A HAPPY and BLESSED NEW YEAR TO ALL

January 2011
Saturday, January 1, 2011Lectio: Solemnity of the Mother of God
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Lectio: 2nd Sunday after Christmas
Monday, January 3, 2011
Lectio: John 1,29-34
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Lectio: John 1, 35-42
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Lectio: John 1,43-51
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Lectio: Epiphany of the Lord
Friday, January 7, 2011
Lectio: Matthew 4,12-17.23-25
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Lectio: Mark 6,34-44
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Lectio: The Baptism of the Lord
Monday, January 10, 2011
Lectio: Mark 1,14-20
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Lectio: Mark 1,21b-28
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Lectio: Mark 1,29-39
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Lectio: Mark 1,40-45
Friday, January 14, 2011
Lectio: Mark 2,1-12
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Lectio: Mark 2,13-17Sunday, January 16, 2011
Lectio: 2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Monday, January 17, 2011
Lectio: Mark 2,18-22
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Lectio: Mark 2,23-28
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Lectio: Mark 3,1-6
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Lectio: Mark 3,7-12
Friday, January 21, 2011
Lectio: Mark 3,13-19
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Lectio: Mark 3,20-21
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Lectio: 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Monday, January 24, 2011
Lectio: Mark 3,22-30
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Lectio: Conversion of Saint Paul
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Lectio: Mark 4,1-20
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Lectio: Mark 4,21-25
Friday, January 28, 2011
Lectio: Mark 4,26-34
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Lectio: Mark 4,35-41
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Lectio; 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Monday, January 31, 2011
Lectio: Mark 5,1-20

Mary Walks with Her Son’s Priests
One of my earliest memories is of my mother teaching me the Hail Mary and explaining a picture of the Blessed Mother in a book of prayers. The memory has stayed with me. The sense of Mary’s presence in my life that began in that moment has stayed with me as well. As a child, I did not know or fully appreciate that Mary, the mother of Jesus, would be a steady and faithful companion to me on my spiritual journey. In retrospect, it makes all the sense in the world. As I studied theology and, more particularly, spirituality, I understood the communion sanctorum and Mary’s privileged place in that great communion. I can clearly say that she has walked with me as my faith has unfolded. She has been a most extraordinary companion in the course of my priestly ministry and life. (...) The words of Father Gerard Manley Hopkins in his poem, “The Blessed Virgin Compared to the Air We Breathe” express for me the wonder of her companionship: .... I say that we are woundWith mercy round and roundAs if with air: the sameIs Mary, more by name,She, wild web, wondrous robe,Mantles the guilty globe,Since God has let dispenseHer prayers his providence...

Rev. Louis J. Cameli,

in Behold Your Mother: Priests Speak about Mary,

Rossetti, Ave Maria Press, 2007, pp. 61 & 74.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of death. Amen.