Friday of the First Week of Advent
Saint of the Day: St. John the Wonder-Worker; Eighth Century bishop of Polybatum, in Phrygia; 


he was a defender of sacred images in the face of the ascendancy of the Iconoclasts, which placed him in considerable danger with the Ionoclast Emperor Leo V the Armenian, but he performed so many miracles that the ruler did not dare to persecute him; he died in 750


 
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/5/25
Gospel: Matthew 9:27-31

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<li>Friday of the First Week of Advent</li>
<li>Saint of the Day: St. John the Wonder-Worker; Eighth Century bishop of Polybatum, in Phrygia;&nbsp;
<p>he was a defender of sacred images in the face of the ascendancy of the Iconoclasts, which placed him in considerable danger with the Ionoclast Emperor <a href="https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1006">Leo V</a> the Armenian, but he performed so many miracles that the ruler did not dare to persecute him; he died in 750</p>
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Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/5/25</li>
<li>Gospel: Matthew 9:27-31</li>
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