• Saturday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time
• Saint of the Day: St. Brigid of Ireland, 451-525; born into slavery to Brocca–a Christian, who was a slave–and Dubthach, a Leinster chieftain; many stories of Brigid’s purity followed her childhood; Dubthach took her to the king of Leinster, intending to sell her, but the king convinced him to set Brigid free, saying, “Her merit, before God, is greater than ours”; Brigid founded a monastery in Kildare, and was reputedly a good friend of St. Patrick; she died of natural causes on February 1, 525
• Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/1/25
• Gospel: Mark 4:35-41

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