The Short Calendar: January

Key:
Holy Day
Feast Day
Memorial

January
1	The Holy Name of our Lord Jesus Christ
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6	The Epiphany of our Lord Jesus Christ
7	St. Cedd Bishop of London & Missionary to Mercia and East Saxony; 664. Upheld Celtic ways at Whitby; brother of St. Chad.
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11	The Coming out of Egypt of our Lord Jesus Christ
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13	St. Hilary of Poitiers Bishop of Poitiers & Doctor of the Church; c 368. Fought against the Arian heresy. "The gift of speech which you have granted to me can have no greater reward than to serve you by preaching you and showing you for what you are, as Father, Father indeed of the Only-begotten God, and this, whether to an age ignorant of you, or to heretics who deny you."
14	St. Kentigern Also called Mungo; Bishop of Glasgow; 601. Son of St. Thenog. Restored the church founded early in Glasgow by St. Ninian. Consecrated Bishop by acclaim of king and clergy because of his obvious sanctity.
15	St. Ita Also called Ytha, Deirdre; Abbess of Hy-Connall, Limerick; 650. Called "The Foster Mother of the Saints of Erin," and the Second Brigid. "Ita", more a nickname or title, is said to mean, "Thirst for divine love." St. Brendan the Navigator was a pupil of her school.
16	St. Fursey Missionary Abbot; France and Suffolk; 653. Nephew of St. Brendan the Navigator; famous for his visions of heaven and hell. St. Bede tells us that he had his account of St. Fursey's visions from an old East Anglian monk, as pious as he was truthful, who had heard the saint himself describe these "trances." Their character was such that this wonderful man, though but poorly clothed in a thin garment during the rude winters of that English coast frozen by the east wind, was covered with perspiration at the bare recollection of the moving and frightening ordeals through which his spirit had passed. As long as he lived, recollections of what he had seen so ordered Fursey's thoughts and actions that an incomparable grace was said to pervade everything he did. He founded monasteries at Burghcastle, Suffolk, and Peronne, France later referred to as "Peronne of the Irish").
17	St. Antony of Egypt Abbot; 356. According to his Life by St. Athanasius: He laboured with his own hands; for he had heard that "if anyone will not work let him not eat." And of what he earned, part he spent on food and part he gave to the poor. He prayed frequently, for he had learned that one ought to pray in secret, and pray without ceasing. He was so careful in his reading of scripture that nothing escaped him, but he retained it all; so that afterwards his memory served him in place of books. And so all the people of the village, and the good men with whom he associated, saw what kind of a man he was, and they called him, "The Friend of God."
18	The Confession of St. Peter the Apostle "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God!" *First day in the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity*
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25	The Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle *The last day in the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity*
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27	St. John Chrysostom Bishop of Constantinople & Doctor of the Church; 407. From one of his homilies: "Where I am, there also are you; where you are, there too am I; we are one body. We are separated by space, but we are united by love. Not even death can cut us apart. For even if my body dies, my soul will live on, and will remember my people. You are my fathers, my brothers, my children, my limbs, my body, my light, and yes, dearer than light. For what does light give compared with what your love gives? The light is useful to me now, but your love weaves for me a crown in the future."
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