Project BLACK MAMBA: Christmastide Daily Double

Wednesday, 4 January is the Memorial of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Religious, S.C. (1774-1821), foundress of the Sisters of Charity, part of the Sisters of Charity Federation in the Vincentian-Setonian Tradition: Saint-link ūna, Saint-link duae, & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link S.C.

Commentary: Wayback Machine. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:

Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, S.C., was the first native-born citizen of the United States to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church. She established the first Catholic girls' school in the nation in Emmitsburg, Maryland, where she also founded the first American congregation of religious sisters, the Sisters of Charity.

Quoth the Holy Family bulletin:

Mother Seton is one of the keystones of the American Catholic Church. She founded the first American religious community for women, the Sisters of Charity. She opened the first American parish school & established the first American Catholic orphanage. All this she did in the span of forty-six years while raising her five children. She died 4 January 1821, & became the first American-born citizen to be beatified (1963) & then canonized (1975). She is buried in Emmitsburg, Maryland.

'Tis also the feast of Saint Áedh of Kildare, Bishop & Abbot (died circa 639, A.K.A. Aidus, Áed Dub mac Colmáin): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.

'Tis also the feast of Saint Rigobert of Reims, Bishop & Abbot, O.S.B. (died 743): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.

Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings
Christmas Weekday
The First Letter of John, chapter three, verses seven thru ten;
Psalm Ninety-eight, verses one, seven, eight, & nine;
The Gospel according to John, chapter one, verses thirty-five thru forty-two;

or, for St. Elizabeth:
The Book of Deuteronomy, chapter ten, verses eight & nine;
Psalm One Hundred Twenty-eight;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter eleven, verses twenty-five thru thirty.

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Wednesday, 28 December was the Feast of the Holy Innocents, Martyrs: Martyrs-link ūnus, Martyrs-link duo, & Wikipedia-link.

Commentary: Wayback Machine. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:

King Herod ordered the execution of all young male children in the vicinity of Bethlehem, so as to avoid the loss of his throne to a newborn King of the Jews whose birth had been announced to him by the Magi.

'Twas also the feast of Saint Hryhoriy Khomyshyn, Bishop & Martyr (1867-1947), martyred in the reign of the general secretary Joseph Stalin: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link.

Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings
The First Letter of John, chapter one, verse five thru chapter two, verse two;
Psalm One Hundred Twenty-four, verses two thru five & seven(c,d) thru eight;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter two, verses thirteen thru eighteen.