February 10, 
1998
LITURGY






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vol. 9
no. 29

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February 10, 1998

Tuesday, February 10:
Feast of Saint Scholastica, Virgin and Religious Founder

      First Reading: 1 Kings 8: 22-23, 27-30
      Psalms: Psalm 84: 2-5, 10-11
      Gospel Reading: Mark 7: 1-13

    Feast of Saint Scholastica

          The foundress of the Benedictine Nuns - Saint Scholastica, whose feast has always been celebrated on February 10th, was Saint Benedict's twin sister. Both were born in 480 near Umbria and Sabina in Norcia, Italy. Close from birth, both dedicated themselves to God from an early age. When Benedict went off to become a monk, Scholastica became a nun. When Benedict built Subiaco, Scholastica was at a monastery nearby also establishing convents for Benedictine nuns. She later followed her brother to Montecassino where she entered a monastery at Piumarola, Italy. It was there she died in 547 at the age of 67 with Benedict by her side. After a short visit with his sister, Benedict had intended to leave, but the weather was so fierce he had to stay. It was then he realized she was dying and that God had prevented him from going back to his monastery for this reason. He prayed with her by her bedside for three straight days. On the third day she succumbed and Benedict writes that he saw her soul rise to Heaven in the form of a pure, white dove.


February 11, 1998

Wednesday, February 11: Weekday in the Fifth Week of Ordinary Time and
Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes

      First Reading: 1 Kings 10: 1-10
      Psalms: Psalm 37: 5-6, 30-31, 39-40
      Gospel Reading: Mark 7: 14-23

    Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes

         The Commemoration of Our Lady's first of 18 apparitions at Lourdes, France on February 11, 1844 is pivotal in advancing the Blessed Mother's plans toward the Triumph of her Immaculate Heart which will usher in the glorious Reign of her Divine Son's Sacred Heart. This feast is one of the favorite feasts of Our Blessed Mother for it was in her appearances to visionary Saint Bernadette Soubirous at the grotto of Massabielle that signaled the resurgence of Marian devotion to her Immaculate Heart for she confirmed to Bernadette that she was truly the Immaculate Conception. Since that time there have been countless miracles at the healing waters of Lourdes. Probably the most miraculous is the fact that those who bathe there are, in a sense, returning to the font of their baptism to wash away their old sins and put on the pure robe of grace and a new life in God. Lourdes was approved by Pope Leo XIII in 1890 and Pope Saint Pius X made it an official feast in 1908.


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