Daybreak for September 17, 2024

  • Tuesday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time
  • Optional Memorial of St. Robert Bellarmine, 1542-1621; ordained in 1570, and made a cardinal by Pope Clement VIII, saying that “he had not his equal for learning”; became the pope’s theologian, and prepared two catechisms; had to deliver a message from the Holy Office to his friend, Galileo, admonishing him not to present theories as proven fact
  • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/17/24
  • Gospel: Luke 7:11-17