Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter
Saint of the Day: St. Petronax, 670-747; regarded as the "second founder of Monte Cassino"; born in Brescia, Italy, and joined the Benedictines; Pope St. Gregory asked him to go to Monte Cassino to examine the ruins of the abbey which had been damaged by the Lombards; Petronax gatthered the hermits of the old abbey, and began rebuilding; he was elected abbot and ruled Monte Cassino for three decades
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/6/26
Gospel: John 15:1-8

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<li>Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter</li>
<li>Saint of the Day: St. Petronax, 670-747; regarded as the "second founder of Monte Cassino"; born in Brescia, Italy, and joined the Benedictines; Pope St. Gregory asked him to go to Monte Cassino to examine the ruins of the abbey which had been damaged by the Lombards; Petronax gatthered the hermits of the old abbey, and began rebuilding; he was elected abbot and ruled Monte Cassino for three decades</li>
<li>Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/6/26</li>
<li>Gospel: John 15:1-8</li>
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