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The Lord is the king of martyrs: come, let us adore him.

Year: A(II). Psalm week: 2. Liturgical Colour: Red.

Other saints: St André Bessette (1845 - 1937)

Canada: 7 Jan

Trinidad & Tobago, United States: 6 Jan

He was born in Québec and joined the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1872: the parish priest sent this functionally illiterate, frail young man to the Congregation with the words “I am sending you a saint”.

He had great confidence in Saint Joseph and recommended prayer to him to all who were sick. So many were cured that Brother André himself was acclaimed as a miracle-worker, and when he died on 6 January 1937, a million people filed past his coffin. He was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI on 17 October 2010. See the article in Wikipedia.

About the author of the Second Reading in today's Office of Readings:

Second Reading: Saint Proclus of Constantinople (- 446)

Proclus was a friend and disciple of St John Chrysostom. He became Archbishop of Constantinople on the death of his predecessor at Easter 434.

At a time of intense and often savage doctrinal conflict Proclus took care to act with precision and moderation, condemning doctrines when they needed to be condemned, but explicitly stating that he did not intend the condemnation of any person. By this approach he calmed many storms.

Liturgical colour: red

Red is the colour of fire and of blood. Liturgically, it is used to celebrate the fire of the Holy Spirit (for instance, at Pentecost) and the blood of the martyrs.