope Gregory IX summoned him to Rome in 1230 to help in the rearranging & codifying of canon law. He is the Patron of Canon Lawyers.

Scripture of the Day
Personal Reading
The Gospel according to John, chapter three.

Mass Readings
The First Epistle of John, chapter four, verses eleven thru eighteen;
Psalm Seventy-two, verses one & two, ten, twelve & thirteen;
The Gospel according to Mark, chapter six, verses forty-five thru fifty-two.

Merry Christmas!