Daybreak for January 2, 2024

  • Ninth Day of Christmas
  • Memorial of Saints Basil the Great (329-379)  and Gregory Nazianzen (329-390); bishops and friends, both from families of saints; both lived as hermits for a time, with Basil forming the model for monasticism in the East; they fought the heresy of Arianism, and suffered for it, but remained faithful
  • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/2/24
  • Gospel: John 1:19-28