The Mass: scattering its splendors...

   "Come, Thou, bread of angels 

and satisfy the cravings of my soul..." 

St Leonard of Port Maurice

 

"Mass is the sun of the human race,
scattering its splendors 

over good and wicked;

nor is there a soul so vile on earth who,

hearing holy Mass, doth not carry from it

some great good, often without asking,

often without even thinking of it."

According to St Leonard of Port Maurice 

these benefits apply to the priests who celebrate Mass, 

to the acolytes who serve the Mass,

and to the faithful who hear Mass with devotion.

So too hardened sinners will benefit from attending Mass.

Bishops

Feast Day:  January 26
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St. Timothy (d. 97), born in Galatia in Asia Minor, 
was baptized and later ordained to the priesthood by St. Paul. 
The young Galatian became Paul's missionary companion and his 
most beloved spiritual son. St. Paul showed his trust in this disciple 
by consecrating him bishop of the great city of Ephesus. 
St. Timothy was stoned to death thirty years after St. Paul's martyrdom 
for having denounced the worship of the goddess Diana.

St. Titus (d. 96), a convert from paganism, 
was a fellow laborer of St. Paul on many apostolic missions. 
St. Paul later made him bishop of Crete, a difficult charge because 
of the character of the inhabitants and the spread of erroneous 
doctrines on that island. St. Paul's writings tell us that St. Titus rejoiced 
to discover what was good in others and drew the hearts of men 
by his wide and affectionate sympathy.

"Sts Timothy and Titus, teach us to serve the Gospels 

with generosity, realizing that this also entails 

a service to the Church."  - Pope Benedict XVI

Sts Timothy and Titus, pray for us!