Friday, January 8, 2016

Project BLACK MAMBA: Christmastide

'Tis the feast of Saint Apollinaris Claudius, Bishop (second century, A.K.A. of Hierapolis, the Apologist): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.

'Tis also the feast of Saint Lawrence Giustiniani, Bishop, C.R.S.A. (1381-1456), first Patriarch of Venice: Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.

Commentary: Wayback Machine. St. Lawrence served as Patriarch of Venice during the epochal fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453.

Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings
The First Letter of John, chapter five, verses five thru thirteen;
Psalm One Hundred Forty-seven, verses twelve thru fifteen, nineteen, & twenty;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter five, verses twelve thru sixteen.

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