Friday, January 21
Friday, January 21
A Ferial weekday in Ordinary Time. No feast or memorial is kept today — only the steady rhythm of the week, and the Mass given for the weekday.
The feast of the day
No feast is kept today
An ordinary day in Ordinary Time
Most days of the year keep no feast or memorial — and that is not a gap. The Church simply prays the Mass of the weekday and keeps walking through the season. A good day to carry one quiet intention, and to let prayer be unhurried.
The saint of the day
Meet St. Agnes
Saint of the day · Feast Jan 21
St. Agnes
Virgin Martyr · Patron of Girls
Agnes was a Roman girl of thirteen who refused to marry the son of a prefect, having consecrated her virginity to Christ. She was martyred around 304 AD. Her name means "pure" in Latin, forever linking her to the Agnus Dei.
Open the profileAlso remembered today
- Alban RoeBenedictine Martyr · Faithful
- Augurius of TarragonaHispano-Roman Clergyman · Faithful Servant
- Edward StranshamEnglish Beatified Person
- Epiphanius of PaviaBishop · Pavia
- FructuosusBishop · Early Christian Leader
- Giuseppe NascimbeniItalian Presbyter · Devoted Servant
- John of St. SamsonCarmelite Mystic · Spiritual Writer
- John Yi Yun-ilKorean Martyr · January 21
- Margaret of the Blessed SacramentCarmelite Nun · January 21
- Marie Vojtěcha HasmandováDevout Servant · Faithful Witness
- Mary Angeline Teresa McCroryFoundress · Religious Sister
- Saint BrígaIrish Saint · Protector
- Sant'OlcesePatron of the Poor
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