Feast of St. Alphonsus Liguori

2	1	Thou therefore, my son, be strong in Christ Jesus:	tu ergo fili mi confortare in gratia quae est in Christo Iesu
2	2	And the things which thou hast heard of me by many witnesses, the same commend to faithful men who shall be fit to teach others also.	et quae audisti a me per multos testes haec commenda fidelibus hominibus qui idonei erunt et alios docere
2	3	Labour as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.	labora sicut bonus miles Christi Iesu
2	4	No man, being a soldier to God, entangleth himself with secular businesses: that he may please him to whom he hath engaged himself.	nemo militans inplicat se negotiis saecularibus ut ei placeat cui se probavit
2	5	For he also that striveth for the mastery is not crowned, except he strive lawfully.	nam et qui certat in agone non coronatur nisi legitime certaverit
2	6	The husbandman that laboureth must first partake of the fruits.	laborantem agricolam oportet primum de fructibus accipere
2	7	Understand what I say: for the Lord will give thee in all things understanding.	intellege quae dico dabit enim tibi Dominus in omnibus intellectum

2 Timothy 2:1-7 (epistle from today's Mass)

Today is the feast day of the great Saint Alphonsus, who so advanced devotion to Mary under her title of the Mother of Perpetual Help.  Say a prayer today for the Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer, a group of traditional monks in the Redemptorist tradition whose blog is linked at right.


Remember, too, the requiem Mass for Archbishop Sambi at St. Francis de Sales Oratory at 6:30pm this evening.  Perpetual Help devotions at 6pm.  


Finally, today the faithful may gain the annual Portiuncula indulgence.