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Daybreak for November 22, 2024
Friday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Cecila; legend has it that she was a young Christian of high rank betrothed to a Roman named Valerian; he converted, and was martyred, along with his brother; the legend tells us that in about 240 A.D., Cecilia was struck on the neck with a s…
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Daybreak for November 21, 2024
Thursday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary; a non-Biblical source tells us that Ann and Joachim presented Mary to God in the temple when she was 3, to carry out a promise made to God when Anna was still childless; the feast emphasizes that the…
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Daybreak for November 20, 2024
Wednesday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Edmund the Martyr; elected king of the East Angles in 855, at the age of 14; in 869-870, the Danes invaded, and Edmund was captured; after extreme torture, he was beaded and died calling upon Jesus; his shrine gave birth to the town,…
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Daybreak for November 19, 2024
Tuesday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Raphael Kalinowski, 1835-1907; born inside the Russian partition of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, in the city of Vilnius; he was a teacher, engineer, prisoner of war, royal tutor, and priest, who founded many monasteries around Polan…
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Daybreak for November 18, 2024
Monday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne, 1769-1852; born in Grenoble, France; wanted to serve the Indians in America; entered the Visitation of Mary convent at 19; at 49, she traveled with six nuns to St. Charles, Missouri; in her first decade, she…
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Daybreak for November 17, 2024
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/17/24 Gospel: Mark 13:24-32
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Daybreak for November 16, 2024
Saturday of the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Margaret of Scotland, 1045-1093; daughter of Hungarian and Anglo-Saxon royalty; they were shipwrecked on the coast of Scotland, and befriended by King Malcolm, who married Margaret; as queen, Margaret promoted arts and education, a…
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Daybreak for November 15, 2024
Friday of the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Albert the Great, 1206-1280; the eldest son of a powerful and wealthy German lord of military rank; entered the Dominicans, and proceeded to write a compendium of all knowledge--natural science, logic, rhetoric, mathematics, astrono…
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Daybreak for November 14, 2024
Thursday of the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Lawrence O'Toole, 1128-1180; born at Leinster; taken in a raid, and surrendered to the bishop of Glendalough; he became a monk, and was named archbishop of Dublin in 1161; he aided in negotiations with England following their raid of …
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Daybreak for November 13, 2024
Wednesday of the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, 1850-1917; did charitable work at the House of Providence Orphanage in Cadogno, Italy, made her vows there, and took the religious habit; when the orphanage was closed, the bishop named Frances the prioress of the M…
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