Daybreak for October 22, 2022

  • Saturday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time
  • Optional Memorial of St. John Paul II, 1920-2005; ordained in 1946, became a cardinal in 1958, elected pope in 1978; visited 124 countries; instrumental in the fall of communism in eastern Europe; wrote 14 encyclicals and five books, canonized 482 saints, and beatified 1338 people
  • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/22/22
  • Gospel: Luke 13:1-9