Feast of The Baptism of the Lord – Year C (2019)
(This one is worth every second of viewing time!)
St Hilary of Poitiers (315-368) Doctor of the Church (Optional Memorial)
Biography: https://anastpaul.wordpress.com/2018/01/13/saint-of-the-day-13-january-st-hilary-of-poitiers-315-368-father-doctor-of-the-church/
St Agrecius of Trier
St Andrew of Trier
St Berno of Cluny
St Ðaminh Pham Trong Kham
St Designatus of Maastricht
St Elian of Brittany
St Emil Szramek
St Enogatus of Aleth
St Erbin of Cornwall
Bl Francesco Maria Greco (1857-1931)
Bl Francisca Inés Valverde González
St Giuse Pham Trong Ta
St Glaphyra
St Gumesindus of Córdoba
St Hermylus
Bl Hildemar of Arrouaise
Bl Ida of Argensolles
Bl Ivetta of Huy
St Kentigern of Glasgow
St Leontius of Caesarea
St Luca Pham Trong Thìn
Bl María Francisca Espejo y Martos
Bl Matteo de Lana
St Peter of Capitolíade
St Servusdei of Córdoba
St Stephen of Liège
St Stratonicus
Bl Veronica of Milan
St Viventius
St Vivenzio of Blera
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Forty Martyred Soldiers at Rome: Forty soldiers martyred in the persecutions of Gallienus.
They werr martyred in 262 on the Via Lavicana, Rome, Italy.
AnaStpaul 
Thank you for the link to Bishop Barron.
We are far too prone to accepting the world’s view of the Church as a sort of club or political grouping. Once I took on an understanding of the Church as Christ’s mystical body in the Communion of Saints, everything changed for me.
Understanding this makes sense of so much that otherwise seems inexplicable, pain and suffering, the Real Presence in the Eucharist, life, death and Resurrection….
We are not merely walking this earth at a particular time and place, coming from who knows where and going who knows where. No, we are a like specific cell in Christ’s mystical body which spans time and space into eternity….
“And so, with the Angels and Archangels, with Thrones and Dominions, and with all the hosts and Powers of heaven, we sing the hymn of your glory, as without end we proclaim: Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts. Heaven and Earth are full of Your glory. Hosanna in the Highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the Highest. “
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Simply beautiful Annemarie, thank you! And yes, this is who we are and because of this, fear is gone! Oh glorious and wonderful is the thought, that as part of Him, He cannot do without us!
Every tiny cell is necessary to the Body and each has it’s role to play.
By living His commandments He gather’s us to Himself and thus we too are completed.
Today’s Responsorial Psalm Bless the Lord O my soul! O Lord thou art very great.
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