Feast of the Holy Infant Jesus ~ 2015 ~ Kuala Selangor, Selangor, Malaysia

Friday, 30 January, 2014 ~ Sunday, 08 February, 2015

Feast of St. Andrew, Apostle ~ 2013

Andrew, son of Zebedee and the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the first called by Jesus to follow him as his disciple. St. Andrew was known for starting the Eastern Catholic Churches. Andrew is patron of Russia.

Andrew in tradition is believed to have died by crucifixion at Patras, Achaia in southern Greece where he was bound, not nailed, to an X-shaped cross, which came to be known as the Cross of St Andrew. It was done at his own request as he felt not worthy to be crucified on a cross like Jesus.

Novena to St. Andrew

Hail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was born of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in piercing cold. In that hour, vouchsafe, O my God! to hear my prayer and grant my desires, through the merits of Our Saviour Jesus Christ, and of His Blessed Mother. Amen.

(It is piously believed that whoever recites the above prayer fifteen times a day from the feast of St. Andrew (30 November) until Christmas will obtain what is asked.)

Saturday, 30 November, 2013
St. Andrew, Apostle (Feast)

Reading

Romans 10: 9 - 18
9	because, if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
10	For man believes with his heart and so is justified, and he confesses with his lips and so is saved.
11	The scripture says, "No one who believes in him will be put to shame."
12	For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all and bestows his riches upon all who call upon him.
13	For, "every one who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved."
14	But how are men to call upon him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher?
15	And how can men preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach good news!"
16	But they have not all obeyed the gospel; for Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?"
17	So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes by the preaching of Christ.
18	But I ask, have they not heard? Indeed they have; for "Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world."

Psalm

Psalms 19: 8 - 11
8	the precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes;
9	the fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever; the ordinances of the LORD are true, and righteous altogether.
10	More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.
11	Moreover by them is thy servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.

Gospel

Matthew 4: 18 - 22
18	As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.
19	And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men."
20	Immediately they left their nets and followed him.
21	And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zeb'edee and John his brother, in the boat with Zeb'edee their father, mending their nets, and he called them.
22	Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed him.

Feast Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe (Solemnity) ~ 2013

The Feast of Christ the King is a moveable feast. It is celebrated on the final Sunday of the liturgical year, which is the last Sunday before Advent starts. This feast was instituted by Pope Pius XI in 1925. This solemnity comes at the end of the liturgical year and brings together the mystery of Jesus firstborn from the dead and ruler of the kings of the earth. It is celebrated in the Roman Catholic church in honour of Jesus Christ as lord over all creation and it is also observed in Lutheran, Anglican, and other Protestant churches. During every Advent season, we the faithful await the "coming King", the King of peace and the light of hope that takes away the darkness forever at the Nativity of our Lord Jesus and also for the second coming of the Lord as which marks the end of times. Jesus was born of Judah tribe of Kings, came to serve all and his kingdom is divine. Today we are honouring Jesus the King who humbled himself in order to raise us up to the status of the Sons of God, a king who suffered the cruellest of deaths as a sacrificial Lamb of God so that we could have an unending life of happiness when we leave this earth at end of times when Jesus will come as the Lion of Judah, the righteous King and Judge.

Philippians 2:10-11

At the name of Jesus every knee should bow,

in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 

and every tongue acknowledge 

that Jesus Christ is Lord,

to the glory of God the Father.

Almighty ever-living God, whose will is to restore all things in your beloved Son, the King of the universe, grant, we pray, that the whole creation, set free from slavery, may render your majesty service and ceaselessly proclaim your praise. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. AMEN.

Sunday, November 24, 2013
Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe (Solemnity)

Reading 1

2 Samuel 5: 1 - 3
1	Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron, and said, "Behold, we are your bone and flesh.
2	In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you that led out and brought in Israel; and the LORD said to you, `You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over Israel.'"
3	So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD, and they anointed David king over Israel.

Psalm

Psalms 122: 1 - 5
1	I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go to the house of the LORD!"
2	Our feet have been standing within your gates, O Jerusalem!
3	Jerusalem, built as a city which is bound firmly together,
4	to which the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, as was decreed for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.
5	There thrones for judgment were set, the thrones of the house of David.

Reading 2

Colossians 1: 12 - 20
12	giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.
13	He has delivered us from the dominion of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,
14	in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
15	He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation;
16	for in him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or authorities -- all things were created through him and for him.
17	He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
18	He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that in everything he might be pre-eminent.
19	For in him all the fulness of God was pleased to dwell,
20	and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.

Gospel

Luke 23: 35 - 43
35	And the people stood by, watching; but the rulers scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, his Chosen One!"
36	The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him vinegar,
37	and saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!"
38	There was also an inscription over him, "This is the King of the Jews."
39	One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!"
40	But the other rebuked him, saying, "Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?
41	And we indeed justly; for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong."
42	And he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom."
43	And he said to him, "Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise."

Prayer to Christ the King

O Christ Jesus, I acknowledge Thee to be the King of the universe: all that has been made is created for Thee. Exercise over me all Thy sovereign rights. I hereby renew the promises of my Baptism, renouncing Satan and all his works and pomps, and I engage myself to lead henceforth a truly Christian life. And in an especial manner do I undertake to bring about the triumph of the rights of God and Thy Church, so far as in me lies. Divine Heart of Jesus, I offer Thee my poor actions to obtain the acknowledgment by every heart of Thy sacred Kingly power. In such wise may the kingdom of Thy peace be firmly established throughout all the earth. Amen.

Prayer Source: How to Make Your House a Home by Rev. Bernard Stokes, O.F.M., Family Life Bureau, Washington D.C., 1955

Roman Catholic Holy Days, Feast and Memorial days - 21 Nov 2013 - 2014 - 5 Apr 2015

Date	Event
Nov 21, 2013	Presentation of Mary
Nov 30, 2013	St. Andrew's Day
Dec 01, 2013	First Sunday of Advent
Dec 08, 2013	Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Dec 08, 2013	Second Sunday of Advent
Dec 15, 2013	Third Sunday of Advent
Dec 22, 2013	Fourth Sunday of Advent
Dec 25, 2013	Christmas
Jan 01, 2014	Mary, Mother of God
Jan 03, 2014	The Most holy Name of Jesus
Jan 04, 2014	Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
Jan 06, 2014	Epiphany
Jan 21, 2014	Saint Agnes
Jan 24, 2014	Saint Francis de Sales
Jan 24, 2014	Our Lady, Queen of Peace
Jan 25, 2014	The Conversion of Saint Paul
Jan 26, 2014	Saints Timoty and Titus
Jan 28, 2014	Saint Thomas Aquinas
Jan 31, 2014	Saint John Bosco
Feb 02, 2014	Presentation of Jesus at the Temple
Feb 05, 2014	Saint Agatha
Feb 07, 2014	Blessed Pius IX
Feb 11, 2014	Our Lady of Lourdes
Feb 22, 2014	Chair of Saint Peter
Mar 05, 2014	Ash Wednesday
Mar 05 - Apr 19, 2014	Lent
Mar 07, 2014	Saints Perpetua and Felicity, martyrs
Mar 08, 2014	Saint John of God, religious
Mar 19, 2014	Saint Joseph's Day, Saint Joseph Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Mar 25, 2014	Annunciation of the Lord
Apr 13 - 19, 2014	Holy Week
Apr 13, 2014	Palm Sunday
Apr 17, 2014	Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday)
Apr 18, 2014	Good Friday
Apr 19, 2014	Holy Saturday (Easter Vigil)
Apr 20, 2014	Easter Sunday
Apr 25, 2014	Saint Mark the Evangelist
Apr 26, 2014	Our Lady of Good Counsel
Apr 27, 2014	The Feast of Divine Mercy, Divine Mercy Sunday
Apr 29, 2014	Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor of the Church
Apr 30, 2014	Saint Pius V, pope
May 01, 2014	Saint Joseph the Worker
May 03, 2014	Saints Philip and James, Apostles
May 03, 2014	Our Lady of the Valley
May 08, 2014	Our Lady of Luj�n, Patroness of Argentina
May 08, 2014	Blessed Catherine of Saint Augustine
May 13, 2014	Our Lady of Fatima
May 14, 2014	Saint Matthias the Apostle
May 18, 2014	Saint John I, pope and martyr
May 20, 2014	Saint Bernardine of Siena, priest
May 22, 2014	Saint Rita of Cascia
May 24, 2014	Mary, Help of Christians
May 25, 2014	Saint Gregory VII, pope
May 27, 2014	Saint Augustine (Austin) of Canterbury, bishop
May 29, 2014	Ascension of the Lord
May 31, 2014	Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Jun 05, 2014	Saint Boniface, bishop and martyr
Jun 08, 2014	Pentecost
Jun 09, 2014	Mary, Mother of the Church
Jun 11, 2014	Saint Barnabas the Apostle
Jun 12, 2014	Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest
Jun 13, 2014	Saint Anthony of Padua, priest and doctor
Jun 15, 2014	Trinity Sunday, Feast of the Holy Trinity
Jun 19, 2014	Corpus Christi (Body and Blood of Christ)
Jun 22, 2014	Saints John Fisher, bishop and martyr and Thomas More, martyr
Jun 24, 2014	Nativity of St. John the Baptist (Birth of St. John the Baptist)
Jun 27, 2014	Feast of the Sacred Heart
Jun 28, 2014	Feast of Immaculate Heart of Mary
Jun 28, 2014	Saint Irenaeus, bishop and martyr
Jun 29, 2014	Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles
Jul 03, 2014	Saint Thomas the Apostle
Jul 06, 2014	Saint Maria Goretti, virgin and martyr
Jul 11, 2014	Saint Benedict, abbot
Jul 15, 2014	Saint Bonaventure, bishop and doctor
Jul 16, 2014	Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Jul 22, 2014	Saint Mary Magdalene
Jul 25, 2014	Saint James, apostle
Jul 26, 2014	Saints Joachim and Anne (parent of Mary)
Jul 28, 2014	Saint Martha
Jul 31, 2014	Saint Ignatius of Loyola, priest
Aug 01, 2014	Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, bishop and doctor of the Church
Aug 04, 2014	Saint Jean Vianney (the Cur� of Ars), priest
Aug 06, 2014	Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord
Aug 08, 2014	Saint Dominic, priest
Aug 10, 2014	Saint Lawrence, deacon and martyr
Aug 15, 2014	Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Aug 21, 2014	Saint Pius X, pope
Aug 22, 2014	Queenship of Blessed Virgin Mary
Aug 24, 2014	Saint Bartholomew the Apostle
Aug 27, 2014	Saint Monica
Aug 28, 2014	Saint Augustine of Hippo, bishop and doctor of the Church
Aug 29, 2014	The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, martyr
Sep 03, 2014	Saint Gregory the Great, pope and doctor
Sep 08, 2014	Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Sep 09, 2014	Saint Peter Claver, priest
Sep 12, 2014	Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Sep 13, 2014	Saint John Chrysostom, bishop and doctor
Sep 14, 2014	Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Feast of the Holy Cross
Sep 15, 2014	Our Lady of Sorrows
Sep 20, 2014	Saint Andrew Kim Taegon, priest, and Paul Chong Hasang and companions, martyrs
Sep 20, 2014	Saints Jacques Honore Chastan and Laurent Marie Joseph Imbert, priests, martyrs
Sep 21, 2014	Saint Matthew the Evangelist, Apostle, Evangelist
Sep 23, 2014	Saint Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio), priest
Sep 24, 2014	Our Lady of Mercy
Sep 26, 2014	Saints Cosmas and Damian, martyrs
Sep 27, 2014	Saint Vincent de Paul, priest
Sep 28, 2014	Saint Wenceslaus, martyr
Sep 29, 2014	Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels
Sep 30, 2014	Saint Jerome, priest and doctor
Oct 01, 2014	Saint Therese of the Child Jesus, virgin and doctor
Oct 02, 2014	Guardian Angels
Oct 04, 2014	Saint Francis of Assisi
Oct 07, 2014	Our Lady of the Rosary
Oct 11, 2014	Blessed John XXIII
Oct 12, 2014	Our Lady of the Pillar
Oct 15, 2014	Saint Teresa of Jesus, virgin and doctor
Oct 16, 2014	Saint Hedwig, religious
Oct 16, 2014	Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, virgin
Oct 17, 2014	Saint Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr
Oct 18, 2014	Saint Luke the Evangelist
Oct 19, 2014	World Mission Sunday
Oct 23, 2014	Saint John of Capistrano, priest
Oct 24, 2014	Saint Anthony Mary Claret, bishop
Oct 28, 2014	Saint Simon and Saint Jude, apostles
Nov 01, 2014	All Saints
Nov 02, 2014	All Souls' Day
Nov 03, 2014	Saint Martin de Porres, religious
Nov 07, 2014	Mary, Mother and Mediatrix of Grace
Nov 09, 2014	Dedication of the Lateran basilica
Nov 10, 2014	Saint Leo the Great, pope and doctor
Nov 11, 2014	Saint Martin of Tours, bishop
Nov 12, 2014	Saint Josaphat, bishop and martyr
Nov 13, 2014	Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, virgin
Nov 15, 2014	Saint Albert the Great, bishop and doctor
Nov 16, 2014	Saint Gertrude the Great, virgin
Nov 17, 2014	Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, religious
Nov 18, 2014	Dedication of the basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles
Nov 18, 2014	Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne, virgin
Nov 21, 2014	Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Nov 22, 2014	Saint Cecilia
Nov 23, 2014	Christ the King
Nov 23, 2014	Saint Clement I, pope and martyr
Nov 30, 2014	First Sunday of Advent
Nov 30, 2014	St. Andrew's Day, Saint Andrew the Apostle
Dec 03, 2014	Saint Francis Xavier, priest
Dec 07, 2014	Second Sunday of Advent
Dec 07, 2014	Saint Ambrose, bishop and doctor
Dec 08, 2014	Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Dec 09, 2014	Saint Juan Diego
Dec 12, 2014	Our Lady of Guadalupe
Dec 14, 2014	Third Sunday of Advent
Dec 14, 2014	Saint John of the Cross, priest and doctor
Dec 21, 2014	Fourth Sunday of Advent
Dec 25, 2014	Christmas, Nativity of the Lord
Dec 26, 2014	Saint Stephen, the first martyr
Dec 27, 2014	Saint John the Apostle and evangelist
Dec 28, 2014	Holy Family
Dec 31, 2014	Saint Sylvester I, pope
Jan 06, 2015	Epiphany
Feb 02, 2015	Presentation of Jesus at the Temple
Feb 18, 2015	Ash Wednesday
Feb 18 - Apr 04, 2015	Lent
Mar 19, 2015	Saint Joseph's Day, Saint Joseph Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Mar 25, 2015	Annunciation of the Lord
Mar 29 - Apr 04, 2015	Holy Week
Mar 29, 2015	Palm Sunday
Apr 02, 2015	Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday)
Apr 03, 2015	Good Friday
Apr 04, 2015	Holy Saturday (Easter Vigil)
Apr 05, 2015	Easter Sunday