Project BLACK MAMBA: Backlog Edition, Part II

On 20 November we remembered Saint Humbert of Elmham (died 869), bishop, martyred by the "Great Heathen Army" of Danish vikings: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link.

We also remembered Saint Edmund the Martyr (circa 841-869), crowned king of East Anglia by St. Humbert, & likewise martyred by the Great Heathen Army: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link.

Commentary: The Explorers' Club, № LXXXIX.

Scripture of the Day (Friday)
Mass Readings
The First Book of Maccabees, chapter four, verses thirty-six, thirty-seven, & fifty-two thru fifty-nine;
The First Book of Chronicles, chapter twenty-nine, verses ten(b) thru twelve(d);
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter nineteen, verses forty-five thru forty-eight.

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Today is the Memorial of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Our Lady-link ūna, Our Lady-link duae, & Wikipedia-link.

Commentary: Wayback Machine. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:

Mary's parents, (Ss.) Joachim & Anne (26 July), who had been childless, received a heavenly message that they would have a child. In thanksgiving for the gift of their daughter, they brought her, when still a child, to the Temple in Jerusalem to consecrate her to God.

Quoth the Holy Family bulletin:

This feast celebrates an event not recorded in scripture, but in the Protoevangelium of James, which dates from the second century. Mary was presented in the Temple at Jerusalem at the age of three. This feast reminds us of Mary's total consecration to God.

Scripture of the Day (Saturday)
Mass Readings
The First Book of Maccabees, chapter six, verses one thru thirteen;
Psalm Nine, verses two thru four, six, sixteen, & nineteen;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter twenty, verses twenty-seven thru forty;

or, for the Memorial,
The Book of Zechariah, chapter two, verses fourteen thru seventeen;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter one, verse forty-nine;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter twelve, verses forty-six thru fifty.