Saturday of the Second Week of Advent
Memorial of St. Lucy, virgin and martyr, 283-304. lived a Christian life; but she rejected the advances of a Roman soldier, and was arrested, and martyred; Lucy is the patron saint of eye ailments
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/13/25
Gospel: Matthew 17:9-13

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<li>Saturday of the Second Week of Advent</li>
<li>Memorial of St. Lucy, virgin and martyr, 283-304. lived a Christian life; but she rejected the advances of a Roman soldier, and was arrested, and martyred; Lucy is the patron saint of eye ailments</li>
<li>Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/13/25</li>
<li>Gospel: Matthew 17:9-13</li>
</ul>

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Daybreak for December 13, 2025

Wednesday of the Third Week of Advent
Saint of the Day: St. Wivina, 1103-1170; she was a native of Oisy, Flanders, Belgium; she refused all offers of marriage until the age of 23, when she became a hermitess at GrandBigard, near Brussels; she gathered disciples, and accepted the offer of land from Count Godfrey of Brabant and built a convent over which she served as first abbess
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/17/25
Gospel: Matthew 1:1-17

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<li>Wednesday of the Third Week of Advent</li>
<li>Saint of the Day: St. Wivina, 1103-1170; she was a native of Oisy, Flanders, Belgium; she refused all offers of marriage until the age of 23, when she became a hermitess at GrandBigard, near Brussels; she gathered disciples, and accepted the offer of land from Count Godfrey of Brabant and built a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=3328">convent</a>&nbsp;over which she served as first abbess</li>
<li>Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/17/25</li>
<li>Gospel: Matthew 1:1-17</li>
</ul>

Daybreak for December 17, 2025

Tuesday of the Third Week of Advent
Saint of the Day: St. Adelaide, 931-999; married Lothair of Italy, and when he died, his successor and usurper, Berengar of Ivrea, tried to force her to marry his son; she escaped to Canossa, and sought the help of Otto of Germany; Otto conquered Italy, married Adelaide, and Pope John XII proclaimed the couple rulers of the Holy Roman Empire; she established many monasteries, and became interested in evangelism; she became regent for her grandson, Otto III, and died at the convent at Seltz, which she had founded
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/16/25
Gospel: Matthew 21:28-32

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<li>Tuesday of the Third Week of Advent</li>
<li>Saint of the Day: St. Adelaide, 931-999; married Lothair of Italy, and when he died, his successor and usurper, Berengar of Ivrea, tried to force her to marry his son; she escaped to Canossa, and sought the help of Otto of Germany; Otto conquered Italy, married Adelaide, and Pope John XII proclaimed the couple rulers of the Holy Roman Empire; she established many monasteries, and became interested in evangelism; she became regent for her grandson, Otto III, and died at the convent at Seltz, which she had founded</li>
<li>Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/16/25</li>
<li>Gospel: Matthew 21:28-32</li>
</ul>

Daybreak for December 16, 2025

Monday of the Third Week of Advent
Saint of the Day: St. Maria Crocifissa Di Rosa, 1813-1855; left school at the age of 17 to manage her widowed father's household; she took care of the spiritual needs of young girls working in her father's mills, and she volunteered to work in the Brescia hospital during the 1836 cholera epidemic; later, she founded a home for girls and a school for deaf mutes; in 1840, her spiritual director made her Superior of a group of religious who cared for the sick, the Handmaids of Charity of Brescia
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/15/25
Gospel: Matthew 21:23-27

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<li>Monday of the Third Week of Advent</li>
<li>Saint of the Day: St. Maria Crocifissa Di Rosa, 1813-1855; left school at the age of 17 to manage her widowed father's household; she took care of the spiritual needs of young girls working in her father's mills, and she volunteered to work in the <a href="https://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=2151">Brescia</a> hospital during the 1836 cholera epidemic; later, she founded a home for girls and a school for deaf mutes; in 1840, her spiritual director made her&nbsp;<a href="https://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=11156">Superior</a> of a group of religious who cared for the sick, the Handmaids of Charity of Brescia</li>
<li>Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/15/25</li>
<li>Gospel: Matthew 21:23-27</li>
</ul>

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